DEADLINE TO SUBMIT NOMINATION PAPERS:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007 @ 5:00PM at
65 Harrison Ave. Suite 203, Boston MA 02111

ELECTION DATE:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 9AM-5PM
Sovereign Bank - Harrison Ave. and Beach St.

Nomination papers can be picked up at the following locations:
- Chinatown Cafe, 262 Harrison Ave. Boston
- St. James Church, 135 Harrison Ave. Boston
- Harrison Cafe, 177 Harrison Ave. Boston

Seven seats are open for election this year for 3 year terms in the following categories:

Resident category - 2 Open Seats
Must be resident of the neighborhood defined as the area bounded by a line running down the center of the following streets: (from East Berkeley St, Tremont St, Charle St, Boylston St, West St, Washington St, Bedford St, Kingston St, Surface Artery, and to East Berkeley St.)

Agency category - 1 Open Seat
Must be legally recognized to provide services i.e. economic, health, educational, recreational, religious, cultural and/or social, located in the Chinatown/South Cove area with a letter of nomination from their agency.

Organization category - 2 Open Seats
Candidate must be Asian and belonging to a recognized, functioning, community entry in existence for more than three years and providing membership to Asians for fraternal, social, recreational, and/or cultural advantages for Asians.

Business category - 1 Open Seat (note: 1 Year Term)
Must be a business owner or shareholder (at least 10%)
of a legitimate business with proper verification located in the Chinatown/South Cove neighborhood.

Others category - 1 Open seat
Must be of Asian ethnicity who has shown great interest and participation in the Chinatown/South Cove neighborhood affairs but live elsewhere in the State of the Commonwealth.

• Non-Asians may only run for office in the CNC if they are residents of the neighborhood as defined in the resident category.

• All candidates must comply with the definition of their stated category, maintain such status at the time of the Public Election and throughout their terms if elected.