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JAVLietuvi BendruomensLithuanianAmericanCommunity,Inc.

Pranejas/ReporterNr.20093 2009Lapkritis/November2009

http://www.lietuviubendruomene.org http://www.lithuanianamerican.org

iamenumeryje/Inthisissue

JAVLBTarybaXIXTarybosvadovaujantysvienetai2XIXTarybosnutarimai2

JAVLBKratovaldyba(KV)KVmetinsveiklosataskaitos:

Pirmininko5Vykdomosiosvicepirmininks9Informacijosreikalai12Moksloreikalai12Organizaciniaireikalai14

Pltotsreikalai15Sportoreikalai16Tinklapioreikalai17

KVTaryb metinsveiklosataskaitos:Kultrostarybos19Religini reikal tarybos24Socialini reikal tarybos25vietimotarybos32Visuomenini reikal tarybos37

JAVLBApygardosirapylinksValdybos43

Internetinsnuorodos43LaikasiSen.McCain44

LaikasiSen.Obama45Kontaktin informacija46

LACNationalBoardofDirectors(NBD)XIXNBDgoverningunits2XIXNBDdecisions2

LACNationalExecutiveCommittee(NEC)NECannualreports:

Presidentsreport5Executivevicepresidents9Informationaffairs12Academicaffairs12Organizationalaffairs14

Communitydevelopment15Sportissues17Websiteissues17

NECCouncilannualreports:Cultural AffairsCouncil19ReligiousAffairsCouncil24HumanServicesCouncil25EducationCouncil32PublicAffairsCouncil37

LACDistrictsandChaptersGoverningBoards43

Internetlinks43LetterfromSen.McCain44

LetterfromSen.Obama45Contactinformation46

Pastabos/Notes

Akronimaiterpiami orginalus,kadsutrumpintitekst ilg:

KVJAVLBKratoValdybaLBLietuvi BendruomenLFLietuvi FondasLRLietuvosRespublikaMKSMoksloirKrybosSimpoziumasPLAPasaulioLietuvi Archivas,Chicago,IL

PLBPasaulioLietuvi BendruomenPLCPasaulioLietuvi Centras,Lemont,ILTMIDTautini Maum irIeivijosDepartamentasUSBFU.S.BalticFoundationVPVicepirmininkas,VicepirmininkVertimai

Jeigukitaipnepaymta,tekstooriginalasraytaslietuvikai.

AcronymsInsertedintooriginaltexttoreduceitslength:

DNMDDept.ofNationalMinoritiesandDiasporaECExecutiveCommitteeLACLithuanianAmericanCommunity,Inc.LCLithuanianCommunityLFLithuanianFoundationLWALithuanianWorldArchive,Chicago,IL

LWCLithuanianWorldCommunityLWCtrLithuanianWorldCenter,Lemont,ILNBDLACNationalBoardofDirectorsNECLACNationalExecutiveCommitteeRLRepublicofLithuaniaSASSymposiumonArtsandSciencesUSBFU.S.BalticFoundationVPVicePresidentTranslations

Unlessotherwiseindicated,theoriginaltextisinLithuanian.


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Taryba/NationalBoardofDirectors

XIXTarybosvadovaujantysvienetaiPirmoje sesijoje, kuri vyko Denver, CO, 2009 m.

rugsjomn.2527d.,XIXTarybaisirinkotrij metkadencijai JAV LB Tarybos Prezidiumo, JAV LB

KontrolsKomisijos,irJAVLBGarbsTeismonarius,LR Seimo ir PLB KomisijosJAV LB atstovus, irJAVLBKratoValdybospirminink.JAVLBTarybosPrezidiumas

PrezidiumsudaroJuozasPolikaitis iLemont,IL(pirmininkas,[email protected]), Loreta Timukieni Tinley Park, IL (sekretor, [email protected]),Vilija Vakaryt i Oak Lawn, IL (sekretor,[email protected]), ir nariai ArvydasBarzdukas i Falls Church, VA, Janina Udrien iFarmingtonHills,MI,irIrenaVilimien iPalosHills,IL.JAVLBKontrolsKomisija

Kontrols Komisij sudaro Kastytis Giedraitis iDetroit, MI, Rasa Karvelien i Detroit, MI, ir LinasOrentasiDetroit,MI.JAVLBGarbsTeismas

GarbsTeismsudaroLaurynasVismanasiNewYork, NY (pirmininkas, [email protected]), VioletaGedgaudien i Newhall, CA, Algis Lukas i SilverSprings, MD, Dijana Norkien i Ashford, CT, irArvydasUrbonaviiusiPlattsmouth,NE.LRSeimoirPLBKomisijosJAVLBatstovai

Birut Bublien iBloomfieldHills,MI,JurgisJogaiValencia,CA,VytasMacinasiCherryHill,NJ,dr.Jonas Prunskis i Barrington Hills, IL, ir GiedrStanknien iCosCob,CT.JAVLBKratoValdybospirmininkas

VytasMacinasiCherryHills,NJ.

XIXNBDgoverningunitsAt its first session, September 2527, 2009, in

Denver,CO,XIXNBDselectedmembersof theLACNBD Presidium, LAC Audit Commission, and LAC

HonorCourt,RLParliamentandLWCCommissionsLACrepresentatives,andLACNECpresident.LACNBDPresidium

Presidium is composed of Juozas Polikaitis ofLemont, IL (chair, [email protected]), LoretaTimukiene of Tinley Park, IL (secretary,[email protected]), Vilija Vakaryte of Oak Lawn,IL (secretary, [email protected]), andmembers Arvydas Barzdukas of Church Falls, VA,Janina Udriene of Farmington Hills, MI, and IrenaVilimieneofPalosHills,IL.LACAuditCommission

Audit Commission is composed of Kastytis

Giedraitis of Detroit, MI, Rasa Karveliene of Detroit,MI,andLinasOrentasofDetroit,MI.LACHonorCourt

Honor Court is composed of Laurynas Vismanasof New York, NY (chair, [email protected]), VioletaGedgaudiene of Newhall, CA, Algis Lukas of SilverSprings, MD, Dijana Norkiene of Ashford, CT, andArvydasUrbonaviciusofPlattsmouth,NE.RL Parliament and LWC Commissions LACrepresentatives

BiruteBublieneofBloomfieldHills,MI,JurgisJogaof Valencia, CA, Vytas Maciunas of Cherry Hill, NJ,dr.JonasPrunskisofBarringtonHills,IL,andGiedreStankunieneofCosCob,CT.LACNECpresident

VytasMaciunasofCherryHills,NJ.

XIXTarybosNutarimaiPirmoje sesijoje, kuri vyko Denver, CO, 2009 m.

rugsjomn.2527d.,XIXTarybanutar:Finansiniaisreikalais pareigojaJAV LB Krato Valdyb (KV) isisti

aukotojams kvitus u JAV LB Krato ValdybaiatsistaspiniginesaukaspagalIRSnuostatus.

pareigojaJAV LB KV isisti kvitus u Vasario16tosdienosaukasirsolidarumo na.

Ragina JAV LB KV igryninti gautus ekius irapmoktieinamsiassskaitasper30dien.

pareigojaJAVLBKV,kadapygard irapylinkiidininkaiper30dien pristatyt gruodio31d.irbirelio30d.bank sskait kopijasJAVLBKVvicepirmininkuifinans reikalams.

pareigojaJAVLBKV,kadvisafinansin ataskaitabt tvarkoma angl kalba arba abiejomiskalbomis (lietuvi irangl),atsivelgiant GAAP(GenerallyAcceptedAccountingPrinciples)pagal

XIXNBDDecisionsAt its first session, which took place in Denver,

CO,onSeptember2527,2009,XIXNBDdecided:Onfinancialaffairs Obligates NEC to send receipts to donors for

donations received by NEC according to IRSregulations.

Obligates NEC to send receipts for Feb. 16donationsandsolidaritycontributions.

UrgesNEC todepositreceivedchecksand topayitsongoingexpenseswithin30days.

Obligates NEC to get LAC chapter and districttreasurerstosendwithin30daystheDecember31and June 30 copies of their bank accountstatements to NEC vice president of financialaffairs.

ObligatesNECtoassurethatallfinancialaccountsare in English or inboth languages (LithuanianandEnglish)andcomplywithGenerallyAccepted


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JAVLBPranejas/LACReporter 3

IRS(InternalRevenueService)reikalavimus. RaginaJAVLBapylinkes,laikantis stat,surinkti

solidarumo na, taippuoseljantbendruomeninsolidarum.

pareigojaJAV LB apylinkes atlikti metines idorevizijas ir kontrols komisijos protokolo kopijaspristatyti JAV LB KV vicepirmininkui finansreikalams.

Jaunimoreikalais pareigoja JAV LB KV tsti ir pltoti Lietuvos

ieivijos student stauots program Lietuvoje(1829metjaunimui).

pareigoja JAV LB KV tsti, tobulinti ir vystytiLietuvos ieivijos moksleivi savanoriko darboprogramLietuvoje(1618metjaunimui).

pareigojaJAV LB KV sukurti Lietuvos ieivijosstudent stauotsprogramLietuvoje(lietuvikainekalbaniam1829metjaunimui).

pareigoja JAV LB KV sukurti JAV gyvenaniolietuvi kilms jaunimo stauots program,sudarant galimybes dirbti su iaurs Amerikoslietuviaisspecialistaisarverslininkais (1829met

jaunimui). pareigojaJAVLBKVplatintiinformacijlietuvi

kilms jaunimui apie veikianias lietuvistovyklavietesirj programasiaursAmerikoje.

Kultros reikalais Pritaria JAV LB Kultros tarybos pradtam

projektui paruoti algirio mio 600 metjubiliejin medal irsukurtijubiliejin plakat.

pareigojaJAV LB Kultros taryb toliau rpintisbendradarbiavimu su Lietuva dl archyvsutvarkymo.

Ragina JAV LB Kultros taryb informuotivisuomen apie 2010 m. iaurs Amerikos Dainvent Kanadojeirskatintidalyvautijoje.

PritariaJAV LB Kultros tarybos silymui ruotilietuvi autori knyg,film irkit menokrinipristatymusJAVlietuvi visuomenei.

pareigoja JAV LB Kultros taryb ragintiapylinkes remti ir kviesti vietinius menininkusprogram atlikimui,parodomsirpan.

RaginaJAVLBKultros tarybskatintiapylinkesprisidtipriesavomiestoorganizuojam veni,parad irt.t.

Organizaciniaisreikalais pareigojaJAV LB KV sukurti strategin JAV LB

plan ir utikrinti JAV LB gyvastingum,atsivelgiant besikeiianias JAV LB veiklos

slygas. Raginaapylinki valdybas trauktitarybosnarius apylinki veikl.

pareigojaJAVLBKVatnaujintiJAVLBtinklalappagalnaujausiusreikalavimus.

pareigoja JAV LB KV tsti seminarus siekiantsupaindinti naujus narius suJAV LB struktra,tikslaisirveikla.

pareigojaJAV LB KV paruoti apklausai anket,siekiant itirti ms tautiei supratim ir jnuomon apieJAVLBveikl.

Accounting Principles in accordance with IRSrequirements.

Urges LAC chapters, in compliance with LACBylaws, to collect solidarity contributions, thusfosteringLACsolidarity.

Obligates LAC chapters to have their financesaudited annually and to send their auditingcommission reports to the NEC vice president of

financialaffairs.

Onmattersofyoungpeople Obligates NEC to continue and to expand the

internship program in Lithuania for Lithuaniandiasporasstudents(for18 to29yearolds).

Obligates NEC to continue, to improve and todevelop a volunteer work program in Lithuaniafor Lithuanian diasporas students (for 16 to 18yearolds).

ObligatesNEC tocreatean internshipprogram inLithuania for Lithuanian diasporas students (for18 to29yearoldnonLithuanianspeakers).

ObligatesNECtocreateaninternshipprogramforforyoungpeopleofLithuaniandescent living in

theU.S.toworkwithNorthAmericanLithuanianspecialistsandbusinesspeople(for18 to29yearolds).

Obligates NEC to inform young people ofLithuanian descent about functioning Lithuaniancampgrounds and their programs in NorthAmerica.

Onculturalaffairs Approves theprojectstartedby theLACCultural

Affairs Council (CAC) to design a medal tocommemorate the 600year anniversary of theBattleofGrunwaldandtocreateacommemorativeposter.

