Turning the pages back... December 12, 1999 (12/10/00)

Turning the pages back...

December 12, 1999

A year ago, on December 12, 1999, The Ukrainian Weekly carried an extensive report on the first regular annual meeting of the Ukrainian National Association's General Assembly since the fraternal organization's May 1998 convention. The meeting took place at the UNA resort, Soyuzivka, on December 3-5.

As reported on the pages of this newspaper, the three-day meeting heard reports of General Assembly members for the period from May 1998 through November 1999; reviewed fraternal activities such as UNA publications, Soyuzivka and scholarships; approved a budget for 2000 after reviewing the financial report for 1998 and the first nine months of the current year; and discussed the proposed referendum on a new corporate structure for the UNA.

The principal decisions of the 1999 meeting were:

to fund operations of the UNA's Kyiv Press Bureau;
to support the UNA's two official publications, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly;
to support and to seek funding for Soyuzivka's continued development; and
to establish a By-Laws Subcommittee that will prepare, with the assistance of the General Assembly and input from the UNA membership, a referendum question regarding the implementation of a corporate structure for the UNA's policy-making and executive authorities.

Mrs. Diachuk convened the proceedings with a historical perspective: "Our institution was founded back in the 19th century, it developed, grew and flourished in the 20th century. Crossing into the 21st century, we must adapt our institution to new conditions within our Ukrainian community as well as in the insurance business from which our former and current members, the entire Ukrainian community, as well as our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, derived great benefit. ... Entering the new century and the new millennium with confidence, we should seek new methods and new approaches so that our principal goals continue to be supported by the Ukrainian community and so that the UNA continues to fulfill the purposes delineated in its founding charter."

Source: "UNA General Assembly votes to stay the course on fiscal responsibility" by Roma Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 12, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 50.

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