USTCAF Finance Report(2012 Annual and Q1’13 Finance summary

USTCAF Finance Report2012 Annual and Q1’13 Finance summary:

USTCAF 2012 Annual Finance summary

Total assets: $999,698.

Total income $158,562 (donation $128519 , investment income $30043)

Total spending: $178,712 (USTC awards $178413 , operation cost $299 from bank service charge)

 

USTCAF Q1’13 Finance summary:

Total assets: $1,071,534 (General Fund $153,640, rest are in sub-funds). No liabilities.

Q1’13 income $57,032 (Investment income $22,534, General Fund donation $7482, rest are donation to sub-funds). $17190 is from stock donation.

Operation spending $119 ($98- AF domain fee paid for previous years, $21- Bank service charge).

 

Other major events: On Jan 14, 2013, USTCAF has officially passed the IRS audit for previous years and were re-affirmed by IRS the tax exemption under 501 (c) (3). Thanks for rigorous work done by AF board members and volunteers in the past years, and for AF volunteers in working with AF CPA firm to complete this task in the last few months (no cost incurred by USTCAF in this case).

Question of the quarter: Stock donation

If you have large gain in stock, stock donation may be a good option for tax benefits.

http://www.ustcaf.org/en/categoryblog/187-more-information-about-gift-matching-and-stock-donation

201305校园聚焦

校园聚焦:

情系校友 爱心传递

"爱心助学计划"(爱心奖学金 Goodwill Awards)是科大校友基金会推行多年的,也是迄今为止最为成功的项目。2008年,由遍及每个院系所有获得校友爱心奖助学金的同学组成了校友爱心社,社团以“社内互助,共同进步”为主要目标,以“情系校友,爱心传递”为宗旨,积极组织广大社员参与各项活动。

  • 2012年间校友爱心社常规工作包括: 趣味运动会——锻炼身体,愉悦身心,加深社员间的感情,丰富 课余生活
  • 学长计划活动——秉承着“服务社员,奉献爱心”的基本理念,利用本社的资源来帮助新一届的社员,使之尽快融入到大学生活里
  • 毕业生欢送会——表达对学长学姐们的祝福
  • 暑期社会实践——三下乡主题包括:农业科技主题调研、农村教育专题调研和与当地中学的在校学生交流活动,让同学们更多的了解了农村的教育状况与发展情况及面临的问题。增强了同学们的社会责任感与使命感。
  • 爱心传递之行——前往合肥特殊教育中心关爱聋哑孩子们。

2013伊始,爱心社启动了协同安徽太阳伞儿童慈善救助中心举办“中国科大情系乡村暑期支教志愿者招募”活动,旨在了解和帮助留守儿童,促进农村基础教育发展,同时锻炼大学生能力,培养大学生公益意识。

 

就是这样一年又一年,接受了爱心捐助的社团成员们充满激情与活力投身于爱心传递与接力,籍以学习感恩回报社会。社团组织者同时也提高了自己的能力和素质,为后续工作的开展积累经验。

校外广角:856用微信“wechat”搞定同学联络

现在看来有一个好方法解决毕业已久的同学群联络的问题了。

日前856建立了一个微信群,然后通过原先的电子邮件群和qq群向同班同学进行了推广,效果出乎意料地好!

两周时间,有39位同学加入了这个群。后期依靠同学之间的传播,估计逐渐会持续有久未联系的同学陆续加入。

重要的是,这个群的活跃程度远远高于原先的电子邮件组和qq群。看来“碎片时间”效应非常明显。

微信相比电子邮件组和qq,由于不依赖电脑和互联网。仅仅一部有数据通信功能的手机就能完成。而且阅读消息便利。应该是同学之间联络的不错的选择。

这篇短文不是做广告!如果各年级的同学们采取微信这个手段,或许能够更有效地把那些毕业后进入“睡眠”状态的校友们唤醒。毕竟人们手机的使用率远远高于电脑和网络。

201305理事会致辞

尊敬的USTCAF会员以及关注和支持AF的校友和朋友们:

在您的热情支持帮助下,中国科学技术大学海外校友基金会(USTCAF)自1995年创立至今走过了18个年头,期间首创了中国高校第一个爱心奖,并成功运作着杰出新生奖学金、科大校友奖学金、中学校友奖学金、爱心行动奖学金、优秀青年教师奖、杰出教学奖、青年科学家杰出成就奖等项目,感谢您一如既往的爱心支持!

在2012年11月,USTCAF进行了年度会员选举大会,完成了新一届AF理事会的选举工作,新一届理事会已经开始工作。2013年度,为了基金会的持续发展,AF理事会决定成立秘书处,秘书处的职能涵盖会员服务、与校方联络、网站维护及newsletter编撰以及奖项执行等事务,在AF理事会领导下工作。秘书处将尽力为AF会员及所有关注USTCAF的人士提供贴心及周到的服务。

理事会、秘书处在此谢谢各位并祝大家平安快乐!

中国科大校友基金会(USTCAF)2012年选举第一次公告暨征求候选者

各位中国科大校友基金会(USTCAF)的会员:

感谢您一直以来对科大校友基金会的支持!科大校友基金会是一个注册在美国特拉华州的非盈利性机构,由会员选举产生的理事会进行管理。现在,又到了选举产生新一届的中国科大校友基金会理事会的时间了。欢迎您投身参与本次选举,包括投票和参选!

