The Yee Fung Toy Global Village Voice
風采電子季刊 |
Issue 32 | www.yeefungtoy.org/newsletter | 2012/09/15 |
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In this Issue:Message from the EditorYFT Chapter Reports
What is in the Next Issue?Message from the EditorWelcome to the 32nd issue of the Yee Fung Toy Global Village Voice, an electronic newsletter for the World Yee community. In this issue we are featuring Summer activities from the Yee family associations around the world. The 5th World Yee Convention and The 16th Yee Fung Toy Society of Canada National Convention were held successfully from August 4th - August 7th, 2012 - in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 24th US National Yee
Fung Toy Convention is also held successfully from
August 11th - August 14th, 2012 in Seattle, WA. Details of these three
Conventions are linked in the contents section of this
newsletter. The World Yee Web
Committee met on Aug 13, 2012 in Seattle at the US Yee
Family 24th Convention.The main purpose of the meeting
is to renew committee memberships and elect officers for
a 3-year term. Fred Yee (Seattle)
introduced Kevin Lee (Seattle) and John Yii (Seattle) as
new committee members who can help with technical
matters. David M. Yee (Phoenix) introduced M. Cheak Yee
(Phoenix) as a feature writer and newsletter reporter
who has written, edited and published in English. Edward
Yue (Phoenix) moved and Kevin Lee seconded that M. Cheak
become a writer and reporter for the World Yee online
newsletter. John Yii nominated and
Frank Yee (New York) seconded Fred Yee for Committee
Chair. Elected by acclamation. M. Cheak Yee nominated
and David Yee seconded Frank Yee as Committee First Vice
Chair and Kenny Yee (Southern California) as 2nd Vice
Chair. Elected by acclamation. Jim Yee (Vancouver)
nominated and John Yii seconded Martin Yee (Vancouver)
as World Yee Webmaster. Elected by acclamation. William
Yu (San Francisco) and Peter Yee (Southern California)
were also added to the World Yee Web Committee. Fred Yee thanked the
Committee for their hard work, and especially the Web
Committee's past Chair David Yee who now becomes a
Committee Advisor. Fred Yee will be calling a phone
conference to discuss plans for his 3 year term as
Committee Chair. We welcome more Yee chapters to contribute events and activities reports from their locale. We thank all those who have made contributions to this issue, including:
Martin Yee, Vancouver 2012 Seattle YFT Picnic July 22
The relatively cloudy and cool weather did not dampen
the spirit for the participants who attended the 2012
Seattle Yee Fung Toy Family Association picnic held at
Woodland Park on July 22. Over a hundred participated
in this year picnic with 31 students, from
Kindergartners to College Senior received
scholarships.
Wonderful food, great prizes and mutual friendship help made this year's picnic another success.
In anticipation of the World/Canadian Yee Convention to be held in Vancouver BC from August 4-7, the Canadian Yee participated in spirits with us this year as well.
Our next scheduled event to be held in Seattle from
August 11-14 will be the 24th US National Yee
Convention. It will be a historical one, a first for
the Seattle Yees. This is a much anticipated gathering
of all the US YFT chapter delegates and we welcome all
members and friends to join us for this special event.
Photos
courtesy of Fred Yee and Steven Yee. For more picnic
photos, please click Steven Yee's photo link here. 2012 Detroit Yee Fung Toy Association Annual PicnicThe Detroit chapter Yee Fung Toy
Association picnic was held at Handy Park in
Redford, Michigan on July 15th. Attendees enjoyed a
lunch of fried chicken, pizza, chili dogs, fried
rice, noodles, and watermelon. There were games for
young and old as well as door prize and donor
raffles. We also recognized the educational
achievements of our young scholars with the
distribution of scholarship funds.
Picnic photos are courtesy of Ron
Yee and Cathie Agacinski. More photos are online, please click
here.
Edward Yee,
Detroit
New England YFT 2012 Summer Outing
The annual summer outing of New
England Yee Fong Toy this year was held at Lake
Cochituate's AmVet Post 79 in Natick on Saturday,
July 28th 2012. The number of people in attendance
was close to a hundred. The Cook Out menu included
hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken-wings, corn-on the
cob, salads, cookies, watermelons and juices. People started arrival at 10:30AM.
Members and friends arrived via various means of
transportation. Yee President, Kin-Sun supplied a
van while other members carpooled. Our Grand
President, Peter, led the team cooking on the grill
around 11:00AM. The women helped wrap the hamburgers
and hot dogs in the aluminum foil and packed the
food into box lunches. Some help on cooking corn
while others set up the table with napkins, forks,
knives, spoons, salads, cookies and juices. …etc. Melinda Du, New
England
Yee
Association 24th National Convention Completed
Successfully
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