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Edmonton Mandarin Immigrants Society, i4 I/ e# g8 ]0 b" e
July Meeting' p5 c4 _5 I) O3 m, J W ~, O$ `. E
Agenda
( n3 l; f0 l a' H1 G4 L/ r/ ETime: 3:00pm-5:30pm, Sunday, July 10, 2005) x& p X' a5 t$ I# }- ~
Location: Williams Hawrelak Park Picnic Site#1
2 [# A& o7 b; {/ ~& [Main Topics:
7 A+ L0 V+ W( H. C, U6 DI) What we did in June
. Y2 q3 V- k! i( r' pII) What we will do in the future three months
, p$ O3 S$ D" | s" {5 y0 lAttendance: 14 members (See attachment)& {& K; |4 ~( r- B
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Minutes
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8 u5 X* z$ G7 P$ I$ D9 v1. Call to order' Y0 F7 o r! `4 w) l( |; ~4 i
Qiang Li called for the meeting at 2:30pm" A" C' W- f9 C1 r$ [
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2. What we did since last meeting and inspirations ignitedi) Football team6 H' l6 u I. H- v
Qiang Li: Football game becomes regular weekly activity, 17 people getting registered; with team sportswear; participated in two matches. Needs to go indoors as soon as winter comes., R: p' H+ |, f
Xiaofeng Deng: the football team needs a name and might get sponsors
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& V1 H: m( m, z2 Y; Q! {8 {Consensus: the football team belongs to EMIS, it is one of the activities of EMIS; Sponsors and renaming are acceptable.& N6 c9 Z: |! ?( u0 \
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ii) EMIS registration- m0 z1 d5 n" s. j$ y H
Haihua Yun: EMIS registration form returned from government due to the unsynchronized procedure of application and payment.
3 r; y" T& u# T9 U8 v LVictor Wang: received payment receipt. ) J9 t( P0 ?* \
Haihua Yun: will take care of the reapplication.6 ] s3 j- f6 D4 Y8 n/ n) O# y
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iii) Workshop
! R4 ?. z; \* y/ kFan Yang: more than 20 people attended the workshop for new and old immigrants, needs to organize more and regular workshop.
# r# Q( g# B9 v! d' CLeo: we can invite settlement officers from the government to give lectures or workshop to the new immigrants in our society.+ W, J) G; @9 g
Victor Wang: workshop can be on various topics, such as how to go to hospital, etc.6 }; [2 A0 ^1 |
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Consensus: Min Li is in charge of workshop.
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iv) Dance Party4 e5 ]) o4 I% T+ d, ?0 z& m1 [; E
Xiaofeng Deng: Around 10 people in our society attended the Dance party organized by CSSA. There is a necessity for us to provide such opportunities to enrich the cultural life.
( Y/ X9 j# z2 C: bVictor Wang: Since September, dance party or sports games can be held in Meyonark School once two weeks. Get consensus./ N! W+ o% Y4 f! C( x0 v, C
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3. What we will do in the future three months?
2 @5 S: `3 `4 V+ gi) Beijing Opera workshop 2 \- t6 \0 p! w
Victor Wang: will contact an expert on Beijing opera for a workshop
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ii) Team spirit0 `" L. c' V+ n% w: {6 z6 @7 E
Fan Yang: we need to unite other organizations and work together to promote our society.9 R, Q" v9 b9 j6 i% F6 C3 K
/ s; ?6 o0 U; \- f1 ~4 f7 I* Fiii) To pick up Strawberries
3 B: S; H% U8 ~) E" xXiaofeng Deng: it is strawberry season now; do we organize strawberry picking up in the name of EMIS?
. {2 S$ _# j" |, z; x( k& }, qConsensus: Fan yang is in charge of organizing strawberry picking up via www.edmontonchina.com
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iv) Society construction
9 Y* D4 d* U4 ?9 C" pHaihua Yun: Filing needs to be more systematic.
r9 j7 L/ ~' c. |4 s3 CVictor Wang: Newsletter is necessary for the filing and promotion of our society.
