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TAMARA STADNYCHENKO ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITOR O ur L ife At the XXVIII UNWLA Convention, held in Troy, Michigan, I wore the hat of English-language editor of Our Life, presented a little seminar/speech, and asked those attending to send me long or short write-ups about personal convention “Wow” moments. I got a few of these and added my own “Wow” write-up to the mix (as well as a lengthy write-up of the convention proceedings). Today, all this seems like something that occurred in a very distant past, almost another lifetime ago. In many ways, my work with OL back then truly was another lifetime ago, markedly different from the status quo. Not long after that 2008 convention, I was asked to change hats and assume the duties of Our Life's editor in chief. It was, on some levels, a great honor to be asked to fill this position. On other levels, it was a classic case of having “greatness thrust upon me”— all this pomp and circumstance leading to quite a number of sleepless nights and gnashing of teeth. They say the first steps of any great enterprise are always the hardest, and the metamorphosis from English-language editor to editor in chief was a case in point. There was, to begin with, a rather steep learning curve with respect to many of the technical issues involved in filling and assembling a 36- page magazine. There was, in addition, the rather surreal task of being responsible for Ukrainian-language content in the magazine, and the very idea of editing someone else’s Ukrainian was way over the top— my primary language is English and while I can read and write in Ukrainian, I don’t do it well enough to edit or proofread Ukrainian. Even worse was the prospect of typing in Ukrainian. And then there was the great matter of actually having enough material (in either language) to fill those 36 blank pages. And somehow, miraculously, things started to happen and those first 36 pages got filled. The “miraculous somehow,” by the way, had more to do with people than process. Among those who contributed mightily to this endeavor were editorial board members Marta Tarnawsky and Natalia Danylenko, who began writing and sending articles immediately, and Auditing Committee Chair Oxana Farion, who typed, translated, and edited. My father, Lev Stadnychenko, and Vice President Ulana Zinych helped by proofreading the Ukrainian-language articles for the first few issues. Several members of the Executive Committee and National Board (including President Marianna Zajac and Honorary Presidents Iryna Kurowyckyj and Anna Krawczuk) immediately wrote and sent articles or recruited authors or forwarded materials that could be transformed into articles. And Marie Duplak of Computorpint provided critical technical assistance and advice, and joined the ranks of those who also provided encouragement and moral support whenever I started feeling overwhelmed. And so my first “solo” issue came out. It was a little lopsided and a little delayed, to be sure, but it came out. And everyone exhaled. The creation of that first issue led to the creation of the next and the one after that and so on. But at each step along the way, there were changes that shaped and reshaped the magazine and people who enabled those changes. Foremost among these is Lidia Slysh, who joined Our Life's editorial board as the UNWLA’s Press Secretary and then became Our Life's Ukrainian-language editor. From day one, Lida and I have had an excellent working relationship, and I believe our cooperative and collegial relationship has had a great bearing on the quality of the magazine as a whole. Other changes included the restructuring of the editorial board. The current board comprises President Marianna Zajac, Marta Tarnawsky, Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Natalia Danylenko, Christine Shwed, and Virlana Tkacz. Each of these individuals, along with our Ukrainian-language proofreader, Sviatoslav Levytskyi, and our cover art coordinator, Irena Steckiv, has made significant contributions to the magazine. For many years, Our Life was “a house divided.” There were 28 Ukrainian-language pages and 8 English-language pages and the operating principle was “never the twain shall meet.” The Ukrainian section came at the front, the English section came in the middle, and the rest of the Ukrainian materials XXIXКонвенція СУА 145 www.unwla.org
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