Date: Sat 15 Dec 2012
Topic: Where to Donate our 10,000NT?
Place: Christine's Place
Time: 13:30-16:30
Attending: Christine, Yvonne, Lynn, Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Lynn and Christine presented proposals for where to donate our 10,000NT.
Elizabeth is active with the Alliance for Urban Renewal, a 100% volunteer group in Taipei which focuses on grassroots community action on the topic of urban development projects. It is especially active in the Wang Family house issue in Shilin. It is concerned that the current laws about urban renewal favor construction companies over the interests of individual citizens, and that they contribute to the erosion of community spirit.
Lynn passed on a suggestion from Hal about donating to the Blind Dog Foundation, and also about how Design for Change in Taiwan might spend a donation.
Christine told us about her experience applying to become a volunteer book reader for the blind, and suggested donating money to an organisation about that.
We decided to postpone our vote until the next session, Sat 29 Dec, since we heard more people were able to attend that session.
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Final Session!? Sat 29 Dec 2012 Vote about our Donation/Happy New Year!
Hello Good People
Since there were only 4 of us at the last Session on 16 Dec, we decided to postpone the vote regarding where to spend our 10,000 NT donation. Hope you can come on the 29th of Dec! It might not only be the last session of 2012, but also ever...I'm moving to 金門 on 15 Jan 2013! So please come so I can see you before I leave Taipei...
:) Lynn
Please note that the venue depends on the weather!
Date: Sat 29 Dec 2012
Time: 13:30-16:30
Topic: Vote on where to Donate our 10,000NT / Happy New Year!
Place:
Nice Weather Option
If the weather isn't too cold or wet: Dihua St. Meet at Xiahai City God Temple (霞海城隍廟) and
then after a quick prayer if you want (!), proceed to a cafe to enjoy the atmosphere.
Cold/Wet Weather Option
Christine's place, a 3-min walk from 六張犁 MRT station (Thanks, Christine!)
If you're not sure where we're meeting, just call me (Lynn) on 0931-146-481. I'll turn my phone on Sat at 12 noon.
For planning purposes, PLEASE REGISTER for this session by FRIDAY 28 Dec, 12 noon
by replying to this email. If you
Thanks, hope to see you there! :)
Optional Preparation
Read through these proposals for our donation:
1. Alliance for Urban Renewal Group
On printing out the in-house magazine, which costs NT 70 to print one issue. The Alliance estimates that in order to get the messages about urban renewal issues across effectively, they’d like to make 2,000 copies for the next issue.
Apart from that, they’d like to hire an assitance at the rate of NT 8,000 (same as a graduate student) to handle all the administrative issues (which is handled by each and every one of us at our spare time outside our work, school, and work for the Alliance).
2. Design for Change
We plan to spend the money on the transportation for interviewing children and collecting stories. After the interview, we will publish the stories collected, like the I CAN BOOK. We do not have a budget for it at the moment for we used to pay the fee on our own.... So that would be a great relief to us if we get the fund from TIiA.
3. From Hal:
I propose donate to 台灣導盲犬協會（http://www.guidedog.org.tw/）and 財團法人惠光導盲犬教育基金會(http://www.guidedog.tw/)
I am not sure if it's a NPO, but the 1st one is a registed social organization, and the 2nd one is a foundation.
4. From Christine:
An NGO that trains volunteers to read books for the blind. The money would go towards paying some trainers of volunteers.
Since there were only 4 of us at the last Session on 16 Dec, we decided to postpone the vote regarding where to spend our 10,000 NT donation. Hope you can come on the 29th of Dec! It might not only be the last session of 2012, but also ever...I'm moving to 金門 on 15 Jan 2013! So please come so I can see you before I leave Taipei...
:) Lynn
Please note that the venue depends on the weather!
Date: Sat 29 Dec 2012
Time: 13:30-16:30
Topic: Vote on where to Donate our 10,000NT / Happy New Year!
Place:
Nice Weather Option
If the weather isn't too cold or wet: Dihua St. Meet at Xiahai City God Temple (霞海城隍廟) and
then after a quick prayer if you want (!), proceed to a cafe to enjoy the atmosphere.
Cold/Wet Weather Option
Christine's place, a 3-min walk from 六張犁 MRT station (Thanks, Christine!)
