USCAK holds annual meeting (12/28/80)

USCAK holds annual meeting

TORONTO - The Association of Ukrainian Sports Clubs in North America (USCAK) held its annual general meeting here November 28-29 at the Plaza Hotel with some 20 delegates representing Ukrainian sport associations of the United States and Canada in attendance.

The meeting was opened by outgoing president Roman Kucil, who welcomed the participants, and conducted by a presidium consisting of Roman Rakoczy, chairman, and Irka Huminilovych and Chrystyna Zeltvay, secretaries.

Extensive reports were then delivered by members of the executive board directors of the various sport activities coordinated by USCAK and by the by-laws and editorial committee as well as the Free Olympiad committee.

In the reports it was noted that during the past two years, annual championships were held in volleyball, tennis, swimming, table tennis and skiing; a chess tournament and a track-and-field meet were held in 1979; and in 1980, soccer was resumed in the youth division. The report went on to say that the majority of the championships were well attended and that new records were set.

The sports activitics held in 1980 were conducted as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of USCAK. A jubilee banquet was held at Soyuzivka on September 27, and some of USCAK's most deserving activists and athletes were honored.

In the Free Olympiad held in Etobicoke, Ont., in July, the Ukrainians, taking part in the games along with Baltic captive nations, placed second in the overall competition. Taking part in the coordination of the sports program was Oleksander Zeltvay. A commemorative publication marking this event has already been prepared and should be published before the end of the year.

The following day, a set of new by-laws, as drawn up by the by-laws committee, was accepted with certain amendments. The by-laws committee, composed of Omelan Twardowsky, George Chranewycz and Roman Savchak, worked on the new draft in close cooperation with the leading USCAK activists of New York, the Ukrainian American Sports Club of Rochester, N.Y., SUM-A and Plast.

In the by-laws regarding USCAK membership, it was decided that from now on sport clubs and sport sections of Ukrainian youth organizations will have to register with USCAK on an individual basis, and not as previously, through their respective executive board. Each sports group within a larger organization is required to pay a $25 membership fee to USCAK. (The central executive board no longer need pay the previously established $50 dues). Without first registering in the separate USCAK sport divisions, a sport club will not be able to take part in the championships and tournaments held by USCAK or in the activities of the separate USCAK sport divisions.

In accordance with present by-laws sports meets will continue to be held for all age levels, for teams composed of athletes of Ukrainian background. However, in view of the fact that during the height of the sport season, many of the teams have non-Ukrainian athletes, the board will sponsor separate tournaments for such teams if they are organized by individual associations or clubs which are members of USCAK.

Serving as members of the nominations committee were: Messrs. Zeltvay and Twardowsky and Bohdan Sushko.

The newly elected members of the board included: Mr. Kucil, president; Myron Stebelsky, vice-president; Mr. Sushko, assistant vice-president; Ms. Zeltvay, financial secretary, Mr. Zeltvay organizing secretary and head of the 1984 Free Olympiad committee; Mr. Twardowsky, press secretary; George Kozak, soccer chairman; Yuriy Huminilovych, volleyball chairman; Mr. Rakoczy, tennis chairman; George Sawchak and Zenon Snylyk, tennis vice-chairmen; Mr. Chranewycz, table tennis chairman; Mr. Sushko, track and field chairman; Roman Slysh, swimming chairman; Bohdan Nazarko, chess chairman; R. Kuzeliak, chess vice-chairman.

Elected to the auditing committee were: Yaroslaw Moroz, M. Dachniwsky and B. Zarovsky.

Elected to the UCSAK Council were: Ivan Chamuliak. Mr. Sawchuk, Bohdan Rak, Wolodvmyr Kizyma and the Rev. Bohdan Smyk. The remainder of the available posts are to be filled, in accordance with the new by-laws, by representatives of the central boards of the various youth organizations which have sport clubs.

Before the close of the meeting, it was unanimously decided that the executive board should have its representatives in the major Ukrainian organizations in the United States and Canada without having to join the so-called conferences of youth organizations.

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