On March 27, 2021, the Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada held it’s first and hopefully only Annual General Meeting in a virtual format. According to the report of the Verification Committee a total of 51 delegates and 7 guests participated in the Meeting from the following 10 branches: Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, St. Catharines and Etobicoke.
The General Meeting opened with a prayer and a moment of silence to remember members of CYM who had passed away in the last year, in particular as a result of Covid-19. Delegates as well paid tribute to Mykola Zawerucha and Wolodymyr Okipniuk, long-time members of CYM National and Wira Hajdamacha, president of the World Executive of CYM. The President of the National Executive, Yuri Broda, welcomed all delegates to the Annual General Meeting, as well as the participants of the CYM Leadership Seminar.
The Presidium consisted of merely two people due to its virtual format: Chair: Yuri Broda (Edmonton) and recording secretary: Natalya Melysh (Calgary).
The main objective of this year’s AGM as a result of it being online was to present and adopt the National Annual reports for the extraordinary year that passed resulting in all activities and projects being delivered predominantly in a virtual fashion. The report for the National Executive’s second year in office was presented by President, Yuri Broda, the Financial Report as well as the Charitable Trust and Michael Galandiuk Fund reports by CYM’s Treasurer, Zenon Ciz, the internal auditor’s report by Mark Diaczun and for the Grievance Committee, Irene Shust-Dankowycz.
After the conclusion of the reports, the delegates had the opportunity to receive answers regarding specific questions mostly concerning the major capital project of rebuilding the almost olympic size pool at camp Veselka as well as future plans for the usage of the camp in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Following the Q & A period, the delegates unanimously adopted the financial report as well as the budgets for the National Executive and camp Veselka including the Branch dues for 2021.
The last item on the shortened AGM agenda included a presentation of the master plan for celebrating CYM’s 75th anniversary of its founding in the diaspora including the many events and various projects scheduled to take place, presented by treasurer of the World Executive, Harry Nesmasznyj followed by Natalya Schturyn, co-chair of the National Educational Council with a discussion about the format of this year’s summer camps with the goal of establishing a mutually agreed plan for the upcoming year.
The Annual General Meeting concluded with a video greeting by His Beatitude Patriarch Svyatoslav on the occasion of CYM’s 75th anniversary in the diaspora.
All reports and presentations can be found under the following link: Plenum docs 2021.
