Credit union association holds spring conference and annual meeting (07/11/04)

Credit union association holds spring conference and annual meeting

YONKERS, N.Y. - The Ukrainian National Credit Union Association (UNCUA) held its spring conference and annual meeting here on May 20-22.

Sixty-three delegates represented 18 Ukrainian American credit unions in the United States with a total membership near 100,000 and combined assets approaching $2 billion.

The participants attended sessions on investments, remote lending, new check processing procedures and administrative issues.

The annual meeting of the association was held May 22 at the SUMA Ukrainian Youth Center in Yonkers.

Board officers were elected as follows: chair - Stephen Kerda (Washington); vice-chair - Dr. Bohdan Kekish (New York); secretary - Ihor Rudko (Hartford).

Executive Committee members include: Vsevolod Salenko (New York), Bohdan Watral (Chicago), Myron Babiuk (Rochester) and Olga Jakubowska (Philadelphia).

The board of directors pledged their continued support of the credit union movement in Ukraine.

In accordance with a resolution adopted at the seventh congress of the World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives held in Kyiv last summer, the council's chair, Yaroslaw Skrypnyk from Canada, proclaimed the dedicated and long-serving president of UNCUA, Dmytro Hryhorczuk, honorary president of the World Council of Ukrainian Cooperatives.

The SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union's 40th anniversary celebration was the culmination of the weekend's events. Walter Kozicky, president of the SUMA Federal Credit Union and host of the conference, provided the delegates with a tour of "Ukrainian Yonkers," highlighted by the credit union's impressive newly constructed main offices.

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