Meeting Highlights:
1) Christian Winterbottom, a graduate student at FSU was
introduced to ACT Members. He is writing his dissertation
about Asian Cultures. The Chairman invited him to join the
ACT.
2) An Asian Summit organized by the Asian American Federation
of Florida will be held in Orlando on Jan 16th. The focus
of the Summit will be about the upcoming Census 2010. Junwei
Lu volunteered to represent ACT. The Chairman also suggested
for Soma to attend but he may be in India. Florida has become
the model state for the Census 2010 in the nation.
3) Cindy mentioned that starting Jan 29th a new building
for the International Center will be open.
4) ACT party will be held on Feb 27t at the new Center for
Global Engagement building. It will be potluck and will be
from 5pm – 8pm. ACT will also provide the main dish.
Some entertainment will also be planned.
5) For Springtime Tallahassee parade, Salim Talib will reserve
for 3 entries for the parade. ACT will invite the Chinese
Martial Arts group to participate as well as Taiwanese group.
6) Month of May is the Asian Pacific Heritage Month. ACT
will celebrate the event at the new Center for Global Engagement
building.
7) For Experience Asia 2010, ACT will look for other sources
of grants like what it received from the Japanese Consulate
last year. The Treasurer gave status of ACT Account. We do
have approximately $4,395. However, this is not an exact amount
since there are still some unaccounted amounts.
8) Other Matters:
a.
Students will celebrate the Asian Heritage month on March
since school is still on. They have lined up several activities
on March.
b.The
International Bazaar sponsored by the International Center
will be on March 27, 2010. The Chairman encouraged everyone
to participate and support the event.
ACT’s next meeting is scheduled for 7th of February
2010 in the new International Center building.
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