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.