Obligates CAC to continue working withLithuaniatoputarchivesinorder.

Urges CAC to inform the public about the 2010North American Song Festival in Canada and toencourageparticipation.

Approves the CAC proposal to organizepresentations ofbooks, films and other creationsbyLithuanianstotheLithuanianAmericanpublic.

Obligates CAC to urge LAC chapters to supportand to invite localartists toperform,exhibit theirart,etc.

Urges CAC to encourage LAC chapters toparticipate in festivals,exhibits,etc.,organizedbytheirmunicipalities.

Onorganizationalaffairs ObligatesNEC tocreateastrategicLACplanandto assure LACs vitality under the ever changingoperatingconditions.

Urges LAC chapter boards to include NBDmembersinchapteractivities.

Obligates NEC to renew the LAC websiteaccordingtothelatestrequirements.

Obligates NEC to continue seminars seeking tointroducenewmemberswithLACstructure,goalsandwork.


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Religiniaisreikalais pareigojaJAV LB KV suteikti galimyb grinti

Dievo od (v. Rat) lietuvi etadieninesmokyklas,kadJzausKristausmokslasbt gyvasjaunimoirdyseirtapt paramasunkumuose.

pareigojaJAV LB KV suteikti galimyb jaunimodvasiniam aukljimui ms lituanistinsemokyklose.

pareigoja JAV LB KV ileisti lietuvi kalbaCD/DVD liturgines giesmes, pritaikytaslaidotuvmsirdidiosiomsventms.

pareigoja JAV LB KV atnaujinti vis lietuviparapij sraJAVLBtinklalapyje.

pareigoja JAV LB KV JAV LB tinklalapyjepaskelbti apie visas JAV krato lietuvikasparapijas ir j stov (pvz., kurios turi/neturilietuviuskunigus). traukti srairtasvietoves,kurios veikiabebanyi/parapij (pvz. Atlanta,Seattle,Portland).

Socialiniaisreikalais pareigoja JAV LB KV tsti pradt labdaring

pagalbLietuvoje. pareigojaJAV LB KV atkreipti dmes teisin

pagalb monms nuosavybs supratimoklausimaisJAV statym sistemoje.

pareigojaJAVLBKVsilytiapylinki valdybomsorganizuoti paskaitas vairiomis socialinmis irpsichologinmis temomis atkreipiant dmes kultriniusskirtumustarpamerikiei irlietuvi.

Sportoreikalais pareigoja JAV LB KV vicepirminink sporto

reikalamsskatintiapylinkesorganizuotisportiniusrenginius,bendradarbiaujantsuvietiniais lietuviatlet klubais,irdtipastangasjuossteigti.

pareigoja JAV LB KV vicepirminink sportuisilyti visos Amerikos lietuvi organizuojamossporto varybas 2010 m. vardinti algirio mio600m.sukaktiespaminjimovardu.

pareigoja JAV LB KV vicepirminink sportuiraginti apylinkes, kur nra sisteig lietuvikisportoklubai,padtijaunimui sitraukti LietuviBendruomens veikl, sudarant galimybesjiemsrinktiskartusportuoti.

vietimoreikalais pareigoja JAV LB vietimo taryb reklamuoti

lituanistin mokymirvietimotarybosiniciatyvaparengtus tinklalapius Lietuvi bendruomenje(renginiuose,mokyklose,spaudoje).

pareigoja JAV LB vietimo taryb remtilituanistinse mokyklose dirbani mokytojtobulinimo programas ir tvirtinti nuostat, kadmokytoj tobulinimasbt privalomas.

pareigojaJAV LB KV raginti PLB Valdyb tartissu Lietuvos valdia, kad usienio lituanistinsemokyklose dirbantiens mokytojams btuskaitytaspedagoginisdarbostaas.

pareigoja JAV LB vietimo taryb kreiptis Lietuvos valdi praant rengti lituanistinmsmokykloms mokymo programas ir vadovliuskaipantrkalbbesimokantiemsmokiniams.

ObligatesNECtoprepareaquestionaireseekingtoanalize Lithuanian understanding and opinion ofLAC.

Onreligiousaffairs Obligates NEC to make it possible to return the

Holy Bible to Lithuanian Saturday schools, forJesus Christs knowledge to be alive in youngpeoples hearts and to be of help during

difficulties. Obligates NEC to make religious training in our

Lithuanianschoolspossible. ObligatesNECtoproduceaCD/DVDofliturgical

hymns for funerals and major holidays inLithuanian.

Obligates NEC to refresh the list of LithuanianparishesontheLACwebsite.

Obligates NEC to post Lithuanian parishes andtheir situation (e.g., which do or do not haveLithuanianpriests)ontheLACwebsite,includingin the list chapters which function withoutchurches/parishes(e.g.,Atlanta,Seattle,Portland).

Onhumanservicesaffairs Obligates NEC to continue philantropic work in

Lithuania. Obligates NEC to help people understand the

ownershipissueswithintheU.S.legalsystem. Obligates NEC to recommend to LAC chapter

boards to organize lectures on various social andpsychological topics, noting the culturaldifferencesbetweenAmericansandLithuanians.

Onsport Obligates NEC vice president for sport to

encourage LAC chapters to organize althleticevents, working with local Lithuanian altheticclubs,andtrytoestablishthem.

Obligates NEC vice president for sport torecommend naming the 2010 allLithuanianAmericansportfestival,whichisbeingorganized,for the Battle of Grunwald on its 600thanniversary.

Obligates NEC vice president for sport to urgeLAC chapters, where there arent any Lithuanianathleticclubs,tohelpyoungLithuaniansbecomeapart of LACby making it possible for them tocometogethertocompeteinsports.

Oneducationalaffairs Obligates LAC Education Council (EC) to

advertize Lithuanian education and ECswebpages within the Lithuanian community (in

events,schools,printmedia). ObligatesECtosupportLithuanianschoolteacher

trainingprogramsandestablisharulefor teachertrainingtobemandatory.

Obligates NEC to urge LWCsboard to negotiatewith Lithuanias government to give padogogicwork credits to teachers working in Lithuanianschoolsabroad.

Obligates EC to ask the government of Lithuaniato prepare teaching programs and textbooks forpupilswithLithuanianastheirsecondlanguagein


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pareigojaJAVLBvietimo tarybparuotigaireslituanistinms mokykloms, siekiant supaindintivyresnisiasklasessuJAVLBstruktra,tikslaisirveikla.

Visuomeniniaisreikalais pareigoja JAV LB KV kreiptis Lietuvos

internetinsspaudosredaktoriusirusienyjeiniplatintojus, kad iimt komentarus, skatinanius

neapykant ir kert (rasistinio pobdio irnukreiptus prie netradicins seksualinsorientacijosmonesirpan.),beigrasinimusfizikaisusidoroti.

pareigojaJAV LB KV kreiptis JAV senatorius,kongresonariusirprezident,kadneumirtJAVsipareigojim Baltijosalims dabartinje pasauliopolitinje atmosferoje, ir toliau raginti senatoriusbeikongresonariusstoti ,,BalticCaucus.

Remiantis Potsdamo sutartimi pareigojaJAV LBVisuomenini reikal tarybos narius susisiekti su,,Baltic Caucus, primenant apie Karaliauiaussrities teisin ir politin padt, kuri yraneisprsta.

Ragina visus paremti ,,Draug dalyvaujantlaikraio 100meio ikilmingame pokylyje irremiantfinansikai.

PASTABABsimedkingi,sulauk pastab irpasilym dl

priimt nutarim.

Lithuanianschools. Obligates EC to prepare guides for Lithuanian

schools seeking to acquaint upper classes withLACstructure,goalsandactivities.

Onpublicaffairs Obligates NEC to request internet editors in

Lithuania and broadcasters of news abroad toremove comments encouraging hate and

vengeance (racist, anti persons of nontraditionalsexual orientation, etc.), as well as threats ofphysicalviolence.

Obligates NEC to ask U.S. senators, Congressmembers, and the President not to forget U.S.pledges to the Baltic States during the presentworld political atmosphere, and to urge thesenatorsand Congressmembers tojoin the BalticCaucus.

ObligatesLACPublicAffairsCouncilmemberstocontact Baltic Caucus members and to remindthem that,based on the Treaty of Potsdam, thefinal legal and political status of Kaliningrad hasnotyetbeendetermined.

Urges everyone to support Draugasby attendingitscentennialballandwithfinancialdonations.Note

We will be grateful for any comments andrecommendations regarding the above NBDdecisions.

KratoValdyba/NationalExecutiveCommittee

KVmetinsveiklosataskaitosKiekvienais metais KV nusiunia savo veiklos

ataskaitas JAV LB Tarybos nariams prie Tarybos

sesij.Seka2009met KVnari irtaryb praneimaipateiktiTarybairugsjomn.

PirmininkopraneimasSveikinu visus naujai ir pakartotinai irinktus

atstovus JAVLBXIXTaryb.JAV LB Krato valdyba kiekvienais metais prie

Tarybos sesij paruoia savo darb ataskait. I visia patalpint praneim manau galsite geriaupaintiJAVLietuvi Bendruomensveiklospagrindirtikslus.

Per prajusius metus netekomebuvusios KratovaldybospirmininksiriosKratovaldybosatstovsLietuvoje,artimosdraugs,ypatingosasmenybs,a.a.Vaivos VbraitsGust. Tikime, kad Ji iandien suypsenairtoliaustebims darbusirginus.

Netekome ir darbtaus, aminai jauno,nenuilstanioFloridosLB apygardospirmininko,a.aKstuio Miklo, kuris man atrod visada diaugsigyvenimu, nors ir rpindamasis LietuviBendruomens gyvastingumu, teisingumu irtstinumu.

Viliuosi, kad mano praneimas bus tinkamas

NECsannualreportsEvery year NEC sends its work reports to LAC

NBDmembersamonthbefore theNBDsession.The

NEC member and council reports for the year 2009,which were sent to NBD members in September,follow.

PresidentsreportI congratulate all new and returning elected

representativestotheLACXIXNBD.Every yearbefore the NBD session, LAC NEC

prepares reports of its work. From all the followingreports you will be able, I believe, to get betteracquaintedwithprinciplesandgoalsofLACactivity.

During the past year, we lost our former NEC

president and this Committees representative inLithuania,aclosefriend,aspecialperson,R.I.P.VaivaVebraiteGust. We believe, that She, with a smile,continuestoobserveourworkandarguments.

We havealso lost our hardworking,ever young,untiring president of the LAC Florida District, R.I.P.Kestutis Miklas. He seemed to me to be alwaysenjoying life, even when he was worrying aboutLACsvitality,correctnessandcontinuity.

Ihopethatmyreportwillbeafittingintroduction


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vadaskitiemsKratovaldybosnari praneimamsirkad paskait visus praneimus, galsite geriausijungti Tarybos svarstymus ir tvirtinimus. Taigi,pirmyn...Finansaiirfinansin parama

Svarbiausi finansin param JAV LietuviBendruomens darbams suteik (JAV) LietuviFondas.

Taiau metins vasario 16osios progai skirtosaukosJAVLBtebrasvarbios,neslygiolLFsusilaikskirtiparamms administracinmsilaidoms.

2008 metais oki vents pelno likut $50,000ualdius dl sekanios oki vents, ios losbuvopervestosKVosveiklai.islikutis(apie$25,000)labaipadjoKVaidrsiai sipareigotiveikloje.

KVveiklairpatiorganizacijailaikomabeetatinidarbuotoj.Beveikvisasdarbasatliekamassavanoripajgomis, nors esame keliais atvejais pasamdapmokam personal. Yra taip pat mokamassimbolinis honoraras BRIDGES urnalo ileidimui.KV posdiai yra vykdomi telekonferenciniubdu,

kadnesudaryt didesni suvainjim ilaid.vietimo taryba suorganizuojametin vaj,gauna

pajam u mokykloms parduodamas knygas ir uorganizuojamuskursussurenkaregistracijosmokest.

Socialini reikal taryba gauna pajam i jatsakomybje veikianio restorano ikagoje Seklyios , u administravim Marquette Parkorajono saugos programos bei kasmetini irspecialiemstikslamspravedam vaj.

Kultros taryba parduoda sukurtas kultrinesprekes (knygas,DVD) irsulaukiaauk specialiemstikslams.

