Our Thank you’s
Thinking back on it, this conference involved the effort and dedication of so many people, and the success of this conference cannot all be attributed to just us Co-Directors. So a few thank you’s to:- Our speakers, leaders in the Taiwanese American community who were so gracious and generous in devoting their time to creating awesome keynote speeches and workshop sessions. For 2010 we made workshops and keynote speakers our prime focus, and they’re really what ITASA conferences are all about. These speakers inspired us, and we hope that in turn through this conference, they inspired you too.
- Our generous sponsors, because without their support, this conference would never have happened. To those not mentioned in the programming booklet, thank you to Malaysia Airlines for their corporate sponsorship, as well as TACL National, for donating the Write in Taiwanese Census t-shirts. In addition to our sponsors, there were also other people who believed in us and guided us through this entire year of conference-planning. With all the difficulties and ups and downs, there were people who stood by us and recognized that this conference was an important cause that could and would be a success.
- Our conference team, the DREAM TEAM, for being the force of the entire ITASA 2010 conference at UCSD. YOU GUYS MADE IT HAPPEN! There can be no greater joy than knowing that your hard work throughout the year helped bring together so many college kids in just one weekend. We are so proud of you guys!! Included in this are also the volunteers! Part of our strength this year was having so many enthusiastic volunteers and small group leaders who were able to carry everything out so smoothly and efficiently. You guys were the foundation of the conference, and we’re so grateful for all your help.
- Last but not least, the conference attendees!! We cannot thank all of you enough for participating in this year’s ITASA West Coast Conference. It’s pretty amazing that once a year, so many Taiwanese American college kids can get together to celebrate and see for themselves the strength of our community. We truly hope that you all got something out of this conference, whether it was new friends, a better understanding of being Taiwanese American, a stronger desire to stay involved in the community, or the inspiration to simply go beyond the horizon.
OUR FINAL STATS:
239 attendees
50 team members and volunteers
47 sponsors
25 colleges/high schools represented
22 speakers
10 participating organizations
1 AMAZING weekend
The ITASA West Coast Conference happens only once a year, so we hope that this past weekend at UCSD has been an experience you will never forget. And remember that next year, it will all happen again at the ITASA 2011 West Coast Conference at UC Berkeley!
Co-Directors
ITASA Dream Team
Group Picture @ ITASA Banquet
(minus Terrence & Jojo :\)
COUNTDOWN
228 people registered
50 team members and volunteers
33 sponsors
25 schools in attendance
20 speakers
10 participating organizations
1 weekend
And so it begins…
COUNTDOWN to ITASA at UCSD: 7 days!
So much happening!
Conference giveaways have arrived!
Photo shoots on beautiful sunny days! 
Dawen’s Online Performance with Macy Gray!
Hello Everyone!
It’s only a couple more weeks until the conference! Are you guys excited?! Well we have a special treat for you guys! You will get a SNEAK PEEK at one of our conference speakers and banquet performers! Dawen, a Taiwanese-American singer/songwriter from LA is going to holding an ONLINE performance with R&B/Soul singer Macy Gray TOMORROW, March 11th at 7PM PST! How amazing is that?! Check out the full article from MTV Iggy HERE.
Make sure to tune into the performance and ask him any questions! It’ll be awesome and guess what? CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WILL GET TO SEE HIM LIVE IN PERSON! :]
US Census 2010 – Write in “Taiwanese”
4 of the people in this video will be speakers at our conference. Can you guess who?
UCI TAO’s Lantern Festival
Several members of the UCSD ITASA team headed up to Irvine this past weekend to attend UCI TAO‘s Lantern Festival. We had a great time and even fundraised some money by hosting our own game booth!
UCSD ITASA Representatives
We <3 UCI TAO. Thanks for the wonderful time and giving us the opportunity to publicize our conference!
*More pictures to come*
Taiwan Helps Haiti
Taiwan Rescue Workers in Haiti
This post is a little late, but definitely worth noting!
Taiwan’s government has already pledged $5 million in aid as well as committed almost 100 tons of humanitarian relief supplies. More importantly, urged on by aid experts and figures such as France’s Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, Taiwanese officials are mulling over the possibility of helping cancel Haiti’s publicexternal debt, which was measured in 2008 at around $1.8 billion in total.
Read more here.
Website & Early Registration: NOW OPEN!
We are excited to announce that our website and registration are both up and running!!
Check it out at: http://ucsd.itasa.org
ITASA in the Press!
We met up with several news reporters this past weekend in Los Angeles at 888 Seafood. We were lucky enough to meet Lotus Lin (Taiwan Daily), Leaf Chiang (The Central News Agency), Tina Chuang (Chinese L.A. Daily News), Elin Chen (Chinese Daily News – World Journal), Melissa Chen (Sin Tao Newspapers), and Douglas Shen (Director, TECO-LA). We would like to especially thank Lotus for putting this all together. The wonderful 姊姊s interviewed us about our upcoming conference and are going to feature us in their newspapers in the next following weeks!
Update: We were featured in Taiwan Daily and Chinese L.A. Daily News this past Wednesday. Spread the word and be on the lookout for other articles in the next few days! In the meantime, check out some pictures from last Saturday as well as newspaper clippings from Taiwan Daily (台灣日報)!
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- Waiting to meet Lotus Lin!
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- @ 888 Seafood in Rosemead
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- Featured Article in Taiwan Daily (台灣日報)
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- Close-Up Picture :)
