Minutes of FCC Board Meeting January 7, 2003
Held at: Walker Truesdell Radick and Assoc. Conference Room

Present:
Ross Lewis Barry Radick Marylou Cooper Green Beth Rosenthal Aileen Koger David Youtz Cara Blouin Edna Moy Toby Volkman Ron Tralle Joe Kelly
Absent Ho Yong Elizabeth Mao Kevin Matthews

Call To Order, 6:30 PM

Recent And Upcoming Activities
Manhattan Chinatown Parade- FCC has been officially invited to march
Various New Year Events over Listserve
Contact David about Jan 19th Shirley Pu Wills Event
Bill Moyers Program
Both Edna and David Youtz have been in touch with reps from PBS and Moyers’ production Co
FCC NY may participate in events leading up to the televising of the documentary which will be over three days ending March 25 2003
Edna and David will continue to explore a specific role for FCC
Edna will also speak to this at annual meeting


New Years Meeting
Agenda- Attached
Entertainment- Will include Wu Man, Yue Sai Kan Fashion Show and Da Chen
Regional coordinators will be invited to attend and participate as they did last year
Elections- Certain members of the board will be up for reelection and Kevin Matthews new treasurer will be nominated for a full term
-Additional names were discussed for consideration to fill director seats as determined by the board in accordance with the bylaws
-Other names: Amanda Baden, Leslie Lippai, Virginia Cornue, and others.
-Marjorie Berman will be asked to serve and if she accepts she will be elected at the meeting
-The board will attempt to identify best possible people for specific needs
All agreed it would be helpful to the board if someone familiar with fundraising, adoption issues, medical issues or with more direct links to Asian/Chinese communities were added


Culture Day
Marylou is in charge of coordination and needs an assistant
A theme will be Kite Flying
Marjorie Berman is the coordinator of all events
Further discussion at future meetings


Newsletter
The Kids Issue has been completed and will be mailed immediately
Joe Kelly and the other editors were commended for their terrific efforts


Membership
The membership renewals are in the mail, so far there have been about 370 renewals


CIC
Consulting
David and Barry informed the Board that we have signed a conslutation agreement with David Farren and will move forward
Copies of his engagement protocol were distributed
Cara will arrange a meeting with David Farren, David Youtz, Barry, Aileen and Beth
Beth Rosenthal also spoke about soliciting funds form corporate foundations. Those mentioned included American Express, Avon and others. We will explore further with Farren


Annual Appeal
Aileen reported on the success of the annual appeal. Appx. 12,000 envelopes were mailed to solicit donations
The national appeal raised $30,000 of which FCC NY’s share is 60%
Since the mailing in early December, another appx. $80,000 has been contributed directly to FCC NY.
Efforts are ongoing to improve on this tremendous result


National Appeal
The board wished to note special thanks to Joe Kelly Peter Herbert and Aileen Koger for their efforts


Finance
Ron Tralle is transitioning his duties as Treasurer to Kevin Matthews
Ron reviewed the current finances and 2003 projections
Projected appx $78,000 in 2003 revenues
$63,000 from membership (1800 at $35)
$4000 from store sales and $10,500 from Culture Day.
This is somewhat short of projected spending and without additional revenue the deficit will be covered by our existing surplus.


Other Issues
David reported that the FCC brochure is almost complete
The Brooklyn region will be honoring Tim Stoenner and Kathy Urbina for all of their work over the years.
The date and time will be announced. Cathy Dempsy is organizing the event.
The board is considering preparing a memory book to honor Tim and Kathy
David received a call from Michelle Marsh, NBC news co-anchor about participating in some type of news story (david?)


Next meeting will be in March. No date set.