Tautini maum ir ieivijos departamentas(TMID) prie Lietuvos vyriausybs praeitais metaispadeng iusienioatvaiuojanij XIVMokslo irKrybos simpozium kelions ilaidas bei parmKultros tarybos Amerikos lietuvi kultriniopaveldo knygos ileidim. vykus persitvarkymamsTMID struktroje ir Lietuv taip pat atjusekonomineikrizei,2009metaisnebuvoskirtaJAVLBjokiosTMIDparamos.Lietuvi ieivijos student stauots (LISS)programa

Apie io projekto gyvendinim buvo priraytadaug LB Tarybos rezoliucij. Prajusiais metais jsipareigojo vykdyti KV vykdomoji vicepirminink

Birut Bublien. Biruts kvietimu, buvusi JAV LBTarybos nar Rasa ArdytJukiene prisijung padtisu programos administraciniu darbu ir kartu pabtiLietuvojejosvykdymometu.

Galimepasidiaugti,kad2009metaisiprogramatapo realybe. Apie usiregistravim stauotsprogramoje buvo skelbiama spaudoje, JAV LBtinklapyje ir tiesiogiai per susitikimus sujaunimu irprogramos vadove. program usiregistravo ir Lietuv atvyko stauotis 25 studentai i vairiprofesini srii. Stauots trukm buvo nuo 4 iki 8

to the reports of other NEC members and that afterreading them, you will be able to join in thediscussions and decisions at NBD session. Therfore,onward...Finansesandfinancialsupport

The most important financial support for LACsworkcamefromtheLithuanianFoundation(LF).

The annual February 16th donations to LAC,however, remain important,because, until now, LFhas refrained from providing support for ouradministrativeexpenses.

The remaining profit from the 2008 Folk DanceFestival, after $50,000 were set aside for the nextDanceFestival,wasturnedovertofundNECswork.Thisremainder(about$25,000)enabledNECtomakestrongcommitmentsinitswork.

NECs work and the organization is run withoutpermanent staff.Nearly all work is accomplishedbyvolunteers, although on several occasions we haveretained paid personnel. A symbolic honorarium ispaid forpublishing Bridges magazine.NECmeetings

are accomplished through teleconferencing to avoidsubstantialtravelexpenses.TheEducationCouncildoesanannualfunddrive,

it also generates income from selling textbooks toschoolsandfromregistrationfeesforseminars.

TheHumanServicesCouncilobtainsincomefromitsSeklyiarestaurant inChicago, fromadministeringa neighborhood watch program in Marquette Park,andfromannualandspecialfunddrives.

TheCultureCouncilsellsculturalitemslikebooksandDVDsandgetsdonationsforspecialprojects.

In 2008, the Department National Minority andDiaspora (DNMD) of RL Government covered thetravelexpensesofparticipantsfromabroadtotheXIVSymposium of Arts and Sciences and contributed tothe publication of thebook titled Lithuanian CulturalLegacyInAmerica.AfterthereorganizationofDNMDsstructure and the coming of the economic crisis toLithuania,DNMD didnot contributeanysupport toLACin2009.Program of internships for Lithuanian diasporasstudents

There were many LAC NBD resolutions onimplementing thisproject.Lastyear,BiruteBubliene,executivevicepresidentofNEC,committedtogettingthe job done. At Birutes invitation, Rasa Ardyte

Juskiene, a former LAC NBD member,joined in tohelp with the administrative tasks and to stay inLithuaniaduringtheprogramsimplementation.

We can celebrate that this program became areality in 2009. Registration to participate in thisprogramwasannounced inprintmedia,on theLACwebsite and in meetingsbetween Birute and youngpeople. Twentyfive students in various professionalfields registered and arrived in Lithuania toparticipate. Internships varied in length from 4 to 8weeks. The students lived in dormitories and


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savaii. Studentai gyveno JAV LB parpintuosebendrabuiuose irbutuose,betbuvo patys atsakingiumaistirsavotransport darbovietes.

Stauotojai patys turjo susimokti u kelion Lietuv,norsjiemsbuvoskiriamoskukliosstipendijos($500 stipendija u 4 savaii stauot, $1000stipendijau6ardaugiausavaii stauot).

LISS programos vadovai parpino darbo vietas

stauotojams. Buvo susitarta su ministerijomis,ligoninmis, universitetais ir privaiomisbendrovmis. Atsiliepimai tiek i darbdavi, tiek istudent pateisinolkesius.JAVLBkandidatai Lietuvi FondoTaryb

JAVLBKViaismetaispateik savokandidatus Lietuvi FondoTaryb.Taibuvoasmenys,kuriepersavo darbtum ir atsidavim lietuvybs reikalamsbuvo stiprs kandidatai: Jurgis Joga, DanguolNavickien,Dal Lukien irKazysRazgaitis.

Nors gal tai vyko ne iblogos valios, LietuviFondovaldybanepristat j kartusu isiuniamomisbalsavimo ir galiojimo kortelmis. Ms silomi

kandidatainebuvo irinkti.Viliuosi,kadateityjeLFTrinkim tvarkabus kaip adama ir rezultatai mumsbuspalankesni.Lietuvi Fondopelnoskirstymokomisija

Lietuvi Fondo pelno skirstymo komisija yrasudaroma i 3 Lietuvi Fondo Tarybos paskirtatstov ir3JAVLBKratovaldybospaskirt atstov.Po1antrininktaippatskiriaLietuvi FondoTarybair JAV LB Krato valdyba. iais metais JAV LBatstovai buvo Virgus Volertas, Jonas Vainius,Gintautas Taoras ir Dr. Augustinas Idzelis(antrininkas).

Buvo labai naudinga aptarti LB prioritetus su LB

atstovais. Viliuosi, kadjie sutiks ir kitais metais taspareigasuimti.BRIDGESurnalas

Bridgesurnalas ir toliau leidiamas10kart permetus. Redaktor yraJeanne ShalnaDorr. Menovadov ir maketuotoja Gema Kreivnait. JAV LBKrao valdybos narys Rimas Gedeika yra Bridgesadministratorius.

BRIDGESturiapie700apmokam prenumerat ir,atrodo,kadisskaiiusstabilizavosi irpo truput vlauga. BRIDGES yra leidiamas su Krato valdybosnuosava ranga. urnal isiuntinja profesionalitokiu darbu usiimanti firma. Vien met

prenumeratakainuoja$20.Straipsniams ir fotografijoms honorar dabar

nemokama. Tredalis puslapi spausdinama suspalvotomis nuotraukomis. 2009 m. rugsjo mn.buvo ileistas vienkartinis Tkstantmeio ventsLietuvoje spdi numeris spalvot nuotraukpavidalu. special leidin paruo KVnariaiRimasGedeikairKazysRazgaitis.Kratovaldybos spaustuv

Apskaiiavus BRIDGES spausdinimo katus ir

apartments providedby LAC,but were responsiblefor their own food and transportation to their worksites.

InternshadtopaytheirwaytoandfromLithuaniawith some help from modest stipends ($500 stipendfora4weekinternship,$1000stipendforinternshipslasting6ormoreweeks).

Program administrators foundjob placements for

theinterns.Agreementsweremadewithgovernmentdepartments,hospitals,universitiesandprivatefirms.Feedbackfromworkprovidersandfromthestudentshavefulfilledourexpectations.LAC candidates to the Board of the LithuanianFoundation(LF)

ThisyearLACNECsubmitteditscandidatestotheLFBoard.Becauseoftheirdilligenceandcommitmentto Lithuanian causes, they were strong candidates:JurgisJoga, Danguole Navickiene, Dale Lukiene andKazysRazgaitis.

Even though it happenedwithoutbad intentions,LF executive committee did not send out their

biographies together with the ballots and theauthorization cards. Our candidates did not win. IhopethatinthefutureLFBoardselectionprocesswillbeaspromissedandresultswillbemorefavorabletous.LithuanianFoundationGrantCommission

LF Grant Commission consists of 3 membersassignedby the LF Board and 3 membersby LACNEC.OnealternateisalsoassignedbyLFBoardandLAC NEC. This year LAC representatives on thecommission were Virgus Volertas, Jonas Vainius,Gintautas Taoras and Dr. Augustinas Idzelis(alternate).

It was very useful to discuss LAC priorities withour representatives on the commission. I hope thattheywillagreetotakeonthesedutiesagainnextyear.Bridgesmagazine

Bridges magazine continues to be published 10timesperyear.JeanneShalnaDorristheeditor,GemaKreivenaiteisitsartdirectorandlayouteditor,RimasGedeika,anNECmember,istheadministrator.

Bridges has about 700 paid subscriptions and, itseems, this number has stabilized and started toincreaseslowly.Bridgesispublishedwithequipmentownedby NEC. The magazine is mailed outby aprofessional mailing firm. One years subscription is

$20.No honorariums are paid for articles or

photographs. One third of the pages containcoloredphotographs. The September 2009 issue was a onetime issueofcoloredphotographs taken inLithuaniaduring its millennial celebration. This special issuewas preparedby NEC members Rimas Gedeika andKazysRazgaitis.NECsprintshop

Aftercalculating theexpenses involved inhaving


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kitus reikalavimus buvo prieita ivados, kadapsimoka KVai sigyti nuosav, komercinspausdintuv, su kuriuo bt galima BRIDGESpatiemsatspausdinti.Apskaiiuota,kadperdumetustaiatsipirkt irsprendimasbuvopadarytas.

Spaustuvs paslaugos dabar teikiamos ir kitomslietuvi organizacijoms. Spausdiname SKAUTAID keturis(4)kartuspermetus(36puslapi 1000

egz. tiraas). Ispausdinome DRAUGO 100 metbanketo pakvietimus, laikus ir ypatingo sveiopaskelbimus.

Numatoma, kadbt galima visoms apylinkmsparuotisusirainjimuitinkamusblankusirvizitineskorteles.Amerikoslietuvi adresynas

2008 metais KVa nupirko i viej teikjkompiuterizuotus sraus, kuriuose suraytiKalifornijos valstijoje gyvenantys lietuviai su jadresais, kad bt galima padti oki ventskomitetui su reklama. iais metais nupirkome visJAVturimus lietuvi gyvenamusadresus.

Adresaituridarir vairiuspridtiniusduomenis.Jie turi mogaus congressional district

nurodym,kadbt galimapateiktikiekvienosraepaymto lietuvio j atstovaujanio kongresmenoWashington,D.C.pavard.

Sraai taip pat turi vietovs duomenis(longitude and latitude),kadbt galimaatrinktipavardes tam tikro spindulio atstumu nuo norimosvietos.

Adresai kasmet su specialia kompiuterineprograma yra atnaujinami su pato centruoseregistruotaispakeitimais,sutaupantpristatymo laikirpasimetaniassiuntas.

Kartu su dabar turimu pato leidimu suteikiantteis nepelno siekianioms organizacijomssumaintais kainiais siuntinti laikus, turimeefektyvbdsavoiniasirsilymusskleisti.KaimoFondas

Prie atuonismetusdabartinioLietuvos usienioreikal ministro V. Uacko iniciatyva (kaijisbuvoLietuvos ambasadoriusJAV)buvo kaupiamos losparemtivasarosuimtumostovyklasLietuvoskaimrajonuose.AmbasadoriuiUackuipersiklusiAnglij,Kaimo Fondo programabuvo tsiama. 2008 m.JAVLB buvo kviesta perimti fondo administracij,suteikiant aukotojams nusiraym nuo federalini

mokesi,bettuopatmetuprisiimantatsakomyb dltikslingopinig naudojimo,atitinkantJAVfederalinsvaldiosreikalavimams.

KVsutikoprisiimtiadministravimoatsakomyb idaliesirdlto,kadKaimoFondasirlietuvi ieivijosstudent stauoi (LISS) programa gals ateityjeturtibendrry.

Praeitoje sesijoje JAV LB XVIII Taryba buvosupaindinta su Kaimo Fondo steigimobendraygiuJuozu Krivicku, kuris darbams tsti paadjo dar

Bridges printedandotherneeds,itwasconcludedthatit was worthwhile for NEC to acquire its owncommercial printer and to publish Bridges ourselves.Calculationsshowedthatintwoyearstheinvestmentwould pay for itself and the decision was made tobuy.