选举日程

  • 本次选举的投票时间为美东时间2012年11月1号零时零分开始,美东时间2012年11月14号23时59分截止。
  • 您通过电子邮件发送的选票的时间戳(time stamp)是我们判定您的投票是否在上文提及的时间区间以内的唯一标准。其它的判定合格选票的规定请参见理事会2011版章程(章程全文见http://www.ustcaf.org/en/about-us/governance/bylaws/157-bylaws-2011,选举相关的条文见于III-4)。
  • 在本次选举中,共有十三个理事会席位开放供选举产生。其中按得票数从高到低,前十位当选理事的任期为两年,余者任期一年。详细规定见于2011版章程的III-4-p 条文。 × 本次选举,候选人的提名(可以自我提名,也可以提名他人)的截止日期是美东时间2012年10月24号(含)。以提名邮件的时间戳为准。随后我们将核查候选资格,并将在选票邮件内公布完整名单供投票。

投票权的认定:

凡在2012年10月1号那一天拥有校友基金会会员资格的各位都将有选举权。详细的会员资格的认定请参见2011版章程的III-5条文。如果您不确定您的会员资格,请与我们联系(联系方式见下)。

理事候选资格的认定(见于 2011 版章程 III-4-k条文):

  1. 候选人必须在2012年10月1号之前的180天以内维持校友基金会的会员资格(也即从2012年4月4号起就必须保有和维持有效的会员资格);
  2. 如果当选,候选人必须在未来的预计任期以内维持会员资格的连续有效性。
  3. 候选人不可以是中国科大目前的在校学生或在职雇员。
  4. 候选人在预期的校友基金会理事任期之内,不能代表校友基金会以外的实体(例如中国科大校方或其它科大校友的组织)来处理或参与校友基金会的事务。
  5. 候选人必须拥有一个有效的电子邮件地址。

如果您有意参选2012届理事会或愿意推荐他人,请不迟于10月24日(含)提交一份候选人的简短的经历,候选人声明以及联系方式。请发送邮件至This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 同时 cc给 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.。这里(http://www.ustcaf.org/en/news/latest-news/165-ustcaf-election-2011-candidates) 有过往的参选声明可供参考。

任何人向校友基金会捐赠超过20美元自动成为当年的会员,累计捐赠超过125美元则成为终身会员。如果您不想成为我们的会员或者收到我们的邮件,请联系我们。

中国科大校友基金会从它在美国特拉华州的建立(1996年)到今天已经走过了十六年的历程。它的继续征程需要您的热情参与和持续支持。

谢谢您的关注。

龚晓华 (9108) 暨2011届理事会

 

Dear USTCAF members:

Thank you for your support for the past year. As a member of the USTC AF, a non-profit organization registered in the state of Delaware, you elect our board of directors, which manages the organization on behalf of the members.

It is the time to elect a new Governing Board of USTCAF (GB2012). You are cordially encouraged to run for a directorship at the Governing Board or to cast your votes during the election.

ELECTION SCHEDULE:

  • The Voting period of Election 2012 will begin at 12:01AM on November 1, 2012 and end at 11:59PM on November 14, 2012, both in US Eastern Time (in which time district USTCAF is registered).
  • The time stamp of your email ballot will be the only criteria to decide whether your ballot is within or outside the voting period.
  • The Article III-4-p of USTCAF Bylaws 2011 (http://www.ustcaf.org/en/about-us/governance/bylaws/157-bylaws-2011) governs that there are in total thirteen (13) seats open for Election 2012 and up to ten (10) newly elected directors with the most for-votes will get two-year term while the rest one-year term.
  • The deadline for nomination (including self-nomination or nomination of other candidates) is October 24, 2012, US Eastern Time. The time stamp of the nomination email will be checked before we process the contents of nomination.

RIGHT OF VOTE:

  • Any valid USTCAF members on the date of October 1, 2012 will have the right to vote during Election 2012.
  • For details on the USTCAF membership rules, please refer to articles in Bylaws 2011 III-5.
  • Please inquire us if you are not sure whether you would have right of vote.

Governing Board CANDIDACY QUALIFICATIONS (per Article III-4-k of Bylaws 2011):

  1. The candidate must have been a member of USTCAF for 180 days or more from the date of October 1, 2012;
  2. The candidate must maintain a valid membership status during the whole duration of his/her expected GB term if elected;
  3. The candidate shall not be a current student or employee of USTC;
  4. The candidate shall not, on behalf of entities other than USTCAF, handle or expect to handle USTCAF’s matters during the expected GB term;
  5. The candidate must have electronic mail access;

If you want to run for a seat in GB2012 or want to nominate another person, Please submit a brief biography, a candidacy statement, and the contact information of the nominee(s) on or before October 24, 2012, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and cc: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For sample candidacy statements, please take a look at http://www.ustcaf.org/en/news/latest-news/165-ustcaf-election-2011-candidates

The USTC AF grants regular membership to anyone donating $20 or more in a given year, and lifetime membership to anyone donating $125 or more cumulatively. If you do not wish to receive further communications from us, and/or wish to resign your membership, please let us know.

USTCAF (www.ustcaf.org) has gone through 16 years of continued growth since its foundation in 1995 in the State of Delaware, USA. USTCAF needs your passion and continued support to guide her through the future years, to become a stronger foundation and to continue on its mission of promoting and building a stronger USTC community.

USTCAF needs more people like you, who care about USTC and USTCers’ community, to serve on the board and to carry on AF’s missions.

Best regards,

Xiaohua Gong (9108) On behalf of USTCAF GB2011

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