Fraternity-Testvériség, 1990 (68. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1990-01-01 / 1. szám
Page 12 TESTVÉRISÉG Vice President: Donna Balut Secretary: Marilyn Kish Treasurer: Larry Toth Fraternal Chairman: Nick Szilagyi Donna Balut asked if there were any other nominations from the floor. Nick Szilagyi nominated Larry Toth as Vice President. Larry accepted the nomination. A secret-ballot vote was then taken for the office of Vice President with a result of 4 to 2 in favor of Donna Balut. Mike Pauli suggested that the Ohio Branch should be contacted regarding the position of Director. John and Dan Francosky were called and they also gave their approval of Mike Pauli as Director of the St. George Branch. The slate of officers as proposed by the Nominating Committee was then accepted. Mike Pauli thanked everyone for their support and vowed to actively represent our District on the Board. Larry Toth will fill out a signature card for our new checking account since he will be taking care of our finances. Two signatures are needed for checks as has always been our practice. The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m. Donna Balut, Vice President Board Members: 1977-1989 Front row l. to r.: Samuel V. Convery, Attorney; John J. Krilla, President; Michael Pauli Jr., Vice President; Helen Duska, Secretary-Treasurer. Back row l. to r.: Marilyn Kish, Auditor; Vincent Pordan, Director; Ann Rodrigues, Auditor (replaced by Lawrence Toth); Nicholas Szilagyi, Auditor; Donna Balut, Auditor. ANNOUNCEMENT “Effective Lobbying for Human Rights” From June 9-12, 1990 the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, the Hungarian Communion of Friends (Magyar Baratt Közösség), the William Penn Fraternal Association, and the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation will sponsor a human rights workshop in Washington, D.C. The workshop is organized for college age and young adults who want to become active in the human rights struggles of Hungarians in Rumania, Czechoslovakia and other East European states. As the news media has reported recently—and as we Hungarian-Americans have known for some time—the Hungarians in southern Slovakia and in Transylvania have been subjected to discriminatory policies and even physical abuse. We Hungarian Americans feel that in this great land of opportunity, we have the know-how, skill and ideals which can counter this oppression effectively. For a select number of interested people, we will assemble a group of instructors who have both practical experience and a clear understanding of what needs to be done in the East European human rights struggle. These instructors will share their political know-how and skills with the workshop participants for three days. The instructors include people with elective political experience, lobbying careers, as well as active involvement with the media and academic work. The staff for the workshop includes: Bernard Hanley, Beata Kovács, László Hamos, Andrew Ludanyi, Kay Scrimger and Peter Ujvagi. The focus of the workshop will be practical. Aside from some discussion of the traits of the American political landscape, the concern will be to inform the participants of the most effective ways of contacting and influencing public officials and the mass media. For example, we will discuss ways of organizing local pressure group centers, ways of writing and planting press releases, letters to the editors or letters to public officials. We will also discuss building alliances with other interest groups and developing dependable channels of communication to public officials and to the news media. If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please contact: Professor Andrew Ludanyi PO. Box 112 Ada, Ohio 45810 Phone: (419) 772-2097 Remember, we only have spaces for 20 participants, so we will take your application on a first-come, first- serve basis. Please indicate your desire to participate as soon as possible.
