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New JETs on Group B arrive in Gunma.

The new JETs coming with Group A will be arriving in Gunma.

Any books that are cluttering up your apartment? Going home soon and not wanting to pack all those novels?

Bring them to the June 11th meeting and let some other ALTs take them home!

Andrew Heffernan April 8 at 1:09pm
For those of you who don't know Mat was involved in an accident early in the morning on saturday the 3rd of April. He sustained severe injuries and despite the best efforts of everyone involved lost his life at 2.34am this morning. For those of you who would like to pay there respects please read the following information.

Sagamitenrei Funeral Parlour

326-0822 Tochigi-ken Ashikaga-shi Tanaka-cho 917-12

Tel: 0284-71-4202

People can see Matt from after 2pm (today). He will most likely stay there until his parents take him home in a few days.

Please forward this message to anyone who you think would like to say goodbye.

Andrew.

Folks.
The time has come around for nominations for the GAJET council elections.
The election will vote in the council members for the 2010 - 2011 JET year.
ALL positions are up for grabs so if you feel running for council please nominate yourself for ONLY ONE of the positions below. (Recontracting people only )
The nomination period is from now untill Friday March 26th. If you intend to run in the GAJET council election please e-mail me at gajetvp@gmail.com and let me know which position you intend to run for.
The voting period will be between Monday March 29th - Friday April 30th 12.00 noon.

The main responsibilities of the GAJET council is to organise all of the GAJET events that run through out the year ie. Sumo trip, Christmas enkai, beer garden events, Halloween party etc. Other responsibilities include organising local community activities such as visiting the orphanage, charity coin drive and blood donation event.

POSITIONS

1 President -
Basically you make sure things get done.(GAJET EVENTS ) A lot of emailing and finding people to make phone calls in Japanese (if you don't speak Japanese). You are also the liaison for National AJET. You also get first dibs on helping out with all the orientations.

2- Vice-President:
Similar to president. Less emailing though. Pres and VP are buddies.

3 - Secretary:
Take notes at meetings. This is actually very important as the Pres delegates duties and can't remember who is doing what.
4 - Treasure: Keeps the money and receipts in order.

5 - Gunmania Editor:

6 - Gunmania Design - Web type stuff to keep the gunmania site up and running

7 - Web master - Control of Gunmajet.net

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

8 - Chubu Region: Maebashi, Ikaho, Tamamura, Miyagi, Kasukawa, Ogo, Akabori, Sakai, Takasaki.

9 - Tone Region: Minakami, Katashina, Numata, Showa, Kawaba.

10 - Tobu Region: Azuma, Kurohone, Omama, Nissato, Tatabayashi, Kiryu, Ota, Kasakake, Yabuzukahonmachi, Nitta, Ojima, Oizumi, Oura, Chiyoda, Meiwa, Akagi, Itakura, Isesaki.

10- Seibu Region: Fujioka, Kanna, Ueno, Yoshii, Tomioka, Shimonita, Haruna, Kurabuchi, Shinmachi, Gunmamachi, Misato, Nanmoku, Matsuida, Annaka, Shimonita, Myogi, Nakazato, Manba.

11- . Agatsuma Region: Higashiagatsuma, Kuni, Kusatsu, Naganohara, Nakanojo, Takayama, Tsumagoi, Agatsuma, Kitatachibana, Ikaho, Shinto, Yoshioka, Shibukawa, Ikaho.

Voting is now open! The direct address is http://ajet.net/2009Elections/
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There are two people from Gunma running.
I am running for Chair
and Andrew Heffernan is running for Block 3 Rep.
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Please vote. You will need your JET number, but you can find that on your answer sheets of each JET Programme Japanese Language Course materials. There are other methods for obtaining your JET number, so just let me know.

If you are moving to Tokyo or want to live there and are looking for work the company
INTERAC is looking for able body people to teach English in Tokyo. They are recruiting
until March so act fast! For more information contact tokyo2ht3@gmail.com. Ask for Checko.

Only once a year, the newest of Gunma’s famed modern kokeshi dolls are gathered in a single place. Production kokeshi, new-style kokeshi, wood carving tools, and more will be on display at this exhibition. Non-exhibition display kokeshi dolls will be available for purchase as well. The event happens on Friday February 6th to Tuesday February 10th from 9am to 6pm at the prefectural offices in Maebashi’s Ōte-machi. Please note however, the event will close early on the 10th, at 5pm. For more information, please contact the Tourism & Local Products Division of the prefectural offices at 027-226-3386.

 

The prefectural library will be selling some 4000 books and magazines that have recently been removed from shelves. These consist of novels, children’s books, travel guides, etc., and will be sold at 100 yen each. Please note however that there is a maximum of 10 books per person. Thursday, January 29th is the day, and the sale will run from 9am to noon. Also note that book borrowing will be suspended on this day, and parking lot congestion is expected so please make best use of public transportation. For more information, please contact the Prefectural Library in Maebashi’s Hiyoshi-chō at 027-231-3008.

 

An "Education Reform" symposium is going to be held on November 11 at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. The event is being hosted by the Netherlands Embassy and they have invited education specialists from Japan and the Netherlands to speak. Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese &　English will be available so please pass this information on to interested JTEs and other teachers.

 

Event Registration Deadline:

Please fax the attached registration form to the Press and Cultural Affairs Department of the Netherlands Embassy @ 03-5776-5535 by October 31st.

 

Event Speakers:

Ms. Naoko Richters (Japanese expert on education residing in the Netherlands)

     The education system in the Netherlands and the Dutch approach to 'inclusive' education.

 

Professor Junichi Furusho (Aoyama Gakuin)

     Report on Quality of Life survey among Dutch and Japanese children.

     -- a clinical point of view

 

Professor Luc Stevens (Prof. Em. Utrecht University/Director NIVOZ)

     Special Needs education in Dutch schools and inclusion.

     -- problems and success stories

 

Professor Micha de Winter (Utrecht University)

     The current situation concerning citizenship education in the Netherlands.

     -- aims and background

 

Panel Discussion (Participants)

     Mrs. Naoko Richters [moderator]

     Professor Naoki Ogi [commentator]

     Professor Junichi Furusho

     Professor Luc Stevens

     Professor Micha de Winter