Monday, May 19, 2008

Steering Committee Meeting Notes - 2008/05/18

Meeting Memo May 18, 2008
Greater Cincinnati China Earthquake Relief Committee

Sponsored by: Hua Xia Chinese School at Mason, Greater Cincinnati Chinese School, Sichuan Friendship Association, UC Chinese Student & Scholarship Association, Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chinese American Association of Cincinnati, Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society, SOCAPS, MU-CSSA, FCC

Steering Team Members in GCCERC

Bingzhi Shi
513-336-8829
bingzhi_shi@yahoo.com
Hua Xia Chinese School

Xuemei Wu
maymeiwu@yahoo.com
Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society

Lixin Feng
lixinf@yahoo.com
Hua Xia Chinese School (Back up)

Hua Hu
513-898-0218 (h)
513-238-6974 (c )
huhuadce@gmail.com
GCCS

Jichun Shi
jayshi@fuse.net
GCCS (Back up)

Ying Fang
513-225-5933
fangying78@yahoo.com
CAAC

Lin Liu
513-255-4116
Lin.liu@uc.edu
SOCAPS

Yan Yu
Yan.yu@uc.edu
SOCAPS (Back up)

Huaying Ye
513-520-9541
Huaying_ye@hotmail.com
Chinese Chamber

Zejiang Yang
513-237-0993
zejiangy@yahoo.com
Sichuan Friendship Association

Ping Cui
Ping_cui_pc@yahoo.com
Sichuan Friendship
Association

Leo Chan
513-276-7657
lchan@labshanghai.com
Chinese Chamber

Yan Jin
513-288-0398
Jinyan61@hotmail.com
UC-CSSA

Tao Peng
513-288-2674
Taopeng2004@hotmail.com
UC-CSSA

Huaping Wu
513-969-0633
wuhuaping@hotmail.com
UC-CSSA

Fanghong Yu
513-300-5678
yufo@email.uc.edu
UC-CSSA

En Yu
513-330-0958
yue@muohio.edu
Miami University

Jia Feng
513-593-4072
njufengjia@gmail.com
Miami University

Hua Hu, Bingzhi Shi, Huaping Wu (Chair and Co-Chairs)
Documentation ( Leo Chan, Lin Liu)
News and Media (Ying Fang, Huaying Ye)
Treasury (Zejiang Yang, Bingzhi Shi)
Saturday or Memorial Day Donation Event (Jay Shi and Lixin Feng)
Charity Show (Qihong Liao and Mi Shen)

Action Items and Time Line

Monday Noon
Provide feedback on flyer to Lin Liu
Everyone
Monday, May 19, 2008
Flyer finalization
Lin Liu

Logo
Leo Chan

Poster: a) modify membership list; b) modify donation ways;
Ping Cui

Postcard
Yiming Hu

Permission form for donation site
Hua Hu
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Website Creation and Management
Leo Chan
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
News preparation
Huaying Ye

Contact local newspaper
Enquirer
Mason Pulse

Huaying Ye
Hua Hu

Donation site list: Meijer, Kroger, Mason Community Center, Costco, Sams Club, Walmart, Kenwood Mall, Tri County Mall, Fountain Square.
Qihong Liao
Hua Hu

Clarify Tax Deduction
Huaying Ye
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Identify Volunteer Family for Donation Event
GCCS and Hua Xia Chinese School
Saturday or Sunday, 2008
Contact TV Channel on special events
Ying Fang
Saturday or Sunday, 2008
Charity Show
Qihong Liao (qihongliao@yahoo.com) and Mi Shen(shen_mi_ms@yahoo.com)
Saturday or Monday, May 26, 2008
Donation Event
TBD
Saturday or Monday, May 26, 2008
Fountain Square Donation Event
UC-CSSA

Donation Account Details

Three ways to donate to the fund:

1. Pay by checks:

Please make checks payable to: China Relief Fund and mail your donation checks to the following address:

Greater Cincinnati China Earthquake Relief Committee
P.O.Box 498044
Cincinnati, OH 45249

2. Wire transfer

Please use the following information for your wire transfer:

Payable to China Relief Fund
Account No: 130112167452
Address:
Greater Cincinnati China Earthquake Relief Committee
P.O.Box 498044
Cincinnati, OH 45249

3. Pay by cash

Visit the participating local Chinese restaurants and other retail outlets and drop your donation in one of the donation boxes clearly marked with the Relief Fund Logo (see our logo on the right hand side of this web page, under "About Us").

All proceeds less direct expenses (zero overhead) will be delivered to China Red Cross.

The Relief Fund Account is under the gardian of Greater Cincinnati Chinese School, which is a 501c3 non profit organization. Your donations may be tax deductible.

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