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VCCAA Board President Hillary Ling Vice President Tyrus Goo Treasurer Judy Schechter Secretary Andy Little City Representatives Camarillo Sean Gao Vivian Goo Wesley Holser Irene Sy Oxnard/Port Hueneme Dolly Lee Ben Wong Ventura H. T. Kuo Doris Mao Santa Paula William Irion Leslie Jue Thousand Oaks Lloyd Ho Membership Harry Lee Historian Scott Corbett Newsletter Editor Sharon Chiang Sean Gao Lloyd Ho VCCAA Newsletter P.O. Box 806 Camarillo, CA 93011-0806 Copyright 2003 |
Greetings from the President The Ripple Effect - “When you drop a pebble on this side of the lake, it causes a new ripple. Through time, this ripple will soon reach the other side of the lake.” - A Chinese Philosophy. The Butterfly Theory - “When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.” - From Edward Lorenz and Chaos Theory. Fiscal year 2002-2003 has been a happy year for the VCCAA. The planned cultural events were well attended and enjoyed by many; the membership has reached 214 families. The hard working Board members have had a good time while attending to the affairs of the Association. Now that another year of cultural activities of our Association is winding to its fiscal year-end, I like to thank VP Tyrus Goo, Secretary Andy Little, Treasurer Judy Schechter, Newsletter editor Lloyd Ho, and all the Board members and all the friends of the VCCAA for the enthusiastic support you have given us throughout the year. Your support does make a difference. You do create a ripple effect and it shall have a perpetual influence in our families and community for all the years ahead. You, “the butterfly” can eventually cause a wave of warm feeling of our heritage, culture among us as well as among those who had come to contact with us. The motto of our Association is: “We Build Cultural Bridges.” Our troubled world has many bridges in need of being built. Let it begin with us. A big “Thank you,” to our major event sponsors for their generous support: Mr. Tony Danluck of PCS International, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Chieu, Drs. Lisa and Albert Fu, Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Kong, Dr. and Mrs. Chung Nan Wang, Drs. Vicky and Simon Chow, Dr. and Mrs. Chris Loh. A big “Thank you” to the people who help make the major events possible: Lee-May Little, Irene Sy, Tony Chen, Alvin Little, Edna Tanita and Lorraine Kang, Tiffany Chieu, Charlotte Haney, Juliet Kong, Tyrus and Vivian Goo, Stella Ling, Lesley Ling, Judy Schechter, Vicky Chow, Lisa Fu, Dolly Lee, Leslie Jue. A big “Thank you” to all the advertisers for their kind support to our Cultural Night and New Year Celebration at the Oxnard Pacifica High School. Now, the four basic VCCAA emotions at this time of Election of Officers for 2003-04: “Sad, Mad, Glad and Scared.” “Sad” – I’m so sad if there are not enough willing members knocking at the door asking for a position at the Board. “Mad” – I’m so mad that there are not enough willing members knocking at the door asking for a seat at the Board. “Glad” – I’m so glad that there are so many new members joining the VCCAA, they would be the future of our Association. “Scared” – I’m so scared that there would not be enough positions for all the willing members asking to serve at the Board on the Election Day. Kidding aside, I earnestly invite you to step forward, please, to serve our Association as a Board member for 2003-04 at the “Memorial Day BBQ and Election” at the Camarillo Pleasant Valley Park on Monday, 5/26/03. “No experience required-we will train. It is not all hard work, it really is fun, too.” Have a wonderful summer and see you at the Memorial Day BBQ at Pleasant Valley Park!
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