[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The
2021 GCS International Board of Directors Meeting was held at the conference
room of GCS International in Seoul, Korea on January 21, 2021.
At
the board meeting, held in both on- and off-line formats, the board members
unanimously approved the 2020 income expenditure report and the 2021 budget and
business plans.
The
board also approved the reappointment of four board members of GCS
International for three more years. They are Dr. Chungwon Choue, president of
GCS International; Mr. Seung Myung-ho, Mr. Yoo In-hee and Mr. Kim Yong-bin.
The
board gave the green light to the 2021 GCS International Convention on October
13, 2021 at Wuxi, China.
Among
other major GCS International events for 2021 are an international world peace
concert and cultural events in commemoration of the 40th anniversary
of the establishment of the U.N. International Day of Peace on September 10 in
Seoul, Korea; the 2021 DMZ Peace Festival in Paju, Korea on June 5 together
with the Kookmin Daily; and a peace concert at Sambong-ni, Namyangju in Korea
on May 26 to commemorate the 100th year of the birth of the GCS
founder, Dr. Young Seek Choue.
At
the board meeting, GCS International Secretary General Dr. Seok-jae Kang
reported that GCS International will launch a taekwondo and Korean language
online training program for GCS member chapters starting this year, together
with the Asia Development Foundation and the King Sejong Institute Foundation.
Secretary
General Kang also reported that GCS International targets to increase the
number of its national chapters from 58 up to 100 by this October. Dr. Selma
Li, president of the GCS International Portland, USA Chapter, promised to add
15 more Pan American countries this year.
Among
board members, who attended the board meeting, were Mr. Seung Myung-ho and
Prof. Kim Do-kyun of Kyung Hee University, while board members Prof. Chang
Sung-goo, Mr. Lee Kwang-kyun, and Dr. Selma Li joined the board meeting online.
“For
GCS International, this year is very important as 2021 marks the 40th
anniversary of the establishment of the U.N. International Day of Peace. We
plan to organize several commemorative events,” said GCS International
President Dr. Chungwon Choue in his opening remarks.
Dr.
Choue said, “the projected taekwondo-Korean language online program for GCS
national chapters would greatly help improve the GCS Movement. I wish the
number of GCS national chapters to increase more than 100 by October this year,
when the 2021 GCS International Convention takes place in Wuxi, China.”