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MTCAA Newsletter, Volume 4 No. 1, 10 February 2001

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. MEETING WITH DR. LI
  3. SLOGAN CONTEST
  4. NEW MEMBERS
  5. MEMBERS' COMMENTS
  6. CITY CONTACTS
  7. NEW ALUMNI REGISTRATION
  8. MTCAA OFFICIAL WEBSITE

This newsletter is sponsored by ORIENTED, the online community network of global professionals in Taiwan @ http://oriented.org. Be sure to add your Profile in the ORIENTED People Directory and indicate that you are a member of the MTC Alumni Association to help us spread the word.

1. INTRODUCTION

Happy (Belated!) Chinese New Year!

First off - I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the 36 or so new members that have joined the MTCAA in recent months and in particular welcome some new city contacts for Alumni--Alain Fontaine alain@formose.net is our France contact who is working to bring more alumni from France together, and Irwin Tjiong hitjiong@yahoo.com, formerly the contact for Amsterdam, is now an important San Francisco contact. We'd also like to welcome our first member from India, the 27th country represented by MTC Alumni -- Sanjay Bhatt.

Special thanks to Ross Feingold and Lynn Lee for their valuable work in initiating contact with the ROC Ministry of Education to help develop the organization even further. We'd like to hear what fellow alumni are up to (check our member's comments section below), so drop us a line at mtcalumni@bigfoot.com and tell us about what you or a fellow alumni are up to. It's sometimes easier for someone else to drop us a line!

We look forward to further strengthening our alumni base in Taipei. If you have ideas to help do so, please contact Ross at rfeingold@hotmail.com.

2. MEETING WITH DR. LI

On December 22, 2000, MTC Alumni Ross Feingold ('97) and Lynn Lee ('97) had a meeting with Director-General Chen-ching Li of the Bureau of International Cultural and Educational Relations under the Ministry of Education. Older alumni will remember Dr. Li as the former director of the Mandarin Training Center between 1980 and 1989. Dr. Li was very enthusiastic about the alumni association and pledged to support its endeavors as much as possible. He also had many suggestions and ideas with regard to expanding the association even further.

3. SLOGAN CONTEST (http://th.gio.gov.tw/slogan)

Hey, everyone here loves Taiwan, right? Whether you're hoping for eventual reunification between the ROC and the PRC or you're an advocate for Taiwan independence, something about the little island drew you to Taiwan to study Chinese as opposed to going to the Mainland! SO, would you like a chance to come back to Taiwan for a short vacation...? 'Cause the ROC Government Information Office (GIO) is offering cash prizes ranging from US$2,000 to US$500, roundtrip air tickets to Taipei with free five-star hotel accommodations, an Asustek Pentium III notebook computer, plus 30 runners-up prizes, for pithy, original, and highly memorable slogans that can be used to boost global awareness of Taiwan's special achievements and unique international situation. There are four different slogan contests that you can enter, and each slogan only has to be twenty words (or less)! Take a stab at it and have a chance at winning a trip back to Ilha Formosa! Contest rules can be found at the GIO website at http://th.gio.gov.tw/slogan. Entries must be received by the end of February, so enter now!

4. NEW MEMBERS

We welcome the following members since our last publication in July 2000.
(year, name, e-mail, country, current city)

5. MEMBERS' COMMENTS

If you have a tidbit you'd like to share about an MTC/CLCC alumni you may know or have recently run into, please drop us a line at mtcalumni@bigfoot.com (we're still waiting to receive comments in Chinese)!

  • 1978 Tracy Van Buskirk
    "I am a part time financial consultant and part time polymer clay artist. I used to be Tracy Smith back when I went to the MTC many many years ago. I just went back to Taipei after 22 yrs for a visit and was kind of amazed at the changes. But happily I remembered a lot of my Chinese...."

  • 1986 Neal Woodcock
    "In my working life I help management consultants communicate more effectively with their clients. I do this through training and hands-on help. In my spare time I enjoy going to the gym, writing and painting."

  • 1987 Alain Fontaine France, Noisiel (Paris)
    "Can the alumni association help locate teachers? I would be very glad to find my two teachers, Ms Hsieh and Mr. Liu who were both in their thirties when I was their student."

  • 1987 Andrew Gordon
    "My Chinese name is Guo AnYong. I have been in computer consulting for 10 years and would like to brush up on my Chinese. I remember very fondly my year at MTC, especially my teachers and classmates."

  • 1993 Bradley Altemeyer
    "Hello all - hope you are still wild and crazy. I'm living on (near) the border with Mexico, so now I'm learning Spanish. Teaching college business and computer classes at STCC.cc.tx.us, first community college with an E-Commerce program."

  • 1995 Eric Valles
    Visit my homepage at:
    http://www.geocities.com/ericvalles/THELIVINGBARD.html

  • 1997 William Shaw
    "This is a great site. I wish I could locate more friends when I was at the MTC (1995-1997). Interesting tidbit: for those still at the MTC, try taking a shower or playing ping pong in the first-class facilities on top of the roof. Not only a great view, but you can bare your buns to Shi Da and all of Taipei!"

  • 1999 Alex Fang
    "Whoever you are, whatever you do, if you're from MTC, then drop me an email, won't you?"

  • Holger Peter Nygaard
    Visit my homepage at:
    http://www.holger.dht.dk

6. CITY CONTACTS

7. NEW ALUMNI REGISTRATION

To register with the MTC Alumni Association, send an e-mail to mtcalumni@bigfoot.com with the following information:

In the subject, write "MTC Alumni Registration" (without the quotes).

In the body of your message, include the following on 11 separate lines (include the information below -- please DO NOT include the titles or numbers below -- i.e. simply write your e-mail address on the first line, your first name on the second line, etc.) Feel free to add additional comments in your e-mail message.

  1. E-mail address;
  2. First Name;
  3. Last Name;
  4. Country;
  5. Current City;
  6. Current Country;
  7. Last Year you attended the MTC (or still attending);
  8. Is it alright to release your e-mail address to other alumni (yes/no);
  9. Can you help the MTC Alumni Association organize events? (yes/no/maybe)
  10. What organization/field do you work in?
  11. Other (be creative).

8. MTCAA OFFICIAL WEBSITE

The Center for Chinese Language and Culture (as the MTC is now officially known) has finally gotten its own webserver! As a result, you can now go the CCLC's homepage by pointing your browser directly at http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw. Consequently, the URL to our site has been shortened to http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/mtcaa! Also, NBCi has bought up Xoom.com, so our mirror website in the US has changed addresses to http://members.nbci.com/mtcaa.

However, if you don't want to change your bookmarks, you can still access either site through the longer, http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/mtc/mtcaa/ link or the old http://members.xoom.com/mtcaa. Both should still work fine!

Now if only the CCLC would register its own domain name... ;-)


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