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8 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, БЕРЕЗЕНЬ 2018 On Saturday February 3 the UNWLA Executive Committee met at headquarters in New York City to discuss and make important decisions regarding the XXXIInd UNWLA Convention. This agenda was prompted by requests and suggestions from numerous UNWLA members who (after pointing out that Memorial Day Weekend, which has been the customary schedule for UNWLA conventions for decades, is reserved for family and friends) had voted at the XXXIst UNWLA Convention, by pass- ing the revised by-laws, to hold the next triennial convention in September 2020. Our membership has also repeatedly voiced the opinion that the convention might be better if it were scheduled from Friday afternoon through mid-day Sunday rather than through mid- day Monday. In conjunction with this decision, the Executive Committee recognized that a new pro- gram would need to be developed to accommodate the new schedule and new time frame. Deep dis- cussions toward that end began during the Febru- ary 3 meeting. It was within the context of these discus- sions that dealing with change became the theme of our meeting. This theme began with an over- arching question: What was going to be the general philosophy of this Executive Committee when dealing with changes to the Convention, to the di- aspora Ukrainian language with which we were raised, to the makeup of our membership, to the foreseeable future of our organization? Each par- ticipant at the meeting voiced her opinions, and the discussions that ensued were marked by agree- ment and by differences of opinions. Deciding on the format and schedule of the next Convention was an easy assignment compared to dealing with the other issues raised. We agreed, at the suggestion of Our Life ’s English language editor, to invite articles on the topic of the Ukrainian language, its evolution, and distinctions between the Ukrainian used by mem- bers of the various waves of Ukrainian immigrants to this country. You can read some opinions and thoughts on this matter in this month’s issue. We also invite readers to submit their views on this topic (in English or Ukrainian) UNWLA Exec Meeting, February 3, 2018. From left to right: First row: Christine Boyko, 2nd VP-Member- ship; Nadia Nynka, 3rd VP- Public Relations; Mari- anna Zajac, President; Lydia Jachnycky, 1st Vice Pres- ident. Second row: Vera Kushnir, Financial Secretary; Maria Andriyovych, Officer at Large; Iryna Buczkow- ski, Recording Secretary; Valentyna Tabaka, Officer at Large. to the editors. It is a timely issue, one which is cur- rently and heatedly debated in Ukraine and in every country where Ukrainians have settled and where Ukrainian community life exists. The issue is particularly relevant to our organization and to this magazine. But it is not by any means a new is- sue, as a comment from Lydia Burachynska, a pre- vious UNWLA president and editor of the maga- zine illustrates: “With the arrival of a new emigration to the United States, the Ukrainian Na- tional Women’s League of America was faced with a new task—to interest these large numbers of women in our organization . . . . The question was whether the newly arrived should join existing branches, or whether they should create their own. After long discussions, the majority concluded that they should join existing branches, depending on their place of residence.” This is a quote from a biography written by Mrs. Burachynska about long-time UNWLA Presi- dent Olena Lototska, which was published in two parts in Our Life ’s May and June 1994 issues. A follow-up quote from Mrs. Burachyn- ska’s article underscores the nature of the conun- drum and the pitfalls of efforts to resolve or control it: However, it turned out that this decision was incorrect. The “newcomers” did not feel com- fortable in these already existing branches and their proposed plan for projects did not
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