Message from CCC President, October 1st 2009

从六月份起，华社新班子上任已经快三个月了。在大家共同的努力下，新班子很快的进入了工作角色，顺利的完成了如年度家庭聚餐、台湾台风慈善义演捐款、纽约港海钓游玩、首届华社钓鱼比赛等活动，受到了广大社员的支持和肯定。

       这支新班子由一名社长、四名副社长、一名财务、以及两名秘书组成，可谓前所未有，是一支阵容强大、结构合理、年富力强、勇于创新的队伍。副社长黄民一家皆与中文学校结缘，他将在班子里主要负责与学校相关的各项工作。在纽约州立大学任教的副社长戴耘多才多艺，将挑起中秋晚会和春节庆祝活动的重任。在IT公司任职的副社长杨朝晖和颜善目、朋友众多，将负责华社对外交流和拓展的战略性职责。在GE工作的副社长玉挺身兼华社Young Professional Club 的负责人，他将主要担负起与GE华人的联络和服务、青年人服务等工作。从德州北上而来的华社秘书、也是我的同事曹晶将接手华社纷繁复杂的数据库管理、INFOLINE编发等重任，负责将华社的最新动态和消息传递给千家万户。另一位华社秘书、RPI博士生李任戈不仅是学校学生会的积极分子，也是一名体育健将，他将联合学校学生会，负责组织一系列的运动、游玩活动，从而在拉近华社与RPI、SUNY等大学的距离的同时为华社引入新鲜力量。最后，我想特别隆重的介绍一下新的华社“财神爷”、在AMRI任职的华社财务蒋小伍。她将从陈春兰手中接过华社大印，掌管华社日常收入开支，相信在小伍的悉心经营下，华社的财务状况一定会再上一个新台阶。
       虽然我们这支新的队伍组成不足三月，也还在彼此熟悉、相互磨合期间，大家还是在头一个季度推出了一系列可圈可点的活动。一年一度的夏日家庭烧烤再一次吸引了数百号人参加，一整车的食品饮料顷刻告罄，令人始料未及、喜忧参半。尤其是华社首席大厨Mary和德州小牛曹晶联袂预制的具有“华社特色”的烤鸡腿更是洛阳纸贵、供不应求。八月份的纽约出海钓鱼也是一票难求，座无虚席的一辆大巴惊呆了渔船上所有的人。虽然老天不太作美，但让人充分享受了一把“独吊寒江”的洒脱和惬意。当百年不遇的台湾“八八水灾”发生后，华社副社长杨朝晖牵头联系众多社团组织，以极短的时间、极高的效率、极致的诚意举办了一场形式自然、效果突出的义演募捐活动，在短短的几个小时内成功筹款万余美圆，受到了广大社员以及当地媒体的广泛关注和好评。当然，所有的这一切都离不开广大社员的大力支持和无私帮助。我们永远不会忘记华社“组成于您、发展于您、服务于您”的宗旨。再次感谢您对我们一如既往的信任与支持！
 
At the start of a new executive term, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and welcome our well-staffed-fully-energized 2009-2010 CCC executive team.  As a working group, we are well integrated and truly look forward to serving the community to our best.
 
This 8-person team is consisted of four vice presidents, two secretaries, a treasurer, and a president. VP of Operation, Min Huang, is a Chinese School veteran and thus he serves as a coordinator between the school and executive team. VP of Special Events, David (Yun) Dai, is a talented professor, writer, and singer; so he is naturally designated as a mastermind for the popular Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year Celebrations. VP of Communication and Advancement, James (Zhaohui) Yang, is a professional IT consultant and does have countless friends everywhere; so he is well-positioned to be CCC’s representative before local businesses, government agencies, and media outlets. VP of Member Services, Ting Yu, leads CCC’s Young Professional Club, and thus will take charge of various seminars, trips, newsletter delivery, and many other important services to CCC members. Secretary Roger (Jin) Cao, takes the torch of database management and CCC Infoline services and is working very hard to ensure you are constantly and promptly informed with community news and updates. Secretary Renge Li, is a graduating doctoral student at RPI and he serves as a natural bridge to the college community. Renge has a dedicated passion and strong fellowship connected to China’s national sport --- table tennis; so he is a driving force behind the coming USATT-Sanctioned 2-Star Table Tennis Tournament (Oct 10, 2009) sponsored by CCC. The last but not the least, CCC Treasurer, Xiaowu Jiang, who is in charge of the finance of our organization and whose tireless efforts underline the success of all CCC events and activities.
 
Well, with this excellent team, our new term has been rolling out in a very exciting way. In the past quarter, we had organized many meaningful and interesting events. These include a fundraising event for Taiwan Typhoon Relief which landed more than $10,000 and has caught a lot of media attention in the capital region, a full bus load NYC ocean fishing trip which angled no fish but numerous joyful moments, an annual community BBQ and picnic that finished 200 buns, 300 burgers, and 400 wings in one hour. Sounds good? Missed any good moments? Do not worry. More are coming! In the rest of the year, there will be many other interesting CCC events coming, such as the Table Tennis Tournament and the Mid-autumn Festival (Oct 10), the annual hiking trip (mid Oct), Thanksgiving Party (Nov), and Christmas Party (Dec). Please stay tuned!
 
 社长 贺荔宁