Happy February Everyone !

I am sure you are waiting for our ever popular Warung Sabtu – yes, it’s Saturday Food Bazaar.

The event will be held on:
Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
at CISC Club House.

This time Warung Sabtu will feature the following menu:

Lina: Baso Malang
Rini Johnson: Siomay
Vonny: Nasi rames & Bubur, Es blewah, Lumpia, Kroket, Risoles
Linda : Talam ubi, Martabak manis, Martabak asin, Tempe & tahu goreng, Bakwan, Klepon, Onde-onde, Es Cendol
Swani: Fresh tempe
Nunuk: Aneka barang

We apologize for those who don’t speak Indonesian and does not understand the menu. But trust me, they are yummy….

Dear members,

We are pleased to let you know that The Annual General Meeting has been successfully conducted on February 11th, 2012 at Home Food Inn Restaurant with positive result.

A total of 49 members including the Board of Directors attended this event enthusiastically, this numbers is enough to proceed with the AGM. Thank you to all members who were able to join this meeting. Before the meeting was held, members renewed their membership then proceeded to having delicious buffet lunch. We also would like to thank those members who have sent us the membership renewal through mail.

The opening speech was given by the President and followed by the appreciation and distribution of Pasar Malam 2011 participation certificates to youth volunteers.

The board proposed to change  the Board of Director duty term from 1 year to 2 years with the objective to run the club better. The first year was viewed as on-the-job training so that the they could better serve on the 2nd year. There were suggestion to roster the Board so that they are not all together new.  This is to smoothen the training process. At the end majority agreed on this proposed change which will be effective on 2013 after the official Bylaw change.

The Sport Director reported the Badminton activity in 2011 with the highlight that the membership was dropped due to fierce competition from new badminton courts. In order to regain the members, our badminton club will be moved from Hillhurst Community Centre to the new Sundridge Centre. Meanwhile we utilize the Hillhurst  place for Soccer every Friday evening. It is reported that Soccer activity has been receiving a positive feedback from the members.

The Communication Director highlighted that year 2011 was the start of extensive online communication media with the revamping of website from static flash based to word-press platform which gives much flexibility of content updating and archiving. It is now easy to upload article, photos and even videos. The Facebook page were launched along with existing Facebook group, which provide more reach and flexibility. The email newsletter were introduced with the goal to replace paper Kurir newsletter. Currently there are close to 200 subscriber of the email newsletter which receive regular monthly update of the Club. Additionally email will be sent once there is new article posted on the website.  We utilized phone call invitation on the trial for 2011 Easter Egg-Hunt which turns out to be successful to get the members comes for the event. There were nice surprise of Omni-TV cameraman that shot the event.

Our financial health was reported in a positive and healthy state with  funding source from AGLC in the form of running Casino, along with membership fee, badminton, soccer and warung sabtu event. It was mentioned that one of the biggest expenses was to renovate and lease our clubhouse.

Our clubhouse is spacious  and nicely setup with hardwood flooring, full wall mirror ideal for dancing practice. There are even hi-def ceiling mount projector and professional 100-inches drop-down screen, along with powerful sound system of amplifier, mixer and sets of powerful speakers. However our big concern is that it was under-utilized.

We encourage members to use this nice facility of ours, it is also available for private function with nominal rental fee.  The Board were also trying to offer the join-use of our clubhouse to other ethnic community group in order to help  the rental but there were no interest so far. Member was asking if we could be more aggressive promoting the clubhouse in 2012 and all agree that at the end of year if it is still under-utilized we may return it to the landlord.

Our Vice President brought up a little insight into the history of CISC  that was established 30 years ago. In the past when we were small, we were closer to each other like a family. These days things change, CISC grows big and Indonesian community in Calgary has spurs into communities of various interest groups. Some of them are religious group such as HFAN (House for All Nations), BIC (Bethany Indonesian Church of Calgary), UKI (Umat Katolik Indonesia di Calgary), Women Moslem prayer group, and Men Moslem prayer group.  CISC is a recognized community in Canada, for example we were appointed to greet Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Canada years ago. We should be proud with our Club!

