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Museum facility has begun and look forward to seeing the building process completed and the museum functioning in its new home. The president and many members of the UNWLA took part in the Museum's 25th anniversary celebration. Regions and Branches honored this anniversary within their communities and made impressive donations. The Ohio Regional Council made a particularly singular gesture, raising more than $25,000 which was presented to the Museum on October 2001 by Regional President Iwanna Shkarupa. The museum chair, Maria Pazuniak, works continually to increase membership in the institution and is involved in fundraising. In addition to providing financial support and donating the Museum's premises at $1 a year, the UNWLA has given the institution its nucleus collection of folk art— costumes and other valuable objects, which were purchased in Halychyna for the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Branches pay $100 a year in dues to the Museum and Museum members work as volunteers. The UNWLA has a 51% vote in the Museum and the current UNWLA president is the first vice president to serve on the Museum's Board of Trustees. The UNWLA is proud that the president of the Museum, Olha Hnateyko, is a member of our organization. It is during her presidency that the construction of the new facility began. The first president of The Ukrainian Museum was Aleksandra Riznyk, also a UNWLA member. Among the current members of the Museum's Executive Board are UNWLA members Katria Czerwoniak, Orysia Woloszyn, and Maria Tomorug. UNWLA members on the Board of Trustees are Ulana Baczynskyj, Sofia Hewryk, Ulana Kobzar, Lidia Krushelnytsky, Maria Pazuniak, Roma Shuhan, Olga Stawnychy, and Oksana Trytiak. Representing the UNWLA on the Auditing Committee are Nadia Cwiach and Yaroslawa Luchechko. UNWLA Finances The finances of the UNWLA were most problematic during this term. Following the previous Convention, treasurer Donna Czechovych and financial secretary Roma Lisovych resigned from their respective posts. Taisa Turiansky agreed to oversee the finances and prepared the 1999 tax returns. We are very grateful to Ms. Turiansky for having helped in this complex situation. On February 2000, Olena Paslavsky was co-opted for the post of treasurer; however, due to lack of personal time, she resigned. Nadia Cwiach saved the situation by resigning from the auditing Ccommittee and assuming the dual role of treasurer and financial secretary. As such, she computerized all of the financial data and prepared the documentation for the 2000- 2001 tax returns. It is disturbing that UNWLA members financially support the programs of other organizations, forgetting that because of this we may lose our tax-exempt status. Estates It was difficult to carry out one of the resolutions of the XXV Convention, namely the purchase of "Soyuzianka House." The land, which was given to us by generous donors and valued at $44,000, became unsuitable for the intended purpose, due to ecological restrictions of the Town of Carmel in Putnam County. This situation has created a financial burden for our organization (taxes and insurance on the land). We are attempting to sell it. From the estate of O. Antin Kuchma, the UNWLA received $11,800, which was deposited in a CD at Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. Archives UNWLA archives for the years 1925-1975 were organized by archives committee chair Olha Trytyak and her coworker Alexandra Kirshak. In December 2001, eleven boxes of archival materials were shipped to the Immigration History Research Center in Minneapolis, MN. On February 2nd the president of the UNWLA signed an agreement with the Center, and on February 11, 2002, the document was signed by the curator of the Center, Joel F.Wurl. This was one of the most important accomplishments of our tenure. The Center acknowledged the excellent organization of this monumental project. The UNWLA Archive will be preserved with the archival material of other ethnic and Ukrainian groups, to be utilized as a reference resource. 84 XXVI Конвенція СУА www.unwla.org
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