Final TIiA Session of
2012...maybe ever?!? Minutes by Yvonne
Date: 29 Dec 2012
Venue: Milano café on
Dihua Street.
Attendees: Amy, Anita,
Caroline, Hal, Lynn, Rosie & her cousin and Yvonne
Topic: where to donate
our money (total NT$10220)!
Each of us had 2 votes,
no.1 and no. 2. The first winner can take 60% of our money and the
second one can take 40%.
4 organizations were
nominated by our members:
- Guide Dog Assn (by Hal) : For every 100 blind people there should be 30 dogs, but in Taiwan at the moment, there are only 3 dogs for 2000 people. (Received 1 vote as no. 1 & 1 vote as no. 2)
- Taiwan Digital Talking Books Association: Training for blind people to use a computer, offer more classes to let them live more independently and be more job ready. (6 votes as no. 2) http://www.tdtb.org/membership/donate.html
- Design for Change (DFC): Produce a book for teachers so they understand better how to do a DFC project with their students. Use our money to pay the transportation fee to travel around and interview kids and teachers to write the book. (6 votes as no. 1)
- Urban Renewal Alliance: For Wang family in Shilin. Our money will go towards lawyers in the court. (Nil)
Result: NT$ 6132 for
Design for Change and NT$ 4088 for Taiwan Digital Talking Books
Association.
Lynn’s speech
She talked about why
she started TIiA, how it was named and her expectations of this
group. Thanks to co-founders and helpers, Yvonne, Ellen and
Caroline. Special thanks to Christine for her generosity in offering
her place for our meetings! Thanks to everyone who has ever come to
a session!
Lynn's moving to
Kinmen on Jan 15, so won't be hosting any more TIiA sessions for the time
being...Rosie suggested Lynn send everyone a copy of the TIiA mailing
list so people could keep in touch. She talked about another study
group she knows of where any member can decide to host a session.
They choose a topic and a place to meet, and then email everyone in
the group to invite them...
