Introduction
Oriental Hub is a new Steemit-driven entity based in Hong Kong aiming to bring out talents and synergy amid cross-community collaborations, promote community harmony, and connect people together without geographical borders. This is an introductory post giving you a first-person view of what the entity aspires to achieve.
What’s behind the name?
When you think of the term oriental, probably the Far East Asia immediately comes to mind. It is a traditional term coined to signify anything from or associated with the Far East. The orient was propelled by fascinating tales of European explorers, Marco Polo and Jorge Álvares, just to name a notable few, and sparked by business trade between Europe and the Far East (Bideleux & Jeffries, 2007; Wood, 2009).
Being aware that the term has been avoided in the US since 2016 (PBS, 2016), we however have an opposite view and find the term to be neutral and non-aggressive in Asia where shops and a world-renowned hotel chain from Hong Kong have been comfortably using it as trade names. We feel that the term is representative of Asian characteristics being courteous to people from around the world, supportive to people in need of help, responsive to worldwide opportunities, and connected with people as a central hub. All these essential characteristics come together and give the birth to this Hong-Kong-based Steemit-driven initiative ‘Oriental Hub’.
The logo of Oriental Hub denotes those essential Asian characteristics. An oriental boat sail in five oceans to seven continents in hopes of bringing out talents and synergy amid cross-community collaborations, promoting community harmony, and connect people together without geographical borders.
The logo
One can visualize what shapes Oriental Hub in the logo. A Hong Kong skyline in the background denotes that Oriental Hub is based in Hong Kong and the oriental boat in the foreground symbolizes that the group is ready to go anywhere and enthusiastic about cross-community collaborations with an aim to discover talents, create synergy, endorse community harmony, and connect people together without geographical borders.
Mission and vision of Oriental Hub
Oriental Hub was formed by @aaronli, @honoru, @htliao, and @prch (in alphabetical order) in April 2018 and manned by them in rotation.
Using Steemit as the by-far simplest-to-use blockchain platform, Oriental Hub aims to develop and sustain an all-around collaboration hub through which to organize a range of online and offline events in a bid to discover and support talents, rapport, and synergy without geographical borders.
Vision:
- To become a coordination and central communication point for Hong-Kong-based steemit users
- To increase the number of Hong-Kong-based Steemit users
- To encourage to use the tags #hk and #orentialhub as a way to grow coherence and rapport among Hong-Kong-based Steemit users
Mission:
- To develop an upvote bot for registered Orential Hub members as long-term sustainable community support
- To sustain long-term rapport and synergy with Asian communities on Steemit
- To evolve into an Asian hub regularly co-hosting events on Steemit with communities around the globe
Out-of-the-box online and offline events for the good of communities
Online:
- delegate of SP as a one-time membership fee to become a life-time member
- organize and sponsor events within the Hong Kong community and with communities from other regions/countries
Offline:
- use Steemit as an innovative social media platform to co-organize events with local entities/organizations
- draw public and media attention to blockchain and use Steemit as an entry point
- promote Steemit as a future social networking model
Conclusion
Oriental Hub embraces every opportunity to grow communities hand in hand with you and achieve more together; only the sky is the limit. Oriental Hub welcomes you on board and wishes you a fulfilling and enjoyable journey with us.
