1	Hong Kong Texas Exes Annual General Meeting Communication March 11, 2006
2	Report 2005/06
3	Activities Last Year Total 17 activities AGM/Texas Independence Day Dinner 7 Regular Happy Hour Gatherings Happy Hour/Karaoke Gathering Dinner with Executive Director of Texas Exes Barbeque Party 3 Texas Football Game Viewings Thanksgiving Gathering Longhorn Bowl Game Live Viewing Party Spring Dinner Dropped activities Special Happy Hour Gatherings with Current/Newly Returned Students (no emphasis on “guests”) New Student Orientation (No new students) Hong Kong Texas Exes Scholarship (No eligible students) King of Mahjong Tournament (Very limited interest)
4	Activities in Coming Year New Student Orientation (?) Regular Happy Hour Gatherings Happy Hour/Karaoke Gathering Barbecue Party Texas Football Game Viewings Thanksgiving Gathering Longhorn Bowl Game Live Viewing Party Spring Dinner Dropped None
5	Calendar for Members (Tentative) 4/7 Happy Hour Gathering 5/12 Happy Hour/Karaoke Gathering 6/2 Happy Hour Gathering 7/7 Happy Hour Gathering 7/15 New Student Orientation 8/6 Barbeque Party 9/1 Happy Hour Gathering 10/6 Happy Hour Gathering
6	Calendar for Members (continued) (Tentative) 11/3 Happy Hour Gathering 11/25 Thanksgiving Dinner TBD Longhorn Bowl Game Viewing Party 1/5 Happy Hour Gathering 2/2 Happy Hour Gathering 3/5 Texas Independence Day + Spring Dinner and Annual General Meeting Texas Football Games Viewing
7	Scholarship (for 2007) Awarded to Hong Kong Students with good academic results and leadership Currently US$200 Voluntary contribution is appreciated Naming right open for interested alumni – Please contact us!
8	Executive Committee Appointed Miss Celine Lok Economics 2002 Appointed Mr Edgar Ho Computer Science / Economics 2003 Members interested in being an executive committee member please contact us
9	Executive Committee President: Victor Nip (MBA 1996) Internal Vice-President: Benjamin Chang (BSEE 1983) External Vice-President: Celine Lok (Economics 2002) Treasurer: Carl Sung (MBA 2003) Councilor: Edgar Ho (Computer Science/Economics 2003) Relations Officer: Calra Hong (Non UT graduate)
10	Membership Fee HKTX needs financial resources to take risks and organize grander activities Membership fee is voluntary 15 members paid up membership fees in fiscal year, including 2 life membership, lifting the cash balance to more than HK$4000 Membership fees strongly encouraged Event discounts Honored for financial contribution Lifetime membership – HK$750 or US$100 Annual membership – HK$100 or US$15 Donation of an amount of your choosing welcomed Paid members may opt to pay the balance between the life membership fee and annual membership fee before expiry of annual membership fee (HK$650 or US$85) to become a paid life member
11	Cash Balance Increased from about $1,000 to about $3,000 due to voluntary membership fees and donations
12	Internet Stuffs Email address: hongkong@alumni.utexas.net Web site: http://www.hktx.org/ One of the few international chapter sites Activity calendar + Event photos Member information and refer an alumnus Greeting cards UT Links
13	Stay in Touch with UT Get your own @alumni.utexas.net address: http://services.texasexes.org/ Update your information at TexasExes.org Update your information at Hong Kong Texas Exes web site List your business in Texas Orange Pages: www.texasorangepages.org
14	What We Need from You? Your participation Your ideas Tell you Texas Ex friends about us and ask them to register for free @ hktx.org Voluntary contribution
15	History of Hong Kong Texas Exes
16	History of HKTX – Pre-HKTX Pre-2000 A group of alumni led by Andrew Lee called “Horns of Hong Kong” was in existence 2000 Two alumni, Ken Soh and Richard So, created a virtual group for Texas Exes in Hong Kong in eCircle in May/June
17	History of HKTX – Early Years 2001 International Alumni Relations Director Ms Nancy Kocurek visited Hong Kong in January with Flying Longhorns and discussed the possibility to organize the alumni in Hong Kong A happy hour gathering was organized by Richard So in March eCircle was closed in April; Victor Nip moved all data in eCircle to Intranets.com, and gave the name “Hong Kong Texas Exes” to the group Benjamin Chang volunteered to organize the April Happy Hour Intranets.com was no longer a free service in June; Victor Nip created the Hong Kong Texas Exes web site in GeoCities: the site is one of the few web sites of international chapters Benjamin Chang and Victor Nip volunteered to co-chair the group 2002 Nancy Kocurek began locating Texas Exes in Hong Kong in January Benjamin spearheaded the first “Book Prize” to current Hong Kong student at UT First Texas Independence Day Dinner was held in March Victor Nip was formally recognized as Local Contact by Texas Exes Hong Kong Texas Exes was formally recognized as the local chapter in Hong Kong Hong Kong Texas Exes adopted the “Horns of Hong Kong” logo
18	History of HKTX – Recent Years 2003 The HKTX.org web site was launched, replacing the old web site at GeoCities 2005 First formal AGM was held right before Texas Independence Day Dinner Members may pay voluntary membership fee starting from May. 2006 First formal committee was formed AGM/Texas Independence Day/5-Year Anniversary Dinner is held to commemorate the 5-year anniversary

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