New UNA By-Laws fail to win approval

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The changes to the Ukrainian National Association By-Laws that proposed altering the fraternal society's governance structure to a corporate model with a board of directors have failed to pass, announced the UNA Auditing Committee, which counted the ballots here on May 8.

Meeting at the UNA Corporate Headquarters, the auditors opened and counted all the ballots received from delegates to the UNA's Regular Convention held in Toronto in 1998 and members of the General Assembly elected at that conclave.

A report signed for the Auditing Committee by William Pastuszek, chairman; Stefan Hawrysz, vice-chairman; Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn, secretary; Myron Groch and Yaroslav Zaviysky, members; noted that a total of 179 ballots was received, which represented 76.8 percent of the 233 eligible votes.

The results of the vote are as follows: for adopting the by-laws changes, 106; against, 70. Three ballots were ruled invalid (two were returned empty and one was damaged).

In order for the by-laws proposal to pass 155 "yes" votes - two-thirds of the eligible votes - were required. Fifty-four eligible voters, or 23.2 percent of the total eligible, did not register a vote.

The UNA Auditing Committee conducted the ballot count on the first day of its regular review of UNA operations. The review continued on May 9 and 10 at the UNA Corporate Headquarters. Auditor Zaviysky's absence on May 8 was excused.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 13, 2001, No. 19, Vol. LXIX

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