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儿童舞蹈 – 数星星

A Aama Sanima Dance – by Bhutanese Community

葫芦丝及舞蹈表演 – 月光下的凤尾竹

古筝 – 彝族舞曲

The Chinese Cultural Association of Saint John (CCASJ) has been awarded TWO grants at a total of $3,500.00 under the Saint John Community Arts Funding Program administered by the Saint John Community Arts Board (SJCAB).

This is the FOURTH time the CCASJ received the funding support from the SJCAB. Grants are given in support of festival celebrations like the Asian Heritage Gala and the traditional Chinese New Year and language and cultural activities the Association organizes or participates for 2011 – 2012.

The entire CCASJ community greatly acknowledges the Grant Support from the SJCAB Funding Program.

2011年4月30日

尊敬的圣约翰中华文化协会会员们：

2009年五月圣约翰中华文化协会在Stone教堂举行的年度大会选举中选出了2009至2011年度的理事会成员。按姓氏字母顺序排列，该届当选的理事成员依次为：

曹博*，韩建国，Peter Lai*, 李文美*，刘新兵，汤存燕*，徐丽红，王璇，于哲源

（注：标记* 的理事会成员由于搬家等各种原因已离开理事会）。

本届理事会组织或参与的各种活动都已发布早我们的网站上，敬请上我们的网站查阅：http://www.ccasj.org

时光飞逝，现任理事会将于2011年5月31日任满到期。根据中华文化协会的宪章规定[a], 将届时举行下一轮理事会选举。现任理事会已于近日召开会议对相关事宜进行了讨论。在此我们就讨论中起草的选举程序整理成如下内容：

步骤1：初步提名

我们将通过各种途径，尽可能广泛地传发这份通告，旨在引起会员们对此次选举的重视。

希望您能提名一位您认为合格的理事会成员候选人。提名之前请务必先和您的被提名人联系，征得对方同意后，请再寻取三位会员的书面签署支持，以确保您所提名的人士在我们社区有足够的知名度。提名额数不限，可同时提名多人。

以下提供提名表。所有提名于5月20日星期五截止

电子邮件: info@ccasj.org

或邮寄: P.O. Box 2661, Saint John, NB E2L 4Z1

或面交: Jerry Yu (645-1910) or Xinbing Liu(333-3821)

步骤2: 我们将同所有被提名者联系以确认他们有意参选。如果被提名者加入本社区不久，我们可能将会向会员们传发他们的简历，以增加大家对被提名者的了解。

步骤3： 投票将以保密方式进行。投票将于5月28号星期六晚上在Stone教堂举行的年度会员大会上举行。我们将着手制定选票。请务必不要错过此次年会。

我们坚信一个理事会将是主导中华文化协会日后发展的核心力量。希望我们的会员能重视这次选举，踊跃参与，为我们社团的共同利益做出一份贡献。中华文化协会是属于所有会员的，只要齐心协力，它将会成为一个充满活力，你我都引以为豪的大家庭。

此致

现任理事会全体成员（ 2009-2011）

[a]圣约翰中华文化协会宪章可上网查阅，网址是：http://www.ccasj.org/constitution-of-chinese-cultural-association-of-saint-john-inc/

理事会是由主席，副主席，秘书，财务，教育，文化，社会以及公共关系理事人员所组成.

提名表- 截至期：2011年5月20日星期五

为确保有效性，提名表必须由四位CCASJ会员签署。完成后可email至info@ccasj.org

或面交于哲源 (645-1910)或刘新兵（333-3821）

被提名者

姓名: ________________________________

职业: ____________________________

电子邮箱: _____________________________

电话: _________________

家庭住址: _____________________________________________________

被提名者简介包括（基本背景，以往在华人协会的参与和贡献。简短叙述提名理由，为什么他/她是你们认为的最佳人选。）

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April 30, 2011

Dear CCASJ members,

2009-2011 members of the Board of Directors were elected at the May, 2009, CCASJ General Assembly at the Stone Church. In alphabetical order of the names, they were:

Cao Bo*, Jason Han, Peter Lai*, Wenmei Li*, Xinbing Liu, Angela Tang*, Li-Hong Xu, Wang Xuan and Jerry Yu (* members have left the board either moved out of town or for various personal reasons)

Activities organized or participated under the leadership of the current board can be found at www.ccasj.org. A summary report of the activities will also be presented at the upcoming AGM.

Time fly fast, the current Board of Directors’ term will expire as of May 31, 2011. According to the CCASJ constitution[a], 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 to let the CCASJ members know about the upcoming election. – We request that you nominate someone whom you think is suitable and willing to serve on the Board in the best interests of the CCASJ. Before you send in your nomination, we request that you contact the nominee to have his or her consent and to have the form signed or agreed on by additional three members to ensure that the candidate is well known to the community. You can nominate more than one candidate. – Nomination form is included. All nominations should be received by May 20/Friday via Email: info@ccasj.org or Regular mail: P.O. Box 2661, Saint John, NB E2L 4Z1 or Hand deliver: Jerry Yu (645-1910) or Xinbing Liu(333-3821).

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 may ask candidates to circulate their brief cvs for your information.

Step 3: In case of there are more than 9 nominees, a secret voting will be held at our Annual General Assembly on May 28/Saturday 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 (2009-2011)

**The constitution of the CCASJ is available at http://www.ccasj.org/constitution-of-chinese-cultural-association-of-saint-john-inc/

The board of directors consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Educational, Cultural, Social, and Public Relation Directors.

Nomination Form – Deadline: Friday, May 20, 2011

In order to be valid, the nomination form must be signed by FOUR CCASJ members

Forms can be emailed to info@ccasj.org or hand delivered to Jerry Yu (645-1910) or Xinbing Liu(333-3821)

Nominee:

Name: ________________________________

Profession: ___________________________

Email: _____________________________

Phone: ________________________

Home Address: _____________________________

A few words about the nominee (background, past participation and/or contribution to the CCASJ, why you think he or she is suitable to serve on the CCASJ board)

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Nominated by:

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May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada and the Asian Heritage Society of New Brunswick – Saint John Chapter has planned a series of exciting events for the month.

This year, the Asian Heritage Month will be built around three major events:

1. An Asian Exhibition at the Saint John Free Public Library (our very own artist Ms. Dan Xu and Miao Yu’s works are also on display),
2. Asian Art Workshops at the Saint John Arts Centre, and
3. the Cultural Gala on Saturday May 14, 7pm, at the Saint John High School Dennis Knibb Auditorium (170-200 Prince William St. Saint John, E2L 2B7).

This year’s Gala will feature an invited classical Indian dancer from Vancouver as well as cultural performances from several Asian ethnic groups listed below.

The Gala event on May 14th is a ticketed free event. Tickets can be obtained from Jerry Yu (info@ccasj.org or phone 645-1910) or the Saint John Multicultural Newcomers Resource Centre, 4th floor of the City Market.

We look forward to welcoming you to this celebration of a large group of important cultures that help make up the diverse Saint John community.

Organized by the Asian Heritage Society of New Brunswick, Saint John Chapter
and including representatives this year from

the Bhutanese Nepalese Cultural Society,