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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League o f America Vol. LIX NOVEMBER 2002 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Plan of action for this administration As re-elected president of the UNWLA, one of my first responsibilities was to work with the newly elected Executive Board to formulate a plan of action for the organization for the coming years. The framework of this plan of action was presented at a meeting of the National Board of the UNWLA, which was held at UNWLA head quarters on October 28, 2002.1 would like to share with readers of Our Life a concise version of the speech I made at this meeting. The first item to be addressed was the XXVIth UNWLA Convention held in Sarasota, Florida in May of this year. The convention was very successful and many individuals were responsible for this success. All of these individuals deserve a resounding "Thank You" for the time, energy, and effort they contributed. During the previous convention, which was held in Chicago, UNWLA members from Sarasota stepped forward to volunteer to host the 2002 convention. It is somewhat regrettable that no Branch or Regional Council made a similar gesture at the convention held in Sarasota. I hope that the administration of each Regional Council of the UNWLA considers volunteering to host the convention that is scheduled to take place in 2005, and I urge all Regional Council presidents to discuss this matter with their membership in the near future. Two new UNWLA publications were presented at the XXVIth convention. The first of these was Lysty tak dovho idut'. Work on this book was prompted by an unusual event - the discovery of sixteen boxes of Lesya Ukrainka's unpublished letters and documents. Found in the Prague Slavonc Library, the letters and documents were entrusted into the capable hands of Svitlana Kocherha, Director of the Lesya Ukrainka Museum in Yalta. With the generous financial support of Dr. Joanna Ratych, Ms. Kocherha completed the book in time for the Sara sota convention. The second publication of note was the XXVIth Convention Book which was produced by the Convention Book Committee chaired by Marta Danyluk. It is a unique collection of materials based on fragments of the 75- year history of the UNWLA and includes important information about previous UNWLA conventions as well as a compilation of the very significant achievements of the eleven presidents of the UNWLA who presided at these conventions. Both books can be purchased through UNWLA Headquarters and it is hoped that UNWLA members and members of the Ukrainian-American community at large will avail themselves of the opportunity to add these in teresting works to their personal libraries. One of the disturbing moments at the convention in Sarasota, was the report of Dr. Joanna Ratych, Chair of the Auditing Committee, about the critical financial difficulties of Our Life magazine. Dr. Ratcyh made an im passioned plea to Regional Councils and Branches to help raise money for the publication to reduce the deficit. I have looked through the lists of generous contributions made by donors to UNWLA causes, lists that are regularly published in the pages of Our Life. It is wonderful to see that when an emergency arises, our members are quick to respond with financial support. A recent issue of the magazine, for example, noted that $1,352 had been collected for flood victims in Zakarpattia and $450 had been collected for the Milk and Roll program that helps the youngest schoolchildren in Ukraine. There was a $25 donation to Our Life and no donation at all to the UNWLA's Administrative Fund. Obviously, this administration must seek the active assistance of Regional Councils, Branches, and Members to rectify what has become a truly critical problem.
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