Past Insights
Jan '09President's Insight
President Lance Lee shares his thoughts on recent highlights, milestones and Club life in general. These monthly remarks aim to better connect Members with their vibrant international community and maintain an open dialogue with the Club's leadership.Register here to receive the President's Insight each month:
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February 2010
• President's Message
• Did you know...?
• App from TAC For Your iPhone
• Food for Thought
• A Taste of Kendall-Jackson
• Tidbits from the New TAC Project
President's Message
It's all about LOVE. Valentine's Day is this Sunday and it is time to let those close to you know how you feel. As you know, there is a myriad of ways to express your love. Here is a short list:
1. Make an appointment for the two of you to get your picture taken together professionally.
2. See what his horoscope is for the day and do something silly around that "theme".
3. Give her a gift for any of the following: professional massage, manicure, pedicure, facial or nail treatment-at TAC.
4. Spend a couple of hours together writing romantic ideas on separate slips of paper. After you complete a total of 100 romantic ideas on 100 pieces of paper, fill a jar with them. Every Sunday, from this day on, take it in turns to pick one idea and implement it by the following Sunday, at which point the other partner picks a new romantic idea and has to follow through on it within a week.
5. Make a list of the top reasons you love him/her.
6. Spend the day just photographing each other-outdoors (at a local park, around Harajuku, at the beach (Odaiba will do), around Meiji Shrine), as well as indoors. Make sure you get someone to take some photos of the two of you together. Take some "candids" and some posed. Then frame one.
Enjoy. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Did You Know...?
The writer of best-selling memoir Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, John Wood, will share his unlikely journey from the corporate realm to running a global charity during an uplifting talk at the Club.
Meet the Author: John Wood
Wednesday, March 3
7 p.m.
Women's Group Classroom 2
¥1,260 (includes one drink)
Sign up online or at the Library by February 28
Copies of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World are on sale at the Library.
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App from TAC For Your iPhone
Yes, it is here for all you iPhone users at TAC. We have an application and what an application it is. Our IT department, led by Lian Chang, has developed an app that makes learning about and communicating with TAC fun. Just three steps and it's yours at no extra cost.
From your iPhone web browser, go to http://tacweb.org/iphone and:
1. Tap the Add Bookmark button at the bottom of the screen (+ sign)
2. Tap Add to Home Screen
3. Tap Add in the upper-right-hand corner
The app will be added to your iPhone home screen for you to access!
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Food for Thought
"Inspiring quotes and phrases, like inspiring people, are vitamins to the soul." Linda Joseph
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A Taste of Kendall-Jackson
Sample the range of award-winning vintages from this Sonoma County winery, established in 1982 by former attorney Jess Jackson, that have seduced critics and consumers alike.
Friday, February 19
6-8 p.m.
Vineyards
¥1,000
To enjoy this fantastic free offer for two people, print out this week's President's Insight and present it at the Member Services Desk.
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Tidbits from the New TAC Project
The New Year break gave the project team some well-deserved downtime, but now the activity on site will only increase until, at the end of November, the new Clubhouse will undergo a rigorous series of inspections. I made a tour of the construction site with Alistair (our Project Manager) and Bill Butler of PCPA on January 18 and the progress is impressive. The interior work of the basement levels is in its early stages, and you can now see the scale of the Ballroom on the B2F. I was pleased to find out that our Ballroom will be one of the few ballrooms in Tokyo with windows. Takenaka (construction company) is currently pouring the concrete slabs for the 2nd and 3rd floors before the steel structure of the 4th and 5th floor begins at the end of February. I hope that you have had the opportunity to see the working model and display that has been installed in the Family Lobby, which has fueled my excitement to be able to see the finished building next January.
