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Dear members,
THAA Summer Conference in Houston is only two weeks away. HAPA-NA will hold a meeting on 8/5/2011 at 8PM-10PM during the conference. I hope you can make every effort to attend the meeting, and enjoy THAA program. If you can not participate this Houston Conference please send in your proxy vote. Each attendant can only allow to help out a proxy vote, according to the by-law.
Under links are agenda of meeting and HAPA-NA recent Activities report for your preview.
Have a nice Summer.
Chanchi
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Many Thanks to above listed members' donation, as you can see many of them are repeat donors which we appreciate very much.
2 members I particularly want to mention and salute, here, are 楊羅滿蘭 and 姜瑞香.
Manlan Yang has been loyally donated to HAPA-NA every year for a long time. And Agnes WU had a one thousand dollars donation last year, which was a memorial fund from her beloved deceased son.
Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs of North America
16. 6-7/11 HAPA-NA members responsed and helped the fund raising activity for Chiu for San Francisco
mayoral election.
17. 7/6/11 HAPA-NA sent a letter to DPP Chairperson Tsai and Secretary geeneral Su to recommend a Hakka representative to be on Lagislator-at-large list.( please see under link letter)
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From: Chanchi Lee
To: chairperson@dpp.org.tw
Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 11:10:08 AM
Subject: Re : Recommendation of Ms. Yeh Chu-Lan for Legislator-at-Large
THAA Summer Conference in Houston is only two weeks away. HAPA-NA will hold a meeting on 8/5/2011 at 8PM-10PM during the conference. I hope you can make every effort to attend the meeting, and enjoy THAA program. If you can not participate this Houston Conference please send in your proxy vote. Each attendant can only allow to help out a proxy vote, according to the by-law.
Under links are agenda of meeting and HAPA-NA recent Activities report for your preview.
Have a nice Summer.
Chanchi
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Taiwan Hakka Association of Public Affairs in North America
Membership meeting
August 5th 2011
1. Welcome remark.
2. Financial report. Dr. B-Chen Wen
Salute and many thanks to following donors :
Donation list 2009-2011
2009: 張祿生 鄭鎮東 徐寶乾 黃辰一 賴江椿 劉永斌 羅財信 麥良朋 許正龍/潘掬慧 蔡希科 溫碧謙 楊羅滿蘭
2010: 鄭國憲 鄭鎮東 黃辰一 賴江椿 劉永斌 吳月美 許正龍 潘掬慧 蔡希科 溫碧謙 姜瑞香 楊羅滿蘭 溫醫師養生功法義賣
2011 鄭鎮東 黃辰一 賴江椿 劉永斌 羅財信 蔡希科 溫碧謙 楊羅滿蘭 尹勝光
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Many Thanks to above listed members' donation, as you can see many of them are repeat donors which we appreciate very much.
2 members I particularly want to mention and salute, here, are 楊羅滿蘭 and 姜瑞香.
3.Report of HAPA-NA Activities from Jan. 2010 to July 2011.
4.Report of HAPA-NA Current Status
5.Old Business
6.New Business and Agenda
(a) By-Law stipulates that HAPA-NA should have 9 board members. We are 2 members short. Membership meeting should be a good chance to elect 2 new members, provided we have enough members attend the meeting.
(b) To improve HAPA-NA’s function, we need to amend the by-law, to have Fund Raising Committee and Membership Recruit Committee, besides current Election Committee, 3 board members should be assigned in each committee.
(c) What is the goal and future of HAPA-NA ?
David Lai had proposed the long range and short range goal in the past, but it was not reachable. At the present time we are not increasing the members, and many members do not want to serve as official or board members, So what is going to happen to HAPA-NA’s future ?
So far, the good aspect of the HAPA-NA is that other Taiwanese American organizations have been looked at us as representing The Hakka force to cooperate with other Taiwanese American organization to help out for Taiwan’s Good cause.
(d) What is the role HAPA-NA should play in the future ?
7.What can we do to help Taiwan’s 2012 presidential and legislative election.
8.Open Discussion.
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Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs of North America
Report of Activities ( From Jan. 2010 to July 2011 )
1. 2/14/10, Attended the FAPA sponsoring workshop for Taiwanese young leadership conference to introduce HAPA-NA organization.
2. 3/23/10, HAPA-NA participated AIT/Taiwanese American discussion about Taiwan current situation in DC Headquater.
3. 3/23/10, HAPA-NA sponsored 1st outreach program for Taiwan Hakka meeting at Kwansi, Hsinchu.
4. 3/24/10, HAPA-NA and Taiwan Hakka Society held meeting in Taipei .
5. 5/20/10, Participated the FAPA sponsoring Discussion of ECFA at the National Press Conference Center in DC and signed a joint statement of rejection of ECFA.
