We tried the new format for our meeting and while some found it took the entire day, others found the later hour easier to make a commute to attend. It’s a tough call. Ultimately, in order to properly know if we want to continue with a later meeting time, we have to give it one more try. Thus our next meeting will be again at the later time slot:
1:00, Saturday, October 15, 2016. Please mark your calendars now, and reserve the date!
The location will be determined later.
Don’t forget, we will be reading the book “Tschick” this summer, to discuss at our fall meeting. I bought a copy for $5.99 on Amazon.
We viewed the recent movie “Honig im Kopf” with Til Schweiger, and it was overwhelmingly positively received. The film had us both laughing and crying. We had a really interesting discussion on the aging population of Germany and Alzheimer’s in general.
Following the film, streaming German TV was discussed and a couple suggestions were made for members interested.
Chris Solan uses Free Stream TV: http://www.freestreambox.com/ (hopefully that is the correct link) but says he can get a better price. Interested members can contact him directly: csolan@mac.com
Harald Zils recommends: Mediathekview Mediathek
Both enthusiastically report the ability to watch a multitude of German products.
Members liked the posters I had hanging in my room that featured opposing adjectives depicted in really nice graphics. Here’s the link for them - they can be easily downloaded and printed on 11x 17 paper: Deutschlernerblog
Chris also had a website suggestion for great handouts: IsLCollective
Before moving to the business meeting, we had a brief celebration for Shadia Khalifa, our Testing Chair for the last 13 years, who will be retiring from teaching at the end of this year. Thankfully, she will continue for a few more years both in the role of Testing Chair and Treasurer of our CNY AATG! Please congratulate Shadia, on a job well done both as teacher and CNY AATG officer for such a long time. Her help has been really instrumental in keeping our professional organization together.
Finally, the attending members voted and approved of our new President, Harald Zils!
Wir gratulieren und freuen uns auf das kommende Jahr!
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