Sunday, March 19, 2017

Meeting minutes 3/19/17

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.

  • -  Tony will attend the banquet as Karen’s guest.

  • -  Tony agreed to work with Karen to contact Chicago Fujian Chamber of Commerce if

    they would purchase one table.

TABLE

DESCRIPTION

1

DUC & HOA HUANG

2

SHASHA CHEN

3

KIM K TEE & CATHERINE WANG

4

ZULIN SHI

5

JULIE YEN

6

YIN KEAN, KAREN ZHOU & TONY WANG

7

REPORTERS & PERFORMERS

- Tony agreed to work with Dr. Tee on contacting Gu Zeng performer, Meng Hua Guan.

1

(b) Performance

  • -  Dr. Tee confirmed that Ms. Jennifer Zhang will perform 3 Theresa Deng’s song with

    flute.

  • -  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

  • -  Catherine Wang has been appointed as the Emcee of the night

  • -  Dr. Tee will bring PA system in case the restaurant is not able to provide.

  • -  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.

2

- Catherine Wang suggested to update all past president info for archive. Information was compiled at the meeting as follows:

No.

Name

From

To

1

Duc Huang

黄怀德

1988

1991

2

Kay Wu

周逸丽

1991

1993

3

John Tan

陈锡铨

1993

1995

4

Dr. ChinY See

施金融

1995

1997

5

Dr. Kim K Tee

郑金光

1997

2000

6

Ramon Uy

黄绍荣

2000

2002

7

ShaSha Chen

陈莎莎

2002

2005

8

Johnson Ong

王良顺

2005

2007

9

Cullmen Yen

颜弘二

2007

2008

10

Dr. Kim K Tee

郑金光

2008

2011

11

Yin Kean

简英彬

2011

2014

12

Ramon Uy

黄绍荣

2014

2015

13

Karen Zhou

周慧

2015

2017

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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