PrintingservicesarenowbeingprovidedtootherLithuanian organizations. We are printing Skaut

Aidas (Scouts Echo) 4 times a year (36 pages, 1000issues). We have published invitations, letters andspecial guest announcements for Draugas centennialbanquet.

Printingof letter formsandbusinesscards forallLACchaptersisanticipated.AddresslistofLithuaniansintheU.S.

In 2008, NEC purchased on the open market acomputerized listofaddressesofLithuanianslivinginCalifornia, to help the Dance Festivals organizingcommittee to advertise the event. This year wepurchasedaddressesofLithuaniansfortherestofthecountry.

Withtheaddressescomevariousadditionaldata.Lists contain everyones congressional district

information; it makes it possible to relate everyLithuanian with the name of his congressperson inWashington,D.C.

Lists also have geographical coordinate data(longitude and latitude) to allow selection of nameswithinacertainradiusfromagivenlocation.

Theaddressesinthelistsareannuallyrenewedbya special computer programby checking post officeregistrationdatachanges,savingtimeandeliminatinglostmail.

Together with the postal permit for nonprofitorganizations tosendmailatreducedrates,wehaveaneffectivewaytodistributeournewsandproposals.RuralFund(RF)

EightyearsagothecurrentRLMinisterofExternalAffairs V. Usackas, when he was RL Ambassador tothe US, raised funds to support summer activitycamps for children living in the rural areas ofLithuania. After Ambassador Usackas relocation toEngland, fund raising was continued. In 2008 LACwas invited to take over the administration of RF,enabling the donors tobenefit from reduced federaltaxes,butalsotakingontheresponsibilityforaccurateuse of the funds according to U.S. governments

requirements.NEC agreed to take on the responsibilities of

administration inparttoestablisha linkbetween theRFandtheLithuanianstudentinternshipprogram.

During its last session LAC XVIII NBD wasintroducedtoJuozasKrivickas,anassociateorganizerofRF,whopromisedtodesignate$7,500/yearfortwoyearsforadministrativeexpensesassociatedwithRF,providedthattheremainingdonationswouldbeusedfor summer activity programs for children living in


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dviems metams skirti po $7,500 Kaimo Fondoadministracinmsilaidoms,suslyga,kadvisoskitossurinktos aukosbt naudojamos pagal paskirt, t.y.remti Lietuvos kaimuose gyvenanius vaikus peruimtumostovykl program.

Uimtumo stovykl program remia Lietuvosvietimo ministerija ir savivaldybs, ir tik tuopagrinduteikiamairJAVLB(KaimoFondo)parama.

KV vykdomoji vicepirminink Birute Bubliendalyvavo 2009 m. gegus mnesio 22 d. KaimoFondo regionini organizacij vadov susitikimeVilniuje. Buvo pristatytos JAV LB reikalautinosparamos atsiskaitymo gairs. Iki spaliomnesio galoatsiskaitomybs dokumentacija dl 2009 m. stovykltursbtiparuotair teiktaKVai.

VasarosmetutekoaplankytiLietuvojevykstaniasKaimo Fondo remiamas stovyklas. Buvo susipaintasu vadovais, programomis ir vietovmis beipasiraytosreikiamossutartys.Lietuvosdemokratijospltrosfondas

Praeitoje sesijoje buvo pristatytas ir patvirtintas

JAVLBbendravimassu Lietuvoje veikianiaPilieiSantalka.Per kelet mnesi 2008 met gale ir 2009j

pradioje buvo surinkta apie $3,000 doleri a.a.Vaivos Vbraits atminimui ir ie pinigai buvopervesti (JAV LB) Lietuvos demokratijos pltrosfond aukotoj nurodymu, o vliau PilieiSantalkosFondpagalpasiraytsutart.

Piliei Santalka aktyviai reiksi per paskutiniusLietuvos rinkimus siekiant sudaryti slygas, kadLietuvos pilieiai gaut kuo tikslesnes inias ipolitik,norini uimtivietasvaldioje.

Esame vairi svarbi projekt eigos pirmuose

metuose,bet manau, kadbendra veiklos kryptis yrateisinga. Viliuosi, kad paskait visus praneimus,tursiteidj,kurbtugalimapatobulintiargreiiaupasiekti usibrtus tikslus. Tikiuosi, kad noriaidalinsits ir gal net sipareigosite tas geras idjasgyvendinti.

VytautasMacinas

VykdomosiosvicepirmininkspraneimasLietuvos ieivijos student stauots (LISS)programa

Prie madaug vienerius metus buvau Kratovaldybos pirmininko pakviesta uimti vykdomosios

vicepirmininks pareigas ir sipareigoti JAV LBrmuose suorganizuoti plaios apimties lietuviieivijosstudent stauots(LISS)program.

Prie sijungiant Krato valdyb, jau keturismetus buvau skmingai suorganizavus pavieniemsstudentamsvasarosstauotesLietuvoje.

Suorganizuoti LISS program, kad didesnisskaiiuis ieivijos lietuvi student galt stauotissavo profesijoje Lietuvoje, atlikau vis eil darb.Siekiau, kad LISS programa tapt profesionali ir

ruralLithuania.Summeractivitycampprogramsaresupportedby

RLMinistryofEducationandbylocalgovernmentsarequirementbyLACtoextenditsownsupportwithRFfunds.

NEC executive vice president Birute Bublieneparticipated at the May 22, 2009, meeting of RFregional leaders inVilnius.LACrequiredaccounting

guidelineswerepresentedthere.Financialaccountingdocuments for 2009 camps will have tobe preparedandsubmittedtoNECbytheendofOctober.

I was able to visit the RF supported camps inLithuania this summer. I became acquainted withcampleaders,campprogramsandcampgrounds,andhadthenecessaryagreementssigned.Foundation for development of democracy inLithuania

The proposal for LAC to work with CitizensAlliance Foundation (CAF), which operates inLithuania,waspresentedtoandapprovedbythe2008NBDsession.

Duringtheseveralmonthsat theendof2008andthebeginningof2009,about$3,000werecollected inmemory of R.I.P. Vaiva Vebraite and turned over tothe LAC fund for the development of democracy inLithuaniaaccording to thewishesof thedonors,andafterwards the money was transferred to CAFaccordingtooursignedagreement.

Citizens Alliance actively participated during lastelections in Lithuaniaby pushing for more accurateinformation from political candidates to theLithuaniancitizenry.

We are only in the first year of a number ofimportant projects, but I believe that the general

direction we are taking is correct. I hope that afterreading all the reports you will have ideas where tomakeimprovementsorhowtoreachourgoalsfaster.Iexpectthatyouwillwillinglyshareandmaybeevencommityourselvestoinstitutionalizeyourgoodideas.

VytautasMaciunas

ExecutivevicepresidentsreportProgram of internships for students of Lithuaniandiaspora(ISLD)

About one year ago, I was invitedby the NECpresident to take on the duties of executive vicepresident and commit to organize, as part of LAC

efforts,abroadprogramofinternshipsforstudentsofLithuaniandiaspora(ISLD)inLithuania.ForfouryearsbeforejoiningNEC,Ihadorganized

successfully summer internships in Lithuania forindividualstudents.

In organizing the ISLD program, to make itpossibleforalargernumberofstudentsofLithuaniandiaspora to be interns in their own professions, Iaccomplishedawhole listof tasks. Isought tomakethe ISLD program professional and attractive to


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patraukli ieivijos studentams bei Lietuvosdarbdaviams.

TinklapiosukrimasSuorganizavau reikiam tinklap (adresu

www.stazuote.com), kuriame bt randama visainformacija ieivijos studentui patekti JAV LB LISSprogrambeijaiusiregistruoti.

LankstinukosukrimasParuoiau profesional lankstinuk, kuriame

isamiai, patraukliai ir su nuotraukomis buvoiliustruotaJAVLB LISSprogramosinformacija.

PltotKeliavau po vairius lietuvi telkinius pateikti

ieivijosjaunimui informacij apie LISS program irgalimyb joje dalyvauti. Pasikvieiau studentus apiesavo patirt pakalbti ir parodyti Linos Bublyts irTado Kaspuio sukurt film apie Lietuvoje jauvykusias stauotes. Aplankme Niujork,Cleveland, Detroit, ikag, Denver, Los Angeles,SanDiegoir Dainav.

Stauotoj registracijairatrankaPravediau registracij ir atrinkau noriniusstauotisLietuvoje.

Registracijos reikalavimas buvo parayti rain,kodlstudentainort stauotis.

Perskaiiau visus rainius ir paskambinaukiekvienamstudentui,pravediauapklaus.

Stauoi suradimasLietuvojeSkridau Lietuv kontaktuoti darbdavius,

praydama j suteikti kokybikas stauotes LISSstudentams. Susisiekiau su 30 darbdavi. Skmingaipasiraiau 24 darbo sutartis su darbdaviais, kurioseaikiaisusitartadlvasarosstauoi studentams.

Gyvenviei paiekaAsmenikai ir per agentras suradau 4 butus,

kuriuose studentai galt gyventi vasaros metustauots laikotarpiu. I viso aplankyta 12 but,atrinktibuvo vietose, kur studentamsbt saugu irpatogussusisiekimas darbovietes.

SeminarasstauotojamsPravediauduseminarusVilniujeLISSprogramos

studentams, kuriuose supaindinau juos su LISSprograma ir programos reikalavimais. Pirmstauots dien kartu su studentais vaiaviau darboviet supaindinti juos su darbdaviais irpatvirtinti sipareigojimus. Supaindinau studentussu gyvenvietmis, parduotuvmis ir reikiamutransportupatekti darbovietes.

Seminare kiekvienas studentas turjo sipareigotiapraytikiekvienosdienosstauotes irpateiktimanoperirjimui.Kiekvienasstudentasbuvo pareigotasvienkartsavaitjeparaytiapiesavopatirt ieivijosspaudai, k a koordinavau ir nusiuniau sunuotraukomis.

GlobastauotsmetuPakvieiau Ras ArdyteJukien padti man

studentslivingabroadandtoLithuaniasemployers.CreationofawebsiteI organized a website (with address

www.stazuote.com), containing all the informationneeded for applying to and registering in the LACISLDprogram.

Creationofaleaflet

I prepared a professional leaflet, containing allneeded information about the ISLD program,illustratedwithphotosandpresentedattractively.

AdvertizingI travelled widely to Lithuanian communities to

present information to young people about ISLDprogram and the possibility of participation in it. Iinvited students to talk about their internshipexperience and to watch a film created by LinaBublyteandTadasKasputisaboutpastinternshipsinLithuania. We visited New York, Cleveland, Detroit,Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego andDainava camp.

RegistrationandselectionI conducted the registration and selected thosewantingtoparticipateasinternsinLithuania.

One of the requirements of registration was towrite an essay on why students would want tobeinterns.

I readall the essaysand telephonedeachstudenttoaskaseriesofquestions.

FindinginternshipsinLithuaniaI flew to Lithuania to contact employers, asking

them to offer quality internships to ISLD students. Icontacted30employers.Isuccessfullysigned24workcontracts with employers, which contained clear

agreementsonsummerinternshipsforstudents.FindinglivingaccomodationsPersonally and through agencies, I found 4

apartments,whichcouldbeusedbystudentsduringtheir summer internships. Twelve apartments werevisited in all, selection was made on the basis ofphysical safety for students and convenienttransportationtotheirworkplaces.

SeminarforinternsI conducted two seminars in Vilnius for ISLD

program students, where they were acquainted withthe ISLD program and its requirements. On the firstdayofinternships,Iaccompaniedthestudentstotheirworkplacestointroducethemtotheiremployersandto confirm previous commitments. I acquainted thestudents to their living accomodations, local storesandavailabletransporttowork.

Each student at the seminar had to promise towriteabouteachdayoftheirinternshipandtosubmitthem for my review. Each student was required topromise to writeonceaweekabout their experiencefor Lithuanian newspapers abroad, which Icoordinatedandsubmittedwithphotos.


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globoti visus (23) studentus ir dar 7 moksleivius iJAV, kurie Lietuvon atvaiavo trumpalaikiamslabdaros darbams. Prieirabuvo septynias dienasper savait dien ir nakt. Nelaims ar sveikatossutrikimoatvejunuveme ligonin arpasdaktarus.

