NACA Holds Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Election

On Saturday, June 5, 2010, the National Association of Chinese Americans (“NACA”) held its annual meeting at Nori Nori Restaurant in Sandy Springs, Georgia to elect its Board of Directors for the 2010-2011 term. Approximately sixty NACA members attended the meeting and cast ballots for the directors. Steven Gu, James Hsiung, Christina Liao, Ethel Mar, Jian Ouyang, Danny Pian, Xianqin (Lisa) Wallace, Hong Wills, Andy Wong, Lani Wong and Olivia Wu were re-elected to serve on the NACA Board for another year. Nathan Kongthum, Celena Xu, Connie Yip and Elaine Yu were elected as new members to the Board. As Immediate Past President, Patrick Ko also continues to serve on the Board.

At the same meeting, NACA presented to each of the Past Presidents in attendance, including Lani Wong, Andy Wong, Wei Hu, Angela Chan, Ben Bao, Jeannie Lin and Al Wong, a framed reproduction of the State of Georgia Proclamation to The National Association of Chinese Americans recognizing thirty years of service previously presented by the Honorable Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General. This proclamation also recognizes those NACA Past Presidents unable to attend the annual meeting including Henry Yu, Patrick Ko, Nancy Liu, Victor Eng, Lily D’Angelo, Lee Wan, James Wu, Winston Liu and Chris Yao in recognition of their contributions to NACA and the Atlanta community as prior Presidents of NACA.

We were also honored to have had Vicki Carew Johnson join us on behalf of Georgia Perimeter College (“GPC”), a NACA Community Partner, who spoke on NACA’s many partnerships with GPC supporting education in our communities such as NACA’s nursing scholarship as well as NACA’s support of GPC’s China Research Center.

After the annual meeting, the newly-elected Board appointed the following individuals to serve as officers of NACA for the 2010-2011 term: (i) Lani Wong – Chair; (ii) Christina Liao – President; (iii) Steven Gu and Lisa Wallace as Senior Vice Presidents; (iv) Hong Wills as Vice President and Secretary; (v) Ethel Mar as Vice President and Treasurer; and (vi) Olivia Wu and Danny Pian as Vice Presidents. The new Board and officers look forward to serving NACA and its members over the new term.

2010年6月5日，全美华人协会(简称华协)在 Sandy Springs 的 Nori Nori 餐厅举行2010-2011年度董事会的选举。大约60个成员参加了此次会议及董事会投 票。顾振华，熊震源，廖庆红，李杏秀，欧阳健，边铨，郭献芹，孙红，王安弟，李秀兰和吴垠再次当选为理事会成员。Nathan Kongthum，叶蕙心, 蒋依和徐望当选为理事会新成员。前任会长柯建也将继续在董事会任职。
在同一次会议上，华协向出席的每位历届会长，Lani Wong, Andy Wong, Wei Hu, Angela Chan, Ben Bao, Jeannie Lin and Al Wong，授予佐治亚州律政司司长Thurbert E. Baker表彰华协过去30年对社区所作贡献公告的帧复制。每位未能出席此次会议的历届会长也有一份公告的帧复制。他们是 Henry Yu, Patrick Ko, Nancy Liu, Victor Eng, Lily D’Angelo, Lee Wan, James Wu, Winston Liu， 和Chris Yao。

我们还荣幸请到Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) 的Vicki Carew Johnson. GPC 是华协社区合作伙伴。她代表GPC感谢华协长期以来对 GPC教育的支持，例如护士奖学金以及GPC的中国研究中心。
年会结束后，新当选的董事会成员选出了以下的2010-2011董事会职 位: 1)李秀兰 – 主席， 2）廖庆红 – 会长， 3）顾振华，郭献芹 – 资深副会长，4）孙红 – 秘书及副会长， 5）李杏秀 – 财务秘书及副会长, 6) 吴垠, 边铨 – 副会长. 华协2010-2011董事会将继续为社区做贡献。