There were some suggestions from members who  attended the AGM. One of them was to put more information and update on the website so that member will be more informed and thus actively participated in any programs and events, and attracted to become volunteers or even sitting on the Board to run the Club. Another issue that surfaced was there were question  on why they need to be a member, what the benefit of membership is, if they could  join any  programs and events without becoming members.

The value of being a member is greater than the membership fee itself. To be a member is to be part of a family. When we are far away from our hometown in Indonesia, we need a ‘foster’ family to turn to if we have any problems. CISC is our foster family. Becoming members, the individual or family will be introduced and eligible to participate to rich Indonesian cultural in the form of art and language.   Some other benefits such as is  that we  all were served with delicious lunch buffet that afternoon.

Finally the AGM ended with the election of the Board of Director for 2012. Thank you to Eddie Sachri who helped facilitating this process. The Executive remains the same with Sjahmanul Alam as our President, Lina Asensio as our Vice President, Nonce Monika as Secretary, and the Treasurer is Cindy Halim, who helps as the Funding Director as well. Rianto Baskoro is our Cultural Director, Andrew Thresna Ardianto is our Communication Director, Putra Simanjuntak is our Sport Director, Swani Sidharta is our Member Welfare Director and the trusted Garth Sabirsh remains as our Trustee. Two new names come as Directors, they  are  Mario Carli as  our new Social Director and Chandra Eva Jannah as  our Membership Director. Membership Director is a new position that will work closely with the Secretary.

We are elated that more people come helping the Board running the club. Thanks to Hadhi Mulya Asmara, Tanner Varisli and Philip Bender who are willing to help strengthen the Communication division. In the Sport division, Hung Le is helping running our Badminton club. Mala Sidharta came  in the right time helping in Financial area. Last but not least Jessica Natasha will help Nonce Monika in running the administration function of the Board.

Thank you once again to all members who have directly or indirectly participated in this Annual General Meeting. We very much appreciated your inputs and we do encourage all of you to come especially for AGM as this is the time were you inputs is counted. We look forward to have more of your inputs and active participation to make our club bigger, better, and awesome!

Many thanks to Nonce Monika for her contribution editing this article and Thomas Najoan for excellent photo documentary below.

Happy New Year Everyone !

I am sure you are waiting for our ever popular Warung Sabtu – yes, it’s Saturday Food Bazaar.

The event will be held on:
Saturday, January 28, 2012, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
at CISC Club House.

This time Warung Sabtu will feature the following menu:

Nasi rames, bakwan udang, lumpia, risoles ), jajan pasar ( Lupis, onde2, kleppon, talam ubi, dadar gulung, nagasari), tempe mendoan, bakso and siomay.

We apologize for those who don’t speak Indonesian and does not understand the menu. But trust me, they are yummy….

Dear Member.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 2011 was not attended by enough members to render valid. According to our by-law we have to hold another AGM within 90 days.

For this purpose we would like to inform you President letter as per following :

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS

DATE:              SATURDAY, February 11, 2012

TIME:              11.00 PM – 2:00 PM   Lunch will be served at 11:30 AM

PLACE:           Home Food Inn Restaurant

ADDRESS:      5222 Macleod Trail S.W.

PHONE:         403-259-8585

The Board of directors would like to request your attendance to this year’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS.

Every Member (Young and Old) is welcome. We would like to review this year’s programs from the various Directors, update you on the Financial Status of your Club, followed it up with a question and answer period. We will distribute the Appreciation for some students/ youths for their significant contributions during the Batavia Night – Pasar Malam then proceed with the Board of Directors Elections.

