Vietnamese American Youth Alliance

When: July 24-26 (Friday night -Sunday noon)
Where: Temecula, 5 bdr home
Why: Because we wanna hang with you
What: 2 nights and 2 days of FUN!
Lots of CrazY, Goofy and cool time

- Picnic
- Kite building, straight from Scratch like in VN (we’ll teach you skill that you don’t know you have!)
- Mi Goi competition (show us your mad mi goi stillZ) BYOMG
- Taboo Contest (whatever flow baby)
- Movie Charade
- Wine Tasting (under 21 get to drink Juice YuMMMY)
- Of course the ultimate late night mafia!!!!!

Price: No more then $60 for 2 nights lodging, transportation and food!
(Tet and VAYA staffs will get partly SUBSIDIZE)

PRIORITY RESERVATION for CURRENT VAYA/TET STAFFs/ MEMBERS

DEPOSIT are DUE Saturday, JULY 11th.
Reservation Deposit fee: $20, non-refundable.
There will be a $10 late fee for all reservation after 7/11

Reserve Early and SAVE!!!

Summer is here and it’s time to have some fun fun fun!!!

As you know things are going to kick up when Fall comes around with Tet Trung Thu, Street Clean and Tet, etc. Let have some fun in the Sun.

Other VAYA Reminders, Announcements, & Future Outlook

* VAYA Summer Trip: VAYA will be hosting this year’s summer trip to “Temecula” on the weekend of July 24th-26th 2009 (2 Days | 2 Nights). If interested, please RSVP to eboard@vayasd.org and place a $20 deposit fee to VAYA External Vice President, Nikki Lam, by Saturday July 11, 2009. OVERALL cost per person is estimated to be between $50-$60 depending on the number of attendees. Further details TBD and TBA. Contact us if you have further questions. Thanks!  

** Recruiting: VAYA 2009-2010 Staff: VAYA is actively recruiting new staff to add to our team for the 2009-2010 year. You can download the general application along with a document detailing the duties and responsibilities for each of the position by clicking the following links:

  VAYA-Staff-Application 09-10.pdf (67.6 KiB, 79 hits)

  VAYA-Staff-Duty Descriptions 09-10.pdf (136.9 KiB, 112 hits)

For a complete listing of VAYA’s upcoming events/meetings, please visit our official calendar at: http://www.vayasd.org/calendar/. Please direct any questions or concerns to VAYA’s Secretary, Anthony (Vinh) Nguyen, at secretary@vayasd.org

To those interested,

Be a part of the LARGEST Vietnamese Lunar New Year Tet Festival in San Diego, and apply to be a Tet Festival 2010 Committee Chair TODAY!

- Meet and network with high level business leaders and elected officials.
- Negotiate business deals with potential vendors and sponsors.
- Schedule in Vietnamese A-List singers, entertainers, and local artists.
- Design and compose our Vietnamese Cultural Village, Tet web site, and various promotional materials and publications.
- Coordinate and recruit participants for one of our three popular contests: Miss Vietnam of San Diego, Golden Voice, and Kids Spotlight.
- Manage ticketing, finances, 300+ volunteers, and the overall operation flow of our THREE DAY FESTIVAL.

Tet 2010 NEEDS YOU! What are YOU waiting for? SIGN UP TODAY and be a part of HISTORY:

Tet 2009 Slideshow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQU1jSIHeFM

Tet 2008 Vol Video & Slideshow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQqbNLMYwQQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7jHQlGIk0&feature=related

The links below will allow you to access the applications in order to apply for VAYA Tet 2010 “Committee Chair”. Details and duty descriptions are included inside on the application.

VAYA 2010 Tet Committee Chair Application v1.0

  VAYA 2010 Tet Committee Chair Application_v1.0.pdf (87.5 KiB, 95 hits)

Process: E-Board will unanimously vote and appoint either one or two Tet Co-Chairs. Tet-Chair or Co-Chairs will unanimously appoint staff into his/her respective choice of committee. E-Board will only intervene in “Committee Chair selection” should conflict arises.

Process: E-Board will unanimously vote and appoint either one or two Tet Co-Chairs. Tet-Chair or Co-Chairs will unanimously appoint staff into his/her respective choice of committee. E-Board will only intervene in “Committee Chair selection” should conflict arises.

The following Committee Chairs are available for the year 2010:
Vice Chair*, Secretary*, Budget/Finance*, Operations, Entertainment, Cultural Village, Miss Vietnam of San Diego Pageant, Kid’s Spotlight, Golden Voice Contest, Sponsorship, Vendor, Public Relations, Volunteer, Ticketing & Gate, Publicity, Technical Audio/Video, Creative Design, and Webmaster.

* Denotes a ONE Person position, although negotiable if deemed necessary.  Non * can be TWO Person with a team.

Deadline for VAYA 2010 “Committee Chair” Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but priority considerations will be given to those who submit their COMPLETED application by June 30, 2009 (11:59 PM PST). FOR NOW, PLEASE EMAIL ALL APPLICATIONS TO: secretary@vayasd.org

For more information about our Annual Tet Festival, please visit www.sdtet.com. Please direct any further questions or concerns to VAYA Secretary, Anthony (Vinh) Nguyen, at secretary@vayasd.org.