Newsletter

August 14, 2013

      It's our honor to have four guests tonight. Bamboo Tsai is a vocational school teacher. Emily Chen and Julia Tseng are from Chiayi City Government. Glaven Chen, from CTC (Chang Hwa Toastmasters Club), has just started his teaching career in Sing- Hwa Senior High School in Chiayi. CYTC warmly welcomed them to visit and join the meeting.

      Dean, our former President attended tonight’s meeting. It’s been a long time since we last saw Dean and Annie. Annie, our former Treasurer and Vice President Membership, delivered her twin-baby boys in July. Congratulations! Best wishes to the sweet family!

      There were three speakers tonight. Andy delivered his C5, Tommy C6, and Martha A24. All were qualified. Time flies. Andy joined CYTC last year. He is going to accomplish his military service in Chaiyi and will continue his further studies in the US in the near future. Andy is creative, humorous, enthusiastic and always wears a beautiful smile. We wish  Andy a bright future. CYTC will miss Andy a lot for sure.

      TM Vincent did an outstanding job. GE David and his evaluation team – Grammarian Karla, Ah counter Sophia, Timer John performed pretty well. Angela, Ashley, and Ricky were wonderful individual evaluators. Joke Telling master Berry shared humorous jokes along with some other club members’. Table Topics master Ross offered an insightful table topic “Green Earth” which called for earnest, enthusiastic responses.

      Important brief business discussions regarding the club’s yearly budget and membership building as well as new member recruitment were followed. Further detailed discussion and any constructive suggestions are needed and warmly welcomed. President Angela, Vice President John, and Treasurer Berry’s enthusiasm and dedicated support are much appreciated!

August 28, 2013

      Congratulations! Three distinguished guests were new born babies tonight: Bamboo Tsai, Emily Chen, and Julia Tseng. Meanwhile, Glaven Chen transferred from Chang Hwa Toastmasters Club to CYTC. We warmly welcomed guest Ms. 鄧琪縈 as well.

      Vincent’s A7 speech, the up-to-date topic “TNR” (Trap, Neuter, Release) informed the audience about the problem of rabies encountered more seriously than ever before in Taiwan. The information called for more concern for strayed animals, and the need to protect animals from rabies through TNR rather than euthanasia. Ross’s A19 speech -- “The Lady of Chimpanzee” -- was about the life and important contribution of the legendary and widely admired scientist Dr. Jane Goodall who studies chimpanzees in Africa for most of her life. The inspiring speech won the audience’s appreciation with respect for the honorable Lady of Chimpanzee.

      GE Sophia and her evaluation team – Grammarian Dean, Ah Counter Angela, Timer Tommy performed pretty well. Individual evaluators Martha and Karla gave constructive feedback. Joke Telling master, Tommy and some members shared humorous jokes. TM Ashley performed creatively and had her own style. Firstly, she started with a timely issue – “Rain”, as well as a brief survey. The survey was to have the audience think of to what extent they like the rainy days. Later on, Table Topic master David offered related topics, such as “Things you like to do most during typhoons and rainy days”. The audience shared experiences and responded earnestly.

      Before the adjournment, TM Ashley brought the audience back to the survey and disclosed the answers. Depending on one’s personality, individual responses might be very different. The audience was curious and interested in the results. The “Raining Song” brought and taught by Ashley on the spot through audio-visual reached the climax. Members and guest enjoyed and sang happily together. Throughout, the meeting was conducted dynamically.

      The follow-up discussion regarding the club’s yearly budget was the focus. Thanks for Treasurer Berry’s professional skills, the computerized framework helped to figure out how to sustain and conduct CYTC’s yearly budget plan more wisely. Further details regarding the membership fee will be announced accordingly.

September 11, 2013

Bravo! We have a full-house regular meeting tonight. It’s our honor to have so many distinguished guests. Chin-Chi Lai, former Area K3 Governor, is from Shin Ying Toastmasters Club. Susan Su, former CYTC senior member, recently transferred her elementary school teaching in Taipei to Ming Zu Elementary School in Chiayi City. Meanwhile, we warmly welcome a lot of student guests from National Chiayi University.

In his C7 speech -- “What Kind of Transportation You Choose?”, Tommy uses the collected information, including specific facts, statistics as well as anecdotes to support his points and opinions of people’s favorite transportation mode and system. Ashley’s A4 speech, “First Love” tells about a love story of a young man and a lady. Ashley is good at telling a touching love story through the learned techniques: vocal variety, role-playing, gestures, eye contact, and the vivid pictures depicted. Ross’s A20 “Charter NCYU Campus Club” is in the spotlight. Being the prospective Charter President of NCYU Toastmasters Club, Ross is skillful and good at communicating his mission and vision of chartering a new campus Toastmasters club to the audience. He emphasizes on the core values he treasures as a Toastmaster: sincerity, responsibilities, and passion. The audience is attracted and interested in the inspiring speech.