If you're not sure where we're meeting, just call me (Lynn) on 0931-146-481. I'll turn my phone on Sat at 12 noon.
For planning purposes, PLEASE REGISTER for this session by FRIDAY 28 Dec, 12 noon
by replying to this email. If you
Thanks, hope to see you there! :)
Optional Preparation
Read through these proposals for our donation:
1. Alliance for Urban Renewal Group
On printing out the in-house magazine, which costs NT 70 to print one issue. The Alliance estimates that in order to get the messages about urban renewal issues across effectively, they’d like to make 2,000 copies for the next issue.
Apart from that, they’d like to hire an assitance at the rate of NT 8,000 (same as a graduate student) to handle all the administrative issues (which is handled by each and every one of us at our spare time outside our work, school, and work for the Alliance).
2. Design for Change
We plan to spend the money on the transportation for interviewing children and collecting stories. After the interview, we will publish the stories collected, like the I CAN BOOK. We do not have a budget for it at the moment for we used to pay the fee on our own.... So that would be a great relief to us if we get the fund from TIiA.
3. From Hal:
I propose donate to 台灣導盲犬協會（http://www.guidedog.org.tw/）and 財團法人惠光導盲犬教育基金會(http://www.guidedog.tw/)
I am not sure if it's a NPO, but the 1st one is a registed social organization, and the 2nd one is a foundation.
4. From Christine:
An NGO that trains volunteers to read books for the blind. The money would go towards paying some trainers of volunteers.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
14-16 Dec FREE Film Festival!
Hello Good People!
Are you free this coming Fri night, Sat or Sun? (14-16 Dec 2012) You might be interested in this FREE film festival. It looks great! Anita's sent us this information:
I'm attaching the file of movie schedule about PTS Best of Input 2012. I learned about it since last year and I found their experimental movies and documentaries from different countries were very neat. They even have the director sessions to face the audience and talk about them. It's a good chance to watch free great movies in Taiwan mainland! My friends and I will hang around there from Friday night and Sat, Sun for the goodies. It takes time to line up so if you wanna come, you can call me to see if we could save seats for you or/and your husband, FYI. I'm not sure if they have the English subtitle but I'll make sure about it later. Last year I did see many foreigners sitting in... (OR maybe some movies are in English OR were they good at reading Chinese?)
Here's the site about the movie introduction..
http://2012bestinput.pts.org.tw/films.htm
Venue【台北場】 2012年12月14日至16日 -西門町真善美戲院
【Taipei】 2012 December 14th to 16th - Wonderful Theater
西門町真善美戲院 Wonderful Theater
http://www.movie.com.tw/wonderful/
Tel：+886-2-2331-2270 EX 6, @ MRT XiMen Station You'll find it once you get out of the entrance.Add：台北市萬華區漢中街116號7樓 捷運西門站6號出口
Are you free this coming Fri night, Sat or Sun? (14-16 Dec 2012) You might be interested in this FREE film festival. It looks great! Anita's sent us this information:
I'm attaching the file of movie schedule about PTS Best of Input 2012. I learned about it since last year and I found their experimental movies and documentaries from different countries were very neat. They even have the director sessions to face the audience and talk about them. It's a good chance to watch free great movies in Taiwan mainland! My friends and I will hang around there from Friday night and Sat, Sun for the goodies. It takes time to line up so if you wanna come, you can call me to see if we could save seats for you or/and your husband, FYI. I'm not sure if they have the English subtitle but I'll make sure about it later. Last year I did see many foreigners sitting in... (OR maybe some movies are in English OR were they good at reading Chinese?)
Here's the site about the movie introduction..
http://2012bestinput.pts.org.tw/films.htm
Venue【台北場】 2012年12月14日至16日 -西門町真善美戲院
【Taipei】 2012 December 14th to 16th - Wonderful Theater
西門町真善美戲院 Wonderful Theater
http://www.movie.com.tw/wonderful/
Tel：+886-2-2331-2270 EX 6, @ MRT XiMen Station You'll find it once you get out of the entrance.Add：台北市萬華區漢中街116號7樓 捷運西門站6號出口
The Danger of a Single Story: 27 Oct 2012 Session Minutes
Session Minutes by
Rosie
Date: Sat 27 Oct 2012
Place: Fujin St No. 3
Park, Taipei City (富錦街三號公園)
Attendees: Lynn,
Caroline, Christine, Anita, Rosie
Session 1:
Icebreaking
Icebreaker: Lynn
Everyone recommended
their favorite restaurant!
