From: Y. John Chen

E-Mail: chen@oce.orst.edu

Subject: Need Leadership

 To: All USTC 777’s graduates
 
 Subject: We Need Leadership
 
 Zhang, Fan and Lin, Jian had raised good points and I completely agree with what they 
 had suggested, especially the point that AN INCOMPLETE REUNION IS BETTER THAN NONE. 
 While there will always be another reunion down the road, having a successful incomplete 
 reunion is a great start and a trial for a future COMPLETE reunion. 
 
 I agree with another point that a leadership is important for the success of this event. 
 Jason has already qualified him as one of the leading person and we need one or two volunteers 
 from 7771 to join him as the leading committee for organizing and decision. 
 Without a strong leadership and commitment from a few energetic and non-selfish people,
 a successful reunion among ~100 of us spanning across the continent would be hard to imagine. 
 Even an obvious consensus is emerged from our enthusiastic discussion, it would still remain 
 to be a consensus not a concrete plan without someone’s effort to put it into a plan for us to follow.
 
 I propose both Lin, Jian and Zhang, Fan to be the leads for 7771 (I thought Dai, Sa would also be 
 a right person but she already done so much for this). I knew that them both had committed 
 to participate in this event.
 
 I like these inspiring remarks: “Let’s do it” form Lin, Jian; “Let’s get started” from Tang, Ming; 
 “Leader and support” form Zhang, Fan; and “Quick decision” from Li, Feng.
 
 Time is running out and it’s time to act now. Let each of us make our own decision and 
 send it to “Lao Wen” now.
 
 John
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 Y. John Chen
 College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences E-mail. chen@oce.orst.edu
 Oregon State University Phone. (541) 737-0500
 Ocean Admin Bldg 104 Fax. (541) 737-2064
 Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, U.S.A.
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