FACSS Election 2007

Dear FACSS members, 
 
FACSS is very pleased to announce that this year we have three excellent  
presidential candidates. They are Jing Wang in Pharmaceutics, Lingtian Kong  
in Plant Biology and Hui Li in Mathematics. 
 
Please come to our annual membership meeting and exercise your right in  
voting for your FACSS president. 
 
1.Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm, April 25, Friday, 2008 
2.Location: Moos Tower 2-520 
3. Agenda: (1). Report FACSS work for 2007-2008 and explain the duties of  
FACSS board officers (2). Announce election procedures (3). Elect the  
president for 2008-2009. The elected president will automatically become  
one of the Executive Committee members. (4). Elect 4 other Executive  
Committee members for 2008-2009. The Executive Committee will have a total  
of 5 members. They represent FACSS in discharging the duties of intermal,  
external, and financial affairs. (5). Social hour: Chinese food will be  
provided. 
 
4.FACSS shall exist for the following purposes: a. To promote cultural  
diversity of the university community through promoting the Chinese  
culture; b. To strengthen contact and to promote friendship among its  
members; c. To help Chinese students and scholars with their living and  
academic adjustments. 
 
5.Who can vote: members who register before April 10th, 2008. Please bring  
your U-Card or another picture ID to the meeting. Voting ballot will be  
given after ID verification. 
 
6. Board of officers: The FACSS Board consists of student officers other  
than the Executive Committee members. These officers do have need to be  
current U of M students. Please talk to the new president and other  
Executive Committee members after the election if you are interested in  
being a FACSＳ officer. Available positions for FACSS officers  
include but are not limited to: Ｖice Ｐresident, Secretary,  
Treasurer, Director of Sports, Director of Entertainment, and Director of  
Technology. Duties of the officers are: 
 
a.Vice President: Acts as President when President is not available;  
Organizes workshops. b.Secretary: Records minutes of the monthly board  
meeting and handles all of FACSS' incoming emails. c.Treasurer: Raises  
funds and creates financial reports. d.Director of Sports: Organizes  
sporting events at least three times a year. e.Director of Entertainment:  
Organizes major festival celebrations and the weekly Movie Night on campus  
f.Director of Technology: Maintains and updates FACSS' website. 
 
We appreciate your support. 
 
FACSS Executive Committee reserves the rights to interpret this  
announcement. This announcement is based on FACSS' constitution and related  
University of Minnesota rules and policies. Please see FACSS' constitution  
at http://www.tc.umn.edu/~facss or check the attachment. 
 
FACSS Executive Committee