William Penn Life, 1992 (27. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1992-01-01 / 1. szám

January 1992, William Penn Life, Page 9 Synopsis of the Minutes of the 32nd General Convention held September 9-10-11,1991, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1991_________ • Chairman of the Convention Joseph P. Arvay wel­comed the delegates with a sincere "Isten Hozott” to the 32nd General Convention at 10:00 a.m. This Convention is called into session in accordance with the fraternal insurance laws of the various juris­dictions wherein the Association is licensed to operate as a fraternal benefit society. The supreme governing and legislative body of a fraternal association is the general convention. State law mandates that a convention of delegates representing the entire membership convene once every four years to establish rules, laws, regulations and guidelines for the ensuing four years. All members of the Convention are expected to be courteous in their speech and conduct. Each speaker will be expected to present his views clearly and calmly. Only that delegate who has been recognized by the presiding chairman may speak, and only those matters may be discussed at the Convention which have been included in the agenda and in accordance with the By-Laws. • As a result of the unexpected hospitalization of Frank J. Radvany, secretary of the Board emeritus, Chairman Arvay appointed Director Anthony C. Beke as secretary of the Convention. This was unanimously accepted by the delegates. • The invocation was offered by the Rev. Louis Illés, pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Duquesne, Pa. • The assembly recited the Pledge of Allegiance, led by- Michael J. Hrabar, vice chairman of the Board. • The assembly sang the National Anthem, led by National Secretary George S. Charles Jr. This was followed by the singing of the Magyar Himnusz, led by Michael R. Kara, vice chairman of the Auditing Committee. • National President E. E. Vargo extended warm greet­ings to the Convention in both Hungarian and English. He also introduced the following dignitaries: former National Presidents Julius Macker, Elmer Charles and John Sabo; former National Secretary Gus G. Nagy; former National Treasurer John L. Lovász; former Chairman of the Board John T. Lesko Sr.; former National Directors Stephen J. Ivancso Sr. and Paul Molocko Sr.; and former Auditing Committee member Violet B. Lenart. • The following dignitaries were introduced and brought greetings to the Convention: W. Patrick Donlin, president oftheNational Fraternal CongressofAmerica(NFCA); Hans Struff, president of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress; and Paul Payerchin, president of the Fraternal Societies of Greater Pittsburgh. • National Secretary Charles read communications from the following: Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey; Robert E. Miller, NFCA executive vice president; Bernard M. Luketich, president of the Croatian Fraternal Union of America; and George G. Lichvarik, president of the United Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of America. • Chairman Arvay read the names of guests seated in the gallery. • Director John S. Molnár requested confirmation from the chair that Robert’s Rules of Order would govern the proceedings at the Convention. Chairman Arvay concurred. • National Secretary Charles submitted the report of the Credentials Committee. The members of the Creden­tials Committee were George S. Charles Jr. (chairman), Elizabeth Akai, Alex Fabiankovitz, David George, John T. Lesko Sr., Vera M. Petruska, Louis Roka Jr., John Sabo, Stephen J. Szemes Jr. and Frank G. Tima Sr. There were 98 elected delegates and 25 ex-officio delegates for a total of 123 delegates. The Convention unanimously passed a motion to accept the report of the Credentials Committee. • National Secretary Charles called the roll and con­firmed all elected and ex-officio delegates were present. • National President Vargo introduced Rev. Illés, Fa­ther Paul Bolvary, Dr. August Molnár, Stephen Somiak and Stephen Kasey, all of whom helped conduct the memorial service for deceased members. National President Vargo read the names of deceased illustrious members; family members of the Official Family; former officers, directors, Auditing Committee members and Advisory Board members; branch officers and coordinators; distinguished members who served other societies and organizations; Home Office em­ployees; family members of Home Office employees; and all members as recorded in the report of the Board of Directors to the 32nd General Convention. • The following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED that the 32nd General Conven­tion in regular session extends thanks and apprecia­tion to all those conducting the memorial service as our final tribute to our deceased members. May they rest in peace. • A motion was made and seconded to adopt the agenda as presented. It was then moved and seconded to amend the sequence of the agenda. The proposed amendment was defeated, and the original motion to accept the agenda as presented was passed. • The Convention unanimously passed a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last day of the previous Convention. • Chairman Arvay recessed the Convention