With some heart, dedication, commitment and effort each member could be an instrumental team player. Why not Volunteer as a Director this time around and/or nominate a Member in good standing for any of the following positions:

Board of Directors:

Cultural, Social, Funding, Trustee, Communications, Sport, Member Welfare                         (The term will be from January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012)

An Annual General Meeting gives you the opportunity to get involved and voice your opinion and/or criticism. You will be only eligible to vote if you are a member in good standing. Remember to renew your Membership.

We are looking forward to your ongoing support. Your CLUB counts on you.

Please mark your Calendars for this important date.

Sincerely,

Sjahmanul Alam                                                                                                                       PRESIDENT

GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS

Voting:

Please remember to renew your membership. Any member in good standing has the right to vote at any meeting of the CLUB. Such votes can be made in person or by means of a proxy, duly dated and signed.

Membership Fees are:

$ 20.00 per year for a family  (*Parent(s)s and child (ren) under the age of 18)

$ 10.00 per year for a single person 18 years and older

Election Board of Directors

The term will be from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.

Cultural

The favorable exposure and promotion of the Indonesian Cultural and Educational programs.
To establish and maintain social and cultural contacts with other Indonesian organizations headquartered outsideCalgary.

Social

The responsibility for the organization and co-ordination of all social functions.
The Social Director is accountable for the maintenance of proper financial records and to give these reports to the Treasurer in a timely manner. He/She keeps proper records of all activities and financial transactions of these functions and promotes the Club through these events. He/ She can chair a Social Committee.

Funding

The responsibility for the organization and co-ordination of the various ways of obtaining funds for the daily and long term financial goals of the Club. The Funding Director will establish a Directors’ Annual Budget from the Funding proceeds and with the Treasurer will keep track, control and analyze the amount and purpose of each Director’s expenditure.

Sport  

The responsibility for the formation and maintenance of all sports groups. The Sport Director co-ordinates the efforts of all sport groups under the auspices of the Club chairs and organizes other sports committees as needed.

Member Welfare

The Health & Education Director organizes with her committee for the distribution of items for the sick, poor, needy, newly weds, funerals etc. as they seem fit.
He/She promotes continuing Education for our members by means of providing Scholarships and other future types of funding.

Communications (ombuds person)

The reponsibility for the proper “Public Relations” to our Club’s members. To handle all complaints and inquiries in a professional and confidential manner.  He/She is the middle person between Board of Directors and it’s members and is responsible for the proper Communications and Public Relations between our Club and 1) The World, through the World Wide Web site, 2) Calgary Community and 3) Our  Members through the Kurir, Telephone, Fax, Email etc. and other means of communication.

*Or any other Director’s position as required by the club.

Trustee

The responsibility of overlooking the proper expenditures done by the Board of Directors according to the guidelines set out.  Be a part of the Board of Directors and establish an Auditing Committee who together with the Treasurer will audit the books of the Club either Semi-Annually, Annually or any other Time period as required

Member who are unable to come and wish to appoint another person to vote on behalf of him/her. Please download, fill up and sign the Proxy Form < here >
The Proxy has to bring this letter to the AGM.

For your convenient, Member could renew their membership by downloading the form <here >
Please fill up and bring to AGM or send to us with the membership fee. Our address is on this website on the top-right-hand corner.

May the good times and treasures of the present Become the golden memories of tomorrow.

Canadian Indonesian Social Club sish you lots of love, joy and happiness.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all Christian’s members, families, friends and fans.

And for the the rest. Happy Holiday !

Wow, what a program, it was good to stretch and sweat a bit in the last indoor Soccer on Friday, Dec 2nd, 2011. 12 people showed up and really had fun. More people came but the program had to end as the Community Center was being prepared for the snowboarding event the next day. There were 4 newcomers came for the play and they likes this program and would like to continue to come.

Putra Sumanjuntak, our Sport Director saw this event is good place to find fellow Indonesian and Students who lives in Calgary.

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Hello all Soccer Fan !

Continuing on the great and fun times we had during the previous “INDOOR SPORTS” event, PERMIKA (Indonesian Students Union in Canada) Calgary is having indoor soccer event this FRIDAY – December 2, 2011 | 7pm to 9pm, at 

Parking space is available.

