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.
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