Make It Grand

March 19, 2012

Grand Newsletter 2012/03/17

Issued: March 17, 2012

Word from Member 會員小語

Last month, I went to Guangdong for a business trip (I use to call the trip a “labor reform勞改” as I always stay in my client’s factory and have on place to go). On my way returned to Taiwan, I received text message for China Airlines that my flight was delayed. The flight was delayed for 3 hours eventually. I used the time staying in client’s factory and waiting for the flight to read a book “JUSTICE, what’s the right thing to do?” written by Professor Michael J. Sandel, Harvard University.

In this book, you will find our stereotype about justice (right or wrong) might not be correct. The line between black and white is not that clear as we thought if you consider from different aspects. It is so inspiring that open our mind in looking at the world we live. It is a nice book that deserves to read.

By Billy Chen ATMB

News & Event(s) 大事小事

l The club outing will be held on March 31. Mme President Gina invites all of you to enjoy the leisure spring season by the river shore of Tamshui. Please come to meet at Tamshui MRT station淡水捷運站 on 9:00 a.m., March 31, 2012 (Saturday).

Club Officer Announcement 會務通告

l Area H-1 speech contest & table topics contest will be held on March 21 a

t Grand’s meeting venue. The winner will join the Division H contest to be held on March 25。

l Division H speech contest & table topic contest will be hold on March 25 at MSD toastmasters club默沙東，台北市敦化南路二段216號14樓。

l For the observance of the “Qingming Festival”清明節, our meeting on April 4 will be cancelled.

Meeting Minutes (03/07):

We have in-house speech contest and table-topics contest today. Four contestants join the speech contest. Yolanda wins the champion while Helen is the first runner-up. Seven contestants join the table-topics contest. Helen wins the champion and Yvan is the first runner-up. The winners will join the Area H-1 contest to be held on March 21.

Victor Lee, Grand’s most senior member who did not show up for a while, accepts our invitation to be the chief judge of the in-house contest. His comments are so educational and full of wisdom.

Meeting photos: Click to view March 7 photos

By Billy Chen, ATMB

Meeting Agenda 2012/03/21

Time	Program	2012/03/21
6:45	Reception & Social Gathering	Jimmy Chang, ACB
7:00	Speech Contestants draw order	Billy Chen, ATMB
7:10	Words of Welcome	Area Governor, Erin Ke, CC
7:15	Contest master :Introduction of contest rules	Billy Chen, ATMB
	Timer	Brian Wu, May Huang
	Vote Counter	Piao Lin, Gina Cheng, ACB
	Sergeant at arms	Sharen Chan
7:20	Chief Judge announces judging criteria	Marian Hsiao, DTM
7:25	PREPARED SPEECH CONTEST

Attitude (tentatively)	5’-7’	Sam Teng (MOFA)
What Happened to Your Big Plan?	5’-7’	Pierre Chen (MOFA)
Linsanity	5’-7’	Helen Lin (Grand)
Ask the Right Question	5’-7’	Yolanda Wu (Grand)

	One minute silence between each contestants
8:00	Intermission----Social Gathering (Table topic contestants draw order)
8:15	TABLE TOPICS CONTEST
		1’-2’	May Huang (Grand)
		1’-2’	Yvan Chu (Grand)
		1’-2’	Yao Hsiao (MOFA)
		1’-2’	Judy Kao (MOFA)
	One minute silence between each contestants
8:45	Presentation of Awards		Area Governor, Erin Ke, CC
9:00	Meeting Adjourned		Area Governor, Erin Ke, CC

March 5, 2012

Grand Newsletter 2012/03/01

Issued: March 1, 2012

President’s Message 會長碎碎念

Like the expectation of most mothers, I would see you all happy and healthy. Then I would hope that you may learn self-confidence and grow stronger and stronger from this family.

I am so satisfied with your smile and enjoy your laughter during every meeting. You may see the evidence from the album of each meeting. I am a happy mother of 20 kids.

When you loved to take any assignment and delivered speeches, everyone witnesses the improvement of your performance. The more assignments you take, the faster an

When we decided the in-house speech contest held on March 7th, there were Angela, Yvan, Yolanda, Helen, Gina and Jimmy Wu. To our surprise, this is the first time that Jimmy Wu would be the speech contestant voluntarily. Wow, there are SIX members to be speech contestants. Almost 40% of our active members join this in-house contest!!! I am so touched by your learning altitude!d more improvement you benefit from Grand.

I am so proud of you.

By Gina Cheng, ACB

News & Event(s) 大事小事

l A club outing will be arranged in March. Details will be announced later.

Club Officer Announcement 會務通告

l Area H-1 speech contest & table topics contest will be held on March 21 at Grand’s meeting venue.

l For the observance of the “Tomb Sweeping Festival”清明節, our meeting on April 4 will be cancelled.

Meeting Minutes (02/15):

This is a night of speeches. We have 4 prepared speakers plus one guest speaker. Coincidently,might be inspired by her speech as he is suffering from his back pain.

Our guest speaker, Ms. Jenny and Victor both talk about communication. To communicate, besides speaking, how to listen is important as well. May tells us easy way to keep healthy. I think Joel

Moonshine Lin shares with us her experience in handling difficult customers in the air as flight attendant. Most of us are in so called “service industry”. We all have chance to meet a “difficult” customer. Moonshine’s experiences have provided us a very prac

tical reference.

Meeting photos: Click to view February 15 photos