Stauotoj labdaringaveiklaKiekvienam studentui parpinau ir prog atlikti

labdaring darb, kur galjo dirbti vakarais ar

savaitgaliais. Tikslas buvo, kad susipaint suvargstaniais Lietuvos pilieiais ir pamatyt jrealyb. Visi studentai dalyvavo tokiame projektebentvienpilndien,kaikurienutar daugiaulaikolabdaraipaaukoti.

MarketingassunaujaisdarbdaviaisateiiaiUtikrinti sekani met skming darbdavyst,

aplankiau daugel moni ir ministerij umegztiryius ateinantiems metams. Pasisek susitarti sudeimt nauj darbdavi dl kit met LISSprogramos.

Televizija,Radijas,LietuvosspaudaSusisiekiau su spaudos, radijo ir televizijos

atstovais. LISS studentai dalyvavo radijo, televizijosprogramose kalbdami apie savo patirt LISSprogramoje. Danai dalyvavome pokalbiuose suspauda,kuriteigiamai vertino ms projekt.

Stauotoj vertinimasBuvo paruoti programos ubaigimo sertifikatai

beigautirekomendaciniailaikaiidarbdavi,kuriaisstudentai galt naudotis universitetuose ardarbovietseieivijoje.

RuoasekantiemsmetamsPradjau perraytibroiras, pertvarkyti tinklap

sekantiems metams su reikiamais pakeitimais,

naujomisnuotraukomis.

XIV Mokslo ir Krybos Simpoziumas (MKS)ikagoje,2008m.lapkriiomn.

Buvau prayta koordinuoti vairius darbus irvadovauti MKS administracini ir organizacininekslandum koregavime, skaitantsvei transport,primim viebutyje, MKS paskait filmavim,banketostal idstymirkt.reikalus.

PravediauLISSprogramospristatymMKSmetu.Pristatyme dalyvavo keturi studentai ir buvoparodytasj sukurtasfilmasapiestauotes.KaimoFondas(KF)

Esu KF programos Direktori Tarybos nar.

Dalyvavau KF remiam stovykl suvaiavimegegus mn. Vilniuje. Suvaiavime dalyvavo ir KFprogramos garbs pirmininkas, LR Usienio reikalministras V. Uackas, vis Lietuvos KF programosregion vadovai, kurie ruoia vasaros uimtumostovyklas kaimo vaikams. Vasaros metu aplankiaukelet KF remiam stovykl ir susipainau su jvadovaisbeijosedalyvaujaniaisvaikais.

Birut Bublien

SupervisionduringinternshipsI invited Rasa ArdyteJuskiene to help me to

superviseall(23)studentsand7pupilsfromtheU.S.,who came to Lithiania for short jobs in charity.Supervisionwasconstantsevendaysperweek,dayand night. In cases of accidents or health problems,wetransportedinternstohospitalsandtodoctors.

CharityworkbyinternsI provided an opportunity for each student to

engage in charity work during evenings or onweekends.Thegoalwastointroducethemtopovertystricken Lithuanias citizens and to witness theirreality. All students participated in such projects atleastonefullday,somedecidedtodevoteadditionaltimetocharity.

SeekingnewemployersforthefutureTo assure successful internships for next year, I

visited many firms and government departments toestablishcontactsforfutureyears.Iwassuccessfulinfinding ten new employers for next years ISLDprogram.

Television,radio,andLithuaniasprintmediaI contacted print media, radio and television

representatives. ISLD students participated in radioand television programs speaking about theirexperience in the ISLD program. We oftenparticipated in discussions with the print media,whichevaluatedourprojectinapositivelight.

EvaluationofinternshipsProgram completion certificates were prepared

andgiventotheinterns.Theyalsoreceivedlettersofrecommendation from their employers, which couldbeusedatuniversitiesorworkplacesabroad.

PreparationfornextyearI have started to rewrite brochures and torestructurethewebsitewithneededchangesandnewphotos.XIV Symposium of Arts and Sciences (SAS) inChicagoinNovember2008

Iwasaskedtocoordinatevarioustasksandtotakecharge of solving some SAS administrative andorganizational problems, including transport ofguests,receptionatthehotel,filmingofSASlectures,location of tables during the banquet and othermatters.

I conducted ISLD programs presentation at SAS.

Four students participated at the presentation and afilmaboutinternshipscreatedbythemwasshown.RuralFund(RF)

IamamemberoftheboardofdirectorsoftheRFprogram.IparticipatedatthemeetingofleadersofRFsupported summer camps in May in Vilnius. Themeeting was attended by RF programs honorarypresident,RLMinisterofExternalAffairsV.Usackas,all regional leaders of the RF program in Lithuania,whoorganizedsummeractivitycampsforchildrenof


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InformacijosreikalaiKaibaigiasimetai,paprastaipavelgiame darbus

irsavokadencijoslaikotarpio sipareigojimus.JAVLBorganizacijaklestiremdamasinevadais,o

visaisnariais irj darbais. LBdarbuotojaisavoviltdeda lietuvikveikl: vietim, kultr,sportbeitautins dvasios ilaikym. LB visi darbai atsispindi

spaudoje:apygard

,

apylinki

,

taryb

,

lituanistini

mokykl. Per spaud susipastame su kitomis LBapylinkmisirsuinomeapiej veikl.Pertrij metkadencij susidar didel archyvin mediaga knygaapieLBdarbusir vykiusspaudoje.

Prie3metusbuvaupakviestaLBKVpirmininkoVyto Maino atstovauti spaudai. Teko raytipasikalbjimus su LB veikjais, veni progomisskelbti sveikinimus, uuojautas LB darbuotojamsnegrtamaiijusj eimosnariams.

DraugeirAmerikoslietuvyjebuvoskelbiamasJAV LB Vasario 16tosios veni minjimkalendorius,Tarybossesij nutarimaibeiLBTarybosrinkim rezultatai.

2008 m. rugsjo mn. teko perimti LB KVprotokolsekretors pareigas. Met bgyje buvopenkiKratovaldybosposdiai.

JAV LB KV dkoja spaudai ir radijo valandlmsu dmes Lietuvi Bendruomenei, kuri jungiatautieius iame krate. Taip pat LB Krato valdybadkojavisiemsspaudosdarbuotojams,kurieraoapieLBveikl.

MarijaRemien

MoksloreikalaiMoksloirKrybosSimpoziumas(MKS):

MKS vyko lapkriio2630d.d.,2008m.,Padkosdienossavaitgal Lemonte,IL; PriesimpoziumorengimoymiaiprisidjoJAVLB

KV Kultros bei vietimo tarybos, LietuviFondas,ieivijoslietuvi spauda, ikagoslietuvibendruomen bei Lietuvos vietimo ir moksloministerija(LMM)irLietuvosMoksl Akademija;

Dalyvavo 163 prelegentai, ij 95 i Lietuvos. Ivisosimpoziumedalyvavovir400moni;

iamesimpoziumebepaskait irplenarini sesijpravestasesijaLituanistinisvietimas ieivijoje irjo ypatumai, kurioje dalyvavo mokytojai i 7krat;

Pravestas didelis skaiius plenarini sesij,apimani ieivijirLietuvlieianiaskultrines,mokslinesirkrybinesaktualijas;

Simpoziumo metu steigta skminga progamaieivi student stauotms Lietuvoje, susikrprofesionalus psichologinis pagalbos centraslietuviamsieiviams ikagoje;

Simpoziumo prelegentai apsilank IIT, NWuniversitetuoseirArgonneNationallaboratorijoje.IIT sesijoje pagrindinis kalbtojas buvo Nobeliopremijoslaureatas.

ruralLithuania.Duringthesummer,Ivisitedseveralof the RF supported camps andbecame acquaintedwiththeirleadersandparticipatingchildren.

BiruteBubliene

InformationaffairsAttheendofayear,weusuallylookatworkand

commitmentsofourtermofservice.LAC organization thrives not because of its

leaders,butbecauseofallitsmembersandtheirwork.LAC workers place their hopes in Lithuanian work:education, culture, sport, and the preservation ofnationalspirit.AllLACactivitiescanbeseeninprintmedia: districts, chapters, councils, schools. Throughprint media we get acquainted with other chaptersandwegettoknowtheiractivities.Duringthethreeyear termofservicea largearchiveofmaterialcameintobeingabookaboutLACsworkandevents inprintmedia.

ThreeyearsagoIwasinvitedtobearepresentivetotheprintmediabyNECpresidentVytasMaciunas.

I had the opportunity to write interviews with LACactivists, holiday greetings, and expressions ofsympathy to LAC workers on occasions of familymemberloss.

Draugas and Amerikos Lietuvis printed thecalendars of LAC February 16 event schedules,resolutions of NBD sessions, and NBD electionresults.

InSeptember2008,Ialso tookover thesecretarialdutiesforminutesofNECmeetings.TherewerefiveNECmeetingduringtheyear.

NECisgratefultonewspapersandradioprogramsfor the attention paid to LAC, which unites

Lithuaniansinthiscountry.LACNECalsothanksallprint media associates, who write about LACactivities.

MarijaRemiene

AcademicaffairsSymposiumonArtsandSciences(SAS): SAS took place on Thanksgiving weekend,

November2630,2008,inLemont,IL; Major contributors to preparations for the

symposium were LAC Cultural and EducationCouncils, LF, Lithuanian diasporas print media,ChicagoareaLAC, RL MinistryofEducationand

LithuaniasAcademyofSciences; 163 speakers participated, 95 from Lithuania. Atotalofover400attendedthesymposium;

Inaddition to lecturesandplenarysessions, therewasasessiononLithuanianeducationabroadanditspeculiaritieswithparticipating teachers from7countries;

There were many plenary sessions on cultural,academic and creative issues abroad and inLithuania;

A student internship program in Lithuania for


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UsieniolietuviamsmokslininkamspremijosBendradarbiaujant su LMM, usienio lietuviams

mokslininkamsbuvo paskirtos 5 mokslo premijos, ij 3 JAVmokslininkams.

iais metaisJAV LB KV vicepirmininkas moksloreikalams dalyvavo trijuose neakivaizdiniubdu irvienameLietuvojepremij paskirstymoposdiuose.Paskirtos trys premijos visos JAV lietuviams.Premij tsimasnumatomasirsekaniaismetais.Ryiaisuakademinmisinstitucijomis

Umegzti ryiai ir tsiami pasitarimai su ikagosLoyola ir Klaipdos bei Vytauto Didiojouniversitetais ir LB socialini reikal skyriumi dlsudarymobendr studij ir staavimosi programEuroposSjungosATLANTISprogramosrmuose.Lietuvosenergetikosstudija

iais metais liepos mn. Lietuvos energetikosministerijojepristatytaplatistudija, lieiantiLietuvosenergetikos ateit po Ignalinos udarymo, pridtinesilaidas u papildom kur ir alternatyvas. Min.

Sekmokas pristat i iniciatyv kaip labai naudingbendravimopavyzd irpadkojoujopateikim.LituanistikoskatedrosreikalaiUniversityofIllinoisChicagoCircle(UIC)

PLB fondui usidarius ir PLB atsisakius toliaurpintis ia katedra, tolimesnisjos likimas pakimbaant JAV LB pei. Kadangi UIC nepratsdoktorantros ir magistro program, inicijuotipokalbiai su LRS nariu Mantu Adomnu, Vilniausuniversiteto istorijos ir filologijos fakultet dekanaisbei Lituanistinio Tyrimo ir Studij Centru ikagojeapie galimyb steigti Vilniaus unto humanitarinimoksl filial ikagoje. ia ieivijos lietuviai ir kitigalt siekti doktorantros ir magistro laipsnilietuvi kultros, lituanistikos, lit. vietimo,pedagogikos, istorijos, sociologijos, psichologijos,urnalistikos, archyv ir kitose sritysebei atsirastgalimyb stauotis Lietuvos doktorantams. Gautaspritarimas tokio filialo organizavimo idjai i visiuosepokalbiuosedalyvavusij.Vicepirmininko mokslo reikalams kita svarbesnveikla: Palaiko ryius su ir inicijavo pasilym Krato

valdybaiJAVLB sijungtiiNationalMuseumforAmericanPeoplermimokoalicij;

DalyvavoUSBForganizaciniamekomiteteruoiantBaltijos krat transporto srauto konferencij

Washington,D.C.; Dalyvavo JAV Latvi prekybos centrosteigiamajameposdyjeiriocentroatidaryme;

Atstovavo Krato valdyb balandio mn. kaipstebtojas Central European CoalitionkonferencijojeJAVKongrese;

Atstovavo KV U.S. Baltic Foundation JAVKongrese suruotoje RibentropoMolotovosutarties okupuoti Baltijos kratus konferencijojeminjime.

