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MOTlON:<br />
Al Kachkowski 2nd vasyl Luchkiw<br />
Regarding Section 17 B. in order for the Convention By-Laws Committee to be<br />
able to consider any changes recommended by the Standing В у-Laws Committee<br />
those changes must be circulated to Branch Secretaries at least 6 months prior to date<br />
of the Convention.<br />
DlSCUSSlON:<br />
Taras Szmagala, Barbara Bachynsky, Nick Diakiwsky, Al Kachkowski, Taras<br />
Szmagala Sr., vasyl Luchkiw, Alex Chudolij<br />
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There are in fact 2 By-Laws Committees, the standing By-Laws Committee that<br />
has been working during the year and the Convention By-Laws Committee that is<br />
appointed prior to the Convention<br />
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By-Laws Committee at the Convention is made up of delegates to that<br />
Convention and they are elected 1 week prior to the Convention<br />
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Delegates are selected 60 days prior to the Conventions therefore the Convention<br />
By-Laws Committee could be elected approximately 40-50 days prior to the Convention.<br />
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The Convention By-Laws Committee receives all the recommendations of the<br />
Standing By-Laws Committee and they have the power to accept or reject the recom–<br />
mendations and present them to the Convention<br />
FOR: 3<br />
AGA1NST: 10<br />
ABSTA1NED: 6 MOTlON FA1LED<br />
MOTlON:<br />
Al Kachkowski 2nd vasyl Luchkiw<br />
Regarding Section 17-B.ln order for the Convention By-Laws Committee to be able to<br />
consider any changes recommended by the Standing By-Laws Committee those changes<br />
must be circulated to Branch Secretaries at least 60 days prior to the date of the Convention.<br />
FOR: 11<br />
AGA1NST: 1<br />
ABSTA1NED: 9 MOTlON PASSED<br />
MOTlON:<br />
Alex Chudolij, 2nd Anya Dydyk-Petrenko<br />
Regarding Section 17- C. Eliminate the phrase " . salaries of members of the<br />
Board of Trustees - ".<br />
DlSCUSSlON;<br />
Alex Chudolij, Al Kachkowski, vasyl Luchkiw<br />
The Finance Committee should not be setting salaries, if any, for the Board of<br />
Trustees, since this committee is appointed by the Board of Trustees, this could be a<br />
conflict of interest.<br />
FOR: 20 MOTlON PASSED<br />
AGA1NST;<br />
MOTlON:<br />
Martha Lysko 2nd Taras Szmagala<br />
Any individual who is interested in running for the Board of Trustees may declare<br />
his^her candidacy in our publications, including a basic ВІО, in a manner to be pre–<br />
scribed by the Board of Trustees no less than 60 days prior to the Convention.<br />
DlSCUSSlON:<br />
Taras Szmagala, Martha Lysko, Wasyl Szeremeta, Myron Kuropas, vasyl Luchkiw,<br />
Al Kachkowski, Stefko Kuropas, Taras Szmagala Sr., Ulana M. Diachuk,<br />
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This concept eliminates the possibility of making a spur of the moment decision<br />
at the Convention to run for office.<br />
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We could suggest that individuals do this but not make it obligatory.<br />
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it causes difficulties for new delegates who are not as aware of how the<br />
Convention really runs. They may not be as prepared, and these are the candidates<br />
that may be swayed and decide to run at the Convention.<br />
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We should ask interested persons who want to run for office to submit their<br />
resumes 60 days prior to the Convention and within 30 days before the Convention all<br />
their resumes will be published in our newspapers. This will give all our members and<br />
delegates a good overview of the qualifications of the persons running for office.<br />
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Serving on the Board of Trustees should not be something that one is suddenly<br />
moved to do at the Convention, these should be people who are qualified, dedicated<br />
and have given much thought beforehand to serving on the board.<br />
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At most Conventions the candidates are identified well before the Convention,<br />
why should these candidates not declare themselves to the membership and the delegates<br />
before hand, allowing the delegates to think ahead of time who may be the best<br />
choice.<br />
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is it too much to ask a proposed candidate who wishes to serve on the highest<br />
body of this organization, as one of the 11 members, who will be meeting 4 times a<br />
year for four years to announce his candidacy 60 days prior to the convention?<br />
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We should make it easier on delegates and identify candidates with their qualifications<br />
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We must point out that under the new By-Laws the Board of Trustees will have<br />
much more authority and much more responsibility than the General Assembly mem–<br />
bers have now. That is why it is very important to have qualified individuals running<br />
for office, individuals who have given much thought to the idea of running, not spur<br />
of the moment reflex. They should be identified before the Convention.<br />
FOR: 18<br />
AGA1NST: 1<br />
ABSTA1NED: 1 MOTlON PASSED<br />
MOTlON:<br />
Taras Szmagala, 2nd Alexander Serafyn<br />
Any individual who is interested in running for office on the Board of Trustees<br />
must declare his7her candidacy to be printed in our publications including a basic<br />
ВІО, 30 days prior to the Convention, in a manner to be prescribed by the Board of<br />
Trustees no less to 60 days prior to the Convention.<br />
DlSCUSSlON:<br />
Al Kachkowski, vasyl Luchkiw, Alex Chudolij, Alexander Serafyn, Taras<br />
