Re: Fwd: eNews-06-29-2014 - Preview

[Melissa Zheng]

Lijie,

You emailed me and mention you will not publish the team roster. Why is it still in the eNews?

Melissa

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Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:57 PM
Subject: Fwd: eNews-06-29-2014 - Preview

Please review this week's eNews.

Emily

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Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Thank You and Have a Good Summer! Table of Contents Recap of Graduation Ceremony and Year End Celebration  2014-2015 Team Rosters  Online Registration Continues Important Class Offering Updates TA Sign-Up  Wenya 《文芽》第43期  Community News  本周要闻 – News of the Week Click here to view the photo album. Recap of Graduation Ceremony and Year End Celebration Last Sunday, 23 graduates of the HXNYC Class of 2014 donned caps and gowns and were sent off with pomp and celebration. Dean Ming Zhu was the master of the ceremony. Principal Lijie Cheng, Acting PC Chair Jenny Chien and Board Chair Melissa Zheng congratulated the graduates, thanked the teachers, the parents and the volunteers for helping make the school year a successful one. Sizhen Zhang gave her last report as the school Treasurer before announcing her retirement. On behalf of the school, Principal Lijie Cheng gave both Treasurer Zhang and Assistant Treasurer Anni Tong service awards for their years of dedicated service.  Treasurer Zhang has been a volunteer for 16 years and Assistant Treasurer Tong has been a volunteer for 13 years. Jan Kaetker addressed the audience on behalf of the graduating class in fluent Chinese. The graduates of Class of 2014 presented a montage slide show “We Are the Champions”. Click here to view. Graduate Isabelle Peng presented a short film “我的未来在哪里”? Click here to view.  Dean Ming Zhu presented the teachers to the audience and thanked them for their hard work and dedication. Students of the folk dance class surprised the teachers with a flower for each one of them. The year-end celebration was capped by the well-attended reception party prepared by members of the PTA.  Graduating class teacher Luming Chen cut the graduation cake and signed the t-shirt each graduate received as a souvenir. The 2014-2015 Admin,Parent Council, Board and Advisory Board Rosters The HXNYC Team rosters for 2014-2015 are ready. Please click here to view. We like to thank those who will continue to serve the school and we welcome those who are volunteering for the first time. Online Registration Continues If you register and enroll by June 30th, you will save $50 for each enrolled student. Personal checks, PayPal and credit cards are accepted. Please click the following links to read the 2014-2015 Registration Policy, the language class line-up and the culture class offerings. Please click here to log into the Registration System. If you are a returning family, you can log in with your previous login id. For new families, you will need to create a login account before registering and enrolling online. For assistance, please send your inquiries to regist...@hxnyc.org.  Important Class Offering Updates 1.We are offering a Pre-K 3 class (学前小班) which accepts students who were born on or before 12/31/2011 and a Pre-K 4 class (学前中班) which accepts students who were born on or before 12/31/2010. The hours for both Pre-K classes are  9:30am - 12:00pm. 2.Meizhou Huayu (美洲华语) Grade 1 through Grade 9 is open for registration. 3.We have redesigned two culture classes in anticipation of the new SAT to be unveiled in 2016.  Classes of "Advanced Math" and "Advanced Reading & Writing" are now being offered to students who are in 8th grade and above.  Please refer to the New Culture Classes (2014-2015) for details.  Teacher/Office Assistants Sign-Up Begins Each year, our teachers rely on student assistants to help in and outside of the classrooms. The school office also requires assistance to help with copying and distribution of class materials. The availability of high school age students who are also graduates of HXNYC is an integral part of our school operation. It also makes the Huaxia experience a richer one for both student volunteers and their lower classmates.  Please click here to sign up to be a teaching assistant for 2014-2015. All positions are non-paying. Will receive community service certification at end of school year. 文化与生活 - Academics & Culture 《文芽》第43期  毕业班专辑 主编  宋元鹏  徐飞鸿                         网络 主编  张天羽 团队 沈丹菲  周珺  朱可沁   董楚琪  林 润炎   陈融华 鸣谢本期供稿老师： 陈绍平  李冬梅  殷常红 作者  肖唯  郭淑琳  熊隽  李欣惟  王嘉木  梁安迪  陈依华  唐仁  林博文 社区新闻 – Community News Westchester Summer Outing Hosted by WACA 威郡仲夏日 Date: Saturday,July 12,2014 Time: 1pm-4pm Place: Yosemite Park, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tickets： Adult: $8, Senior/Child: $5 For more details, please click here. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe Huaxia New York Central Chinese School 75 Grasslands Road Valhalla, NY 10595

[Melissa Zheng]

Michael,

1) Why I have to go through you before August 1? Are you the Principal already?

