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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ - СЕРПЕНЬ 2011 29 Charita Petrina , who earned an M.S. in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College, has served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, and has supervised military and civilian acquisition intelligence analysts at the A ir Force Materiel Command’s Intelligence Squadron. After the presentation of these awards, Vice President for Culture S o p h i a H e w r y k spoke briefly about the history of the Kovaliv Awards and announced the winner of this year’s award presented for history — historian Profe ssor Serhii Plokhy. Originally from Dnipropetrovsk and now Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, Professor Plokhy is the author of Yalta: The Price of Peace . Entertainment for the evening was provided by soprano Ludmyla Fesenko, baritone and guitarist Serhiy Pobedynsky, and violinist Valeriy Zhmud. Fesenko’s strong - voiced repertoire included an aria from “Natalka Poltavka,” a melancholy “Dniprovskyi Waltz,” and a humorous rendition of the popular “Handzia,” but it was the unusual and riveting guitar/violin “duel duet” performed by the gentlemen that earned a hand - clapping, toe - tapping standing ovation. Sunday, May 29, 2011 Morning Plenary Session Sunday’s morning plenary session was opened by Convention Chair Lidia Bilous. Follow ing verification of quorum by the Credentials Committee, Vice President for Membership Anna Macielinski took the podium. She recounted the scope of her responsibilities (recruitment and retention of members affiliated with branches ) and her cooperation with the Liaison to Members - at - Large, Roxolana Yarymovych and spoke about tools designed and implement for this purpose (particularly the bilingual paper and electronic Recruitment/Retention Campaign packet she designed and disseminated for use by individual b ranches). Ms. Macielinski announced that 185 new members had joined the organization since 2009, illustrating in a PowerPoint presentation the breakdown of these new members by branch and region. Countering this positive news with less sanguine statistics , Ms. Macielinski pointed out that the UNWLA, like other diaspora organizations, is losing members to age, infirmity, and death. Many of the members we have lost, she continued, are part of a history that we will not see again, reminding those present abou t a project initiated during her first term in office — a project that involved videotaping interviews with Honorary Members of the UNWLA. Ms. Macielinski then recommended several strategies to supplement the existing UNWLA Recruitment/Retention Campaign, am ong these — an intensive marketing strategy approach that will include a direct mail campaign as well as Internet social sites. Chairwoman for UNWLA Members - at - Large (MALs) Roxolana Yarymovych described the similarities and differences between traditional b ranch membership and membership within the Member - at - Large base, an explanation that emphasized the same privileges and similar responsibilities, with the obvious caveat that MALs do not attend regular branch meetings and that MAL affiliation offers a degr ee of flexibility that is appealing to many professional women whose schedules cannot accommodate meetings. She also described the MAL demographics, noting that the number of MALs is fluid, “changing almost daily.” Ms. Yarymovych then announced that she ha d invited Renata Zajac to join her committee — “a young woman who can better relate to other young women, identify their interests, and focus on what might attract them.” At this juncture, Ms. Macielinski returned to the podium and introduced Mariya Andriyov ych, a member of the new wave of immigrants from Ukraine, a founding member of Branch 125 in New York City, the UNWLA Recording Secretary in the previous administration, and now an Executive Committee Member at Large. Ms. Andriyovych told a personal and poignant story about her own UNWLA experience, noting that the organization had welcomed her with open arms and had provided a place to belong as she adjusted to life in a new country. Following Ms. Andiyovych’s passionate and positive comments about her experiences with the UNWLA, those present were somewhat disconcerted at comments offered by a somewhat sullen and outspoken visitor who introduced herself as Olia Koloda and recounted a rather dismal experience with t h e UNWLA and was the antithesis of that des cribed by the previous speaker. She described running into Ukrainian women at church and elsewhere: “Nobody invited me. Nobody speaks to me. My mother - in - law keeps inviting me to her branch, so I went to one meeting and nobody even spoke to me. So I went h ome.” She followed up with a diatribe relating equally unpleasant encounters experienced by her female friends and
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