| MINUTES OF THE BOARD |
| 2005 |
— 3 PM - 4 PM Sunday December 18, 2005
The end of 2005 board meeting was held at Yeh's residence, Miles Street, Alpine, NJ.
1) Tom Su reports Taiwan election.
2) Irene Chang reports THSAA investment
3) Thomas Lin reports THSAA cash flow
4) Discuss coming event before Lunar New Year. |
— 12 N - 2:30 PM Sunday October 1, 2005
Board Meeting was held at Lotus Cafe, Hackensack, NJ
Thomas Lin, Treasurer, was in charge as President, VP and Secretary were absent.
Thomas Lin reports– As THSAA is due for annual report to the State of NJ, Catherine Hwang, CPA, is taking this care. NJ restricts reports from institutions using online also fee payments require auto deduction from the bank account.
1) THSAA will start paying CPA handling fee $500 per year although Catherine Hwang doesn’t have intention of accepting the same.
2) Upon the suggestion of activities members, Lily Kuo Mike Weng and Jen Tien Wung, THSAA decided organizing a day trip to Delaware Water Gap on Saturday 11/5/2005. |
— 2 PM - 3 PM Sunday July 24, 2005
Place – 73 Luchon Street, Lido Beach, NY
1) President Lee proposed administration candidates and had the consent of the board as below.
VP Ah-Lan Huang
Secretary Molly Wang
Treasurer Thomas T. Lin
Activities Chief Lily Kuo
Activities Mike Cheng-Nan Weng, Jen Tien Wung
Communication Philip Chang
2) The annual banquet conference 2006 will be held at The Wayne Manor that Philip Chang is responsible for the negotiation.
3) Investment Committee maintains the same.
I. Richard Lee will stay as an inactive member.
II. Irene Chang as the chair person, Tom Su the 2nd in charge, Mike Weng the 3rd in charge and Philip Chang 4th in charge – for buy and sell
III. Any member who is leaving the town overnight and is unable to contact through email for days is requested to announce exact days for excuse to all committee members.
IV. Any buy or sell decisions require at least 3 members’ “Yes” votes or the majority “Yes” votes when anyone is on excuse due to out of town.
4) The next board meeting will be held on Saturday September 24, 2005. The location and time are upon final decision. Nonetheless, it is suggested noon time at Lotus Café in Hackensack, NJ |
| — 12 N - 3 PM Saturday June 18, 2005
Place - Lotus Cafe, Hackensack, NJ
Attendance -
Old: Richard Lee couple, Jen Tien Wung couple, Mike Weng, Tom Su couple, Lily Kuo, Mei Chin Wu couple, Philip Chang couple, Thomas Lin couple
New: Sharon Liu, Lisa Yeh
Investment: Irene Chang Andrews
1) Richard Lee was elected as President for the second one year term.
2) The new President will assign a Vice-President with the consent of the board at the next meeting. The new administration will be formed at the same time.
3) Shin-Shyong Tseng resigned due to personal reasons.
4) Lily Kuo, as always, invites all board directors and family for Lido Beach fun on July 9, 2005. The next board meeting will be held on the same day.
Reports -
i) Thomas Lin reported financial status and the cash balance. He then handed $2,000 check paying to the order of TD Waterhouse to Irene Chang for deposit.
ii) Irene Chang suggested to Investment Committee about coming stock actions - Concluded with selling MDT and buying HAL.
Lido Beach fun -
I. Time - 12 noon or earlier on Saturday July 9, 2005 (Arriving early can beat traffic)
II. Place - 73 Lunchon Street, Lido Beach, NY 11561 (private beach)
III. Directions - from Northern New Jersey
Grand Central Parkway east Exit 23 - Cross Island Parkway south Exit 25 - Southern State Parkway east Exit 22 - Meadowbrook Parkway south Exit M10 - Loop Parkway - Lido Blvd west - Lunchon Street south toward beach
IV. Meals - Lily will serve both lunch and dinner at site.
V. What to bring with you - Swim suits, towel and beach shoes |
— 12 N - 3 PM Saturday April 2. 2005
Board Meeting was held at Lotus Cafe
I. Thomas Lin, Treasurer collected tremendous amount of checks for tickets sold and Philip Chang received the most of name lists.