at 11:45 a.m. for lunch, scheduled to reconvene at 1:15 p.m. • Chairman Arvay reconvened the meeting at 1:15p.m. • Chairman Arvay recognized Roger G. Nagy, chairman of the Resolutions Committee, who introduced his committee and offered the following resolution in the form of a motion: The 32nd General Convention hereby resolves that, regardless of the number of days the General Convention shall be in session, the honorarium for each of the elected delegates and ex-officio dele­gates present at this Convention shall be estab­lished at $1,500.00. The motion was seconded. It was then moved and seconded to amend the amount of the honorarium to $1,750.00. Chairman Nagy accepted the amendment, and the Convention unanimously adopted the resolution as amended. Chairman Nagy then offered the following resolution in the form of a motion, which was seconded and unanimously adopted by the Convention: The 32nd General Convention hereby resolves that each of the elected delegates and ex-officio delegates be entitled to two travel per diems at $225.00 per day and 30 cents per mile travel expense from his permanent place of residence to Pittsburgh and return. • Chairman Arvay recognized National President Vargo, chairman of the Nominating Committee, who introduced the following members of the committee: Joseph P. Arvay, George S. Charles Jr., Stephen J. Emery, Frances A. Furedy, Alexander J. Goydan, Alex J. Horvath, Louis Jesso, Violet B. Lenart, Gus G. Nagy and Steve Sándor Jr. The Nominating Committee submitted the following nominees for the Board of Directors: Joseph P. Arvay, Anthony C. Beke, Charles S. Fabian, Louis A. Fodor, Elmer A. Furedy, Michael J. Hrabar, Michael R. Kara, William J. Kovach, Roger G. Nagy, Michael F. Tomcsak, Elmer W. Toth and Frank J. Wukovits Jr. The Nominating Committee submitted the following nominees for alternates to the Board of Directors: Veronica C. Aronne, James Deak, Albert D. Furedy, Andrew S. Gotz, Mary Ann Groshans, Steve Horvath, Barbara A. House, Juliann Kwasneski, George F. Mirko­­vich, Steve Sándor Jr., Stephen J. Varga and William S. Vasvary. The Nominating Committee submitted the following nominees for the Auditing Committee: Margaret H. Boso, Dennis A. Chobody, Charles J. Furedy, Joseph Hamari, Robert A. Ivancso and Ernest J. Mozer. The Nominating Committee submitted the following nominees as alternates to the Auditing Committee: Glenna Aronne, Dorothy J. Gall and Gregory G. Nagy. • John Sabo was recognized for the following: "I should like to commend National President Vargo and his fine committee for the wonderful function they performed in placing before this Convention such a fine group of candidates. I am sure their task was not an easy one, and it behooves us to support the recommendations of the Nomina­ting Committee. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I move that the delegates of the Convention support the recommendations of the Nominating Committee.” Motion was seconded and adopted by the Convention. • The following nominations came from the Conven­tion floor. For the Board of Directors: Ronald S. Balia, William J. Bero, Marie A. Charles, Zoltán B. Emri, Constance M Knopf, Nick Kotik, Andrew Ludanyi, John S. Molnár, Stephen J. Szatmári and Dawn D. Ward. For alternates to the Board: Peter Bandy, Patrick Crossin, Kenneth Walewski and Steve Szalai. For the Auditing Committee: Dale A. Cole, Stephen P. Danko, Dennis Knopf, Timothy Lippert and Frank G. Tima Sr. There were no nominations from the floor for alternates to the Auditing Committee. • It was unanimously passed to close nominations. • Chairman Arvay introduced Robert E. Bruce of Bruce & Bruce Company who proceeded to give his report. Following his report, time was allotted for questions from the floor to which Mr. Bruce provided satisfactory responses. The Convention unanimously adopted a motion to acknowledge the report of the actuary. • Chairman Arvay called a recess from 2:40 to 3:00 p.m. • Chairman Arvay reconvened the meeting at 3:10 p.m. • It was moved and seconded to replace the following members of the Election/Tellers Committee—Ernest Arvai, James Deak, Michael L. Fodor, Charles J. Furedy and Ruth Toth—for the purpose of eliminating any possible conflict of interest. The motion was defeated. • Voting commenced for the election of national directors, alternate national directors, National Auditing Committee members and alternate National Auditing Committee members, to be followed by a recess until 4:15 p.m. It was brought to the attention of the chair by the second delegate district group voting that one name had been omitted from the ballot. All those who had voted were recalled to the meeting room, their ballots destroyed, corrected ballots printed and the voting process reinitiated. • Chairman Arvay reconvened the meeting at 5:55 p.m. • President Vargo announced that there was an error on the ballot for Auditing Committee members and alter­nate Auditing Committee members. The chair declared that all ballots for Auditing Committee members and alternate Auditing Committee members are void and the ballots have been destroyed. The voting for Auditing Committee members and alternate Auditing Committee members resumed. _ , , Continued on next page

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