Press Release

[Bobby Tran]

I got this so far.

 

Tell me what you think.

 

Thanks all,

 

Bobby

[Khoa Nguyen]

It looks good to me.

[Vo, Nhan - BLS]

Dear Tr. Bobby

Check the attached doc. It may help to edit out press release.

Tr. Nhan

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Tran
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:51 PM
To: VR...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Press Release

[Thanh Nguyen]

looks good.

bobby: roger on the 530.

Thanh T Nguyen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vo, Nhan - BLS" <Vo....@bls.gov>
Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:44 pm
Subject: RE: Press Release
To: VR...@googlegroups.com


> Dear Tr. Bobby
>  Check the attached doc. It may help to edit out press release.
>  Tr. Nhan
> 
>  ________________________________
> 

[Khoa Nguyen]

Bobby,

 

I looked it over last night so I can get it translated and found some repeated information so I edited down a little following the format Tr. Nhan sent.  Tell me what you all think so I can get it translated by tomorrow morning.

 

Tyler.
 

[Khoa Nguyen]

Oh also, if they interview you don't forget to say we need lots of help still so everybody has to join or else.

[Bobby Tran]

i changed one thing. we always say give thanks. its starting to sound like thanksgiving. i changed it to "express their communities appreciation"
we could say "express the Vietnamese community appreciation to ...."

tell me what you think. you can call me ill be out of the office the rest of the week.

[Khoa Nguyen]

If you put "Vietnamese community" in there then that sentence will have the word Vietnam 3 times.  Even if we use just the word "appreciation" it will make it a repeat of the first sentence of paragraph 3.  I thought about getting rid of it completely in the first paragraph but then that would make our intro a little limp.  I don't really have a problem with "giving thanks" since it's not repeated anywhere else and since it's part of the original recruitment letter, I can just use the viet translation there.

[Bobby Tran]

i think express has more impact since we arnt just saying thank you and we are done. we doing more stuff.

either way we doesnt matter to me.

[Khoa Nguyen]

well how about instead of "giving thanks" we use "express our gratitude."

[Lan Le]

Great job, young masters!!!  The Press Release is half way there!!!  Please do not send the Press Release just yet; I'll need to fine-tune the format and some verbiage a bit...I will edit it when I get home today from NAVASA...

Truong Lan

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Tran
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:11 AM
To: VR...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: Press Release

[Khoa Nguyen]

Thank you Chi Lan.  Would it be too much trouble for you to translate the document to Vietnamese?  I don't have the program and it would save a lot of time for me to go around looking for translators as Bobby and Tr. Nhan will need it by Friday night so they can print it out during their trip to CA.

Tyler.

[Lan Le]

no problem...I'll work on it tonight after my Happy Hours...hiccups...

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Khoa Nguyen
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 5:43 PM

[Sam "TheVST" Dang]

Tr. Lan~

Did you cite some inappropriateness in the logo and asked for a
retouch? Please let me know what you wanted to touchup. Thanks~

-sam
(c)240.328.3425

[Lan Le]

Guys,

Attached are both English & VN versions of the revised Press Release for your peruse.

I mentioned to Sam earlier abt refining the logo a bit.  Once that is done, you can replace the current logo w/ the modified version before circulating the PRs.

I'm going to get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz now.

Tr. Lan

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Tran

Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:11 AM
To: VR...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: Press Release

[Lan Le]

I made some corrections...

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lan Le
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 3:09 AM
To: VR...@googlegroups.com
Cc: 'Vo, Nhan - BLS'; votha...@aol.com; 'Sam Dang'
Subject: Revised Press Releases--English & Vietnamese

[Lan Le]

I talked to the rep at Odyssey regarding the Appreciation Gala on the Odyssey.  She will work on the pricing and let me know in a couple of days so that we can start our fund raising campaign.  The Odyssey has a 500 capacity but the largest room can only fit up to 200 people.

 

Right now, all the dates are open, but I was thinking of securing Friday, Oct 30 for the Gala.  Reasons:

(1) it's cheaper than doing it on Sat.  After 3 days of touring and conferencing in DC, Friday would be a perfect day to enjoy and relax.  Then, Sat. they can wrap up and get ready for Sunday departure.

(2) this is the Friday b/f Halloween, so we can do a "Masquerade" theme--NOT a cheap Halloween costume party though.  This has more class...people can come in dressed up to our theme.  I will come up with a theme.

(3) We can have a live band or DJ. 

(4) They will work with us on our program, so I will get very creative to make this a memorable event.

(5) We can have full open bar or partial open bar.

 

Will keep you all posted.

Cheers.

Tr. Lan

 

[Bobby Tran]

Chi Lan,

Thank you for all the info and the great ideas, but i dont believe that follows our direction. I believe the team decided to do have the Gala the first week of November. I think we all need to discuss any major changes before we proceed. We have a meeting next tuesday, so we can discuss any changes there.

Thanks,

Bobby

[Lan Le]

that is not a problem either...if the team wanted to do it in Nov. just let me know the date of your preference; then I can lock it in.  I only suggested that date just as an idea, but it's not set in stone. 

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From: VR...@googlegroups.com [mailto:VR...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Tran

Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:22 PM
To: VR...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Odyssey