Dr.StasysBakaitis

Lithuanian students from abroad was launchedduring the symposium, a professional center forpsychologicalhelpforLithuaniansinChicagowasalsoorganized;

Symposiumspeakershad theopportunity tovisitIIT, Northwestern University and ArgonneNationalLabs.TheprimaryspeakerduringtheIITsessionwasaNobellaureate.

AwardstoLithuanianscientistslivingabroadWorking together withRLMinistryofEducation,five Lithuanian scientists living abroad receivedawards,threefromtheU.S.

In the past year, NEC vice president of academicaffairs participated in three teleconferences and onemeeting in Lithuania on the subject of scientificawards. Three Lithuanian scientists in the U.S. werepicked. Awards are expected tobe continued nextyearaswell.Contactswithacademicinstitutions

Contacts were established and discussions areongoing with Chicagos Loyola, Klaipeda, and

VytautasMagnusuniversities,andwithLACHumanServices Council to institute study and internshipprograms within European Unions ATLANTISprogramsframework.StudyofLithuaniasenergyneeds

LastJuly,abroadstudyofthefutureofLithuaniasenergy after the closing of the Ignalina atomicgeneratingplantwaspresentedtotheRLMinistryofEnergy. M. Sekmokas presented this initiative as avery useful example of association and thanked forgettingit.DepartmentofLithuanianphilologyatUniversityofIllinoisChicagoCircle(UIC)

After LWC Foundation closed and LWC decisionnot to support this department, its future is now inLAC hands. Because UIC will not continue itsdoctorate and master programs in Lithuanianphilology, discussions were started with RLParliament member Mantas Adomenas, deans of thehistory and philology departments of University ofVilnius,andLithuanianResearchandStudyCenterinChicago about the possibility to establish an U. ofVilnius affiliate in humanities in Chicago. It wouldallow Lithuanians and others to seek doctorate andmaster degrees in Lithuanian culture, philology,literature, teaching, history, sociology, psychology,journalism,archivesandotherfields,andwouldgiveinternshipopportunitiesforLithuaniascandidatesfordoctorate degrees. All participants in thisconversationhaveagreedwiththeideaofestablishingsuchanaffiliate.OtherimportantworkofVPofAcademicAffairs: Initiated the offer for NEC and LAC tojoin the

support coalition for National Museum forAmericanPeople andmaintainscontactswithit;

Participated in the USBF organizing committeepreparing theconference inWashington,D.C.,on


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OrganizaciniaireikalaiSlaptas internetinis balsavimo bdas JAV LBTarybosrinkimuose

JAV LB XVIII Taryba savo treiojoje sesijojeBostone pritar slaptam internetiniam balsavimuiTarybos nari rinkimuose. Tai gyvendinant turjobti pakeistosJAV LB Tarybos Rinkim Taisykls.

Taisykli

pakeitimo

projektasbuvo

paruotas

ir

Tarybos Prezidiumo isistas Tarybos nariamselektroniniu patu .m. sausio mnesio viduryje.Tarybos nariams pasisakius apie projekt,balsavimas sek el. patu. Vasario mn. 2 d.Prezidiumas paskelb rezultatus: 36 u, 14 prie, 2susilaik projektas su naujomis slapto internetiniobalsavimo taisyklmisbuvo priimtas. Nauja rinkimtaisykli redakcijabuvo patalpintaJAV LB internetosvetainje.JAVLBXIXTarybosRinkim komisija,rinkimai,irkeliospastabos

.m. sausio mn. p. Romualdas Veitas i Milton,MA buvo pakviestas ir JAV LB Krato valdybospatvirtintassudarytiJAVLBKratoRinkim komisijir pravestiJAVLB XIX Tarybos nari rinkimus. ioskomisijos sudtis: Romualdas Veitas (pirmininkas),Marius iaugra, Jurgis tuopis, Jurgis Balinas,Violeta Balinien ir Reda VeitaitLimantien.Neirint esamo labai trumpo laiko rinkimamspasiruoti ir gyvendinti slaptam internetiniambalsavimobdui,KratoRinkim komisijaskmingaipraved XIX Tarybos rinkimus ir u tai nusipelnms vis padkos.

Pairjus rezultatusrpest kelia,kadkaikuriosapygardos ir rajonai nesurado utenkamaikandidatuojani asmen ir balsuotoj skaiius

sumajonuo4986balsuotoj 2006aismetaisiki3925iais metais. Galimyb balsuoti internetu ne tiknepadjo mums padidinti balsuotoj skaiiaus, tasskaiius smuko 21 procentu. Turbt nepadjo ir tai,kad pavasar buvo labai daug visoki rinkim:rinkomeLietuvosprezident,PLBSeimo narius,XIXTarybos narius ir kt. Taip pat pasiruoimas Tarybosrinkimams vyko tuo paiu metu, kai visi ruoLietuvosNepriklausomybsveni programas.

Gal sumajs XIX Tarybos rinkimuosedalyvaujani asmen skaiius atspindi sumajusbendroje JAV LB veikloje dalyvaujani asmenskaii?Galpertrismetuspraradomeapiepenktadalsavoaktyvi nari?Beabejovienasisvarbiausi XIX

Tarybos rpesi turt btikaippritraukti daugiaulietuvi kilmsJAVgyventoj prieLBveiklos.ArJAVLB veikla yra utenkamai patraukli ir aktuali vislietuvi emigracijos bang monms ir jpalikuoniams?Kitaveikla

(1) Dirbta su apygardomis ir apylinkmisikilusiaisorganizaciniaisreikalais.

(2) Paruoti,atspausdinti,iriplatinti3numeriaiorganizacinio pobdio leidinio dviem kalbomis

transportroutesinBalticStates; Participated in U.S. Latvian commerce centers

foundingmeetingandthecentersopening; Represented NEC as an observer in April at the

CentralEuropeanCoalitionConferenceattheU.S.Congress;

Represented NEC at the conference organizedbyUSBF on the RibentropMolotov treaty to occupy

theBaltic

States

at

the

U.S.

Congress.

Dr.StasysBackaitis

OrganizationalaffairsSecretinternetvotingmethodinNBDelections

LACXVIIINBDduringitsthirdsessioninBostonapproved the use of secret internet voting for NBDelections. To make it happen, LAC NBD ElectionRules needed tobe changed. Election Rule changeswere formulated and submittedby email to NBDmembersforapprovalthisyearinmidJanuary.Afteraperiodofcommentson theproposedrulechanges,voting on the changes was also doneby email. On

February2nd,NBDPresidiumannouncedtheresults:36for,14against,2abstainedthenewelectionrulesincludingasecret internetballotasoneof thevotingoptions wereapproved.Thenewelection ruleswereposted on the LAC website immediately afterapproval.LACXIXNBDElectionCommission,election,andafewcomments

InJanuary of this year, Mr. Romualdas Veitas ofMilton, MA was invited, and confirmedby NEC, toform a National Election Commission and organizeand administer the election of LAC XIX NBDmembers. Commissions membership: RomualdasVeitas (chair), Marius Ziaugra,Jurgis Stuopis,JurgisBalciunas, Violeta Balciuniene and Reda VeitaiteLimantiene. Despite the very short time available toprepare for the election and to institute the neverbeforeused internet voting method, the NationalElection Commission successfully ran the XIX NBDelectionandearnedthegratitudeofallofus.

Glancingat the finalelection results, the fact thatsome districts and regions were not able to findenough candidates and that the number of votersdropped from 4986 in 2006 to 3925 this year raisesconcern. Possibility to voteby internet not only didnot increase the number of voters, their numberdroppedby 21 percent. It may not helped that this

springthereweresomanyelections:votingtookplacefor Lithuanias president, LWC Congressrepresentatives, XIX NBD members, etc. PreparationforNBDelectionoccurredat thevery timeeveryonewas preparing for their local Independencecelebrations.

Does the smaller number of voters in the NBDelection reflect the decreasednumbersofpeople stillactive in LAC? Did we lose a fifth of our activemembers during the threeyear period? Withoutdoubt,oneofthemostimportantissuesfacingtheXIX


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JAVLBPranejas/LACReporter.(3) Paruota nauja JAV LB stat ir Taisykli

redakcija ir patalpintaJAV LB interneto svetainje.Bt gerai,jeigu XIX Taryba nutart iuos status irtaisykles pagaliau iversti anglikai. Kad tai btlaiku vykdyta, tikriausiai reikt pasamdytikvalifikuotvertj.

Dr.RimantasVaitkus

Pltotsreikalai2009metaibuvosunks, spdingiirpilni vyki

metai Lietuvi Bendruomenei. Skaiiuojant nuoprajusios, 2008 m. XVIIIosios Bostone vykusiossesijos,ims tarpopasitrauk aktyvsLBveikjai a.a Vaiva Vbraite, Alfonsas Dzikas, eslovasMicknas, Rasa Paskoimien, Kstutis Miklas. Jnetektis kiekvienam juos painojusiam paliekaskaud,bet tuo paiu ir pareigojant jausm toliautstij veikl,kuriaiie nuostabsmonsbuvotaipbegaliniai sipareigoj.Visadaartim moni netektismusdaugiausuburia irsuartina.Man labainortsi,

kad jauniJAV XIX Tarybos nariaiveikjai, atj lietuvik veikl ir susidr su pirmais sunkumais,nepabgt irnenuleist rank,oatkakliaiingsnispoingsnio siliet graios ir turiningos organizacijosraidirpadtjaitoliaugyvuoti.

iais metais dauguma apylinki turjo tikraigrai ir turining vakar, veni, skirt Lietuvos1000meiovardopaminjimui.Esamedkingimskolegei Kultros tarybos pirmininkei gerb. DaleiLukienei,kadji,suprasdamaapylinki norsurengtikoncertus, nuoirdiai padjojoms, kiek finansiniaiJAVLBitekliaileido.

Svarbusiemetaibuvodar ir tuo,kad tai naujrinkim JAV Tarybos narius metai. Dkingi esamevisoms apylinkms, kurios praved tikrai sunkagitacin darb ir sugebjo traukti ir irinkti naujnari XIX JAV LB Taryb. Dkojame KratoRinkimins komisijos pirmininkui gerbiamamRomualduiVeituiirjovisaikomandai,atlikusiaitokdidel irsvarb darb!

Reikia pasidiaugti iais metais susikrusia darviena nauja apylinke Roanoke, VA. Norsji dar tikgyvuoja kelet mnesi (susibr gegus 16 dien),bet jau sugebjo pasirodyti savo miesteliogyventojams kaip dar viena stipribendruomen susavo graiomis tautikomis tradicijomis. Paiai tekodalyvauti Roanoke miestelio renginyje ir bti

liudininkegraaus vykioLB irLietuvospristatyme.Josjauna ir krybinga vadov SilvijaBukeraityt jauburia mones tautini oki ratel, tikisi, kad pomet atidarysetadienin lietuvikmokykll.

ios apylinks sikrimas puikuspavyzdyskaipjaunimons,pilnientuziazmonoriveiktiirLietuviBendruomen yrapuikidirvatokiaij veiklaipltoti.Tai dar vienas faktas, parodantis, kad msbendruomen turieitisuiandieniniugyvenimu,mesneisiversime tik su lietuvika kalba jos veikloje,btina kuo plaiau skelbti ir kviesti lietuvi kilms

NBDishowtoattractmoreAmericansofLithuaniandescent to LAC and its activities. Are LAC activitiessufficiently attractive and meaningful to Lithuaniansofallimmigrationwavesandtotheirdescendants?Otherwork

(1)Workcontinuedwithdistrictsandchaptersonvariousorganizationalissues.

(2) Three issues of LAC Reporter were prepared,printedanddistributed.

(3) A new edition of LAC Bylaws and Rules waspreparedandpublishedontheLACwebsite.ItwouldbegoodifXIXNBDwoulddecidetohaveourbylawsand rules finally translated into English. To have itdone in a timely manner, it probably is necessary tohireacompetenttranslator.

