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Physical Meeting Docket for April 21-22, 2007 (Saturday-Sunday):

April 21, 2007 (Saturday)

Breakfast       
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

  1. Executive Committee Meeting – Truman Room (1 hour)
  2. Board Meeting – Wilson Room                       
    Welcome – (15 minutes) Kathleen To
  3. Membership Report – (30 minutes) Amy Wong Mok & Helen Wang
    1. members, supporters:  Helen Wang
    2. e-mail lists
    3. chapters
  4. Treasurer’s Report - Income and Expenditure of 2006 (15 minutes) Jing-Li Yu
  5. Budget for 2007 – Finance Committee (15 minutes) Jing-Li Yu & Julia Wan

    10:15 a. m. :  Break for 10 minutes

  6. Bylaws amendments debate and discussion –
    (1.5 hours) Bylaws Committee: Rajen Anand and Jing-Li Yu
    1. a. S B Woo’s motion passed by the Board in February, 2007
      b. David Yang’s motion to reconsider passed by the Board on April 8, 2007
    2. take out the language in the Interim Bylaws – motion to amend Bylaws
    3. article 10 and other amendments

      Noon - 1:00 P.M.: Lunch Break

  7. Report by Committee on Legislation: (1 hour) David Yang, Kelvin Chen and Jing-Li Yu
    1. Rep. David’s Wu’s legislation on education
    2. Rep. Mike Honda’s legislation on “Comfort Women”
    3. Rep. Bob Filner’s legislation on Filipino Veterans’ Benefits
  8. Report by Committee on discrimination: (1 hour) Joel Wong, Richard To and Jing-Li Yu

    3:00 p. m. :  Break for 15 minutes

  9. Review of our meetings with elected officials and dinner (45 minutes)
  10. Political Clout of the Bloc Vote – (30 minutes) S. B. Woo

5:45 p.m.: Meeting Recessed

DINNER

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April 22, 2007 (Sunday)

Breakfast       
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

  1. Board Actions for 2007 & 2008 – (2 hours) Kathleen To
    1. Immediate action on 2008 election
    2. Ways to involve our supporters:
      a. legislation
      b. discrimination cases
    3. Building a power base
    4. Reception on the Hill in the Fall
  2. New Business (1.5 hours)

Noon: Meeting Adjourned

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3. Membership Report for 2006 & 2007 (30 minutes) Amy Wong Mok & Helen Wang

A. Breakdown by Membership Types

Year 2006

Membership Types

# of Members

% of Total Membership

Total New

392

18%

Total Renewals

1514

72%

Total Life/FL members

200

10%

Total Membership

2106

 

 

Year 2007 (As of 04/18/07)

Membership Types

# of Members

% of Total Membership

Total New

160 *

15%

Total Renewals

720

66%

Total Life/FL members

204

19%

Total Membership

1084

 

* Total new includes late joiners from 2006

B. Breakdown by Membership Categories

Year 2006

Membership Categories

# of Members

% of Total Membership

Student

56

3%

Basic

641

30%

Family

1112

53%

Prof

97

5%

Life/FL

200

10%


Year 2007 (As of 04/18/07)

Membership Categories

# of Members

% of Total Membership

Student

34

3%

Basic

258

24%

Family

536

50%

Prof

53

5%

Life/FL

204

19%

3. Total Membership Income:

2006:
Gross Receipt: $85,561.69
Net Receipt: $85,154.64

2007 (As of 04/18/07):
Gross Receipt: $23,395.00
Net Receipt: $23,3477.36

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4. Treasurer’s Report - Income and expenditure of 2006 (15 minutes) Jing-Li Yu

2006 Income:

Membership (including new Life Members) $77K
Fundraising from Life Members (verbal explanation)

Voluntary contribution from members $4K
Interests Received $4K

Total: $85K

2006 Expenditure:

1a Payroll  (Jing for 9 months & Paychex cost) $ 34K
1b Payroll (Helen for 1 month + related legal fees) $ 8K
1c Payroll (Lydia Yu, intern) $ 3K
2a Payment to ISPs $ 6K
2b E-mail related consultant fees (Shangyou Zhang) $ 4K
3 Meeting Expenses (incl. travel by staff & a few Bd members) $ 4K
4 Credit card & Bank handling fees $ 1K
5 July 4th ads $ 2K
6 Ethnic press conferences $ 1K
7 Election-related Contribution(s) $ 15K
8 Miscellaneous $ 2K

Total:  $ 80K

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5. Budget for 2007 – Finance Committee (15 minutes) Jing-Li Yu & Julia Wan

                                         INCOME:

1

Membership Dues (20 new Life Members & 2200 regular members)

$ 85K

2

Interest from the reserve fund of $166K

$ 4K

4

Misc. Contributions  

$ 5K

 

Total:

$94K      

                                         EXPENDITURE:

1

Salary and Benefits Staff & Intern(s)

$ 52K

2

Payment to ISPs & e-mail related consultant fees            

$ 9K

3

Equipment & Postage                                                     

$ 2K

4

Meeting & traveling Expenses                                          

$ 7K

5

Printing cost & Phone Bills (conference calls)                   

$ 2K

6

Chapter reimbursement/ plus ads with Friends

$ 1K

7

July 4 and other initiatives                                            

$ 3K

 

Total:

$ 76K

 

 

 

 

RESERVE AT THE END OF 2006:                           

$166K

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