2) Why you think it is okay to publish the team roster without the Board's approval? Is Lijie the Board?

From: Michael Sun <micha...@gmail.com>
To: Melissa Zheng <mqz...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Lijie Cheng <lijie...@yahoo.com>; "hxnyc...@googlegroups.com" <hxnyc...@googlegroups.com>; Jenny Chien <jenny....@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: eNews-06-29-2014 - Preview

Melissa, 

The decision to publish the team roaster is mine, after consultation with Lijie. If you have any question, please talk to me directly, In the mean time, please refrain from sending instructions to the Admin team member without going through me. 

Thanks,

Michael

[CHEN Zhong]

至董事会，至选举委员会，至顾问委员会全体：

Melissa于六月二十四日提出了关于立洁学校会员身份的正式疑问，现在还没有见到立洁的答复。我赞赏立洁为学校花费的心血，但是我不理解这样一个简单的问题，为什么至今没有答复？可能的答案有两个：

（1）立洁确实不符合学校 bylaw 的要求，不是学校会员，没有选举和被选举的资格。
（2）立洁符合学校的要求，但是她没有时间或选择不答复。从立洁去年一年热心为学校工作的风格来看，我不认为原因是这一条。

那么，如果按照现有 bylaw 立洁没有学校会员身份而成为学校董事甚至董事长，这个选举委员会的重大集体失误不仅会给学校名誉造成恶劣影响，我们学校可能会成为别人口中的笑柄，而且根据学校不久前的历史，还有可能给学校再次带来法律纠纷。

所以，为了保护学校的利益，我把这个问题提交现董事会，建议立即召开紧急董事会会议，商量解决这个问题。

这份邮件同时抄送至选举委员会，顾问委员会全体，以及立洁，希望立洁能配合学校立即解决。我再次感谢立洁为学校作出的贡献，并支持她解决这个问题后成为学校的下一任董事长。

以上，

陈忠

[Melissa Zheng]

Hi Chen Zhong,

Thank you very much for your email and for your concern about our school.

I will set up a special Board meeting on Friday, 7/11 at 9PM to discuss the below issue.

Election Committee members and Advisory Committee members will be invited to this meeting. Lijie can also attend the meeting to clarify her member status. If she can provide information to the Board and Election committee before the meeting, it will be the most helpful.

Meanwhile, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Melissa

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Sorry,  I won't be available due to the change in the Friday evening, Let me know if it could change to other time. 

Julian

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[Melissa Zheng]

Dear Board Members,

Due to some scheduling conflict from a few people, this meeting will be rescheduled to 9PM, next Friday, 7/18.

Advisory Committee Members are invited. Election Committee members don't need to join.

Agenda of the meeting:

1) Approve 2014-2015 Administration Team roster

2) Lijie Cheng's Membership Status and its impact to our school.  

3) If Bylaw is not followed and exception is made, what will be the implication to future Board members and elections?

Dr. Jianran Li is invited to give us a detailed explanation of the bylaw.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thanks,

Melissa

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Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2014 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁

[Keling Cheng]

Hi Melissa,

Election committee plan to have a meeting to review Lijie's status next Friday 7/18, 9 PM. 

Can you reschedule your meeting or I will reschedule my meeting to next Thursday .

Thanks

Keling

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[Melissa Zheng]

Keling,

That's great. Thanks for letting us know. Previously you have expressed your job was completed and you didn't want to have any meeting anymore, so I thought you didn't want to be bothered. I am glad you changed your mind. It is unnecessary to have a separate meeting because all Board members are Election Committee members. Please join our Friday meeting. I invited all Advisory Committee members as well because they are our past leaders with lots of experiences and integrity. We should all discuss and reach agreement.

Thanks,

Melissa

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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:39 PM

[Keling Cheng]

Dear Melissa,

Thanks for your invitation, election committee will join the meeting, I thought my job is done，but unfortunately we still have some unclear questions regarding Lijie's status to elect as the board member. This needs to be review and make a final decision.

Election committee only have one agenda for this meeting, review Lijie's status, vote for any unclear issues regarding this year's election.

Can I have 9:00PM to 9:40PM to discuss Lijie's status, then election committee can leave if they want.

Again, my sincere thanks to everyone for the suggestion and support for this year's election.

Please send us the conference call number.

Thanks

Keling


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> On Jul 10, 2014, at 11:04 PM, "'Melissa Zheng' via hxnyelectioncommittee" <hxnyelecti...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Agenda

[Melissa Zheng]

Keiling,

Thank you very much for your flexibility.

I hope everyone join the meeting with the goal to discuss, agree and resolve issues instead of just using votes to solve critical issues. Otherwise, for the issues don't follow bylaw, we should have an all member voting. It will not be something the Election Committee or the Board can decide since the tuition paying members of the school are the highest legislative body of our school. Just want to remind everyone this critical point before you join the meeting.

