4-8 July, 1999 XVI Soroptimist International Convention, Helsinki, Finland

Chat Line in Helsinki

This web page forms part of a Soroptimist International Chat Line project instigated by Chat Line List Owner Kate Moore. Kate appealed to Chat Line members attending the 1999 XVI Soroptimist International Convention to form a press gang to report on 'Helsinki meetings, events and happenings'. The team was coordinated by Joc Hanby. Daily email messages were sent to the Chat Line and this web page was utilised as a repository to collate the postings and display them on the World Wide Web so that all members could be virtual participants at the Convention.

To assist those members that wish to print out the reports to share at meetings, the individual reports are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view and print the proceedings. If a report is available in PDF format, the PDF icon will be a clickable link to enable you to download the file.

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The complete set of Convention reports including a contents page can be downloaded here. There are 81 pages in a PDF file of 332 Kb and each of the reports is bookmarked. PDF files for each day of the Convention are available from the web page for the day.

Who Are We?

Have you ever been asked "What's a Soroptimist?" Have you ever been stuck for an answer? At the Board Meeting the following one sentence explanation was agreed:

"We are a worldwide organisation for women in management and professions working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women."

Please encourage everyone to make use of this whenever they can.

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Prior to the Convention: The SI Board Meeting - Through the Eyes and Ears of a New Attendee; Arrival in Helsinki; Two Wonderful Days!; Three Soroptimists from Tartu Club Go To Helsinki
Sunday 4th July: The Famous Cyber-Breakfast; A Tour of the Displays; Finland - A Summer's Delight, A Winter's Dream; Helsinki Sightseeing Tours; Church of the Rock; Opening Ceremony; Friendship Evening, including Fashion Show
Monday 5th July: Is There a Message For You?; Video Presentation: Tomorrow’s Global Voice - “Three Wishes”; Catriona's Three Wishes; The Girl Child; Introduction to Programmes of Service; Putting Promises Into Practice; HIV/AIDS - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; Tobacco -- "The Challenge of the New Millennium"; SIAM Project Ends By Doubling Target Goal!; Helsinki City Reception, City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13.
Tuesday 6th July: Chat Line Reporters; Playing God Without Knowing the Rules?; Friendship, Friendship; Women's Spending Power; Culture Tour; Friendship and Food; Children Must Always Come First; Trafficking and Teenage Girls: How to Help Our Most Vulnerable Youth; Hi Everyone!; Light Summer Night On Bus 26; Playing Bagatelle One Light Summer Night; The Galerie Ojemark and Lutheran Cathedral
Wednesday 7th July: Cyber-Friends and the Helsinki Hotline; Messages in our Genes; World's Indigenous People -- Future Perspective; Federation Roundup; Extension - Tomorrow's Member; IGU - Friendship Link - Chat Line - Open Heart-Open Door Supper
Thursday 8th July: Closing Session and Introduction to the New Quadrennium 1999-2003; A Global Voice - A Global Vision, 1999 - 2003 Programme Focus; Closing Session and New Quadrennial Project `Limbs for Life'; Limbs for Life; [webmistress' note: I was unable to decide how to combine and or edit the two reports from Kate and Fay. They both record the same event - The Gala Banquet, but create two different wonderful impressions.]; The Gala Banquet According to Kate; The Gala Banquet According to Fay; Soroptimist Best Practice Awards
Post Convention Tours: Travelogue Part 1: Travelling to St Petersburg; Travelogue Part 2: Gala Banquet for the Charter of the Neva St Petersburg Soroptimist Club; Travelogue Part 3: Back to St Petersburg; St Petersburg - Helsinki - Hamina
Home Coming: Greetings from Nantwich; It Is Good To Go, But It Is Always Good To Come Home

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Reporters: Janet Gregory Amtmann, Joyce Byrne, Meryl Caldwell-Smith, Mary Cassell, Christin Colesilli, Fay Cori, Tex Cornwell, Sheilah Downs, Judy Dreis, Maria Jose Elias, Christine Fulton, Kathy Garrett-Canape, Kate Goddard, Joc Hanby (Co-ordinator), Susanne Harris, Margaret Heine, Nancy Hanson, Chris Knight, May Lamont, Dawn Marie Lemmons, Ruth Liggat, Sherry Luz, Indrani Manuel, Kate Moore, Janet O'Dell, Alison Sutherland, Eva Tyson, Kate Wise

Webmistress: Jacqueline McNally

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