[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":110},["ShallowReactive",2],{"verslag-connect-day-2026-en":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"beelden":6,"body":13,"chinees":66,"cijfers":67,"citaat":68,"citaatBron":69,"citaatLabel":70,"concept":71,"credits":72,"creditsLink":70,"dank":70,"datum":73,"description":74,"evenement":75,"extension":76,"inleiding":77,"locatie":78,"meta":79,"navigation":80,"nieuwsbrief":70,"noindex":80,"oproep":81,"path":87,"seo":88,"stem":89,"titel":90,"voet":91,"volgendJaar":94,"__hash__":109},"verslagenEn\u002Fen\u002Fverslagen\u002Fconnect-day-2026.md","Connect Day 2026",[7],{"pad":8,"label":9,"alt":10,"bijschrift":11,"verhouding":12},"\u002Fbeeld\u002Fconnect-day\u002Fcommissie-in-vesten.jpg","PHOTO 1 · THE COMMITTEE","The Connect committee with their arms around each other, in red gilets with the family seal and CONNECT on the back","The committee at the clubhouse, in the new gilets.","auto",{"type":14,"value":15,"toc":62},"minimark",[16,24,27,30,33,36,39,41,48,50,54,56,59],[17,18,19,23],"p",{},[20,21,22],"strong",{},"Sunday 20 September 2026",", eleven o'clock, the clubhouse on Binnen Bantammerstraat. The committee was there, with the vice-chair from the board – and a few new faces.",[17,25,26],{},"Koen and Gwen opened the presentation and gave everyone a warm welcome. Then the committee introduced themselves. Chair Siu Fong spoke about what drives her most: keeping the family, and the gatherings as she knows them, going for many generations to come. The rest of the committee agreed.",[17,28,29],{},"Then it was time for lunch: dim sum, fresh from the steamer. With thanks to John, who sorted the food and steamed the baskets on the spot. It was good company, and that's exactly what Connect is for: eating together and catching up with family while you're at it.",[31,32],"hr",{},[17,34,35],{},"After lunch came the new name and the plan. The 'youth' group is now called Connect. The name says what it's about: bringing family together, and it fits everyone who grew up here, not just the youngest.",[17,37,38],{},"The plan comes down to three words: connect, preserve, pass on. The flyer said 'help us think about where we're heading', and people took that literally. The ideas came faster than we could write them down – here's a selection of what came up.",[31,40],{},[42,43],"verslag-ideeen",{":punten":44,"label":45,"naregel":46,"titel":47},"[\"Family recipes on the website\",\"A readers' column\",\"Playing mahjong\",\"An online games night\",\"Sharing hobbies with the seniors\",\"Watching Hong Kong films\",\"Online workshops\",\"Food tours\",\"Drinks in your city\",\"Odd jobs at the clubhouse\"]","WHAT CAME UP","A menu, not a promise. Which ones we pick up first, you'll hear in the group.","Ten ideas, from recipes to odd jobs",[31,49],{},[51,52],"verslag-beelden",{":beelden":53},"[{\"pad\":\"\u002Fbeeld\u002Fconnect-day\u002Fpresentatie.jpg\",\"alt\":\"The committee giving the presentation at the clubhouse; on the screen the slide The rest of the story is on the website\",\"bijschrift\":\"The presentation.\"},{\"pad\":\"\u002Fbeeld\u002Fconnect-day\u002Fnapraten.jpg\",\"alt\":\"Three relatives talking after the event, two in the red Connect gilet\",\"bijschrift\":\"Chatting afterwards.\"}]",[31,55],{},[17,57,58],{},"And those new faces? One of them joined the committee that same afternoon and is going to organise the workshops. Another let slip while chatting afterwards that a column of her own on the website appealed to her – nothing promised, but the idea is there. Someone who didn't know anyone in the morning and had taken on the workshops by the afternoon: that's more than we'd dared hope for, and exactly why we organised this day.",[17,60,61],{},"It was a long while after the end before the last few groups went home. It was an inspiring day, and it was lovely to see how well everyone's ideas and strengths complemented each other. That gives us a huge amount of energy for everything we're going to build in the months ahead. Thank you to everyone who was there and who made this day possible!",{"title":63,"searchDepth":64,"depth":64,"links":65},"",2,[],"聚通會",[],"From the very first moment I felt so much enthusiasm and a real click with everyone. It made me think: this is something I want to be part of.","SAI YUK · ZAANDAM",null,false,"TEXT AND PHOTOS: THE CONNECT COMMITTEE","2026-09-20","Sunday 20 September 2026, eleven o'clock, the clubhouse on Binnen Bantammerstraat. The committee was there, with the vice-chair from the board – and a few new faces.","\u002Fevenementen#archief","md","A Sunday at the clubhouse: meeting the committee, piping-hot dim sum and thinking about where Connect goes next. What you missed – and how to be there next time.","CLUBHOUSE, AMSTERDAM",{},true,{"vet":82,"tekst":83,"link":84},"Something to add to the list?","An idea doesn't have to be big, and you're welcome to run with it yourself: we'll help with the room, the announcement and the people.",{"label":85,"pad":86},"PASS ON AN IDEA →","\u002Fhelp-mee#aanbieden","\u002Fen\u002Fverslagen\u002Fconnect-day-2026",{"description":74},"en\u002Fverslagen\u002Fconnect-day-2026","Connect Day: how the first get-together went",{"label":92,"pad":93},"JOIN US →","\u002Fdoe-mee",{"label":95,"titel":96,"tekst":97,"knoppen":100},"NEXT TIME","This was the first. There'll be more.",[98,99],"Connect is the group for those of us who grew up here: workshops, days out, eating together and passing on the family history. The Connect page says what we do, who it's for and who's on the committee.","The date and shape of the next one will follow in the WhatsApp group. Joining costs nothing and ties you to nothing.",[101,105],{"label":102,"pad":103,"soort":104},"See Connect","\u002Fconnect","rood",{"label":106,"pad":107,"soort":108},"To the WhatsApp group","\u002Fdoe-mee#whatsapp","rand","bwTs15NUPwX_PE8Rpc3dfNzwxo_5hhWO3fot-Rv13x0",1790084462180]