BLIA YAD Committee Training Meeting

On the 17th of September, Buddha's Light International Association South Island Young Adult Division committee members gathered at Fo Guang Shan South Island Temple’s Tea House to attend a committee meeting with general guiding Venerable Abbess Manshin and guiding Venerable Venerable Juexi.

The meeting was chaired by the president of YAD 1, Wei Chia Cheng. The purpose of the meeting was mainly to discuss the progress and organizing of the moon festival celebrations, as well as bring to light issues within the YAD group. These include;

-Job allocation for each youth group member
-Performance rehearsal arrangement
-Updating the progress of the refining of programmes.
-Updating the progress of stage set up.

Under the guidance of Abbess Manshin, resolutions were made to deal with the issues facing the youth group.

The meeting concluded with everyone agreeing that;
-No rude or bad words are allowed to be used in the temple.
-There needs to be more connections and communications between YAD 1&2.
-YAD meeting attendance for committee members is compulsory, and if one can not attend, a reason and pre-notice are necessary. Three warnings will be issued for unjustified absence. Action will be taken after the third warning.

Account by Fan-Ping Chiang and Sheng Han Lim