Please bring facts about Lijie Cheng's status to the meeting, share with everyone the bylaw terms, its impact to our school and to future Board Members status/election. Have you checked Lijie's stauts? Could you send it to us? I sent an email to the Election Committee a month ago and have not gotten an answer?

Yes, we can discuss the Election Committee issue then the Board will move on to other topics.

Thanks,

Melissa 

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To: Melissa Zheng <mqz...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁

>
> Agenda

[Keling Cheng]

Hi Mellisa,

For some reason your emails always go to junk fold, I have asked others, they have the same problem, if I didn't answer your email on time , please forgive me, I will try to resolve this email issues.

Thanks

Keling

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[Melissa Zheng]

Keling,

I have been accused of my email is "junk emails" in the past. It is okay. As long as you can find it in your "junk" folder and still finds value and respond, I deeply appreciate. If we lead a school, we have to endure criticism from time to time. As long as we are doing the right thing for the school, it is understandable.

Thank you,

Melissa

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[Keling Cheng]

Hi Mellisa,

Don't take it the wrong way, I will call you to explain. Please ask others , I am not cheating. 

I am headache for this email issues too, when this happened before, I thought I have fixed the issue, and also keep going to the fold to check , I take it very serious, not a joke.

 

I should have called you, not send email , sorry again.

Keling

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[Melissa Zheng]

No worries. We are good. No need to call. I understand. You are always kind hearted.

[ZW Wohlers]

Hi Melissa,

Since BOARD has split view of Lijie's membership status, I would suggest to have advisory BOARD to host Friday meeting.

 

I also think election committee meeting should be held separately and prior to this meeting.

Thanks!

Aiping
 

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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:04:07 -0700
From: hxnyelecti...@googlegroups.com

Subject: Re: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁

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[Melissa Zheng]

Aiping,

1) How did you know the BOARD has split view of Lijie's membership status before our Board meeting? Did you talk to everyone already?

2) What is Lijie's Membership Status? Did you have some fact we don't have? Could you share?

Thanks,

Melissa

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To: "mqz...@yahoo.com" <mqz...@yahoo.com>; Keling Cheng <cheng...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "chen...@yahoo.com" <chen...@yahoo.com>; "hxnyc...@googlegroups.com" <hxnyc...@googlegroups.com>; HXNYCADVISORYBOARD <hxnycadvi...@googlegroups.com>; "lijie...@yahoo.com" <lijie...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 11:52 AM
Subject: RE: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁 -

Hi Melissa,

Since BOARD has split view of Lijie's membership status, I would suggest to have advisory BOARD to host Friday meeting.

 

I also think election committee meeting should be held separately and prior to this meeting.

Thanks!

Aiping
 

[ZW Wohlers]

You know the facts, so why do you ask me?
 

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[Melissa Zheng]

 I thought you have some other facts we might not have because you said the Board has split view of Lijie's membership status. How could the Board has split view about FACTS?

According to my understanding, all Board members have promised to lead the school according to BYLAW. Thank you all.

From: ZW Wohlers <billa...@hotmail.com>
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You know the facts, so why do you ask me?
 

[ZW Wohlers]

Election committee handled the election, if there is any issue, the committee should come up with resolutions first. 
 
 

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:07:19 -0700

[Keling Cheng]

Hi Aiping,

Thanks for your suggestion. 

If It will not be something the Election Committee or the Board can decide , I agree to let advisory BOARD to host Friday meeting.

Thanks

Keling

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[chenzhong]

Aiping, 

Since you have repeatedly stressed that you will follow the school bylaw, I stand on the same ground with you.  I am WITH you and I don't see any split in opinion between youself and myself.

Chenzhong

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Subject: RE: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁 -

You know the facts, so why do you ask me?
 

[Melissa Zheng]

What did the BYLAW say, everyone? I just called the Board Meeting according to the BYLAW and invited the Advisory Committee and Election Committee. Is there anything in the BYLAW say I should do otherwise?

From: Keling Cheng <cheng...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁 -

Hi Aiping,

Thanks for your suggestion. 

If It will not be something the Election Committee or the Board can decide , I agree to let advisory BOARD to host Friday meeting.

Thanks

Keling

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On Jul 11, 2014, at 12:13 PM, ZW Wohlers <billa...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Election committee handled the election, if there is any issue, the committee should come up with resolutions first. 
 
 

[Ying Zhou]

Dear all,

I am very busy at work,  almost work day and night.  See these emails very late.  Personally I don't understand why this was raised after election.  I think Lijie has made outstanding contributions to our school and she is a valid and valuable member.  I dragged a section from bylaw and pasted in below.  Please take a look.