II. Approved the program for the annual conference.
III. Confirmed jobs, which assigned during the last meeting.
IV. Confirmed raffle contributions: THSAA contributes one (Thomas Lin is responsible for purchasing), each board director provides one, and Tom Su may be able to request one from Mayor Hsu of Tainan.
V. Recommended 2 new candidates as new board directors: will be announced at the conference.
VI. Thomas Lin read THSAA financial report as of February 28, 2005. |
— 5 PM - 6 PM Sunday February 20, 2005
Where: Shogun 18, 1020 Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Phone: (732)390-1922
(1) 2005 THSAA Annual Conference will be held at The Wayne Manor, Route 23, NJ on April 16, 2005. Job assignments are as the following:
I. MC - Jen Tien Wung
II. Receptionists - Tsai Ching Wung (being in charge), Stella Weng, Sue P. Lin, Yuki Lee
III. Ruffle ticket sales - Mei Chin Wu and Ah-Lan Huang
IV. Drawing ruffle tickets - Philip Chang
V. Raise ruffle items - Lily Kuo and Molly Wang
VI. Directory design and print - Philip Chang
VII. Name tags and program - Philip Chang
VIII. Solicitation of Director Ad - Tom Su and Richard Lee
IX. DJ - Tom Su is responsible for hiring
(2) Prices for ruffle ticket - $1.00 each
Exchange door ticket to ruffle ticket at 1:1 ratio when entering.
(3) Prices for 2005 Directory Ad - Whole page $500, 1/2 page $300, 1/4 page $150
(4) Closing date for all printing matter - April 1, 2005
(5) Ticket sales - Payments to Tom Lin also both English and Chinese Names to Philip Chang by April 10
(6) Scholarship -
I. Announcement through media - prepared by Richard Lee
II. Newsletter announcement - prepared by Tom Lin
III. Application requirements - transcript, recommendation letter, autobiography and essay
IV. Closing date - April 1, 2005
(7) Keynote speaker - Richard Lee already invited Dr. Lung-Chi Chen to serve. Suggest the topic being "Current tension among countries of Taiwan, China, North Korea and Japan"
(8) Decide inviting Tony and Julia String Quarter to perform 30 minutes Classical music during the banquet.
(9) The next board meeting will be held at Lotus Cafe, 12:00 N Sunday 4/3/2005.
Address: 450 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phone: (201)488-7070 |
— 6 PM Saturday January 15, 2005
Where: Joy Luck Chinese Pavilion, 555 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052 Phone: 973.243.9288
What: I. 2005 New Year greetings II. Celebrate Richard Lee, THSAA President being selected as the head of World Overseas Representatives for Taiwan. III. Appreciation of Catherine Hwang, CPA voluntarily serving THSAA for years.
(1) Received on 1/15/2005 the certificate of Reinstatement - Annual Reports from State of New Jersey in Trenton.
(2) Thomas Lin, Treasurer will responsible for delivering required documents ASAP to Catherine Hwang, CPA to file annual report.
(3) 2005 THSAA Annual Conference will be held at The Wayne Manor, Route 23, NJ on April 16, 2005.
I. MC assignment - Jen Tien Wung
II. Keynote speaker - Richard Lee and Thomas Lin will separately contact and secure 2 persons from suggested candidates.
III. DJ - Tom Su will contact the same that we had for 2004 conference.
IV. Tickets - Thomas Lin will request Paul Teng handling the same.
V. Price - maintain the same at $55
VI. Door prizes - follow the pattern that we had last time. Richard Lee will seek a largest prize and each board director contributes at least one each.
(4) Update THSAA name list - all board directors are requested reviewing 2004 Directory and then hand in when meeting the next time.
(5) Suggest the photo of Ann-Ping bird view being on the new directory cover page.
(6) 2005 Directory - Philip Chang is responsible for design and compilation. Tom Su takes care of printing and advertising solicitation. Richard Lee will also seek sponsors for advertising.
(7) Scholarship - encourage board directors searching candidates. In the meantime, the announcement will be made on the newsletter when ready.
(8) The next board meeting will be held at Shogun 18, 5:00 PM Sunday 2/20/2005.
Address: 1020 Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Phone: (732)390-1922 |