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109™ ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS by Motria Sloniewsky UNWLA Vice President for Public Relations (Left to right) GFWC International Hostess Bette Brust, Natalia Iwaniw, Shelby P. Hamlett, Oksana Sokolyk, Motria Sloniewsky, and Susanna Shpak The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) held its 109th Annual International Conven tion in Boston, MA on June 17-20, 2000. Represent ing the UNWLA at the convention were Vice Presi dent for Public Relations Motria Voyevidka Slo niewsky and Susanna Shpak, president of the newly organized UNWLA Branch 126 of Boston. Other rep resentatives of the Ukrainian community who attended the convention were Oksana Sokolyk, president of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organiza tions, and Natalia Ivaniv, representing Ukrainian Gold Cross. Over 1000 delegates attended the convention. Of these, 902 were voting delegates from the United States while the remaining 34 were international dele gates representing Aruba, the Bahamas, Brazil, Ja maica, Japan and Lithuania. Since there were no dele gates present from Ukraine, the four women represent ing Ukrainian-American organizations were invited to join the international delegates. The convention was very well organized, pre senting delegates with many options. There was an ex ceptionally wide array of lectures, workshops and speakers, reflecting the diverse range of members' in terests. The highligh of the convention was the Inter national Banquet held on June 18, 2000. At the ban quet, the international delegates, including the repre sentatives of the Ukrainian-American community, marched in a formal processional and were individu ally introduced. After the banquet, the "four ladies from Ukraine" and the other international delegates were invited to the President's suite for a private recep tion where they were greeted by outgoing GFWC President Maxine Scarbo and by newly elected GFWC President Judy Lutz. The convention provided an opportunity to exchange views on issues of common interest. It also provided visbility for the UNWLA among women's organizations in the United States and abroad and gave UNWLA representatives a wonderful opportunity to network with other women's organizations for future cooperation on joint projects. Next year, the GFWC convention will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota. 8 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2000 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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