CHICAGO FUJIAN ASSOCIATION MINUTES FOR 2017 SPRING BANQUET MEETING
1. TIME & PLACE
The meeting was held on March 19, 2017, 1:00 p.m at Seafood Harbor Restaurant located at 2131 S. Archer Ave, Chicago IL 60616
2. ATTENDANCE
The following directors were present: DUC HUANG
HOA HUANG SHASHA CHEN KIM K TEE CATHERINE WANG YIN KEAN
Special guest: TONY WANG
- Tony is a guest of Karen Zhou origin from Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province.
3. DISCUSSION ABOUT SPRING BANQUET:
(a) 4/15 Spring Banquet table confirmation.
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- Tony will attend the banquet as Karen’s guest.
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- Tony agreed to work with Karen to contact Chicago Fujian Chamber of Commerce if
they would purchase one table.
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TABLE |
DESCRIPTION |
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1 |
DUC & HOA HUANG |
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2 |
SHASHA CHEN |
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3 |
KIM K TEE & CATHERINE WANG |
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4 |
ZULIN SHI |
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5 |
JULIE YEN |
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6 |
YIN KEAN, KAREN ZHOU & TONY WANG |
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REPORTERS & PERFORMERS |
- Tony agreed to work with Dr. Tee on contacting Gu Zeng performer, Meng Hua Guan.
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(b) Performance
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- Dr. Tee confirmed that Ms. Jennifer Zhang will perform 3 Theresa Deng’s song with
flute.
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- Tony agreed to work with Dr. Tee on contacting Gu Zeng performer, Meng Hua Guan.
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- The board approved that the association will provide food to the performance with an
Dr. Tee will contact Kerry Leung for Er Hu performance.
honorarium of (c) Programs:
5:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm 6:35 pm 6:40 pm 6:50 pm 7:00 pm
$100.
Setup PA system, banner and performance area.
Arrival of guests
Opening remarks by current President - Karen Zhou
Welcome speech by new President - ShaSha Chen
Appreciation award
Directors group picture and sing the Association Song - 爱拼才会赢 Dinner & performances
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- Catherine Wang has been appointed as the Emcee of the night
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- Dr. Tee will bring PA system in case the restaurant is not able to provide.
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- Dr. Tee to try obtaining Association’s song karaoke version in Youtube.
4. LOGO
Catherine Wang reported that the association is now officially named Chicago Fujian Association. She proposed a logo to be designed so all the current and past president can use to print official business card. The board approved a logo to be designed either internal or outsource.
5. CORRESPONDENCE FROM FUJIAN
- Dr. Tee brought a Chinese New Year card to share with the members. The CNY card is
mailed to the association yearly from Quan Zhou, Fujian, China.
- ShaSha Chen proposed all correspondence to be kept with association office.
6. OTHER DISCUSSION
- Dr. Tee proposed to contact the Past President, Paul Chen, who is now the President of North American Fujian Association (北美洲福建同乡会) to reconnect with Chicago Fujian Association to work as a siblings association in order to promote the association’s missions. Yin Kean will help to contact Paul Chen and relay the message.
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- Catherine Wang suggested to update all past president info for archive. Information was compiled at the meeting as follows:
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No. |
Name |
From |
To |
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1 |
Duc Huang |
黄怀德 |
1988 |
1991 |
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2 |
Kay Wu |
周逸丽 |
1991 |
1993 |
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3 |
John Tan |
陈锡铨 |
1993 |
1995 |
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4 |
Dr. ChinY See |
施金融 |
1995 |
1997 |
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5 |
Dr. Kim K Tee |
郑金光 |
1997 |
2000 |
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6 |
Ramon Uy |
黄绍荣 |
2000 |
2002 |
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7 |
ShaSha Chen |
陈莎莎 |
2002 |
2005 |
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8 |
Johnson Ong |
王良顺 |
2005 |
2007 |
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9 |
Cullmen Yen |
颜弘二 |
2007 |
2008 |
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10 |
Dr. Kim K Tee |
郑金光 |
2008 |
2011 |
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11 |
Yin Kean |
简英彬 |
2011 |
2014 |
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12 |
Ramon Uy |
黄绍荣 |
2014 |
2015 |
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13 |
Karen Zhou |
周慧 |
2015 |
2017 |
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14 |
ShaSha Chen |
陈莎莎 |
2017 |
2019 |
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm Dated: 03/19/2017
CATHERINE WANG Secretary of the meeting
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