Dear Servas members from East Asia and worldwide,

One of the main ideas of Servas is to get to know different cultures around the world and to promote peace worldwide. And this has been achieved by visiting other places and being hosted by locals since Servas was created.

Unfortunately, the Covid-19 has prevented us from traveling and visiting other places. So while trying to see how Servas can still do something, we East Asia National Secretaries (NS's) from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan came up with an idea. Organizing online meetings, which will present a local cultural topic by one country/National group of East Asia each season until travel will once again be possible.

Following this, the East Asia NS's are honored and more than happy to invite you to our 1st organized online meeting, which will be conducted by China, presenting Chinese Tea Ceremony on Oct. 30th.    

Due to the rule of Zoom, the meeting platform we use, the number of participants have to be under 100 persons. Our policy is first come, first reserved. If registered members over 100, you may be invited to join us through YouTube live at the same time. Please see the Zoom meeting details and fill in registration form below.

Thank all those who have helped us to organize this meeting. Look forward to having you with us.

In peace and friendship

Mei Wang
Servas Taiwan NS / East Asia Area Coordinator


1. Meeting theme:
Chinese Tea Ceremony Presentation  
- Hand-washing ceremony/incense-burning ceremony/lamp-lighting ceremony
- Meditation for inner peace
- Tea making ceremony in Taichi Zen Tea style
- Exercise set to reach a meditative heart
- Make a pot of Chinese tea (Bring your tea set and enjoy good tea with us)

2. Presenter / Speaker:  Saara Kim
-Servas China member since 2006
-Zen meditation master
-Chinese tea ceremony master
-Executive Director of several high tech companies

3. Language: English

4. Tea items: Participants are welcome to present your tea set or any items related with interesting tea stories

5. Date & Time：2021-Oct-30 (Sat.)
19:00~21:00 (China/Hong Kong/Mongolia/Taiwan time, UTC+8:00)
20:00~22:00 (Japan/Korea time, UTC+9:00)
12:00~14:00 (London time, UTC+1:00)
07:00~09:00 (New York time, UTC-4:00)

6. Timetable:  (According to China/Hong Kong/Mongolia/Taiwan time, UTC+8:00)
18:30~19:00 Zoom meeting room open
19:00~19:05 Meeting Starts/ Welcome (Mei Wang, East Asia Area Coordinator)
19:05~20:05 Introduction (Jack Huang, Servas China NS)
                       Chinese Tea Ceremony Presentation (Saara Kim, Servas China member)
20:05~20:25 Questions & Answers
20:25~20:50 Cultural exchange by Zoom small groups discussion (3-4 members)
20:50~21:00 Summarize and Closing (Mei Wang)

7. Meeting sites：
-Zoom (The link will be sent to participants by email on the meeting day.)
-YouTube live (Channel: SERVAS TAIWAN, Direct Link: https://youtu.be/swHz17MLU4E )
*Note: the channel is already active now, but the live broadcasting will begin when the meeting starts.

8. Participation limitation:  
-Via Zoom – 100 members (Please fill in registration form below.)
-Via YouTube live – no limitation (Do not need registration.)

When participants are over 100 persons, you will be invited to join this meeting by YouTube live without taking part in a small group discussion.

*For East Asia countries members:
The total number of East Asia members to join the zoom meeting is 75 which will be allocated according to the quota of each country in relation to their number of members.  After the registration dead line, all registrations will be sent to NS of each country/national group and the NS will indicate us who are the approved ones.

*For Servas members worldwide:
25 Zoom meeting spaces are reserved for you. First come, first reserved. We will inform you the result after registration deadline. If you couldn't join the Zoom meeting, please join via YouTube live.)

9. Registration expiration：2021-Oct-20
19:00 (China/Hong Kong/Mongolia/Taiwan time, UTC+8:00)
20:00 (Japan/Korea time, UTC+9:00)
12:00 (London time, UTC+1:00)
07:00 (New York time, UTC-4:00)

10. Sponsor: Servas Taiwan (Zoom account provider and operator)

11. Technical Requirements:
-Install Zoom/Zoom App at your computer/mobile phone
-Basic knowledge about using the zoom application
-Make sure you have a working camera and microphone

12. Notes：
-Meeting content and time table might be changed and adjusted due to unforeseen or future requirements.
-Photos, videos and audio will be recorded and documented along the event time. These may be presented or used with non-profit purpose in Servas media applications.

13. Contact us: email: taiwan@servas.org