I agree with Keling and Aiping that we should ask advisory committee to join the meeting if we are going to discuss this since they know bylaws very well.

Best,

Ying

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" 5.02.3 In order to be eligible for election to the Board of Directors, a candidate must be a current Voting Member in good standing with a registered student in the School. The candidate must submit a written petition to the Election Committee with the signatures of two percent (2%) of the Voting Members stating which position the candidate intends to seek within two (2) weeks of the announcement of the open positions. The candidate should disclose his position as a director of any other organization(s). The sitting Principal and Chairperson of the Parents Council may run for a term on the Board of Directors in the following School Year provided they announce their intent to run immediately after the Board of Directors announces the open positions. "

Page 6 of HXNYC ByLaw of March 2012

The last sentence states clearly that the " sitting Principal and Chairperson of the Parents Council may run for a term on the Board of the Directors . . . . ".

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To: Keling Cheng <cheng...@yahoo.com>

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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 11:16 AM

[Ying Zhou]

Sorry, forgot to mention that I think it is better to let advisory committee and election committee to host this meeting.

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To: Melissa Zheng <mqz...@yahoo.com>; Keling Cheng <cheng...@yahoo.com>

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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 2:46 PM

[Melissa Zheng]

All,

Since Ying Zhou brought up the BYLAW, let's look at them together and tell us someone didn't pay tuition last year is a voting member or not:

4.01.1  Adult students (18 years old and over) and parents or guardians of minors who are registered students in good standing and attend the School as reflected in the records of the School’s Secretary qualify to serve as Voting Members of the School. Students must register for at least one class each semester and non-adult students must register for at least one language class each semester. The School may also have non-voting Honorary Members as provided in Section 4.01.2. Voting Members must pay tuition and follow the School Bylaws, Codes and Regulations.

 

4.01.2 The Board of Directors may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, grant a permanent Honorary Membership to any person who is not a Voting Member but who has made significant contributions to the School or whose membership in the School would confer an extraordinary benefit to the School. Anyone who has served on the Board of Directors or as Principal or Chairperson of the Parents Council, or has been teaching at the School for 10 years or over will become a lifetime Honorary Member after he/she ceases to be a Voting Member without Cause. All Honorary Members shall be non-voting Members.

4.04.8 The Election Committee, with a total of eleven  members, will consist of the non-Candidate Board of Director(s), Principal and PC Chairperson, provided they are not Board candidates and at least two (2) general Voting Members, who are not candidates for the Board. The Voting Members from the general membership shall fill all of the seats vacated by current Board members who choose to run for the Board or the Principal and/or Parents Council Chairperson if they are running for the Board.

 5.02.3 In order to be eligible for election to the Board of Directors, a candidate must be a current Voting Member in good standing with a registered student in the School. The candidate must submit a written petition to the Election Committee with the signatures of two percent (2%) of the Voting Members stating which position the candidate intends to seek within two (2) weeks of the announcement of the open positions. The candidate should disclose his position as a director of any other organization(s). The sitting Principal and Chairperson of the Parents Council may run for a term on the Board of Directors in the following School Year provided they announce their intent to run immediately after the Board of Directors announces the open positions. "

5.06.2  A Board member shall not be able to vote on his/her own appointment or election candidacy. A Board member shall not be able to vote on any matter involving him/her personally or his/her immediate family member.

Let's not just look at one sentence. We are all intelligent people. Let's look at all of them.

Thanks,

Melissa

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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: 至董事会的提议 - 关于程立洁

Dear all,

I am very busy at work,  almost work day and night.  See these emails very late.  Personally I don't understand why this was raised after election.  I think Lijie has made outstanding contributions to our school and she is a valid and valuable member.  I dragged a section from bylaw and pasted in below.  Please take a look.

I agree with Keling and Aiping that we should ask advisory committee to join the meeting if we are going to discuss this since they know bylaws very well.

Best,

Ying

********************************************

" 5.02.3 In order to be eligible for election to the Board of Directors, a candidate must be a current Voting Member in good standing with a registered student in the School. The candidate must submit a written petition to the Election Committee with the signatures of two percent (2%) of the Voting Members stating which position the candidate intends to seek within two (2) weeks of the announcement of the open positions. The candidate should disclose his position as a director of any other organization(s). The sitting Principal and Chairperson of the Parents Council may run for a term on the Board of Directors in the following School Year provided they announce their intent to run immediately after the Board of Directors announces the open positions. "

Page 6 of HXNYC ByLaw of March 2012

The last sentence states clearly that the " sitting Principal and Chairperson of the Parents Council may run for a term on the Board of the Directors . . . . ".