Dr.RimantasVaitkus

Communitydevelopment2009wasadifficult,impressive,andeventfulyear

for LAC. Counting from the 2008 Session of XVIIINBD in Boston, LAC lost a number of importantactive members R.I.P. Vaiva Vebraite, AlfonsasDzikas, Ceslovas Mickunas, Rasa Paskocimiene, andKestutisMiklas.Theirlossleavesafeelingofpainandat thesame timeobligationtocontinuetheirworkinallwhoknewthem,theworktowhichtheseamazingpeoplehadsodedicatedthemselves.Thelossofcloseassociatesalwaystends tobringuscloser together.Itismywish,thatyoungLACXIXNBDmembers,whohavejoined inLithuanianworkandhaveconfrontedtheir firstdifficulties,wouldnotbeawedandwouldnot drop their hands,but with determination wouldproceedstepbystepandwouldbecomeapartofthiswonderful and meaningful organizations future and

wouldhelpittothrive.Thisyear mostchapters had truly wonderfulandmeaningful evenings, festivities, dedicated tocommemorating themillenniumofLithuaniasname.We are grateful to our colleage hon. Dale Lukiene,that she, understanding the wishes of chapters fororganizing concerts, sincerely helped them, to theextentthatLACfinansesallowed.

This year was also importantbecause of the newelectionsofLACNBDmembers.Wearegratefultoallchapters, which had a truly difficult job ofencouraging thevote andmanaged to findandelectnew members to the XIX LAC NBD. We thank theNational Election Commission chairman hon.Romualdas Veitas and his whole team for havingaccomplishedsuchabigandimportantjob!

Wehave tobehappywith thenewRoanoke,VA,LAC chapter. Even though it organized itself onlyseveralmonthsago(onMay16,2009),ithasmanagedto present beautiful Lithuanian traditions to thepeople of their city. I myself participated in theRoanoke city event and witnessed the beautifulrepresentationofLACandLithuania.Theyoungandcreativeleader,SilvijaBukeraite,isalreadyorganizing


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narius,nekalbaniuslietuvikaikuodaugiaujungtis apylinki veikl. Noriau paskelbti kkvietimateinaniaivaldybaiSusigrainkime40meiusir50meiusAmerikojegimusiuslietuvius LBgretas!

ios kadencijos metu teko dalyvauti apylinkirenginiuose,apygard ataskaitiniuosesusirinkimuoseir ventse. Graiai ir spdingai Bostono apylinkkartu su greta esaniomis lietuvikomis

organizacijomis atvent Vasario 16osios Nepriklausomybs vent. Bostono apygardaipriklausantiProvidence,RILBapylink suenerginga,met natos nejauiania vadove gerb. AldonaKairiene bei Lietuvos Vyiais pakviet atvstiNepriklausomybsvents.Maosapylinksigyvenatikrai sunk laikotarp senieji ieina, ojaunesnimoni maai kas silieja lietuviko darbo gretas.Tadsumansapylinki vadovaisusavovaldybomisjungiasi su kitomis organizacijomis, ruoia ventes,rengia kultrinius renginius, taip puoseldamilietuvikastradicijasirpltodamilietuvikveikl.

Tarp61apylinksturimepuiki pirminink,vieni,turintys didesn visuomenin patirt, kiti tikengiantys pirmus ingsnius. Noriau kelet jpaymti: Birut Vindaien, Salomja Daulien,MindaugasBaukus,VidaMeiluvien,LaimaileikytHood, Danut Grajauskien, Vida Jankauskien,Danut Liutermoien, Algis Rugienius, ReginaPetrutien, tiek ir nauj veid, su domiaiskrybiniaispolkiaisdirbani apylinkspirminink:Elena ebertaviien, Giedr Stanknien, RimaGirniuvien, Alvydas Smilinskas, Diana Norkien,Romualdas Zableckas, Zita Siderien, Angel Kavak,Danel Vidutien, Gravydas Supronas ir DariusSabalinas. Diaugiams naujais apygardpirmininkais Irena Vilimiene ir Arvydu Barzduku,visada malonu pasitarti ir pasikalbti su ger patirtturiniomis ir aktyviai besidarbuojaniomisapygardos pirmininkmis Ramute ukaitebei LiudaRugieniene.

Manau, kad pribrendo reikalas labiau apibrtiapygard paskirt Bendruomenje.

Savo trump praneim noriau ubaigti geranaujiena: yra gauti du praneimai apie LietuviBendruomens apylinki steigimsi: apylinksusiburti pasiruo Sarasota, FL lietuviai, o taip patper Padkos savaitgal Las Vegas lietuviai renkasi savo apylinks steigiamj susirinkim. Tiksims,kad naujaJAV LB XIX Taryba priims tinkamus irgerus sprendimus, kurie bus naudingi ms

bendruomenei. SigitaimkuvienRosen

Sportoreikalai2008j met JAVLBTarybossesijojepagrindin

rezoliucija sporto srityjebuvoapie pasiruoim VIIIosioms Pasaulio lietuvi sporto aidynms (PLS) irkuo gausesn Amerikos lietuvi dalyvavim iamekas ketvert met organizuojamame renginyjeLietuvoje.Nepaisantbeveikvis pasaul ugriuvusio

aLithuanianfolkdancegroup,andhopestobeabletoopenaLithuanianSaturdayschoolinayear.

The establishment of this chapter is a wonderfulexamplehowyoungpeople,fullofenthusiasm,wantto act and LAC is a wonderful soil for developingsuch activity. It is an additional fact that shows thatour organization must move according with todayscircumstances: we will notbe able to survive using

onlyinLithuanian,itisnecessarytoadvertiseandtoinvite members of Lithuanian descent, nonspeakersof Lithuanian tojoin into chapter activities. I wouldlike to announce a slogan for the next NEC Letsbringback Americanborn 40 and 50year olds intoLACranks!

During this tour of duty I participated in chapterevents, district reporting meetings and festivals.Boston chapter with other local LithuanianorganizationscelebratedFebruary16th,IndependenceDay, beautifully and impressively. Providence, RI,LAC chapter, which is in the Boston District and islead by the energetic, notfeelingtheweightofagehon. Aldona Kairiene, and Knights of Lithuaniainvited me to celebrate Independence with them.Small chapters are going through a truly difficultperiod seniors are leaving,but few young peoplejoin the ranks of workers in Lithuanian causes. Thecleverchapter leaderswith theirboardsjoin togetherwith other organizations to organize festivities andcultural events, fostering Lithuanian traditions andexpandingLithuanianactivities.

Among the 61 chapters we have wonderfulpresidents, some with greater public serviceexperience,otherjust taking theirfirststeps.Iwouldlike to mention a few: Birute Vindasiene, SalomejaDauliene, Mindaugas Baukus, Vida Meiluviene,

Laima SileikyteHood, Danute Grajauskiene, VidaJankauskiene, Danute Liutermoziene, AlgisRugienius, Regina Petrutiene, and some new faceswith interesting creative flights working chapterpresidents:ElenaZebertaviciene,GiedreStankuniene,Rima Girniuviene, Alvydas Smilinskas, DianaNorkiene, Romualdas Zableckas, Zita Sideriene,Angele Kavak, Danele Vidutiene, GrazvydasSupronas and Darius Sabaliunas. We are happy forour new district presidents Irena Vilimiene andArvydasBarzdukas.Itisalwaysapleasuretoconsultwithandtalkwithhighlyexperiencedandveryactivedistrict presidents Ramute Zukaite and LiudaRugieniene.

IthinkthatthetimeisripetoemphasizetheroleofdistrictsinLAC.I would like to end my short report with good

news: we have received two reports about theestablishment of LAC chapters Sarasota, FL,Lithuanians are ready to organize a chapter, LasVegas Lithuanians will meet during Thanksgivingweekendtoestablishachapter.WehopethatthenewXIXLACNBDwillmake fittingandgooddecisions,whichwillbeusefultoourcommunity.

SigitaSimkuvieneRosen


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ekonominio sunkmeio, subrmebeveik 100 atletkomand, kuri tapo didiausia usienio lietuvidelegacija 2009j met PLS. LietuvosTkstantmeio vardui paminti dedikuotojestambiausiojepasauliolietuvi sportoventjepuikiaipasirod JAV lietuvs krepininks ir ikagosLituanica krepininkai, ukop ant aukiausiopjedestalolaiptelio, individualiosevarybosetaippat

auks

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lietuv

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V.Paktait

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Ypatinga padka priklauso Lietuvi Fondui,parmusiam Amerikos lietuvi jaunj sportininkdalyvavimVIIIosiosePLS$2,000doleri auka.

Taip pat iais metais JAV LB Krato valdybossporto reikal komitetas prisidjo prie Lietuvosjaunui (iki 14os met amiaus)beisbolo rinktinstreniruoi pobdio kelions po JAV dosnia 500doleri auka, kurijaunj beisbolinink komandosvyr. treneriui teik Cleveland (OH) LB apylinkspirmininkasA.Gudnas.

Treias stambus renginys vyko paskutinprajusio mn. savaitgal kartu su Niujorko LBapygarda surengtas Amerikos lietuvi lauko teniso

turnyras Long Island (NY), vadovaujant mintosapygardos pirmininkei R. ukaitei. Varybosedalyvavo apie 30 vairaus amiaus ir pajgumomgj tenisinink,oypatingaisvarbuirmalonutai,kad pirmj tok turnyr Ryt pakrantjenepasididiavo atvykti ir daugkartinis Lietuvosempionas, tiesa dabar jau profesionaliaineberungtyniaujantis vienas pajgiausi vis laikios sporto akos ms tautiei atstov Vilniujegyvenantis Rolandas Muraka, kuris pasirodstipriausias vyr A lygyje. Pat Niujorke surengtturnyr planuojama nuo iol organizuoti kasmetpanaiulaiku,tikimasi,kadjistapstradiciniu.

Na o asmenikai noriau nuoirdiai padkoti

visiems prie JAV LB nari sportins veiklospastaruosius 6 metus prisidjusiems ms Tarybosnariams irpalinktikuogeriausiosklotiessekaniamKVvicepirmininkui(ei)sportoreikalams.

LaurynasR.Miseviius

Tinklapioreikalaiwww.lietuviubendruomene.orgwww.lithuanianamerican.org

www.javlb.orgJAV LB tinklapiui teko vadovauti nuo 2003 m.

rudens. Malonu paymti, kad lankytoj skaiiuskasmetaugo.

Pirmaisiais metais: 2003 rugsjo2004 rugpjio,314,656lapai,2,637,102hits,

Pereitais metais: 2007 rugsjo2008 rugpjio,1,043,240lapai,3,556,752hits,

iais metais: 2008 rugsjo2009 rugpjio,4,041,181lapai,6,831,073hits.

iaismetaislankytoj buvoi90ali.Maiausiaibuvo i Hong Kongo ir Ukrainostik po keturis. ILietuvos mus lank mons i16miest,daugiausiai Vilniaus, Kauno, Panevio ir Klaipdos.

SportissuesThe main resolution of LAC NBD at the 2008

session for sport was about the preparation for theVIIILithuanianWorldGames(LWG)andthegreatestpossibleparticipationofU.S.Lithuaniansinthiseventtakingplaceevery fouryear inLithuania. Inspiteoftheglobaleconomicdownturn,webroughttogetherateam of nearly 100 althletes, the largest contingentfrom abroad for the 2009 LWG. In this mostsignificant sport festival dedicated to LithuaniasMillennium,best showings wereby U.S. Lithuanianwomens and Chicagos Lituanica mensbasketballers, attaining the highest step on thepedestal. In individual events, Lithuanian AmericanswimmerV.Pakstaitealsowongold.Aspecialthanksgoes to LF forsupporting the participationofyoungathletesfromtheU.S.withagrantof$2,000.

Also this year, LAC NEC committee on sportsupportedthetrainingtourintheU.S.byLithuaniasselect junior baseball team with a grant of $500,presented to the teams senior trainerby Cleveland

LACchapterpresidentA.Gudenas.The third major event took place during the lastweekendofthepreviousmonthatennistournamentinLongIsland,NY,organizedtogetherwithNYLACdistrictpresidentR.Zukaite.About30 tennisplayersofvariousagesparticipatedinthetournament.Itwasespeciallygratifyingthat,inthefirstsuchtournamenton the East Coast, Lithuanias former tennischampion,R.MuraskafromVilnius,participatedandshowed himself to be strongest in A class. It isplannedtocontinuethistournamentinNYeveryyearaboutthesametime,itishopedthatitwillbecomeatradition.

