Bimonthly meeting on 31 July 2011

Posted by Gan Siowck Lee

The following attended the bimonthly meeting: Saleh, Poh, Gan SL, Kee, Syed Farooq & wife, Simrit, and Siaw Mei Li.

Mei Li conveyed info from Clare Chan that Prof. Ricardo Trimillos will be in Malaysia from 23-29 October. His involvement with EWC began in the 60s and he is currently President of the EWCA Executive Board, which is the main EWC alumni association overseeing chapters in all the countries. Before his recent retirement, he was the head of Asian Studies and Ethnomusicology Department of University of Hawaii, Manoa. In the spirit of aloha, the meeting decided to invite him for a lunch or dinner during his visit to KL. At this meeting, he will report to us the development of the EWCA, and get our feedback with regard to our chapter development. 

GSL suggested that perhaps we can explore co-organising talks/performances by Prof. Trimillos with the MPO and/or KLPac. But we need to get more info from Clare or him, to find out what he is interested to do here.

Kee shared his experiences as a volunteer English teacher teaching working adults in Indonesia. This led to further discussion about the possibility of our chapter doing the same thing. The meeting decided to identify one organisation or institution to kickstart the project.   

Saleh suggested that our chapter focuses on helping to promote interculural relationships among young people in Malaysia. GSL proposed that we explore with The Star to see if we can help them add intercultural learning experiences into their NIE project.

If you have ideas, suggestions with regard to the above, please e-mail me at gansl@myjaring.net

Mahalo! 

BTW, the next bimonthly meeting will be 25th September.