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NAVIGATION
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What is KCC? What do you do? Why? FAQ
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Kiwi Culture Club Auckland is a community group.
The purpose of it is World Domination.
Just kidding!
I've broken this down into parts so you can see each area and reason like a FAQ or something...
Part one: Why join a language exchange club?
We are a language and culture exchange group designed to help foreign
students (specifically Japanese students initially) and local language
students to improve their language skills through one of the most
important and neglected areas of learning. Practical experience.
You can hit the books 16 hours a day for years, but if you don't put to
practice what you are learning, you will not only forget it easier
(making studying harder) but you wont develop the skills and natural
ability.
Trust me, in Japanese I always aced the other students in class,
although I never had the books, my attendance was below 50% and I
hardly studied.
Every new sentence I learned from the teacher I wrote down, then went
and tried it out with Japanese people, using it and ingraining it to my
brain as part of a language I speak rather than some scrap of
information to remember in an exam.
Of course study is not just important, but ESSENTIAL to
learning a new language, but if you don't get out there and EXPERIENCE
it with someone you wont develop the fluency, listening skills and
confidence needed to communicate effectively.
So that's what I'm offering- practical experience in a clean safe and fun environment with nice people.
Part 2: So what do you guys do there?
We meet at the Chapel, in a nice meeting room out the back. Once there
we find a table with a group of people we would like to chat with
(often the table with the most girls also becomes the one with the most
guys!), make ourselves a cup of coffee ,
grab a biscuit or whatever is there (included in the entry fee) and sit down.
At the table we talk with each other and practice our language skills.
Japanese practice their English, Kiwis practice their Japanese and so
on.
Sometimes the guests become friends and agree to meet up on weekends,
or go out for dinner as a group after the meeting has finished.
Sometimes guys and girls end up hitting it off and start dating!
If that's what you come for, that's your choice. If it doesn't work out, that's your problem.
We're a language exchange club, not a dating agency.
Part 3: I don't like him/her anymore, can you kick him/her out?
If you have a genuine complaint about
someone, ie: "he touched my butt" or "she took my wallet", then we can
look into it and may ask other authorities to intervene or ask that
person to leave the club, depending on the situation.
If you just don't like someone, that's not a reason to get us involved.
There's about 4.5 billion people people out there, and you can't love everyone (unless you're on E!).
We however insist that after the first visit, all guests sign a form
agreeing to a set of rules designed to make the club safe and fun for
everyone.
One of the rules is that we have the right to refuse entry to anyone without needing to give a reason.
Of course, there will be a reason, but we may decide not to give it to you.
We are a community group and as a community we have to respect each other.
Acceptance into the community is decided by the community. If you
respect people and don't be obnoxious or weird, people should accept
you and you'll become part of the KCC family!
Part 4: What are we paying for?
The current standard entry fee is $3.
The entry fee will probably vary, as the expenses and needs of the club will also vary.
The fee is mainly to cover the cost of room hire, food and drink
supplied, equipment for the club and it's events, and reimbursement of
expenses incurred to me by the club (ie: printing posters etc...)
Events and activities will be charged for in the lead up to the event.
Sometimes you will be able to pay for events on the day.
Some events require me to
purchase equipment or food the day before, or
to pay in a lump sum beforehand to receive group rates. In this case
you will need to pay early to get a discount or even to get a place.
Events and activities are designed to be cheap, fun, safe, and good for encouraging use of English/Japanese language.
Examples are BBQ's, beach volleyball, parties, pool/billiards nights, group dinners, ice-skating etc...
Part 5: I want to advertise my company/business etc through you guys.
Sorry, at present we are not allowing any other institution to be
involved with us as I don't want the club members to have advertising
shoved down their throats. We get enough spam in life as it is.
Later on as the club develops we may be willing to allow advertising on
the website in return for some kind of sponsorship, or some other form
of advertising. At that time we will make an anouncement that we are
seeking sponsors, or (most likely) contact desired sponsors directly.
Part 6: Do you need any help?
YES!
If you have free time between 4:30-8:30, help would be greatly appreciated in the following areas:
- Helping to set up before the guests arrive at 5pm.
- Staffing the front desk and
letting people in for the first hour- or for half an hour (people
always keep you company if you do this).
- Transport for the masses to
events, such as beach BBQ's. If you have a car and spare seats, expect
someone to ask you for a lift! Concessions will be arranged at most
events for transporters who bring the others.
- Translators- If you are good at translating what I say into Japanese, your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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