To achieve your dreams, remember your ABSs

Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits
Believe in yourself
consider things from every angle
Don't give up and don't give in
Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches
Give more than you planned to
Hang on to your dreams
Ignore those who try to discourage you
Just do it
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier
Love yourself first and most
Make it happen
Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal
Open your eyes and see things as they really are
Quitters never win and winner never quit
Read study and learn about everything important in your life
Stop procrastinating
Take contol of your own destiny
Understand yourself in order to better understand others
Visualize it
Want to more than anything
Xcellerate your efforts
You are unique of all God's creations nothing can replace you
Zero in on your target and go for it !

P/S hope everyone enjoys it.
Vu Nguyen

AASUCCESS KEEPING CONNECTED

AASUCCESS PROJECT LEADERSHIP/SERVICE AWARDS (7/2007-10/2007)

At its quartery meeting last week, AASuccess Board/Council unamously approved two $200 project leadership/service awards for the following AASuccess student members:

1. Elizabeth Do is recognized for her demonstration of exceptional leadership in her involvements at the following projects: The 2007 AASuccess Fundraising Project; The 2007 Moon Festival Project, and the 2007 "Blue Hawaii" Project.
2. Dell Chithpravongsa is recognized for her demonstration of exeptional service/leadership in delivering the traditional Laotian Dance and the presentation on Laos, its culture and people at the "Blue Hawaii" Event.

Projects/Services are judged on such criteria as overall project management and project success, team members' feedback, sustainability efforts, maximum conflict resolution and collaborative efforts.

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AASUCCESS' QUALITY REPORT (7/2007-10/2007)

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dhtczm5_175s5zhhs

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BUDGET ACCOUNTING:

Currently, AASuccess has $8000 dollars, of which $2000 donation is reserved exclusively for the Web Development Team; 20% of the remaining $6000 shall be put in a reserve fund, which shall be appropriated only in an emergency (currently undefined).

Wine Tasting/Silent Auction/Music Performance is set for December 15, 2007

Mai Nguyen and hopefully more seasoned members will be helping Mai on this project. Currently, Mimi, Dave, and Tam are committed to be involvedto provide critical resources and guidance, but we do need all the help wecan get from others.


January 19, 2008: College Fair/Career Fair


Christina Wadhani will initiate a project planning for this project, which is projected to have help and participations from college student fromthe colleges in the local region, e.g., James Madison, UVA, VCU, GMU, GWU,and MDU. AASUCCESS Board/Council disucssed and moved the motion in favor for a preliminary meeting with Christina and her points of contact soon. Early November is the deadline for finalizing the collaborative project.

Formation of Committees is approved unaminously

AASuccess Members: Please review the following links and return the the completely filled forms to us by November 10, 2007.

http://www.aasuccess.org/Internal%20Structure.html

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df23bkj3_75f4fwhh

Dell's own reflection after the completion of her projects at the "Blue Hawaii" Event:

This project was my favorite one I've ever taken on! I never lead a whole project "on my own" before and the experience was fun! I got to improve my leadership skills that I now use in school (as Vice President of my Asian American Club). Through the process of finding dancers I had to chose my best friends because after all these years of being friends, they have never gotten the "taste" of the Laotian culture. The first practice was the most stressful and most unproductive because everyone was tired after a long day of school fundraising and honestly, some of the dancers didn't even want to be there. As the dance practices progressed I felt that the dancers and I bonded together better than we had before. I was surprised because one of my dancers didn't want to dance because he "claimed" that he didn't know the others, but in the end everyone got along well and I was very satisfied. The dancers managed to learn the Laotian dance so quickly and effectively and such a short amount of time. We even made minor to large changes in the routine when asked to on the spot. The final performance was not as good as practices but it was still a good performance that everyone enjoyed. Other than being off a few times we had a blast on the dance floor. As I looked around at my friends dancing I could see the smiles on their faces and how they were enjoying themselves. Now that it is all over I am a little sad. The bond that was built around the dance and the whole performing experience is something that I would always remember. -- -Dell Chithpravongsa
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As always, we welcome your feedback on this AAS weekly News or any other issue. Please also submit your interesting news to us. Please e-mail to aasteam@aasuccess.org

AASuccess

Hope Concert/3/Days from now

So the Hope Concert is three days from today, and it seems like Khoa and Vu are are promptly sending out emails left and right to update students on the situation of that day. They are working hard to ensure that the organization aspect of the project is smooth and fulfills all the requested duties. To students and leaders who are involved, may the event meet all of your expectations and grant you a new vision of how important it is to give back to the community as well as working together.

~Keep AAS rolling.