NCCMA INAUGURATION SPEECH

           Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests! I’m very honored to be here today

as Northern California Chinese Media Association’s 18^thPresident! NCCMA was established in 1992 when our Chinese Media predecessors, including our Honorary President Mr. Franklin Wu, felt the need to gather together all Chinese media to help Eastern and Southern China flood victims. Over the past 18 years, the NCCMA members have reported on and raised funds for major disasters such as the Southeast Asia Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, China Sichuan Earthquake, Taiwan Earthquake and so on. Today our members continue to provide our audience with the latest news about Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, and coordinate fundraising efforts for the victims in Japan!

      The Northern California Chinese Media Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Current membership includes nineteen organizations from the print media, which include newspapers and magazines, electronic media, which include radio and television broadcasters, and new media, which include internet companies. I remember 2 years ago, when Ms Lily Chou became the President of NCCMA, she talked about change. Today I will talk about unity. I hope all Chinese media will be united, not for their own sake or benefit, but for the interest of the people in our community. People that reply on media to get the latest government policies, resources, and news. For the past 18 years, members of NCCMA, through their respective media organizations, have provided Northern California's Chinese community with unbiased, timely, and detailed news and entertainment programs. The NCCMA is dedicated to protecting the rights and welfare of the local Chinese community and keeping them abreast of current issues in the United States, Asia and the world. I sincerely invite those who have left NCCMA to come back to our family.

       This year, we have 2 goals. One is to continue with our signature event, our annual awards fundraising dinner. I hope all of you will support the organization by committing to the sponsorship of a table or an even higher level of sponsorship. The other goal is to organize a Voter Registration Campaign. We have our first Chinese American Mayor Ed Lee in San Francisco, the first Chinese American and female Mayor Jean Quan in Oakland. Maybe one day we will have the first Asian American Governor in California or even the first Asian American President of the United States! To achieve this, we need all Asians to work together and vote. So the Voter Registration Campaign will bring awareness to our audience and readers, and encourage more people to come out and vote. United we can achieve our goal!

      This inauguration ceremony preparation really shows unity among Northern California Chinese Media Association members. I would like to especially thank our first Vice President Karman Liu, second Vice President David Pang, Secretary Peter Ho and our member Diana Ding for your tremendous effort in putting this great event together! I would also like to thank KTSF for your great support, especially our Marketing department under the leadership of Lisa Yokota, and our Sales department folks. Also thanks to our emcees Ling Chia Ku from KTSF and Peter Ho from World Journal.

       Now I would like to introduce the 18^th NCCMA officers. Please come up to the stage when I call your name. We have:

    1^st Vice President Karman Liu from Auspicous Enterprises Inc.

    2^nd Vice President David Pang from Chinese Star Radio

    Secretary Peter Ho from World Journal

    Coordinator Brian Ho from News for Chinese

    Media Relations Iris Lei from 99people.com

    Treasurer Florence Leung from Sina.com

    Also we have Public Relations Jerry Lu from International Daily who is not here today.

    Thank you all for coming to this inauguration ceremony. This event wouldn’t be possible without your support. Please continue to support the Northern California Chinese Media Association and we hope to see you at our annual fundraising awards dinner later this year! Thank you very much for your support!!

Mina Li

President

NCCMA