6. 5/23/10, Dr. B-Chen Wen visited Delaware and Philadelphia to talk about his M-B-C program and raised the fund for $ 760 dollars. Plus Chanchi Lee donated $ 250 dollars . So it was enough to pay for Taiwan Culture Award of Year 2010 without incur any expense from HAPA-NA Account.
7. 7/15/10 HAPA-NA Co-Sponsoring Annual Taiwan Culture Award with Hakka Cultural Foundation of America ( Washington DC ) and Hakka Language and Cultural foundation of North America ( St. Loius ).
8. 7/20/10 HAPA-NA joined Hakka Magazine cosign a statement to support Principle Tseng Rong-Shin , who was accused of budget mismanagement .
9 7/30/10 HAPA-NA held a joined press conference in LA, regarding Miaoli TA-PU incident and give a statement of condemnation of Government.
10. 10/10/10 HAPA-NA donated a large volume of Formosa Betrayed DVD to Taiwan Hakka communities and Holo organizations.
11. 10/10/10 HAPA-NA sponsored 2nd outreach program in Taiwan, held a Hakka meeting at Kwansi, Hsinchu. It was well accepted by Hakka friends.
12. 1/07/11 Cosigned FAPA initiated open letter to President Obama to urge him to continue To support Taiwan’s democracy and Freedom when he holds Obama-Hu Summit on Jan 11 2011.
13. 2/11/11 Cosign TPA initiated open letter to DDP to urge for members to cooperate
the nomination process of legislative and presidential candidate.
14. 3/23/11 HAPA-NA Sponsored 3rd Outreach Program of Hakka Meeting in Kaoshiung Taiwan cosporsoring by Hakka Council of Kaoshiung City Government.
15. 6/15/11 HAPA-NA cosporsoring Taiwan Hakka Culture Award, and select a candidate.
16. 6-7/11 HAPA-NA members responsed and helped the fund raising activity for Chiu for San Francisco
mayoral election.
17. 7/6/11 HAPA-NA sent a letter to DPP Chairperson Tsai and Secretary geeneral Su to recommend a Hakka representative to be on Lagislator-at-large list.( please see under link letter)
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From: Chanchi Lee
To: chairperson@dpp.org.tw
Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 11:10:08 AM
Subject: Re : Recommendation of Ms. Yeh Chu-Lan for Legislator-at-Large
Tsai, Ing-Wen
Chairperson
Democratic Progressive Party
Dear Chairperson Tsai,
You may be aware that there has been some resentment in Taiwan's Hakka Communities that a Hakka representative was not enlisted in the Legislator-at-large roster, which was announced few days ago.
We would like to highly recommend Ms. Yeh Chu-Lan to fill the sudden opening for a legislator-at-large. Ms. Yeh as you know was a legislator in the past with an excellent record, and she is highly qualified for this position. She is also a Hakka member in the higher ranks of the DPP. Nomination of Ms. Yeh to this position would help to soothe Hakka concerns about lacking a Hakka representative from heavily populated Hakka counties. This will also help to attract the Hakka Taiwanese support of the DPP.
It is not in our position to criticize the DPP's strategic planning for the coming election, but something to solidify the Hakka ballot is very desirable and important, particularly in this crucial moment determining Taiwan's future.
The appointment of Ms. Yeh to this position of Legislator-at-large will bring pride to Hakka Taiwanese, and it may be the right thing to do strategically for the DPP in the coming presidential and legislator election.
Best wishes for a successful election campaign.
Sincerely,
Chanchi Lee, MD
President, Taiwan Hakka Public Affairs in North America
(www.HAPA-NA.blogspot.com)
Copy to Secretary-General Su,Jia-Chyan
Chairperson
Democratic Progressive Party
Dear Chairperson Tsai,
You may be aware that there has been some resentment in Taiwan's Hakka Communities that a Hakka representative was not enlisted in the Legislator-at-large roster, which was announced few days ago.
We would like to highly recommend Ms. Yeh Chu-Lan to fill the sudden opening for a legislator-at-large. Ms. Yeh as you know was a legislator in the past with an excellent record, and she is highly qualified for this position. She is also a Hakka member in the higher ranks of the DPP. Nomination of Ms. Yeh to this position would help to soothe Hakka concerns about lacking a Hakka representative from heavily populated Hakka counties. This will also help to attract the Hakka Taiwanese support of the DPP.
It is not in our position to criticize the DPP's strategic planning for the coming election, but something to solidify the Hakka ballot is very desirable and important, particularly in this crucial moment determining Taiwan's future.
The appointment of Ms. Yeh to this position of Legislator-at-large will bring pride to Hakka Taiwanese, and it may be the right thing to do strategically for the DPP in the coming presidential and legislator election.
Best wishes for a successful election campaign.
Sincerely,
Chanchi Lee, MD
President, Taiwan Hakka Public Affairs in North America
(www.HAPA-NA.blogspot.com)
Copy to Secretary-General Su,Jia-Chyan
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