中文介紹
Oriental Hub是以香港為基地的一個Steemit驅動團體，宗旨是發揮跨社區的人材發掘與協同，宣揚社區融和及跨國界的人民連結。在開篇第一文，我們將全面介紹Oriental Hub的宗旨及目標。
Oriental Hub的含意
Oriental，給你一種什麼樣的感覺？很可能，你第一時間就會想到遠東，一個看似神秘的國度。從很久以前開始 ，Oriental就代表了遠東以至與遠東地區有關的任何東西。自從兩代歐洲探險家 - 13世紀的馬可孛羅及16世紀的歐維士 – 分享了他們在遠東遇到的迷人經歷及故事後，遠東的發展被大力推動，更引發了歐洲和遠東之間的一連串商業貿易 (Bideleux & Jeffries, 2007; Wood, 2009)。
雖然自2016年開始，美國就一直避免使用著Oriental這一詞語 (PBS, 2016)，但作為東方人，我們卻持相反的觀點。我們認為Oriental一詞，在亞洲地區一直都是保持著中立而非侵略性的，亞洲的很多商店，以至香港的一家國際連鎖酒店集團，都一直使用著這個詞語作為它們的名字。在我們眼中，這個詞語正正代表了亞洲的特質：對世界不同群族的好客、對有需要人士的幫助、對世界機遇的快速響應、及與世界人民關係的建立。以上種種亞洲特質的組成，孕育了一個以香港為基地、Steemit為媒介的組織誕生，它就是Oriental Hub。
試想像你坐在一艘東方帆船，穿梭七大洲、五大洋，帶著期盼，到達世界不同的群體，不同的社區，與不同的人才相互協同，宣揚社區和諧，融合各個社區。這個畫面，正是我們的期盼，而這種期盼正代表了亞洲的特質，成為了我們Logo的創作靈感。
標誌
大家可以很清楚見到我們Logo的形象：一艘代表著東方之珠的帆船，航行在香港美麗動人的維多利亞港，準備遠航，闖盪世界，結識世界的人才，與世界建立協同，並宣揚社區融和，建立跨國界的社區與人民的連結。
Oriental Hub的目標
Oriental Hub 由 @aaronli, @honoru, @htliao 及@prch (以英文字母順序)於2018年4月組成，並由以上四位成員輪流管理及營運。
Oriental Hub使用Steemit為營運的平台，Steemit是現時為止最容易使用的區塊鏈平台，減去了熟悉平台運作等的時間成本，是我們認為最合適的平台。Oriental Hub旨在開發及維持一個全方位的協作中心，通過Oriental Hub，我們將舉辦不同的線上及線下活動，並嘗試去發掘人才、鼓勵融和、及開拓跨越地埋國界的協同作用。
Oriental Hub的使命
- 以Steemit香港地區為基地，成為Steemit香港用戶的協調及傳訊中心
- 促進香港Steemit用戶人數的成長
- 鼓勵 #hk 及 #orientalhub 標籤的使用，提升Steemit香港地區用戶之間的凝聚及融洽，支援整個社區發展的各項措施
Oriental Hub的願景
- 為Oriental Hub註冊成員開發點贊系統，支持社區的長遠發展
- 與Steemit亞洲各區保持長期的協同及良好關係
- 將Oriental Hub發展成亞洲區的樞紐，定期與Steemit全球各個社區協辦不同類型的活動
線上
- 以代理SP的形式作為一次性會費，吸納不同人才成為Oriental Hub的終身會員
- 為Steemit香港社區及其他地區/國家組織及贊助活動的籌辦
線下
- 以Steemit為創新社交平台的媒介，與本地的單位及組織共同協辦活動
- 以Steemit為切入點，推廣並吸引公眾與媒體對區塊鏈的關注
- 將Steemit推廣為未來的社交網絡模式
總結
Oriental Hub擁抱與你攜手的機會，就讓我們共同建立一個美好的社區，共同成長，實現更大的目標。在我們心中，人的能力沒有極限，能夠成就的目標亦沒有極限，如真要定一個極限，也只能是無盡的天邊。Oriental Hub歡迎你的來臨及參與，謹此祝福每一位，能與Oriental Hub共渡一個充實而愉快的人生旅程。
References 參考資料
Jeffries, I., & Bideleux, R. (2007). A history of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change (2nd edn). Oxon: Routledge.
PBS (2016). Obama signs bill eliminating ‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ from federal laws. PBS. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-signs-bill-eliminating-negro-spanish-speaking-oriental-from-federal-laws
Wood, F. (2009). The lure of China: History and literature from Marco Polo to JG Ballard. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing.