THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM
UNA releases organizing results, recognizes top organizers for 2000
by Martha Lysko
UNA National Secretary
The Ukrainian National Association is a membership organization and as such depends largely for its existence and growth on its members. For many years the key people in organizing new members have been our branch secretaries. They still continue to be promoters of the UNA and builders of our organization.
Their role changed somewhat from what it was in the last century. With today's technological advances and the ever-changing Ukrainian community, these changes were inevitable. In January of this year, when the entire UNA went from branch billing to direct billing, we simply responded to the demands of the time and circumstances. This change liberated the branch secretary from the mundane task of premium collection and presented the more challenging task of organizing members by promoting the UNA through fraternal branch activities.
Despite the many difficulties faced by our secretaries and organizers, the UNA finished the year with 526 new members for the total amount of insurance $7,903,549. In addition there were 13 annuities sold for the amount of $778,479. One hundred thirty-four secretaries, member organizers and licensed agents participated in this effort. Ten branches produced 10 or more policies during year 2000. Nine out of 27 Districts achieved 50 percent or more of their annual quota. The highest quotas by districts were attained by: Various Branches - 172 percent, the Woonsocket District - 130 percent, and the Buffalo, Albany and Connecticut Districts - 95 percent. More than half of districts did not meet their organizing quotas.
The three best organizers for the year by the number of policies and premium dollars due were: Myron Pylypiak, Branch 496, who organized 62 members with $14,688.44 in annual premiums; in second place is Lubov Streletsky, Branch 10, 29 members and $13,264 in premiums; in third place is Joseph Hawryluk, Branch 360, 27 members and premiums of $9,642.47.
These are the stars among our secretaries and serve as an example to all. They face the same difficulties as every other branch in the UNA, but they surpass the difficulties and achieve brilliant results. These three people have been in the forefront of our organizing efforts for several years and the UNA is grateful to them. We hope others will follow in their footsteps.
The UNA faces the new century with many challenges, but none as important as the growth of membership in our organization. Whether we have a professional sales force, branch secretaries or paid organizers, the challenge still remains the same. We can blame people, economic conditions, assimilation or lack of interest for our failures, but each one of us can contribute to the success of organizing by bringing in just one member during the year. If every member organized one other person we would double our membership in one year.
| Organizer Name (Branch) | Members Organized |
Amount of Insurance |
| Pylypiak Myron (496) | 62 | $526,000.00 |
| Streletsky Lubov (10) | 29 | $502,000.00 |
| Hawryluk Joseph (360) | 27 | $697,000.00 |
| Hawryluk Stephanie (88) | 24 | $179,900.00 |
| Oscislawski Eugene (234) | 15 | $391,650.00 |
| Chabon Joseph (242) | 14 | $170,000.00 |
| Kuzio Myron (277) | 13 | $183,000.00 |
| Hardink Leon (206) | 12 | $390,000.00 |
| Darmograj Yuri (127) | 10 | $95,000.00 |
| Trytjak Oksana (25) | 10 | $205,000.00 |
| Diakiwsky Nicholas (161) | 9 | $53,000.00 |
| Matiash Eli (120) | 9 | $45,000.00 |
| Staruch Longin (371) | 9 | $234,000.00 |
| Boland Genet (409) | 8 | $100,000.00 |
| Hawryshkiw George (283) | 8 | $65,000.00 |
| Worobec Andre (70, 168, 76) | 8 | $572,000.00 |
| Kotch Joyce (39) | 7 | $120,000.00 |
| Turko Michael (63) | 7 | $50,000.00 |
| Banit Vira (473) | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| Galonzka Dmytro (307) | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| Haras Anna (47) | 6 | $40,000.00 |
| Koczarski Jacek (777) | 6 | $125,000.00 |
| Krywulych Walter (266) | 6 | $75,000.00 |
| Paschuk Larisa R. (325) | 6 | $60,000.00 |
| Bachynsky Barbara (184) | 5 | $83,000.00 |
| Felenchak Michael (271) | 5 | $125,000.00 |
| Fil Nicholas (13) | 5 | $40,000.00 |
| Odezynskyj Bohdan (216) | 5 | $25,000.00 |
| Tatarsky Helen (94) | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| Bilchuk Nina (777) | 4 | $234,999.00 |
| Chomko John (42) | 4 | $40,000.00 |
| Doboszczak Bohdan (59) | 4 | $50,000.00 |
| Dolnycky Alexandra (434) | 4 | $110,000.00 |
| Fedorijczuk George (162) | 4 | $64,000.00 |
| Haluszczak Maria (70) | 4 | $20,000.00 |
| Hentosh Marguerite (305) | 4 | $30,000.00 |
| Horbaty Gloria (414) | 4 | $62,000.00 |
| Maruszczak Olga (82) | 4 | $20,000.00 |
| Maryniuk Andrew (388) | 4 | $60,000.00 |
| Home Office | 4 | $90,000.00 |
| Brodyn Christine (27) | 3 | $135,000.00 |
| Fenchak Paul (320) | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Guglik Julie (259) | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| Kapral Mary (112) | 3 | $11,000.00 |
| Kozak Christine (777, 155) | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| Liteplo Olga (361) | 3 | $9,000.00 |
| Napora Vera (291) | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| Nazarewycz Irene (352) | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| Shewchuk Paul (13) | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Zaviysky Yaroslav (155) | 2 | $25,000.00 |
| Bilyk Michael (323) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Cybriwsky Ilko (417) | 2 | $20,000.00 |
| Duda Teodor (163) | 2 | $15,000.00 |
| Godfrey Rodney (142) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Hawrysz Stefan (83) | 2 | $25,000.00 |
| Hryshchyshyn Bohdan (264) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Karachewsky Helen (221) | 2 | $8,000.00 |
| Kujdych Ivan (331) | 2 | $35,000.00 |
| Kulczycky Maria (8) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Kuropas Stefko (176) | 2 | $30,000.00 |
| Lawrin Alexandra(175) | 2 | $28,000.00 |
| Lonyszyn Sophie (372) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Milinichik Janice (147) | 2 | $60,000.00 |
| Moroz Tekla (465) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Nedilsky Maureen Anne (171) | 2 | $200,000.00 |
| Pishko Olga (338) | 2 | $20,000.00 |
| Platosz Adam (254) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Scholtis Bonnie L. (164) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Serba Peter (173) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Skyba Andrij (399) | 2 | $50,000.00 |
| Slovik Helen (7) | 2 | $15,000.00 |
| Stefuryn Gizelia (169) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Stuban Frank (67) | 2 | $15,000.00 |
| Tymkiv Petro (458) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Vasylyk Galina (399) | 2 | $50,000.00 |
| Woch Steven (777) | 2 | $180,000.00 |
| Banach Joseph (171) | 1 | $25,000.00 |
| Bardell Janet (241) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Bilyk Wolodymyr (170) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Bodnar Lew (131) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Borovitcky Annabelle (230) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Butrej Tymko (164) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Choma Mychajlo (290) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Chornomaz Helena (490) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Home Office (358) | 1 | $75,000.00 |
| Danilovitch Irine (888) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Danyliw Jurij (153) | 1 | $25,000.00 |
| Demczur Nadia (86) | 1 | $50,000.00 |
| Djoula Serguei (473) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Dushnyck Mary (293) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Dzus Joseph (367) | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Fuga Paul (269) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Groch Myron (461) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Hawrylciw Peter (253) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Hayda Ihor (59) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Hentisz-Brechun Olena (489) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Hnatyk Maria (304) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Holowatyj John M. (53) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Honchar Angela (481) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Jewtushenko Wasyl (422) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Kachkowski Albert (444) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Kochy Stephanie (472) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Kotlar Julian (42) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Kowalewsky Walter (58) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Krywyj Vera (174) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Kufta Genevieve (171) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Lazirko Iouri (134) | 1 | $20,000.00 |
| Leshchyshyn Peter (66) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Leskiw Jaroslaw (133) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Markus Oksana (217) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Martynenko Mychajlo (245) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Melnyk Dmytro (166) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Milanytch Eustachia (450) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Home Office (233) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Olenchuk Alice M. (112) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Oseredczuk Olga (37) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Palaschenko Alexander (358) | 1 | $15,000.00 |
| Petruncio Mary (78) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Petryk Fedir (362) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Pryjma Irene (292) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Pryszlak Nicholas (45) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Pytel Petro (139) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Raishart Donald (113) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Salabay Nadia (155) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Shpak Jerry (238) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Skibickyj Alex (285) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Slevinsky Taras (59) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Smal Emilia (412) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Stec Dimitri (59) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Svistoun Olga (432) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Trojan Myroslaw (67) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Yurkiw George (130) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Zajac Roman I. (472) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Zynjuk Ostap (15) | 1 | $25,000.00 |
| TOTAL | 526 | $7,903,549.00 |
| District quota | New members | Percentage attained | ||
| 1 | Various | 50 | 86 | 172.00% |
| 2 | Woonsocket | 10 | 13 | 130.00% |
| 3 | Buffalo | 40 | 38 | 95.00% |
| 4 | Albany | 40 | 38 | 95.00% |
| 5 | Connecticut District | 35 | 30 | 85.71% |
| 6 | Boston | 10 | 7 | 70.00% |
| 7 | Wilkes Barre | 20 | 13 | 65.00% |
| 8 | Syracuse | 35 | 21 | 65.00% |
| 9 | Montreal | 25 | 13 | 52.00% |
| 10 | Shamokin | 45 | 21 | 46.67% |
| 11 | Pitsburgh | 70 | 32 | 45.71% |
| 12 | Philadelphia | 135 | 54 | 40.00% |
| 13 | Northern New Jersey | 165 | 64 | 38.79% |
| 14 | Niagara | 15 | 4 | 26.67% |
| 15 | Allentown | 30 | 8 | 26.67% |
| 16 | Baltimore | 20 | 5 | 25.00% |
| 17 | New York | 95 | 21 | 22.11% |
| 18 | Central New Jersey | 45 | 9 | 20.00% |
| 19 | Central | 10 | 2 | 20.00% |
| 20 | Cleveland | 60 | 11 | 18.33% |
| 21 | Detroit | 80 | 13 | 16.25% |
| 22 | Chicago | 95 | 15 | 15.79% |
| 23 | Youngstown | 10 | 1 | 10.00% |
| 24 | Winnipeg | 10 | 1 | 10.00% |
| 25 | Rochester | 40 | 4 | 10.00% |
| 26 | Toronto | 50 | 2 | 4.00% |
| 27 | Minneapolis | 10 | 0 | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 1,250 | 526 | 0.4208 |
| Name | Branch | Annual premium |
| Myron Pylypiak | 62 | $14,688.44 |
| Lubov Streletsky | 29 | $13,264.60 |
| Joseph Hawryluk | 27 | $9,642.47 |
| Barbara Bachynsky | 5 | $4,056.80 |
| Longin Staruch | 9 | $3,447.73 |
| Yuri Darmograj | 10 | $3,282.81 |
| Stephanie Hawryluk | 24 | $3,061.35 |
| Myron Kuzio | 13 | $2,830.27 |
| Eugene Oscislawski | 15 | $2,472.41 |
| Paul Fuga | 1 | $2,265.00 |
| Helen Karachewsky | 2 | $2.120.00 |
| Name | Branch | Members | Insurance amount |
| Pylypiak Myron | 496 | 62 | $526,000.00 |
| Streletsky Lubov | 10 | 29 | $502,000.00 |
| Hawryluk Joseph | 360 | 27 | $697,000.00 |
| Hawryluk Stephanie | 88 | 24 | $179,900.00 |
| Oscislawski Eugene | 234 | 15 | $391,650.00 |
| Chabon Joseph | 242 | 14 | $170,000.00 |
| Kuzio Myron | 277 | 13 | $183,000.00 |
| Hardink Leon | 206 | 12 | $390,000.00 |
| Darmograj Yuri | 127 | 10 | $95,000.00 |
| Trytjak Oksana | 25 | 10 | $205,000.00 |
| Diakiwsky Nicholas | 161 | 9 | $53,000.00 |
| Matiash Eli | 120 | 9 | $45,000.00 |
| Staruch longin | 371 | 9 | $234,000.00 |
| Boland Genet | 409 | 8 | $100,000.00 |
| Hawryshkiw George | 283 | 8 | $65,000.00 |
| Worobec Andre | 76 | 8 | $572,000.00 |
| Kotch Joyce | 39 | 7 | $120,000.00 |
| Turko Michael | 63 | 7 | $50,000.00 |
| Banit Vira | 473 | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| Galonzka Dmytro | 307 | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| Haras Anna | 47 | 6 | $40,000.00 |
| Koczarski Jacek | 777 | 6 | $120,000.00 |
| Krywulych Walter | 266 | 6 | $75,000.00 |
| Paschuk Larisa R. | 325 | 6 | $60,000.00 |
| Bachynsky Barbara | 184 | 5 | $83,000.00 |
| Felenchak Michael | 271 | 5 | $125,000.00 |
| Fil Nicholas | 13 | 5 | $40,000.00 |
| Odezynskyj Bohdan | 216 | 5 | $25,000.00 |
| Tatarsky Helen | 94 | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| *Those who organized less than five members are not included in the above list. | |||
| Branch | Name | Members | Insurance amount |
| 496 | Pylypiak Myron | 62 | $526,000.00 |
| Branch | Name | Members | Insurance amount |
| 10 | Streletsky Lubov | 29 | $502,000.00 |
| 360 | Hawryluk Joseph | 27 | $697,000.00 |
| Branch | Name | Members | Insurance amount |
| 88 | Hawryluk Stephanie | 24 | $179,900.00 |
| 234 | Oscislawski Eugene | 15 | $391,650.00 |
| 242 | Chabon Joseph | 14 | $170,000.00 |
| 277 | Kuzio Myron | 13 | $183,000.00 |
| 206 | Hardink Leon | 12 | $390,000.00 |
| 127 | Darmograj Yuri | 10 | $95,000.00 |
| 25 | Trytjak Oksana | 10 | $205,000.00 |
| Branch | Name | Members | Insurance amount |
| 161 | Diakiwsky Nicholas | 9 | $53,000.00 |
| 120 | Matiash Eli | 9 | $45,000.00 |
| 371 | Staruch Longin | 9 | $234,000.00 |
| 409 | Boland Genet | 8 | $100,000.00 |
| 283 | Hawryshkiw George | 8 | $65,000.00 |
| 76 | Worobec Andre | 8 | $572,000.00 |
| 39 | Kotch Joyce | 7 | $120,000.00 |
| 63 | Turko Michael | 7 | $50,000.00 |
| 473 | Banit Vira | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| 307 | Galonzka Dmytro | 6 | $30,000.00 |
| 47 | Haras Anna | 6 | $40,000.00 |
| 777 | Koczarski Jacek | 6 | $120,000.00 |
| 266 | Krywulych Walter | 6 | $75,000.00 |
| 325 | Paschuk Larisa R. | 6 | $60,000.00 |
| 184 | Bachynsky Barbara | 5 | $83,000.00 |
| 271 | Felenchak Michael | 5 | $125,000.00 |
| 13 | Fil Nicholas | 5 | $40,000.00 |
| 216 | Odezynskyj Bohdan | 5 | $25,000.00 |
| 94 | Tatarsky Helen | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| Branch | Members | Name | District |
| 496 | 62 | Pylypiak Myron | Various |
| 10 | 29 | Streletsky Lubov | Philadelphia |
| 360 | 27 | Hawryluk Joseph | Buffalo |
| 88 | 24 | Hawryluk Stephanie | Albany |
| 234 | 15 | Oscislawski Eugene | Northern New Jersey |
| 242 | 14 | Chabon Joseph | Shamokin |
| 277 | 13 | Kuzio Myron | Connecticut |
| 206 | 12 | Hardink Leon | Woonsocket |
| 127 | 10 | Darmograj Yuri | Buffalo |
| 25 | 10 | Trytjak Oksana | Northern New Jersey |
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 11, 2001, No. 6, Vol. LXIX
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