KUDOS FOR OTTAWA NETWORKING

October 24, 1983
Leiba Aronoff,
President.

Dear Leiba,

I'm writing to express my appreciation and absolute delight at the brainstorming assistance I received from the Ottawa members of CCLOW when preparing a discussion paper for the Ontario government last month. The paper is intended to inform and inspire discussion at a series of conferences across Ontario on Women, Training and Technology, called Jobs for the Future. The conferences are the work of the Women's Directorate of the Ontario Government, with Alison Roberts the major organizing force behind the minister responsible for women's issues, Robert Welch.

I solicited the counsel of the local CCLOW group, of which I am now a member, because of the expertise contained within it as well as for the spirit that animates the group, and I was over helmed on both counts.

The brainstorming session, held at my home, drew the interest of all the Ottawa members, although only the following were able to make it: Carol Armatage, Lee Farnworth, Eileen O'Neill, Jan McLean and Rosemary Moor. Not only did they offer highly relevant suggestions and information, but they did so with a bountiful generosity that kept us delving deeper and deeper into the issues -- education, socialization, workplace harassments -- that I was trying to illuminate in my paper.

It was a lovely illustration of how women work so well when they work together, pooling energy and enthusiasm as well as knowledge and insights. Working thus, I find women illustrate the fundamental difference between exchanging information and sharing information. I feel very grateful for having been able to benefit from CCLOW's dedication to doing the latter.

Sincerely,
Heather Menzies