Calgary Transit access to Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association:
- #9 Varsity Acres / Bridgeland
- #10 Dalhousie / Southcentre
- #405 Hillhurst
- #414 14 Street Crosstown
- #419 Foothills / Parkhill

Please feel free to invite your friends! The more, as always, the merrier.

Note: A tentative $10  entrance fee will be imposed. Further details will be announced a.s.a.p.

The following is detail event in Bahasa Indonesia, follows by translation in English:

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PERMIKA Calgary adalah organisasi dari, oleh, dan untuk pemuda-pemudi Indonesia di Calgary dan sekitarnya. Memelihara dan mengembangkan hubungan baik antar sesama pemuda-
pemudi Indonesia menjadi dasar utama kegiatan-kegiatan PERMIKA Calgary.

Berdasarkan pengalaman-pengalaman sebelumnya, dipahami bahwa kegiatan olahraga
bersama adalah wahana paling sesuai untuk mengumpulkan pemuda-pemudi Indonesia. Ini
menjadi kesempatan baik tidak hanya berlatih bermain sepak bola, namun juga menyehatkan
jasmani pada umumnya, dan bersosialisasi.

Mempertimbangkan iklim dan cuaca Calgary yang cukup ekstrim di musim dingin, maka
kegiatan olahraga ini akan dilangsungkan di fasilitas indoor gym melalui mekanisme book a
gymnasium dari City of Calgary.

Kedepannya, PERMIKA Calgary terbuka dengan kemungkinan-kemungkinan untuk
mengembangkan Indoor Soccer lebih lanjut. Contoh termasuk menambah variasi jenis olahraga,

atau mengintenskan latihan sepak bola yang berorientasi untuk kompetisi / kejuaraan.

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PERMIKA Calgary is an organization from, by, and for the Indonesian youth in Calgary and Area.
Nurturing and fostering the good relationship between the Indonesian youth becomes the main
basis for all PERMIKA Calgary activities.

Based on past experiences, it is realized that sporting activities serves as the most appropriate
means of gathering the Indonesian youth. This is a prime opportunity not only to practice our
soccer skills, but also maintaining physical health, and to socialize.

Considering Calgary’s extreme weather and climate during winter, this sporting event will
be held in an indoor gym through the book a gymnasium mechanism provided by the City of
Calgary.

Going forward, PERMIKA Calgary is open to opportunities to further develop / expand this
Indoor Sports program. Examples include adding the variety of sports, or intensify soccer
practices in a competition-oriented manner.

Thank you for all of you who visit our last Warung Sabtu. I miss this one but am confident you leave with full tummy of hearty meal… And special Thanks for Widya, Vonny, Kitty, and Linda for your hardwork and tasty lunch.

We most likely skip the December 2011 Warung Sabtu as it is too close to the end of the year where most people busy with Christmas and New Year celebration.

See you all in 2012 !

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Hello Everyone !

I am sure you are waiting for our ever popular Warung Sabtu – yes, it’s Saturday Food Bazaar.

The event will be held on:
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
at CISC Club House.

This time Warung Sabtu will feature the following menu:

Nasi Rames
Nasi campur, (Indonesian: “mixed rice”, also called nasi rames), referring to a dish of rice topped with various meats, vegetables, peanuts, eggs and fried-shrimp chips.

Cendol
Cendol (pronounced /ˈtʃɛndɒl/) is a traditional dessert originating from South East Asia which is still popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (where it is known as Mont let saung), Singapore, Vietnam, and Southern Thailand where it is called lortchorng singapore ลอดช่องสิงคโปร์).

Lontong Sayur
It is basically rice cakes served with several different dishes such as Meat Rendang, Sayur Lodeh / Vegetables cooked in coconut milk, Sambal Ikan Teri/ Anchovies with Sambal, Sambal Telur / Egg Sambal, Young Green Jackfruit/Sayur Nangka and garnish with Serondeng.

