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Please join us for an interactive electronic workshop on Board and Staff Responsibilities and Relationships. This workshop has been designed by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Community Literacy of Ontario for community-based literacy agencies. Others are welcome to participate.

The workshop will be offered on AlphaCom from October 15 to November 12, 1998. Watch AlphaCom for details!

AlphaCom

Please join your literacy colleagues for exciting electronic discussions on the AlphaCom conference called Community-Based Literacy! It is a closed conference for people involved in community-based literacy agencies in Ontario. With 287 messages, this discussion is one of the most busy AlpaCom conferences. Topics we have been discussing include:

• Volunteer recruitment
• Learning Outcomes and volunteers
• Support dollars
• Board and staff roles
• Salaries in community-based agencies
• Tutor training and Regional Networks
• Developing policies and procedures.

Come and join in the discussion!

1999 Canadian Forum on Volunteerism

The Canadian Forum on Volunteerism will be held in Montreal from October 28 to 31, 1999. Participants will attend plenary sessions, panels, and workshops. They will learn about and discuss the important issues facing the voluntary sector.

Forum topics include:

• Trends in the voluntary sector
• Volunteer involvement of youth and seniors
• Volunteerism in the 21st century
• Promoting volunteerism
• Impact of technology
• Public policy and the funding of nonprofit organizations
• Resource rationing
• Risk management
• Philanthropy and partnerships

The fees are:

Before October 31, 1998=$160
November 1,1998 - June 30, 1999=$250
July 1, 1999 and onward=$325

For more information contact:

The Canadian Forum on Volunteerism
275, rue Saint-Jacques Ouest, bureau 720
Montreal, H2Y lM9, tel: 1-800-715-7515.

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