UNA convenes 34th Convention (05/17/98)

UNA convenes 34th Convention

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - As this issue of The Ukrainian Weekly went to press on Friday, May 15, the Ukrainian National Association convened its 34th Regular Convention in Toronto.

Delegates, elected by UNA branches throughout the United States and Canada, will elect UNA officers, auditors and advisors, who comprise the organization's General Assembly. They will vote on two separate mergers of similar Ukrainian fraternal societies - the Ukrainian National Aid Association of America and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association - with the UNA, and amendments to the UNA By-Laws, which are aimed at taking the UNA into the next century.

Convention delegates also will hear and discuss reports by members of the General Assembly, as well as editors-in-chief of the Svoboda Ukrainian-language daily newspaper and The Ukrainian Weekly, act on reports presented by the Financial, Petitions and Secretaries committees, and adopt resolutions and recommendations for the well-being of the UNA.

Also on the convention agenda are a banquet on Saturday evening, May 16, and a concert on Sunday evening, May 17, featuring the Vesnivka Choir and soloist Alexis Kochan.

The quadrennial convention meets through Tuesday, May 19, at the downtown Toronto Hilton Hotel.