Re: Purposes

[Lets Help China]

Hi Charming,

 

Sorry, I thought you sent the email to our group address so Maggie would have seen it. As for the name of the organization, a more gerneral name would be good for us since we may do different projects in the future.

 

 

Hi Maggie,

 

Can you please take a look?

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Charming <charmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

I did some revision on Else's version, may you ask for Maggie's comment on this?

"Chinese Council of America (CCoA), being formed by a few Chinese Americans, will be a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization with a mission to help Chinese students from orphanages and under-privileged families finish their K to 12 education in China, and further to promote leadership learning opportunities for them inside China or in the United States.

With very limited resources, CCoA intends to work primarily to provide financial support to Chinese orphans. CCoA also aims to maximize and leverage its resources by collaborating with other not-for-profit organizations on a case-by-case basis."

Jay's asking his friend about some legal issue on the registration.

Charmaine

By the way, when my friend heard of the name of CCoA, she got confused, here's what she thought: "It sounds to me like a Chinese organization instead of an American one. Chinese Council of America? To me, the name connotes some Chinese organization concerned about the whole America. That's a bit too ambitious and ambiguous." 

[Lets Help China]

Hi Charming, 

Sorry for the delay. I just asked Maggie to proofread the passage below and here is what she replied. 

"with a mission to asisst Childrent from orphanages and under-privileged families to finish their K to 12 education in China，and possiblely to pursue furthur education and study in China and the United States.

With limited resources, CCoA plans to work primarily to provide financial support to Chinese orphans. CCoA also aims to maximize and leverage its resources by collaborating with other not-for-profit organizations on as needed basis。

hope this helps, 

Alex

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Charming <charmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

I did some revision on Else's version, may you ask for Maggie's comment on this?

"Chinese Council of America (CCoA), being formed by a few Chinese Americans, will be a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization with a mission to help Chinese students from orphanages and under-privileged families finish their K to 12 education in China, and further to promote leadership learning opportunities for them inside China or in the United States.

With very limited resources, CCoA intends to work primarily to provide financial support to Chinese orphans. CCoA also aims to maximize and leverage its resources by collaborating with other not-for-profit organizations on a case-by-case basis."

Jay's asking his friend about some legal issue on the registration.

Charmaine

By the way, when my friend heard of the name of CCoA, she got confused, here's what she thought: "It sounds to me like a Chinese organization instead of an American one. Chinese Council of America? To me, the name connotes some Chinese organization concerned about the whole America. That's a bit too ambitious and ambiguous." 

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[Charming]

Hi Alex,

Do you think the purpose is still narrowly defined? According to the comment from Jay's friend, we may get trouble in the future if we try to do something beyond the scope stated..

Charmaine

[Lets Help China]

HI Charming,

 

Yes. I agree with Jay's friend. That's actually the reason I wanted to have a general name over a more specific one for our organization. I would probablly add one more paragraph like:

 

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CCoA will also seek to promote leadership training for young Chinese and raise people's awareness in social responsibility and reducing extreme porverty. CCoA, being an organizaiton based in New York, we will work closely with sister organizations in both CHina and New York to carry out projects that may benefit the Chinese public, especially the Chinese youth generation.

 

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I think the main themes we should focus on are: Education, Youth Leadership and Anti extreme poverty. 

 

Hi Jay,

 

Is it possible to bring your friend to one of our meetings? It will be very helpful since she has the experience in this.

 

Thanks,

 

Alex 

 

 

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Charming <charmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

Do you think the purpose is still narrowly defined? According to the comment from Jay's friend, we may get trouble in the future if we try to do something beyond the scope stated..

Charmaine

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Lets Help China <letshe...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Charming, 

Sorry for the delay. I just asked Maggie to proofread the passage below and here is what she replied. 

"with a mission to asisst Childrent from orphanages and under-privileged families to finish their K to 12 education in China，and possiblely to pursue furthur education and study in China and the United States.

With limited resources, CCoA plans to work primarily to provide financial support to Chinese orphans. CCoA also aims to maximize and leverage its resources by collaborating with other not-for-profit organizations on as needed basis。

hope this helps, 

Alex

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Charming <charmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

I did some revision on Else's version, may you ask for Maggie's comment on this?

"Chinese Council of America (CCoA), being formed by a few Chinese Americans, will be a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization with a mission to help Chinese students from orphanages and under-privileged families finish their K to 12 education in China, and further to promote leadership learning opportunities for them inside China or in the United States.

With very limited resources, CCoA intends to work primarily to provide financial support to Chinese orphans. CCoA also aims to maximize and leverage its resources by collaborating with other not-for-profit organizations on a case-by-case basis."

Jay's asking his friend about some legal issue on the registration.

Charmaine

By the way, when my friend heard of the name of CCoA, she got confused, here's what she thought: "It sounds to me like a Chinese organization instead of an American one. Chinese Council of America? To me, the name connotes some Chinese organization concerned about the whole America. That's a bit too ambitious and ambiguous." 

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[myao3...@aol.com]

hi: Dear Alex and All:

 

The emphasis on Education is a great shift on your part...as the saying goes: teach one how to fish instead of just tossing a fish over...No money of money is ever enough to be wasted in the system and along the way if the ideology and awareness are not being worked on...I

 

 I cheer for your sense and sensibility and best wishes for LHCP!

 

Warm Regards,

Maggie Yao

[Lets Help China]

Or as it says: "Education is the only way to Freedom!". 

Since you live in China, where most of our projects will be carried out, I look forward to working with you in China in the future. 

Thanks,

Alex

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