February 18, 2007 Happy Chinese New Year! This is our first newsletter with a newsletter module. This makes it easier to format and send mailings (not more than 2 or 3 a month) and will allow us to merge our mailing lists into a single list. (If you have left Dalian and wished to removed, please send an email to
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or unsubscribe below.) More website upgrades are ahead shortly. We will soon add a student intern or two to help manage some of the technical aspects so we can focus more attention on content, events and the things that our community wants. Penfold set up the jReviews software
(http://www.dalianxpat.com/content/view/81/215/ ) and we have only begun to explore what this can offer us. Thanks. Feel free to add a comment or location. Also, if you haven't already checked, please take note of the new Dalian events listings, an improvement over the previous system. (Please send announcements and events to
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). The forum remains lively and a good source of Dalian information. Reminder too that the moderators are our friends and please feel free to IM one of them if you have a question or if you see a problem. Our moderators work hard: chfeng, satsune, vicky, colour wolf, penfold, michelle (Thanks!) A lot people help make our website and community work – online, offline and in a variety of ways. Thanks. Please remember our Sunday morning coffee meetings and the other events. (Probably be a light day today for the holiday, but next Sunday – Feb 25 - things should pick up.) Our traffic continues to be rise:
http://dalianxpat.com/webalizer/index.html. (I usually focus on pages and visits. ) If you like to help write an article or review, please feel to be involved. Once again, have a Happy New Year! -Everyone at DalianXpat.com Advertising: Reminder that several Dalian buinesses have offered us discounts (must be registered -
Olive Garden will be be open during the Spring Festival, 17 Feb.--22 Feb.(from 5:30pm - 10:00pm everyday ) and wishes everyone a Happy New Year! DalianXpat members receive a 10% discount during Spring Festival.
MarToni Pizza: AMMAT
will open be opening a downtown Carry Out/Delivery service for MarToni Pizza in mid-March. DalianXpat members can get a 50% off coupon for the Pan Supreme Pizza at the new location (regular price: 78 rmb). (Pizza is also available now at Metro and soon Carrefour and Walmart.) For month of February, Bailey's Bar (behind Shangri-la) is offering the following specials to foreigners: * Bailey's , Grant's , Smirnoff , JD , Bacardi , Gin , Malibu, Martini - all 15rmb/oz
* draft beer , Tsingtao , 10 rmb/bottle
* happy hour (7 pm - 9 pm, weekdays) all shots 10 rmb Holiday Inn Express: Wishes everyone a Happy New Year and has given DalianXpat a number of coupons for a free coffee in 2F floor lounge.
ADI