Session 2:The Topic- The Danger of a Single Story
Lynn
led us in a discussion about stereotyping, relating it to Nigerian
writer Chimamanda Adichie's interesting TED Talk and the recent (22
Sept 2012) editorial in the Taipei Times. We talked about
stereotyping within Taiwan, and about Taiwan outside of Taiwan. We
shared experiences of being the victim of “single stories” with
each other.
--Rosie said:
People
who live in Taipei City all dress in the latest fashions, don’t
they?
I was born in and live
in Taipei City. Most of my relatives live in the middle part of
Taiwan. They have the impression that Taipei people are really into
fashion, that we dress up and wear make up every day. When I see my
relatives at Chinese New Year, they expect to see a very
“fashionable” Rosie. Actually I am not that type of person. I
like to dress casual and don’t spend too much money on clothes. But
I want to meet their expectations, so I try my best to dress up.
Therefore, going back to my father’s hometown is a bit stressful
for me.
--Caroline said:
People
who live in the most expensive areas in Taipei City always look down
on other people and are too proud of themselves, aren’t they?
When
people find out I live near Daan
Park, they're surprised to hear I know how to do housework!
--Lynn said:
Foreigners
always need help, don’t they?
I've been living in
Taipei city for a long time (over 8 years). I like to be treated
equally and be thought of as a human being rather than only a
foreigner. For example, sometimes when I'm looking at a map in the
MRT, some strangers come up to me and ask, “Do you need help?”
Actually, I know Taipei pretty well, and don't often need help. I was
really glad recently when a Taiwanese person asked ME to help him in
the MRT! I was able to tell him how to get from 後山埤
to 中山國小
MRT stations. He normally drives a
scooter, so wasn't sure...
Are
American people always rude?
When
I lived in NZ, I often heard NZ people say in a surprised voice after
returning from a trip to the US, “All the Americans I met were so
polite!” They obviously had an image of most Americans being
rude—perhaps from TV?
--Anita said:
People
who live in south of Taiwan are friendlier, and Taipeis
are more practical. Is that true?
Japanese
people can’t speak English very well, can they?
Small conclusion:
We come
from different backgrounds. We do
our best to realize why people have single stories
about other people and places. We are better being more open
minded.
Action:
We are going to write a
comment on TED.
NB:
Done by Lynn on 12 Nov 2012—have a look! Click on the TED talk
website below!
Related
webpage resources for your reference:
a)
Watch this TED Talk and see TIiA's comment (about
15 min):
b) Read this Taipei Times editorial (Racism Rears its Ugly Head)
Saturday, 1 December 2012
An Invitation for us from Design for Change: Sat 8 Dec 2012 Annual Awards Ceremony
Hello Good People!
Below is an invitation for us from our friends at Design for Change (DFC). If you're free Sat 8 Dec in the afternoon and want to get inspired, come along! I'm going--I'll watch out for you!
:) Lynn
(Sorry the 2nd page of the invitation is too hard to read--if you need more information, please reply to this email with your question, and I'll find out the answer for you!)
Dear Lynn,
It's our honor to invite you and the members of Taiwan Issues in Action to come to our awarding ceremony. The attached files are the invitation card (e version)
Yet, it's in Chinese, and I hope you don't mind. :p
The venue is at the Hall,5F, of GIS MOTC Convention Center (Traffic info, in Chinese!? -->http://www.meeting.com.tw/index.php/gis-motc/location-motc)
The nearest MRT exit is Exit 2 of DongMen Station. We will have volunteers at the exit to guide the participants.
The admission time is from 13:00 to 14:00
The ceremony starts at 14:00; ends at 17:00.
The venue is at the Hall,5F, of GIS MOTC Convention Center (Traffic info, in Chinese!? -->http://www.meeting.com.tw/index.php/gis-motc/location-motc)
The nearest MRT exit is Exit 2 of DongMen Station. We will have volunteers at the exit to guide the participants.
The admission time is from 13:00 to 14:00
The ceremony starts at 14:00; ends at 17:00.
Jasper of DFC
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