Hapa-Na Local Meeting 2/8/2009@Los Angeles

Hapa-Na's Los Angeles meeting 2/8/2009

When: 2/8/2009 1:00PM
Where: Uncle Chen Restaurant (529 E. Valley Blvd., San Gabriel, California)
Attended members:
Chanchi Lee, Josephine Pan, B-Chen Wen, Thomas Shu, Abe Chen, James Liang, Clyde Kiang,
Guests:
Samuel Lee, Vincent Chuang, Sophia Chuang, Amy Kiang, Lynn Lee

1.) SCTHA President James Liang shares the activities SCTHA has done with presentation of SCTHA's most recent Newsletter. He welcomes all and generously treats for the lunch.

2.) Samuel Lee, Lynn Lee, Amy Kiang sign up for new membership. (Welcome!)

3.) James Liang and Abe Chen both share what they have done in the past for helping Hakka inTaiwan on elections...identify the right candidate to offer our help from the bottom up...It brought their attention that Hakka communities lack of guidance for Taiwan Identity andindifference of Taiwan future and blind to the meaning and process of democray.

4.) Thomas Shu shows strong intention to organize Hapa-Na Bus Campaign to go back to Taiwanevery year. Mainly to identify the Hakka elite who're currently working hard on each counties (especially, Tao-Chu-Miao and Kao-Pin), we can work with them, to learn and share the visions forpromoting Hakka Taiwanese's identification via the culture events and forum discussions.

5.) B-Chen encourage to go with "I Love Taiwan" concept to include Green and Blue to identifyTaiwan is our country...

6.) Samuel Lee believes that Hapa-Na can take advantage of Media. A small organization canbe leveraged with media's power, especially to Hakka in Taiwan. We can have a series of reportsto promote our visions. He did indicate that on the YouTube, Hakka videos got higher hits ratiothan regular...he will offer his studio and techniques to help Hapa-Na. (*Right away, he invitesPresident Lee to have interviews recording at his studio on 2/9...)

7.) Clyde Kiang believes we can help to list a series of Questions for Hakka in Taiwan to think andlook for the right answers.

8.) Josephine Pan brought over the just-published Hapa-Na Newsletter 2008 (Sent over byDavid Lai, former President from Houston) to distribute to all attendees. She also gives everyone a copy of the new book by Professor Yao - 風吹美麗島 as a gift. Josephine believes in eventsto reach out. We have to be willing to take the commitment to do Social Movement and Education.Reach out by events, campaigns...

9.) After much discussions about what we, HAPA-NA, should do in the future, most members agreed that we should set up a program or mechanism to go back to Taiwan to promote or educate HakkaTaiwanese about Taiwan identity and meaning of democracy ( incidentally, this was suggested byDavid Lai's 33 goals and plans ) This sort of work should not be done only before election, shouldbe done with the goal of long run. Tom Shu's suggestion Bus campaign was a good option.

submitted by Tom Shu, Secreatary

Congratulations to Frank Hsu !

Hi Frank,

恭 喜 當 選 !

Congratulations to our former Vice President Mr. Frank Hsu
being elected as the president of
Northern California Hakka association again.

We, HAPA-NA members, are proud of you and thank
your dedication and service.

Chanchi Lee

Membership for 2009

北美台灣客家公共事務協會
2009年會費通知

親愛的客家鄉親們:

新的一年, 新的開始, 祝大家身體健康, 萬事如意, 心想事成.

又是到了收會費的時候了, 為了HAPA-NA的永續發展, 我們需要你的支持與贊助, 請大家有錢出錢, 有力出力¸ 讓我們北美客協繼續茁壯與壯大.

會費: Member: 50 dollars,
夫婦皆member: 60 dollars,
Students: 10 dollars.
New member: 90 dollars
Permanent member: 500.00

歡迎贊助與熱心捐款.
請利用下面的information, 附上您的支票, 抬頭: HAPA-NA., 寄到:
B-Chen Wen
7600 SW 116 St
Miami, Fl 33156

也請大家鼓勵新的朋友加入我們的陣容. 或者是邀請配偶一同參加.

財務: 溫碧謙 敬上

4th Annual Hakka Jokes Contest

(1.31.2009/San Gabriel City, California)

Greater Los Angeles Hakka Toastmaster Meeting is having its 4th Annual Hakka Jokes Contest on January's monthly meeting. This is a very fun way to practice our mother tongue. Hakka language should be promoted in all living environments. In the kitchens, living rooms, parties and sports activities...it is in our daily lives...not just for our meetings. Over the last eight years (total 96 meetings...) members of this group have worked closely month by month. We have Hakka Concerts, Los Angeles River Clean-Ups, Hakka Fun Games Contests, Hakka Delicacies Seminars...we hope after we practice our mother tongue in the meetings, we can invite our family and friends to practice Hakka in our daily living.

Hakka Jokes Contest really a great way to practice mother tongue. In addition to use language well, speakers have to understand Hakka humour that lives along our culture. Due to the news release on the Taiwan Daily, we had several USC students (one is young Hakka, two are Holo speaking friends) joining us for the Contest...it is very encouraging!

This year's winners are:

First Place: 黃溫文子

Second Place: 賴木連

Third Place: 羅瑞梅

Ox-Tail: 羅芹蒂

Hearty Congratulations to these winners!

Please refer to Taiwan Daily's news report on the top of this post. (Just click on the photo to see the news report.)

Thomas Shu @ Los Angeles