TM David performed successfully. GE Karla and her evaluation team – Grammarian Martha, Ah Counter Berry, Timer Catherine, individual evaluators Vincent, Dean, and Angela performed pretty well. New member Bamboo, first timer of the Joke Telling master, conducted the section with ease and confidence. Glaven, first timer of Table Topics master in CYTC, invited a variety of responses to the hot issue – “Climate change”.

Area K3 Governor Karla Chen announced an upcoming event: Division D & K Judge Training on September 15, 2013 in Kaohsiung. Members are mostly welcomed and encouraged to seize the good training and learning opportunity. Those who achieved C6 level and attend the training will be awarded the judge training certificate.

Congratulations! A dual member was born in CYTC. Guest Susan Su would join both Shin Ying Toastmasters Club and Chia - Yi Toastmasters Club. Susan, welcome back! And we’ll miss Air Kuo a lot who transferred his teaching to a university in Hu Bei Province, Mainland China in September. We wish Air an enjoyable teaching there.

Members who are interested in achieving their High Performance Leadership are encouraged to seize the good opportunity to sponsor or support the chartering of NCYU Toastmasters Club. For more details, please contact Ross and Karla as soon as possible. 

September 25, 2013

Bravo! Another full house regular meeting tonight! And it is our honor to have many distinguished guests. Jim Yang, Andrew Lin and Wei Lin are students from NCYU. Lily Deng pays her second visit. Kero Su, a graduate student at Chung Cheng University, pays her first visit. Carol has achieved her C10 in NCCU(政大)TC. It's great Carol is transferring to CYTC.

President Angela held an INDUCTION Ceremony at our regular meeting on September 11. New members Amelie, Julia, Bmboo, Glaven were officially inducted into CYTC. Moreover, Amelie and Julia participated actively in D & K Judges Training 2013, held on September 15 in Kaoshiung City along with three club members. Their zeal for learning about Toastmasters International earned great admiration.

In her C2 speech -- “How about Surfing a Couch in Your Trip?”, Catherine shares her personal traveling experience which is more entertaining and less expensive than the modes that the travel agencies commonly provide. Dean’s A9 -- “Devoted”, is a touching story about the loving father Dick Hoyt and his son Rick Hoyt who suffered from brainy paralysis since childhood. The wheelchair marathon champion never gives up. And the great, loving Father’s patience, support and encouragement helps the miracle come true! Dean is a skillful story teller. The emotional tones, body language, spontaneous role play attract the audience, plus the vivid pictures of the boy’s sweet family. It’s so true that the story is not only emotional, but also inspirational. In “Building the Check-In Team for 2013 Fall Conference, D67”, Martha foretells one of the three major duties that CYTC is going to commit and support 2013 Fall Conference, D67. The other two duties include “Registration” and “Award Preparation”. The big event will be held on November 23^rd and 24^th in Tainan City. Division K is the host to organize and conduct the Fall Conference as a whole.

GE Ashley and her evaluation team – grammarian Vincent, individual evaluators Ross,Ricky and Angela give valuable feedback. Ah Counter John, Timer Berry perform pretty well. Both Joke Telling master Glaven and the first timer of Table topics master Bamboo do great jobs. The theme for table topics is "Mid-Autumn Festival". Amelie shares the funny story of the spoiled barbecue she had with her big family.

Treasurer Berry is to submit the membership fee. The deadline is September 30th. Prior to the regular meeting, the officers discussed the preparation for In-House Humorous and Evaluation Contest which will be held on October 9. By the end of the meeting, some new members are willing to be contestants on October 9^th. Further details and agenda will be provided accordingly. Moreover, it is a good news that guest Lily Deng is joining CYTC. 

Welcome to join the Demo meeting of NCYU Toastmasters Club! According to Charter President Professor Ross Tsai, the Demo meeting will be held on September 30 on Lan Tan (蘭潭) Campus, National Chiayi University. CYTC as well as other Toastmasters clubs members will join and support the Demo meeting.

October 9, 2013 

Happy 89th Birthday to Toastmasters International

The first official Toastmasters meeting was held in Santa Ana, California, in October 1924. Why not celebrate the organization's anniversary with a themed club meeting devoted to Toastmasters history? The Toastmasters Timeline offers additional milestones in the organization's history.

Congratulations! Club level 2013 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Speech Contests is held within CYTC today. Contest master is John, Chief judge Ashley; SAA Tommy; Timers Berry and Martha. In addition to Ross, Dean, David, it’s our honor to invite Patrick, Susan from SYTC as judges. Vincent is tie-breaking judge. SYTC President Michael Wei is our honorable guest. There are three humorous speech contestants. Glaven Chen’s “Liar Liar”, Amelie Chen’s “Crazy Language”, and Bamboo Tsai’s “A Trip to Peng-Hu”. All perform well though they are new members, and they are the first timer to be humorous speech contestants. The winner is Bamboo. It’s our honor to have Camila Wu, from SYTC to be our test speaker. Camila delivers her speech “Marriage”. Evaluation contestants include Kero, Bamboo, and Angela. Kero is the winner. Through out the speech contestants, members observe and learn more about the Toastmasters education programs and gain leadership skills as well. Both Bamboo and Kero will represent CYTC to join Division K 2013 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Speech Contests in Tainan on October 26. Congratulations! We wish Bamboo and Kero a wonderful performance and unforgettable experience. Area K3 Governor Karla, President Angela, and Vincent are attending the contest.

To support NCYU Toastmasters Club, CYTC members including Ross, Karla, John, Dean, Bamboo, Vincent, Angela, Martha wear different hats in the official meetings, along with some senior members from Division K. CYTC warmly welcomes NCYU TC to have a visit and to learn from each other.

2013 Fall Conference Assignments Discussion is followed afterwards. It is known that 2013 Fall Conference, District 67 will be held on 23^rd and 24^th in November in Tainan. CYTC is in charge of Registration, Check- In, and Award Preparation. Chairpersons including Vincent, Martha, Angela are very busy with the preparation of the big event. A series of discussions and the pre-arrangement of the assignments are being processed. And a series of D & K preparatory meetings and reports are being held. It is great to know that some members are willing to give a big hand upon the requests of the chairpersons, depending on the types and details of work needed to be conducted and accomplished successfully. “Learning by doing” is so true at this very true moment! Members are encouraged to seize the opportunity to join 2013 Fall Conference, to learn and to grow. And be “Early Bird”!

January 22, 2014

It is our great honor to have guest Jonathan tonight. And “Congratulations!” Our welcome guest Gina Yeh decides to join CYTC after paying her second visit. While it is a pity that our new member Kero Su left CYTC in December, we will miss her for sure. We give our best wishes to Kero, we wish her to enjoy the brand new job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kero had outstanding performance. She won in - house evaluation contest and represented CYTC to join Evaluation Contest in 2013 Fall Conference, District 67. Million thanks go to President Angela Liu, President Hank Liao, Ross Tsai, Karla Chen, and members of NCYU TC and CYTC for the wonderful joint Christmas Party on December 23 at National Chaiyi University. We all had a  cheerful and unforgettable time together!

Four speakers deliver wonderful speeches tonight. In her C3, Amelie tells about  what does “A Good Person” really mean --- an issue that reminds us of the importance of learning how to be good and helpful to our community. In addition to sharing his experience and demonstrating part of it, John Huang introduces the origins and modes of different Chinese martial art – Tai Chi Chuan in his C8. Ashley’s A5 is about an impressive and inspirational story of a brave old man Markalu Kao, who in his sixties challenged and conquered Mt. Everest. The spirit of “Never give up!” and “Life is short. Make it count.” imprint the audience’s mind. In her speech based on the project 5 of the High Performance Leadership, Angela shares with us what she learned from serving as a team leader in 2013 Fall Conference, District 67 in Tainan. Together with Vincent Chang’s “A Look back on the Event” (December 11, 2013) and Martha’s Lo’s “To Lead Is to Serve” (January 8, 2014), the three team leaders reported on CYTC’s teamwork and overall results achieved regarding 2013 Fall Conference. CYTC successfully accomplished the tasks assigned, namely the Award Presentation, Registration, and Ckeck – in respectively. The club’s dedicated performance and result achievements earned the District’s acknowledgement and much appreciation.

Announcements of two important upcoming Toastmasters events followed. (1) 2013 2^nd Officer Training will be held on February 9 in Tainan. At least 4 club officers are required to attend it. Other members and guests who are interested in it are warmly welcomed to learn and gain the leadership skills. It is wonderful to know Julia,  Bamboo and seize the opportunity and will represent CYTC to serve as Timers. (2) In - house Speech Contest and Table Topic Contest will be held on February 26. The winners will represent CYTC to join Division Contest on March 22. For more detailed information, please be advised to get the emails.

Wish you a Happy Chinese New Year!