On a personal note, I wish to thank all themembersoftheNECSportCouncil,whocontributedto sporting events during the past six years, and towishgreatsuccesstothenextNECvicepresidentforsport.

LaurynasR.Misevicius

Websiteissueswww.lietuviubendruomene.orgwww.lithuanianamerican.org

www.javlb.orgIhavebeeninchargeoftheLACwebsitesincefall

of 2003. I am pleased to note, that the number ofvisitors to the website has grown every year. In thefirst year, September 2003August 2004, 314,656webpageswereaccessedwith2,637,102hits;lastyear,September2007August2008,1,043,240webpageswith 3,556,752 hits; and this year, September 2008August 2009, 4,041,181 webpages with 6,831,073hits.

Thisyearvisitorscamefrom90countries.SmallestnumberfromHongKongandtheUkraineonlyfoureach.Lithuanias visitors came from16 cities, largestnumbers from Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevezys and


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MaiausiailankytojbuvoiElektrndu.Google analytics rodo, kadJAV lankytojaibuvo

daugiausia i Illinois, (majania tvarka) i NewYork, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, FloridairPennsylvania,t.t.MaiausiaiArizonos168.

Tinklapyje skelbiame vis LB apygard irapylinki sra su pirmininkais ir j kontaktineinformacija.Nevienas treiabangisper srasavo

kaimynystjeatradoLBapylink.vilgterj ms tinklap JAV LB pirmininkai

pamato, kad j vadovaujama apylink nra koksatskiras, vienias lietuvi brelis, o per JAVisipltusioirtoliaubesipleianiotinklodalis.Svarbupamatyti,kurLBdirba.

Tinklapyje skelbiame LB apylinki Vasario16/kovo 11 minjimus, birelini veim Sibirminjimus, Motinos dienos renginius, geguines irkaldines eglutes. Tinklapis yra vertinga skelbimlenta ypa pratusiems informacijos iekoti perinternet(arbatiems,kurieretaibnapriebanyios,kur dalinami rengini skelbimliai, neprenumeruoja

lietuvikos spaudos bei dar nra sijung lietuvikame gyvenime dalyvaujani telefonininiasklaid).

Perms tinklap galimaskaitytiJAVLBleidinius:Bridges,Lituanus,Pensinink irEglut.Eglut dabarprieinamajautikperinternet,taiauvaikuiamsirjtveliams,netirseneliams,tainesudarosunkum.

Tinklapyjerasitedaugvertingosinformacijos:JAVLB status ir taisykles,JAV LB Tarybos nari sra,Krato valdybos nari sra, lietuvi menininkatlikj sra, lietuvik parapij sra, JAVarchyv,kuriuoseyralietuviuslieianiosmediagosirdaugkitosinformacijos.

pavasar pertinklap skelbmkandidatus PLBSeim bei kandidatuojanius JAV LB Tarybosrinkimus (jiems sudarme galimyb per tinklap irpasisakyti).

engme vien ne visiems patikus ingsnkvietme mones LB Tarybos rinkimams registruotisir balsuoti per tinklap. Pasitaik keletasnesklandum, taiau bendrai pamus mginimaspavyko iriapriemone,kurisumainapato ilaidasir sutaupo laiko, naudosims ir ateityje. Tie, kurienorsJAVLBtarybosrinkimuosebalsuotiasmenikaiarbapatugalsirtoliautaipdaryti.

Noriu priminti apie silom verting paslaugu $100 metams LB apylinks galiJAV LB internetoserveryje laikyti savo apylinks internetin svetain.Ms tinklapio techninis priirtojas PranasPranckeviiusu tpaikainnetpadssutvarkanttinklap.Seattle irBostonoLBapylinksiapaslauganaudojasijau kelis metus. Boston apylink taip patnaudojasi ms tinklapiu savo nariams sisti el.laikus.

Per tinklap dabar rodome ir vaizdinius raus.Transliavome dom pasikalbjim su a.a.buvusiuLietuvos ambasadorium JAV Stasiu Lozoraiiu,

Klaipeda. Smallest number came from Elektrenai two.

Googleanalyticsshow, that the largestnumberofvisitorsfromwithintheU.S.camefromIllinois,andindecreasing numbers from New York, California,Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania,andsoon.SmallestnumbercamefromArizona168.

Website contains a list of all LAC districts and

chapterswith thenamesandcontact information fortheirpresidents.Byusing this list,recent immigrantshavefoundtheirlocalLACchapters.

Looking at our website LAC presidents see thattheirchaptersarenotaseparateanduniquegroupofLithuanians,butapartofawideandstillspreadingnetwork. It is important to know where LAC isfunctioning.

The website posts February 16/March 11celebrations, commemorations ofJune shipments toSiberia, Mothers Day events, picnics and ChristmasTreeevents.Thewebsiteisavaluable announcementboard especially to those used to searches on the

internet (or to those, who are seldomby the parishchurch, where event announcements are distributed,whodonotsubscribe toLithuanianprintmediaandhave not yet become a part of the telephonenewsmedia of those who participate in Lithuanianlife.

On our website one can read LAC publications:Bridges, Lituanus, Pensininkas and Eglute. Eglute canonlybe accessed on the internet,but that does notpresent anydifficulties forchildren, theirparents, ortheirgrandparents.

Thewebsitecontainsmuchimportantinformation:LACbylaws and rules, lists of LAC NBD and NECmembers, listofLithuanianartistsperformers, listofLithuanianparishesandofarchiveswithinformationthattouchonLithuanians.

ThisspringcandidatesforLWCCongressandforLACNBD wereadvertised on our website (we evenmadeitpossibleforthemtomakeastatement).

We took a step not universally likedwe invitedpeople to register and vote for the LAC NBDcandidates on the website. There were a fewproblems,but,asawhole,trialtousetheinternetforvotingsucceeded;itwillbeusedinthefuture,savingpostage and time. Those wishing to continue votingforNBDinpersonofbyregularmailwillbeallowedtodoso.

I want to remind everyone about an availablevaluable serviceLAC chapters can host theirwebsites on the LAC server for $100 per year. Ourwebsites technical supervisor, Pranas Pranckevicius,willhelpchapterswiththeirwebsitesatnoadditionalcost.SeattleandBostonLACchaptershaveusedthisserviceforseveralyears.Bostonchapteralsousesourwebsitetosendemailstotheirmembers.

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lankytojai galjo pamatyti krydirbysts parodosvaizdus i Vaingtono, rodme ir vaizdinsmediagos i 2009 m. PLB Seimo Lietuvojebei kt.Ateityje norime parodyti daugiau filmuotosmediagosiJAVLBiriaiplietuvi gyvenimo.

Galvojam apieYouTube reportali i lietuvikrengini ruoim tinklapiui. YouTube reportaliusruotjaunimasiritaipjuos jungtumme LBdarb.

gyt urnalistin patirt jie vliau galt pamintisavoreziumebeiiekodamidarbournalistikossrityjeamerikietikamegyvenime.

Daugja technini galimybi pasiekti lietuvius suvairia mediaga. Taiau taip pat susiduriame ir surpesiu surasti moni, kurie ne tik supranta greitbesivystanios technikos galimybes,bet sipareigotskirti laiko i galimybi pritaikymui JAVlietuvikamgyvenimopltojimui.

Keli Krato valdybos nariai iais metais LietuvojetarmssuLietuvosTelevizijosdirektoriumapieLTVprogram transliavim perJAVLB tinklap, taip patapieJAV lietuvi verslinink preki ir profesionalipaslaug reklamavim per LTV mums siuniamasprogramas. Bt gerai toliau iekoti, kaip iasgalimybes gyvendinti.

JAV LB Kultros tarybai skirtas lapas tinklapyjetampa krautuvle, kurioje jau galima sigytiVytautoVolertoroman, rayt CD(pasiklausymuivaiuojant darb), reprezentacin knyg apieJAVlietuvi na amerikiei gyvenim (tinkamadovanoti kitatauiams Kald proga) ir netJAV LBKultros tarybos TeatroFestivalyje ikagoje2008 m.dalyvavusi grupi pastatym DVD. Teatrofestivalyje dalyvavo grups i ikagos, Detroito,Floridos (dvi) ir Toronto (dvi) (filmavo ir redagavoArvydasReneckis).PrieusisakantDVDbusgalima

per ms tinklap pasiirti pastatym itrauk.DVD i teatro festivalio rasite interneto svetainjehttp://www.lietuviubendruomene.org/culture_lt.php.

Ms tinklapistai LB veiklos vaizdas. Tadsiskite savo patarimus ir pasilymus iuo el. patoadresu: [email protected]. Visiprisidkime,kadLBvaizdasbt kuopilnesnis.

Dr.ElonaVainien

R.I.P. formerambassador fromLithuania to theU.S.,Stasys Lozoraitis; visitors could view the exhibit oncrossmaking art from Washington; we also showedvideo material from the 2009 LWC Congress inLithuania;etc. In the futurewe intend toshowmorefilmed material from LAC and Lithuanian life ingeneral.

We are thinking about a YouTube short report

from Lithuanian events for the website. YouTubeshortreportswouldbepreparedbyouryoungpeopleandinthiswaywewouldbringthemintoLACwork.The journalistic experience they would gain, theycould mention on their resumes when seeking workinjournalisminAmericanlife.

The number of technical means for reachingLithuanianswithavariety ofmaterials is increasing.We are, however, faced with the problem of findingpeople, who not only understand the quicklydeveloping technicalcapabilities,butarealsowillingto devote time to apply these capabilities to expandLithuanianAmericanlife.

This year in Lithuania, a few members of NECdiscussed the possibility for broadcasting ofLithuanian Television (LTV) programs through theLAC website with LTV director, and aboutadvertising Lithuanianbusinesses in the U.S. duringthe LTV programs. It would be good to continueexploringhowtomakethesepossibilitiesareality.

ThewebpagedevotedtoLACCulturalCouncilonour website isbecoming an online store, where onecanget aaudionovelbyVytautasVolertasona CD(for listening while driving to work), abook aboutLithuanian contributions to American life (a verysuitable gift to nonLithuanians at Christmas) andevenDVDsfromthe2008ChicagoLithuanianTheater

Festival. Theatrical groups from Chicago, Detroit,Florida(2)andToronto(2)participatedinthefestival(filmed and editedby Arvydas Reneckis). It willbepossible to view excerpts on our website beforeorderingtheDVDs.TheTheaterFestivalDVDsareonhttp://www.lietuviubendruomene.org/culture_lt.php.

OurwebsiteprovidesaviewofLACswork.Thus,send your advice and suggestions to this emailaddress:tinklapis@lietuviubendruomene.org.Letsallcontributetomaketheviewmorecomplete.

Dr.ElonaVaisnys

KVKultrostaryba/NECCulturalAffairsCouncil

Metin veiklosataskaitaJAV LB Kultros Taryb (KT) sudaro: Dal

Lukien (pirminink), Laima ileikytHood, DaivaBarzdukien, ilvinas Bublis, Sigita Naujokaitien,Darius Suiedlis, Ilona Verbuaitien, ElvyraVodopalien, Danut VaiiulaitytNourse, IevaaplikaitYoung.

Nuo praeit met Tarybos suvaiavimo KTsuruo iuosrenginiusiratlikosekaniususibrtus

AnnualreportLAC Cultural Affairs Council (CAC) members:

Dale Lukas, Laima SileikyteHood, Daiva Barzdukiene, Zilvinas Bublis, Sigita Naujokaitiene, DariusSuziedelis, Ilona Verbusaitiene, Elvyra Vodopaliene,DanuteVaiciulaityteNourse, IevaCaplikaiteYoung.

SincelastyearsNBDsession,CAChasorganizedthe followingeventsandaccomplished thefollowingplannedtasks:


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darbus:TeatroFestivalis

Spalio 1012 dienomis suorganizuotas XIItasisTeatro Festivalis (ikagoje, Jaunimo Centre).Festivalyje dalyvavo ei teatral vienetai, kuriepastat eis spektaklius. Vienetai, kurie dalyvavo:ikagosaltvyksl,DetroitoLangas,FortMeyersProvincija, vaik teatras Auoliukas taip pat i

FortMeyers,TorontojaunimoteatrasaliosLankosI ir Toronto Prisiklimo parapijos teatro s

pranešėjas / reporter - 2009 lapkritis / november 2009

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