Szmagala<br />
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We were strongly criticized at our last Convention by our delegates and the communi–<br />
ty at large for not knowing ahead of time who will actually be running for the presidency.<br />
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Historically in our organization some good members of the board have been elect–<br />
ed at the Convention with no previous thought of running.<br />
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Some of our other well respected organizations have a requirement of announcing<br />
candidacy 90 days prior and they must obtain signatures of support. Serious candi–<br />
dates should not have a problem with this requirement.<br />
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The opportunity for candidates to advertise should be opened to them, but we<br />
should not make it mandatory to proclaim candidacy ahead of time.<br />
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We should have some sort of publicized call to our membership and the commu–<br />
nity for qualified candidates, maybe a letter to the secretaries and7or district heads.<br />
9<br />
We should expect candidates who wish to run for the highest offices in our orga–<br />
nization to have much prior thought whether they can or should run for office.<br />
FOR: 8<br />
AGA1NST: 13<br />
ABSTA1NED: 1 MOTlON FA1LED<br />
OTHER DlSCUSSlON:<br />
There should be a call made to the general membership inviting qualified members<br />
to consider running for candidacy. We should encourage as many qualified candidates<br />
as possible to run.<br />
if the General Assembly approve the changes in these By-Laws the changes will<br />
actually take effect at the 2002 Convention. The current officers remain in office until<br />
the new elected Board of Trustees is installed. At the 2002 Convention we will be<br />
electing the new Board of Trustees.<br />
Special congratulations to Taras Szmagala Jr. for his 9 years of perseverance,<br />
dedication and extraordinary amount of time dedicated to the By-Laws restructuring.<br />
At an average rate of anywhere between S200 to S700 an hour that attorneys earn,<br />
UNA would be bankrupt if we had to pay Taras for every hour that he dedicated to<br />
UNA. CONGRATULATlONS AND THANK YOU.<br />
Barbara Bachynsky:<br />
Requests that during the spring District meetings, special sessions be devoted to the<br />
By-Laws changes with special speakers like Taras Szmagala Jr. or others well versed<br />
in the subject.<br />
Alex Chudolij:<br />
in the new By-Laws, is there a stipulation for removal of a Trustee also is it a require–<br />
ment for auditors to be attending at least some of the Board of Director's Meetings?<br />
Taras Szmagala Jr.:<br />
Auditors do come to the yearly Board of Director's Meeting.<br />
MOTlON:<br />
William Pastuszek, 2nd Alex Chudolij<br />
Chairman of the Auditing Committee, or his designee shall attend each Board of<br />
Trustees Meeting.<br />
DlSCUSSlON:<br />
William Pastuszek, Taras Szmagala Jr., vasyl Luchkiw, Alex Chudolij,<br />
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Auditors attend the meeting, but they do not vote.<br />
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Any member can attend any of the Board of Trustees Meeting except for those<br />
meetings that are specifically closed.<br />
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Even though everybody can attend the meetings, members are not reimbursed for<br />
attending.<br />
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The auditors should attend the meetings as part of their duties. Even though they<br />
cannot vote, they should be reimbursed.<br />
FOR: 20<br />
AGA1NST:<br />
ABSTA1NED: 2 MOTlON PASSED<br />
Myron Kuropas:<br />
What is the schedule of informing the delegates, in the press or otherwise regarding<br />
the By-Laws changes. We must give the delegates ample time to study the changes<br />
and then vote.<br />
Taras Szmagala Jr.:<br />
We had a mandate from the previous Convention to mail out the changes to the<br />
Delegates by the end of January. From January to May have general discussions<br />
regarding the changes in the press, also have special district meetings, etc.. The delegates<br />
should vote and return their votes in a return prepaid envelope May 1,2001.<br />
MOTlON:<br />
Stefko Kuropas, 2nd Barbara Bachynsky<br />
Propose and send out the By-Laws changes to all the delegates as mandated by the<br />
previous Convention.<br />
FOR: 11<br />
AGA1NST: 7<br />
ABSTA1NED: 1 MOTlON PASSED<br />
9. R E P O R T O F THE P E R M A N E N T СОММІТТЕЕ F O R SOYUZ1YKA<br />
із. R E V I E W O F R E S O R T CONSULTANTS' R E P O R T O N S O Y U Z I V K A ,<br />
F O R M U L A T I N G P L A N S T O R E D U C E T H E<br />
DEFICIT.<br />
Ulana Diachuk:<br />
All General Assembly members received the detailed copy of the report of the hotel<br />
consultants. The consultants made certain recommendations, all of which were very<br />
costly. UNA will not be able to continue subsidizing Soyuzivka as it has in the past<br />
and therefore we are looking for alternatives to making Soyuzivka financially inde–<br />
pendent. We must decide is Soyuzivka important to UNA and the Ukrainian<br />
Community, if the answer is yes, our task then will be to come up with a solution. The<br />
Executive Committee hired these Hotel Consultants to review Soyuzivka's operations<br />
and to make recommendations so we could hold on to it.<br />
Soyuzivka Standing Committee had a meeting yesterday and they came up with<br />
various possibilities.<br />
Soyuzivka Standing Committee Members:<br />
Stefko Kuropas Al Kachkowski Halyna Kolessa<br />
Taras Szmagala Jr., Wasyl Szeremeta Stephanie Hawryluk<br />
Alex Chudolij John Flis vasyl Lucbkiw<br />
Stefko Kuropas:<br />
Soyuzivka Standing Committee report: