Tàu SIO-PÒ - A Taiwanese referral service

This appears in the community newsletter of Taiwanese Americans in St. Louis, 2017-11-30

It appears that we can start a special system of "referral services" that benefit many and contribute to many. This temporary name of "Tàu SIO-PÒ" is a short version for the Taiwanese idiom "Chia̍h hó tàu sio-pò", which means "spread the words to let others know once you have tasted something good".  This special service can be simple, easy, but effective as follows: 我們似乎可以啟動一項特殊的轉介服務來幫助一些人。這個服務暫時叫做「逗相報」，也就是台灣話「吃好逗相報」的簡稱。這項服務可以很簡單、容易執行、有效，只要按照下列原則來進行。

1. Write to the webmaster, this editor, about someone, or business entity, who provides satisfactory services or products to you, with or without contact information. 寫信 給網管（本小編），介紹你認為有好產品或好服務的人或商家。
2. Write to the webmaster, this editor, about some products or someone, or business entity,  capable of providing good services.你可以寫信提出你想要找的產品或是提供好服務的人或商家。
3. A special web-page would be built to contain the information, including "in what ways you think the referrals are worthwhile" (You can call or write to this editor for him to help spelling out the good points for referrals. There are something to catch and others to avoid) 我們可以製作一個特殊的網頁來列出被尋找的產品、人、或受到推薦的人，包括值得推薦的點。

• You can choose to be the medium of guiding the searchers to the one being referred. 你可以不提出詳細的訊息而由你扮演介紹人
• You can choose to disclose the contact information of the ones you care to refer business to. 可以直接列出聯絡方式，讓需要的人直接聯絡。
• You can choose to say "give me your contact information for me to pass to the one being referred and let him or her contact you." 也可以要求尋找人提供聯絡方式，讓被搜尋、被介紹的人自行聯絡。
• Usually everyone has special criteria for selecting stores, service providers, professionals, etc. You don't have to please everybody. 通常，每個人所重視的點不盡相同，你不需要滿足每一個人。
• You don't have to be responsible for the referrals.你不需要為你的介紹負責。
• If you want the credit of making referrals it is possible to arrange. 若需要保留介紹的功勞，可以安排。
• It is OK to provide your own information for others to access your services or products. (Nobody has to publicize phone number of mailbox as long as this editor can reach you privately.) 可以自行提供訊息讓別人來找，不需經由別人介紹。
• It is OK to search for non-service related people, e.g, people who attended the same high school when I was in high school. 可以尋找「無關服務」的人，比如，跟我同時念同一個中學的人。

For examples, 

1. Physicians handling Primary care are not easy to find. You are welcome to provide the names and the merits of their services to help others.
2. If you know anyone who can repair appliances, such as TV, washer, etc. people need them from time to time.