Dear CCASJ members,
As you might be aware, the current Board of Directors[a,b] was elected two years ago and its term will expire as of May 31, 2007. According to the CCASJ constitution[c], the CCASJ is due for re-election of our next Board of Directors. The current Board has met recently and discussed various matters associated with the upcoming election and Annual General Assembly. Here we wish to propose the following steps for your approval and immediate action:
Step 1: Call for nominations
- We are circulating this letter as broadly as we can via email, web posting and regular mail to let the CCASJ members know about the upcoming election.
- We request that you nominate someone whom you think is willing to serve on the Board in the best interests of the CCASJ association. Before you send in your nomination, we request that you contact the nominee to have his or her consent. You can nominate more than one candidate.
- Nomination form is included. All nominations should be received by May 4/Friday via
Email: info@ccasj.org
or Regular mail: P.O. Box 2661, Saint John, NB E2L 4Z1
or Phone: 649-5218 (leave a message on Jody’s answer machine)
or Fax: 648-5948 (to the attention of Prof. Li-Hong Xu)
Step 2: All received nominees will be contacted to confirm their willingness to let their names stand for election. In the case of candidates who are relatively new to our community and/or are not well known by most of the CCASJ members, we will circulate their brief cvs for your information.
Step 3: Ballots will be prepared for secret voting at our Annual General Assembly which is currently planned on May 12/Saturday, 6pm at the Stone Church. Please make every effort to attend.
We strongly believe that the health of the Board directly affects our association. Hence, we request that every member consider the election as a very serious decision and actively participate in the election either by showing your willingness to serve on the Board or by electing someone whom you think will truly benefit our association. The CCASJ is your association. Together, we can make it a fun and proud association to which we all enthusiastically belong.
Yours truly,
The Board of Directors of the CCASJ (2005-07)
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a Members of the Board of Directors elected at the May, 2005, CCASJ General Assembly at the Stone Church:
Li-Hong Xu (徐丽红) Co-President
Yan (Cindy) Li (李彦) Co-President
Tao Lu (陆涛) Vice president
Tao Tao Liu (刘涛涛) English Secretary
Zheyuan (Jerry) Yu (于哲源) Chinese Secretary
Xi (Cecilia) Ran* (冉熙) Treasurer
Michelle Li** (郦琴) Education Executive
Chaoxi (Jody) Zeng (曾朝熙) Social Executive
Xinhai Li* (李欣海) Social Executive
b Current members of the Board of Directors:
Li-Hong Xu
Yan (Cindy) Li
Tao Tao Liu
Zheyuan (Jerry) Yu
Hui Li (李慧)
Chaoxi (Jody) Zeng
Sun Li Qun（孙立群）
c The constitution of the CCASJ is available at
http://www.ccasj.org/constitution-of-chinese-cultural-association-of-saint-john-inc/
* Treasurer and Social Executive have been replaced followed by resignations.
** Education Executive was replaced by Ivy Wang from 12/2005 – 10/2006.
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