Fraternity-Testvériség, 1981 (59. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1981-04-01 / 2-3. szám

both denominations were presented by the President in the new Fellowship Hall of the Bethlen home.

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The Calvin' Synod at its last meeting passed a resolution challenging the denominations, the HRFA, the Bethlen Home and the American Hungarian Study Foundation to send its representatives to a Task Force meeting to explore the possibilities of saving the historical material relating to the past history of the congregations and other organizations related to the Hungarian Reformed people in the United States. In September the Task Force became a permament standard committee. Its first task is the project to systematize, catalogize and later microfilm the material now held by the Bethlen Home. The Archive Fund of the Bethlen Home would finance the project. The HRFA is interested not only in the preservation and microfilming the archive material, but also to use the equipment to microfilm the applications and other important documents of the Federation. The Board in accordance with the resolution of the Convention voted a limited period of time for the denominations to make substantial financial contributions for the fund. Following this wait and see period the Board will evaluate the progress and make its future policy decision1.

The application to operate in the state of Maryland was submitted on July 11, 1978 by Mr. László L. Eszenyi. The Federation received its license from the Maryland State Insurance Department on February 1, 1980.

During the past four years serving the Federation as President I had the privilege to have Mr. Bela Toth as my secretary. It is a pleasure to express my appreciation and thanks for his distinguished services and cooperation I had the pleasure to count on during my four years of presidency.

Respectfully submitted, Arpad George,

President

WANTED — NEEDED FIELD FORCE PERSONS

(with $51,000 quota)

Helpers from our fraternal family are needed to “SELL” the FEDERATION to others — can be part-time!

Immediate Training

For Information on compensation contact President’s office:

P. 0. Box 34917 Washington, D. C. 20034

REPORT

of the

VICE PRESIDENTSECRETARY

for the year of

1980

Dear Fellow Directors:

The year of 1980 brought about many changes in our Federation. The year of 1981 is our 85th anniversary and many celebrations are being planned in various cities. It is now that we reflect upon our past accomplishments and make preparations for the future. In these 85 years we have seen many changes in our land and so we must make important decisions to safeguard and strenghten our Hungarian culture and heritage for future generations.

Major changes took place at our Quadrennial Convention held in June 1980. We have completely reconstructed our society by changing to three National Officers for whom the duties are outlined in the by-laws.

On July 1, 1980, the resignation of Mr. László L. Eszenyi, Executive Vice President became effective. His many duties were distributed among the three officers. The various information heretofore covered in the report of the Executive Vice President will be found in the reports of the other officers.

FIELD FORCE

During the first six (6) months, the meetings of the Field Force were held in Ligonier, PA. in February. The District Meetings were held in the New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Ohio areas prior to the Convention.

These meetings were attended by all four National Officers and I constantly stressed and urged the Field Force to solicit new members and conserve their present membership. In many cases this fell on deaf ears.

It is ever apparent that we must strive to get new and younger people to become active field agents. This will require recruiting, training and additional training as we never stop learning, especially in this very complex field of life insurance.

The writing of new business and the conservation of that on the books is the mainstay and lifeline of a fraternal life insurance society. We must strive to have an agressive, well trained field force. There will be changes necessary and we must look at what is good for the organization, as we cannot and should not stop progress.

Anyone viewing any changes to be made strictly from a selfish angle does not have the interest of the society at heart. It was too bad that the report on computerization to the Convention met such a sad fate. Let us hope that all changes, suggestions and decisions to be made during this meeting, will be for the good of the society.

The changes we made in branch personnel for the first half of 1980 are as follows:

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