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tion with the decade of the Ukrainian lan guage, a contest in the writing of literature for children was held. From the entries three winners for first, second and third places were chosen. The exhibition of children’s literature from the diaspora, organized by O. Trytyak, was very successful both in Lviv and Kiev. OUR LIFE is celebrating its 50th jubilee this year. The magazine has always adhered to high standards and continues to do so according to feedback from its readers. From June 1990 its editor has been Irena Chaban, who works closely with the Editorial Board. The English section is edited by Mar tha Baczynsky. It is very disheartening that the members of the English speaking bran ches, who are very vociferous when it comes to demanding more English language arti cles for the magazine, make no effort to secure them. It is a positive sign that bran ches fund pages in the magazine and pay subscriptions for readers in Ukraine. In 1990 we reprinted a cook book and it is now in hard cover. Branches utilize the book for various fundraising occasions. At this time, in the month of May, UNWLA is celebrating its 68th birthday, look ing back on decades of work for the good of the Ukrainian community, for its enlighten ment and for the preservation of Ukrainian identity here in the United States, ,as well as for the provision of aid for our sisters and brothers in Ukraine. Our organization has done a great job, collected large amounts of money for various causes, yet in the end we lack funds to support the basic programs of UNWLA. The matter of representing our organiza tion which gives a “window to the world” is very important. Understandably, it is also expensive. Unfortunately, we do not have individuals on the Executive Board who could come up with large sums to cover the ex penses of representation, as we see it prac ticed in American organizations. There are several members of the Executive Board who return to the organizations the expenses of their trips, make donations to various causes underwritten by UNWLA, but in comparison to the high cost of representation, their returns hardly make a dent. Recently many committees to help Ukra ine have been formed which demand, and even provoke our branches to provide mone tary donations. Presidents of Regional Coun cils of UNWLA reports such instances to me immediately. There are also branches which spend their money in ways that can cause our organization to lose its non-profit status. UNWLA has a welfare program, which works according to a plan approved by the Con vention, and between conventions by motions of the National Board. In discussions during meetings of the Executive and National Boards, we came to the conclusion that in order to help Ukraine in a significant way, we must be strong here in our communities. In examining the past activities of UNWLA we find that the organi zation is not and never was exclusively wel fare oriented, a status which some commit tees or associations would like us to reach. Because I had the opportunity to attend meet ings of various organizations, Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian, I can say that I am proud of our organization, our UNWLA. In the end I would like to express my pleasure at the cooperation I received from the Executive and National Boards. Our wor king relationship has always been friendly and productive. The Regional Councils, with their presidents have always supported the proposals of UNWLA and translated them into action for which I commend them and thank them. The meetings of the National Board were likewise productive: we had the opportunity to thoroughly discuss the UNWLA agenda, propose and confirm work schedules and pass motions which were geared to serve and promote the welfare of the Ukrainian individual. Thanks to the presidents of Regional Councils, the regional conferences were successful. They in effect were mini-conven-/ tions and the ones I had the opportunity to attend, were very well organized. My work with the Executive Board also was very pro ductive. Our meetings were always held in a business-like manner and in a spirit of sin cere friendliness. I regard the more than 20 years of my service on the Executive Board of UNWLA as some of the best of my life. 33 www.unwla.org
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