We are
devoted to launch a well-organized President Club that holds a
variety of events and activities. The objective is to enhance health
communication, idea exchanging, and experience sharing among leaders
within the UCAA and beyond. We hope that, with our continuous
effort, this will evolve into a valuable and unique learning and
integrating platform that not only benefits our UCAA leaders but
also builds up a solid foundation to grow our UCAA.
We have carefully chosen the theme of our first gathering: How to
form and operate an education foundation successfully in the US?
Establishing an education foundation is highly regarded as one of
the most effective ways to connect us to our alma maters and to
unite our fellow alumni. However, such kind of task is often
believed to be beyond what an alumni association can actually
manage, because it involves complicated regulations and a lot of
tedious work. Fortunately, the good news is that we do observe
several pioneers who have successfully achieved this in our
community, among which are the Peking University Education
Foundation, the Tsinghua Education Foundation, the UTSC Alumni
Foundation, SJTU Alumni Association of Silicon Valley, and the Wuhan
University Alumni Association at Northern California. The message
from the pioneers is now loudly delivered to us: Yes, we can!
We are truly delighted and honored to have representatives from the
aforementioned organizations as our invited speakers in the first
President Club gathering. In the meeting, they will provide us with
their valuable hands-on experiences on building a successful
education foundation and perspectives of different business models.
We have also invited an expert panel list consisting of an expert on
foundation for international exchanges, a high rank consul from the
Consulate General of PRC in San Francisco, an experienced attorney,
and a senior CPA. We believe that their expertise and know-how
experiences will help us to gain comprehensive and practical ideas
regarding every step of forming a successful education foundation.
We hope all fellow leaders of UCAA member associations could attend
this meeting and give us your full support to kick-off a successful
President Club! In order to ensure the quality of interaction
between our speakers and attendees, we have to limit a maximum of
two participants from each member alumni association of UCAA,
preferably your President and Vice President. Please RSVP by
emailing me the names and contact information of participants from
your association and mark your calendar for this event. We look
forward to meeting you all!
When: 9:45 AM.-12:30 PM. Saturday, on May 2nd, 2009
Where: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
1530 Page Mill Road, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Agenda:
• 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM. Networking
• 10:15 AM -10:30 AM.
UCAA meeting
• 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM. President Club Activities
• 12:15 PM Lunch
Speakers:
• Geping Liu,
President,
Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network
• John Hu,
Ex-Chair,
USTC Alumni Association in Silicon Valley, and USTC Alumni
Foundation
• Min Ouyang,
Ex-President,
Wuhan University Alumni Association at Northern California
Panelists:
• Guang Ming Su,
President,
The U.S. China Foundation For International
Exchanges
• Wei Shao,
Consul,
The Consulate General of PRC in San Francisco
• Bing Rui,
Attorney,
U.S.-China Law Group
• Kathy Chao,
CPA,
C.G. Uhlenberg LLP
Moderator: Qing Lucich,
President,
SJTU Alumni Association of Silicon Valley
Sponsor：Yabo Lin, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Dress Code: Business Casual
Together, we can make things difference!
Thanks!
Shuo Chen/John Hu
On behalf of the UCAA President Club Committee
(Shuo Chen, John Hu, Shengheng Lin, Junzhou Lei, and Kevin Ye)
