How do I persuade a bilingual club to enter contests?

How Do I Persuade a Bilingual or Foreign Language Club To Enter Contests?

The French speaking club in Singapore has never entered a contest because it's in English. Some of the members have never attended a contest or don't even know about contests. I've been to a Tamil bilingual club and a Chinese bilingual club, but unless I ask them for a summary of a speech there are not handouts and no way for me to understand a single word. I'm considering starting a Translators' Club in Singapore and another in London. Members and guests can speak in any language but must use Google translate to give us the title and a summary in English - and/or simultaneous translation and/or a handout with the translation in English. One speech each meeting should be a guide to beginning speaking another language, or a guide to speaking English given in another language.

Angela Lansbury, CL, ACG.