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Susanna Shpak, President o f UNWLA Branch 126 in Boston, and Natalia Hewko, Mistress o f Ceremonies at 75th Anniversary Banquet. addressed the need for a better understanding of the way UNWLA funds are designated for specific projects. A preliminary budget for the year 2001 was distributed. Vice President Maria Tomorug praised the UNWLA for being the sole Ukrainian women’s organization totally independent and distinct from any umbrella organization. It is this independence, she stated, that allows us to plan and execute our own goal and thus, take full credit for our own accomplish ments. Vice President in charge of membership Sophia Hewryk focused on the need for more extensive communication between branches and regional councils. Vice President in charge of Culture Oxana Farion reported on a questionnaire recently distributed to all UNWLA branches about their interests and concerns in maintaining and promoting Ukrainian heritage in their respective environments. Recording Secretary Barbara Bachynsky’s report on executive committee meetings held during the year was read by Iwanna Hankewycz; Correspon dence Secretary Omelana Rohozha presented a comprehensive report on correspondence to and from other Ukrainian organizations. Member at Large Martha Bohachevsky Chomiak gave a progress report on writing a definitive history of the UNWLA. Nadia Shmigel, Chair of Social Welfare, discussed the status of on-going UNWLA projects, including assistance to elderly women in -Ukraine and the popular and successful Milk and Roll program recently instituted in elementary schools in Lviv and Kharkiv. Reports about on-going activities were also presented by Katherine Iwasyshyn (Educational Chair), Maria Pazuniak (Museum/Art Chair), and Luba Bilowchtchuk (Student Scholarship Program). Archives Chair Olha Trytyak discussed plans to organize and send UNWLA archival materials to the Immigration History Research Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Anya Silecki-Piazza. Ecology Chair Martha Pelensky spoke of her duties respecting environmental concerns and briefly discussed issues related to maintaining and updating the UNWLA web site. Reports on the current status of the UNWLA publication, Our Life , were also presented by editor in chief Irena Chaban and English language editor Tamara Stadnychenko. Additional information on the day to day operational activities of Our Life was presented by Business Administrator Orysia Jacus. Press Chair Jaroslawa Rubel, an active and productive member of the UNWLA executive board, announced her impending resignation from this position to assume new responsibilities as president of Supreme Plast Bulava of the Ukrainian Plast Scouting Organization (worldwide). Reports from Regional Council Presidents followed. Each president presented a brief overview of membership status, ties with local elected officials, and financial issues. The report of Detroit Regional Council President Natalka Hewko (presented by Vice President Ludmilla Zavadivska) described efforts to recruit younger women to the ranks of the UNWLA and emphasized the importance of supporting those branches with exclusively English-speaking mem bership. Ms. Hewko suggested a lottery plan for building closer ties between branches. The plan involves a lottery style drawing. At each monthly branch meeting, the name of a UNWLA member from another branch is selected. That individual is invited to attend the following monthly branch meeting. It is anticipated that the rotation of visiting members will broaden opportunities for networking, for forming new friendships, and for creating an underlying unity among the branches within their respective regions. Stephanie Wowchok, newly appointed president of the Philadelphia Regional Council, also НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2001 17
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