Sylvia Taekema: Hello, my name is Sylvia Taekema. I always have to tell people how to spell and pronounce my last name. A lot of people think it's a name that must have come from a country like Japan and should be pronounced Tak-Ee-Ma or Takima. It actually originates from a northern part of the Netherlands. I often tell people that if they want to remember my name, if they want it to stick with them, they should think if a tack that sticks into a bulletin board. Sylvia Taekema.