NACA Holds 2011 Annual Election Meeting

This year’s Annual Election Meeting was held on Saturday, June 4th at Hot Pot 101 in Chinatown. With over 30 years of history here in Atlanta, NACA members reminisced with other old members, including former NACA Presidents Wei Hu and Victor Eng. Several new members were also in attendance, becoming better acquainted with other members and to obtain a deeper sense of NACA’s objectives and the goals of the upcoming term.

Continuing to spearhead NACA and its mission, Lani Wong continues as Chair while Steven “Zhenhua” Gu will serve as this term’s President. President Gu notes, “There is no doubt that there will be difficulties and challenges ahead….together, we can build a strong foundation to substantially grow NACA over the next few years.” Christina Liao, Immediate Past President, continues her work and dedication to the Board as well as Olivia “Yin” Wu who now serves as Senior Vice President and appointed to lead the revitalized IT committee. Li Zheng will also serve as Senior Vice President by bringing his business sense and expertise to the Board as President of Techtop USA. Ethel Mar will continue her role as Vice President – Treasurer, as will Hong S. Wills in her position as Vice President – Secretary. PR & Communications Chair, Connie Yip continues her duties in this capacity and will also expand her role serving as Vice President. Board Members Celena “Wang” Xu is the newly appointed Chair for the Membership & Development Committee while Elaine Yu formally takes on the role as Chair of the Event Planning Committee. Serving alongside former Board of Directors, this year’s Board of Directors welcomes Joanna Jin as a new addition to the Board, having served as Co-Chair of the Membership & Social Committee last year.

全美华人协会成功举办2011换届选举年会

全美华人协会(NACA)于2011年6月4日在Hot Pot 101餐厅成功举办了换届选举年会。根据全美华人协会章程,本次会议选举出了新一届理事会成员。

会议由现任会长廖庆红主持。廖会长首先感谢了各位会员及家属对全美华人协会工作的鼎力支持,全体会员及家属的团结赋予了全美华人协会高度的凝聚力,并表示全美华协会将继续为中美友好继续努力。现任主席李秀兰随后发表讲话,回顾了全美华人协会去一年来的工作,重点包括以下活动:

1)主席李秀兰代表华协参加了中华人民共和国国家主席胡锦涛访美期间的部分活动,并受到胡锦涛主席亲切会见。副会长顾振华也应邀出席了美中贸易全国委员会和美中关系全委员会为胡锦涛主席举办的欢迎午宴。

2) 全美华人协会于2010年11月1日成功举办了首届中美商务高峰论坛。该论坛为中美商务合作搭建了新的桥梁,激起了有关各界的积极反响。华协决定将此作为协会的品牌活动续举办下去。

3)成功举办了欢庆兔年农历新年的盛大晚宴。休斯敦高燕平总领事出席了晚宴并发表讲话,亚城各界政界与商务精英均有出席联欢或驰函致贺。

4)接待了包括中国贸促会(CCPIT),山东临沂商贸代表团,中国外交部代表团等一批代表团,促进了佐治亚州与中国的经济商务文化交流。

5)主席李秀兰 ,理事Nathan Kongthum,成员Charlice Byrd,Rengen Li,Alex Wan 和Tricia Sung 六人同时入选2010 “25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia”(最具影响的25位亚裔);

6)向Georgia Perimeter College,Good Shepherd Services of Atlanta,Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for International Business Education and Research,Atlanta Contemporary Chinese Academy (ACCA),第四届China Town Hall Meeting等社区组织及学校捐款, 并在本地震海啸后积极为灾区筹款募捐。

7)主席李秀兰接受了Dekalb郡发展署理事会理事一职,并带领Dekalb 郡发展署访问了中国北京,南京,中山,太仓,武汉等城市,推进了Dekalb 与中国多个城市的交流往来。

除上述活动外,全美华人协会还积极活跃与华人社区,协助其他社团活动,服务社区,回馈社区。

李主席发言结束后,选举活动正式开始。在各参选者介绍了自己的工作简历、参选方案当选后的工作思想后,与会人员进行了集体投票。投票选举产生了新一届理事会成员Lani L. Wong(李秀兰), Christina Liao (廖庆红), Steven Gu (顾振华), Olivia Wu吴垠), Hong S. Wills(孙红), Ethel Mar, Wang Xu (徐望), Elaine Yu (蒋依), Li Zheng(郑力), Connie W. Yip (葉蕙心), Joanna Jin(金音)。

Chair: Lani Wong (李秀兰)

President: Zhenhua “Steven” Gu (顾振华)

Immediate Past President: Christina Liao (廖庆红)

Senior Vice President: Olivia Wu(吴垠) and Li Zheng(郑力)

Vice Presidents: Connie Yip (葉蕙心)

Vice President – Treasurer: Ethel Mar

Vice President – Secretary: Hong S. Wills(孙红)

Board of Director – Joanna Jin(金音), Wang Xu (徐望), Elaine Yu (蒋依)

过去的一年里,全美华人协会的各项工作取得了不俗的成绩;未来的一年中,全美华人协会将一如既往,为发展中美关系和服务华人社区贡献力量。在全球经济一体化的大景下,全美华人协会作为较有影响力的华人社团,愿做华人社区团结一致的纽带、联系
华人与祖国的桥梁,致力于促进华人团结互助,弘扬中华文化,推动华人社区的繁荣与发展,增进中美友好往来。

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