: e, P* |4 [7 i7 [5 @Min Xu: Hard copies of newsletter monthly to put at the door of Chinese supermarkets or restaurants can help.: k1 g+ g5 {! A0 G, H+ k; {
Leo: small project-oriented groups should be set up for efficiency and responsibility.8 A* l0 O% W" P8 F. k/ {: x0 I
Discussion: cost on publishing or copying might be a barrier' O( J# W0 N' |& \. v U. }" v
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Consensus: Set up an EMIS Newsletter Editing Group of 6 people: Min Xu, Qiang Li, Victor Wang, jie Xie Haihua yun and Xiansen Lu
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1 \$ m; S) s7 Y. D: [: jHaihua yun: Create Q & A about EMIS on www.edmontonchina.com2 l) P; H) o! z5 O+ G" c% ]/ [
Leo: Tell people in China about EMIS7 U& W ?$ p9 o
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v) New immigrants’ settlement: I2 r; K' D1 H+ Z1 r4 z0 r) L
Qing Dong: we need to standardize the service for new immigrants" X) F% A% l6 j
Leo: a follow-up visiting after the settlement is necessary. A whole new immigrant support plan is to assist new immigrants continuously since their landing.* a/ G9 y' P) v+ F5 s
Xiaofeng Deng: Service might be free and some needs to charge new immigrants, such as to share gas for garage sale, airport pickup or temporary housing program. Some people complain $25 per night is too expensive, but temporary housing needs the owner to do more preparation and follow-up afterwards. People sometimes have difficulty in understanding that. They feel help should be free.5 { M) h0 X+ F$ d
Leo: This is a must-change concept for new immigrants. They will have to face the change anyway, so why don’t we teach them this lesson before they go to the real society. So the charged items can be listed in the New Immigrants Support Plan clearly.& ] ?6 c! F# l! P1 n
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Consensus: Xiaofeng Deng is in charge of the new immigrants' settlement support plan% @: J! |* [; S) }2 a5 X
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vi) Mid-autumn Festival celebration' p: K I6 D* }3 R
Fan Yang: suggest we focus on two annual Chinese Festivals: mid autumn Festival and Spring Festival.0 S; w0 L* }' R! E& f0 b; O) e
Min Li: a big scale celebration for all Chinese in Edmonton will help promoting our society.2 i- u1 m: c: v+ W0 T5 M! V
Victor Wang: a small scale is easy to manage.
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Consensus: get prepared for both small and big scale celebration; a 6-member committee is set up for a trial on big scale celebration. Members are: Fan yang, Victor Wang, Leo(Oldnavy), Jie Xie, Min Li and Han Lu.3 y9 |" n1 K# x8 S1 I t
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Assignments:
# p/ v. C; }1 G1 t1) EMIS logo- Qiang Li and Min Xu, Due Monday July 11, 2005
R0 F: g" b5 C7 w; f2) EMIS business card- Han Lu; Due Tuesday July 12, 2005
t9 o) x7 I5 M7 n( W6 r3) Location contact- Victor Wang; Due Wednesday, July 13, 2005
* U3 _9 R) @3 D4) Marketing- Min Li; Jie Xie and Han Lu
% U! i( U! z, s) A) G7 {5) Posting on www.edmontonchina.com- Han Lu6 D2 `* T3 s4 S3 d$ ^' _3 w' T
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% H4 P9 w, _. kHan Lu: Compared with the choir performed by Vancouver Chinese Choir Association and Edmonton’s Red Maple Music Association; there is an urgent need to strengthen the local choir. We organize people and invite Xiaoli Du to teach? But where? Piano? Is there any way for EMIS to co-operate with the Red Maple or other local choirs?" ^$ |6 `0 c4 @7 E0 U
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Discussion: It helps to promote the image of Chinese in Edmonton. Our members can join their choir individually; or we can co-organize. Needs more discussion- H- p/ w& y+ Q. F1 i" S
6 C* \, X! G, R6 Z1 `Min Li: Will contact Peihua Shen and her husband for choir coaching issue.
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