New Executive Committee

Dear Members and Friends

We are pleased to announce that a new executive committee of the Auckland Polish Association has been elected. We sincerely thank the members of the previous committee, who have completed their term, for their hard work and dedication.

Below we present the new executive committee members and their roles:

APA Executive Committee duties and responsibilities

● Prezes / Chair – Nina Tomaszyk
● Treasurer – Antoni Rajwer
● Secretary – Kelly Mills
● Constitution coordinator – Antoni Rajwer
● Fundraising and grant applications – Ania Biazik
● Market coordinator – Lidia Konarski
● Events coordinator – Piotr Dzik
● Polish Children of Pahiatua event coordinator – Kelly Mills
● Celebration of Polish citizenship event coordinator – Nina Tomaszyk
● Newsletter – Kelly Mills
● Social media & website – Piotr Dzik
● Polish / English translator – Piotr Dzik
● Membership coordinator – Piotr Dzik
● Polish traditional costume hire – Lidia Konarski
● Other subcommittees representative – Nina Tomaszyk
● Correspondence / other – Nina Tomaszyk

Others involved in ‘Dom Polski’:

● Audit Committee – Piotr Wypych, Agnieszka (Aga) Pyka, Ela Chmurzynska
● Dom Polski hiring – Agnieszka (Aga) Pyka
● Bar manager – Helena Konarski
● School for children – Ania Biegańska, Justyna Socha
● School for adults (beginners and intermediate) – Lukasz Adamczyk
● Dom Polski maintenance – Helena Konarski, Jozef & Maria Zazulak, Bronia Brooks
● Celebration of Polish citizenship event coordinator – Justyna Socha
● Kitchen Volunteers – Ania Biegańska and team
● Pastoral care – Auckland Polish Community Pastoral Council
● Website services – Colin Smith
● Bathroom renovations architect – Gosha Haley

Our goal for the coming weeks is to complete the draft for a new constitution of the association, which we will present to our members for consultation as soon as possible. The whole team will be focused on their responsibilities and there are also a few events happening at Dom Polski, which will be advertised on social media, on the APA website and in the newsletter. And the fundraising team will be involved in putting some proposals together to help fund our projects.

In the meantime, we invite you to become involved in the life of your Polish community, for example as active individuals who would like to be part of helping to organize events; to support the work of our subcommittees; and to attend the Dom Polski events. We warmly invite you all to join in!

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the volunteers whose dedication helps keep Dom Polski running smoothly. In particular, we wish to acknowledge Agnieszka, who looks after the hiring and bookings of Dom Polski; Helena, who manages the bar; Jozef, Maria and Bronia, who have done outstanding work in maintaining Dom Polski and keeping the books in excellent order. Your commitment and hard work are truly appreciated by the entire community.

For any queries or comments please email

info@poloniaauckland.co.nz
prezes@poloniaauckland.co.nz

Auckland Polish Association committee