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January 2009 Newsletter

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Shinnenkai - January 17

Kick off 2009 with JETAASC in style at Japon Bistro in Pasadena (http://www.japonbistro-pasadena.com/).  This award-winning eatery is hosting our Shinenkai from noon to 3:30 on Saturday, January 17th. This will include a multi-course meal and all-you-can-drink green tea and water (soft drinks and alcohol are available, but not included). In addition, the menu will cater to vegetarian tastes as well as omnivorous ones, but should you have more restrictive dietary concerns (say, vegan), please let us know.

The cost will be $20 for JET alumni, and $25 for friends of JET.

There will be a nijikai afterwards. Details to follow. 

To RSVP, please email Christine at christine@jetaasc.org with the following information:
  1. Subject as "JETAASC Shinnenkai RSVP"
  2. First and last name
  3. Placement in Japan and years in Japan
  4. Number of guests and their first and last names
  5. Contact information (email & phone)
RSVP Deadline: Jan 15, 2009 Noon (Thursday) 
Payment: cash at the door
Emergency contact: Christine Chow (626) 376-0030

Space is limited to the first 50 recipients, so make sure to RSVP as quickly as possible!

Pecha Kucha Night - January or February

Pecha Kucha, started in 2003 by some wacky gaijin, is a show-your-own-Powerpoint night, except in fast forward. The goal is to keep interest up and details low as you present about whatever in the world you feel like -- all within 5-6 minutes. This event is being planned by JETAA member Bobby Okinaka.  Details to come!

2009 JETAASC Retreat - February

JETAA is planning its annual retreat in February.  Let us know if you have any preference for snow-capped mountains, cool desert, or ocean-side, and stay tuned for details!

2009 World Baseball Classic - March

Defending 2006 WBC Champion Japan will defend its title in this year's series.  As the likely winner of Pool A (from games played in Tokyo, Japan) Japan will play in San Diego on March 14th.  Should they be the runner up, they will play on the 15th.  With the finals being hosted here in Los Angeles between March 21st and 23rd, we look forward to attending at least one of the games!  Ike ike Nihon!!

SLO Film Festival - March

Elizabeth White would like to invite interested JET alums to the 2009 Film Festival in San Luis Obispo.  Official website: http://www.slofilmfest.org/

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Long Search Comes To An End

Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to officially announce that Olivia Chen has joined us as the JETAASC Secretary for 2009.  Thanks to everyone who offered up their time and energy, and especially to Olivia! Yoroshiku!

Sushi and Sake Magazine Looking For Writers

Remember that time you missed your train and ran across those rowdy bosozoku? Let us know about it!!  Sushi and Sake Magazine is looking for articles about your experiences in Japan.  Please contact Elizabeth White for more details at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

150th Anniversary of Yokohama's Port

In 2009, the City of Yokohama celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama.  Mr. Takahashi from JETRO, a Yokohama native, will keep us informed of any local events and celebrations.  For those of you planning to go to Japan this year, the official summary of events can be viewed at: http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/keiei/kaikou/150/pdf/150en.pdf

JetWit.com Call for Contributors

JetWit.com is a new website for the JET alumni community across the U.S. and abroad, created by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94), editor of the JETAA NY Newsletter from 2002 to 2008.

JetWit.com is a place for:
JET ALUMS: To publish and promote their writings, translations and other creations and/or to have opportunities in general to stay connected with the JET alumni community

JOB SEEKERS: To find jobs and helpful career information and post their professional profiles

EMPLOYERS: To post job listings and find JET alum professionals with a range of skills

JETAA CHAPTERS & NEWSLETTERS: To find information and articles to share with their members, and to share job listings and other information with the greater JET alumni community.

CURRENT JETS: To find jobs and learn what various people do after JET

PROSPECTIVE JETS: To learn more about the JET Programme and the people who completed it through their writings and other creations.

CLAIR:  To locate JET alumni with particular skills or backgrounds.

ADVERTISERS:  To reach a national audience of JET alumni and other people with a connection to Japan.

The Backstory
After nearly 7 years as the editor of the JETAA NY Newsletter and several months of running the Writers Interpreters Translators (WIT) email group, I decided to create JetWit.com  as a resource to serve the JET alumni community of writers, interpreters, translators and other professionals, and also to let everyone know the wonderful things that so many alumni are doing.  In many ways, the JET alumni community remains a great, untapped resource, and JetWit.com  is an effort to help tie us together, build community and demonstrate our strengths.

Among other things, my goal is to help JET alumni promote their work and gain exposure while providing entertaining and relevant content for JET alums to read.  So feel free to get in touch and use JetWit.com  to your advantage.  I'm always happy to chat and brainstorm.

Please take a look at the website and feel free to get in touch with questions, comments, feedback, ideas, nado.  JetWit.com  is very much an evolving work in progress, and the more people contribute, the better a resource it will be.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Steven Horowitz  (Aichi-ken, 1992-94)
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