Greater Cincinnati China Earthquake Relief Fund - First Meeting

Dear All,

This evening more than 30 representatives from local Chinese community organizations attended the Earthquake Relief meeting. We had a very productive meeting. First, all the organizations have introduced their own efforts on fundraising. On behalf of the local Chinese community, GCCS has helped to set up 12-15 donation boxes in local Chinese restaurants and Chinese merchandises. GCCS and Huaxia Chinese school have done fundraising within their own schools. UC-CSSA has started fundraising on campus. Other organizations also did a lot efforts on fundraising.

Second, all participants agreed with that the next step is to reach out a broad community. So, the Greater Cincinnati China Earthquake Relief Committee (GCCERC) was formed by all the local organizations. A GCCERC steering committee has been selected, and it includes 1 or 2 people from every organization. The members' names and their contacts are listed in the attachment.

Third, the GCCERC steering committee has identified two important events for fundraising. One is the Charity Show and the other one is to pledge donation in local community. Liao Qihong and Shen Mi are leading the Charity Show. GCCS, Huaxia Chinese School and UC-CSSA are responsible for community donation event. There is a lot of preparation work should be done before these two events. The detailed action items, owner and time line are listed in the attachment.

Fourth, a fundraising account "China Relief Fund" has been setup in US Bank.

Fifth, I forgot to mention this in our meeting. Here I volunteer myself, Bingzhi Shi, and Huaping Wu to be chair and co-chairs. Other subteam leaders are listed in the attachment. If you have any objections, please feel free let us know.

Our goal is to have a successful fundraising. We want to show American community that we have one voice, one image and one Chinese community.

Thank you very much for your time and efforts!

Hua