CASPAF Business Meeting and Strategic Planning Session's Meeting Minutes

Introduction - Tanner Liu

• Reviewed 20 years of the Organization history

• Thanks to C. T. Hsu for bringing the Association to the main stream.

• Proposed to recruit new members and retain the existing members.

• Added 4 vice presidents (Yuesha "Sha Sha" Chen, Puxiao Cen, Carol Burnett, and Lung-Ji Chang)

• Announced the new secretary and chief newsletter editor (Wan-Yu Chao)

• Proposed to publish quarterly newsletter.

• Proposed to hold the quarterly board meeting in Orlando.

Treasurer Report - William Chen

• Bank Balance as 07/31/2008:                   $ 8,753.61

• Expenses not including Annual Conference: $ 7,360.89

• Bank Balance as 08/31/2009:                   $ 2,776.90

• Mutual Funds as 09/08/2009:                   $33,213.98

• Annual conference expense and incomes will be provided by Valencia Community College later.

• It is necessary to re-evaluate the existing way of keep the mutual funds.

Past-President Report - C. T. Hsu

• Felt relief after 18 months of efforts to bring the Association to the main stream.

• Update the By-Laws.

• Set up www.caspaf.org web site. (Thanks to Sam Hsu and Albert Yang)

• Invited David Ho and Steven Chiang as the leading speakers and received the commitment one year ago.

• Formed a team to focus on "From Innovation to Entrepreneurship" program.

• Had world class entertainment in the Awards Gala and Celebration Dinner. (Thanks to Wendy Chen).

• Hosted the first "Taiwan-Florida High Education Conference".

• Everyone enjoyed Walt Disney World's famous hospitality.

General Committee Report - Tanner Liu

• Suggested to combine the tellers committee and the election or nominate committee.

Web Committee Report - Sam Hsu

• The Association has a fully functional website.

• Albert Yang's efforts should be recognized.

• The website will provide two different accesses between the public and the members.

Membership Committee Report - C. T. Hsu for Lee Chow

• Has received over100 paid members and still many people are interested in joining the Association.

Program Committee -

• Suggested to put the available presentation files in the Association's website.

Quarterly Newsletter - Tanner Liu

• The Association will encourage and support the exchange and social activities among members locally. The Vice-Presidents, President, and President-elect will coordinate these social activities; e.g. potluck, playing sports, watching sports, workshops to promote healthy living/lifestyles, etc.

• Will publish one Member highlighted each newsletter

• Proposed to recruit 50 members.

• Will do the best to retain the existing members.

2011 Annual Conference - T. S. Wu and Nian She

• Proposed to team the Association with American Society of Civil Engineers for 2011 annual conference.

• Proposed to team the Association with Chinese American Water Resources Association to invite people from China and Taiwan directly to attend 2011 annual conference.

Nonprofit 501(C)3 Organization

• Proposed to set up some scholarships for the young generation.

• The scholarship match funds are 100% to team the Association with the community college and 50% to team the Association with the university in Florida.

• The Association can accept the grant from National Science Council through Valencia Community College.

• The Organization should develop an available "Fact Sheet"

• Form a 5-member (Rachel Siu, Sha Sha Chen, Ben Chen, Lee Chow, and C. T. Hsu) committee to process and evaluate the Nonprofit 501(C)3 status for the Association.

Miscellaneous

• Sam Hsu suggested to bring education or/and energy as the themes for the coming annual conference after we hosted the theme of health care this year.  These 3 themes were President Obama's top three campaign goals of change.

• Peggy Hsieh suggested providing some financial supports for some students to attend the annual conference.

• The Association will refund $125 student registration to Mr. Sheng-Feng Yen.