Arem-arem
Stuffed rice-roll

Donat
Indonesian donut

Soto Betawi
Betawi soto, made of beef or beef offal, cooked in a whitish cow milk or coconut milk broth, with fried potato and tomato.

Assorted Cookies
Variety of cookies.

Fish-ball satay
Fish-ball skewer

Fresh tempeh (to be cooked)
Tempeh (/ˈtɛm.peɪ/), or tempe (Indonesian), is a traditional soy product originally from Indonesia. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very firm vegetarian burger patty.

Konro
Konro is an Indonesian ribs soup originated from Buginese and Makassarese of South Sulawesi. Usually this soup was made with ribs or beef as main ingredient. The soup is brown-black in color and eaten either with burasa or ketupat cut in bite size or rice. The spicy and strong tasted soup was made from the mixture of various spices especially coriander and keluwak (Pangium edule) fruit that gave its blackish color.

Pukis
Pukis is a typical traditional cake. This cake is made ​​from dough of eggs, sugar, flour, yeast and coconut milk. The dough was then poured into molds and baked. Pukis can be said is actually a modification of the waffle. The variation is varied, given a sprinkling of chocolate eggs, cheese, sliced ​​meats, or nuts.

Lupis
Traditional Indonesian sweet sticky rice dumplings

Risoles
Indonesian Roll Snacks with Chicken Ragout

Tempe goreng
Fried tempeh. Tempeh (/ˈtɛm.peɪ/), or tempe (Indonesian), is a traditional soy product originally from Indonesia. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very firm vegetarian burger patty.

Tahu isi
Tahu isi (fried stuffed tofu). Tofu or bean curd is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and others.

Martabak Manis
Martabak manis or sweet martabak, is a rich-flavoured pancake-like sweet dish which is popular in Indonesia. Sometimes referred to as “martabak bangka”, where Bangka is an island in Sumatera. In Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia, these sweet, thick pancakes are also known as “terang bulan” or “kue pinang bangka”. Also known as “apam balik” in Malaysia.

Kue Dadar
Pandan crepes with sugar-coconut filling

Singkong Goreng
Deep fried cassava

Bakwan Goreng
Indonesian fritter

Nagasari
Nagasari is a steamed cake made from flour, coconut milk and sugar, filled with bananas. It is usually wrapped in banana leaves before being steamed, or prepared with pandan that gives it aroma. It is commonly eaten as a snack in Indonesia.

The menu were taken from various sources from Internet, such as Wikipedia and many other sites. The actual dishes in Warung Sabtu may not look the same as the picture.

Dear CISC Member

You are invited to Annual General Meeting

Saturday, December 10, 2011
11am at CISC Clubhouse

Early lunch will be provided at 11am, follows by AGM from 12pm to 2pm
Membership registration and renewal open from 11am to 12pm.

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Hello Everyone !

I am sure you are waiting for our ever popular Warung Sabtu – yes, it’s Saturday Food Bazaar.

The event will be held on:
Saturday, Oct 29, 2011, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
at CISC Club House.

This time Warung Sabtu will feature the following menu:

Siomay
Siomay (also Somay), is an Indonesian steamed fish dumpling with vegetables served in peanut sauce. It is derived from Chinese Shumai. It is considered a light meal that is similar to the Chinese Dim Sum, but is cone shaped. It is traditionally made from tenggiri (wahoo) fish meat.

Nasi gudeg
Gudeg is a traditional food from Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia which is made from young Nangka (jack fruit) boiled for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk .

Nasi uduk
Nasi uduk is made by cooking rice soaked in coconut milk instead of water, clove, cassia bark, and lemongrass.

Lupis
Indonesian cake made mainly of glutinous rice

Bakwan
Indonesian Bean Sprout and Potato Fritters

Tahu isi
Fried tofu with filling served with bird eyes chillies.

Kue pastel
Indonesian puff cake, fills with carrot, potatoes, chicken/beef meat, boiled egg, and bean thread noodles (soun)

Ketimus
It’s sweet from the brown sugar, rich from the coconut and has chewy texture from the grated tapioca.

Kue lumpur
Indonesian mud cakes made of margarine, sugar, salt, vanilla, egg, coconut.

Combro
This is Sundanese snack made from oncom, red onion, garlic, cayenne pepper, kencur, salt, sugar, basil

Tape goreng
This is delicious fermented Casava cake, fried with flour, egg and sugar.

Gemblong
Deep fried sticky rice coated with caramel

Donat
Indonesian donut

Risoles
Indonesian Roll Snacks with Chicken Ragout

Nastar
Pinneapple cookie

Lidah kucing
Sweet cookie

Kastangel
Cheese cookie

Mpek mpek
Pempek, mpek-mpek or empek-empek is a savoury fishcake delicacy from Palembang, Indonesia, made of fish and tapioca. Pempek is served with yellow noodles and a dark, rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko (vinegar sauce).

Cendol
Cendol (pronounced /ˈtʃɛndɒl/) is a traditional dessert originating from South East Asia which is still popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (where it is known as Mont let saung), Singapore, Vietnam, and Southern Thailand where it is called lortchorng singapore ลอดช่องสิงคโปร์).

Rujak Serut
This literally means “shredded rujak”, and is another variant of Indonesian fruit rujak. As with rujak tumbuk, the ingredients are similar to Indonesian fruit rujak, with the exceptions that the fruits are not cut into bite-sized pieces, but shredded into a roughly grated consistency.

Krecek
Made from krupuk kulit (skin cracker), potato, and soy beans

Ayam Cabe Ijo
This is chicken dish cooked with green chili

Kue Kacamata
It made from cassava with banana wrapped in it

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Chatter and humour typical Betawi lenong comedy chat show topped the “Batavia Night” in Calgary, Canada on October 8, 2011. The songs “Let us watch Ondel-Ondel” “Kicir-Kicir”, “Jali-Jali”, “Pak Pung Pak Mustape”, “Sweet Black” and “Indian Doll” was delivered with great humor and accompanied by music and Betawi percussion. Lenong chat entitled “Karbit Jadi Manten” is about a young man named Karbit who fell in love and managed to marry the girl of his dream but not without the struggle.

In this chat lenong packaging also displayed the typical traditional Betawi with martial arts demonstrations and a lot of unrequited rhyme invites laughter. The last round of chat shows lenong Betawi wedding customs that accompanied a long line of carrier gift for the bride, including a stuffed crocodile suggested as a “crocodile bread”. Karbit wedding procession is getting lively with the customary fashion Indonesia by his friends from various regions in Indonesia.  

The “Batavia Night” is also enlivened by Gado-gado Betawi Dance and Fan Dance Makassar displayed before lenong chat. Dance movement and the compactness of the dancers in the dance is invited to bring applause from the audience. In addition to enjoying the art of Betawi culture dish, the visitors had the opportunity to enjoy the culinary offerings Indonesia, among others, fried rice, fried noodles, soto Betawi, soup noodles, satay, ice cendol, various snacks are colorful and presented by the people of Indonesia.

Spontaneity and the cohesiveness of Indonesian in preparing and succeeding “Batavia Night” was succeeded in presenting the atmosphere of Batavia with the stage and a variety of Betawi traditional house decoration. The event was attended by more than 250 citizens of Canada and Indonesia Indonesia is hosted by the Canada Social Club (CISC), House For All Nations (HFAN),  and supported by the Indonesian students and the Consulate General in Vancouver.

Indonesian Community in the City of Calgary numbering about 500 people and generally work in offices, restaurant industry, informal workers, and students-students. This amount does not include citizens of Indonesia that are scattered in various other cities in the province of Alberta. Canada is renowned as one of the center of the oil, gas and mineral mining world.

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