Heartland JETAA

PLACE: OLATHE EAST HIGH SCHOOL
TIME: SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 10:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Check-in/Registration:  10:30-11:00

Contest& events:   11:00 – 4:00

(Times are general, events will run back to back)

• 11:00   Welcome, Introductions, Information

• Greetings from JAS and Japanese Consulate

• Proficiency Exam information

• Introduction of teachers, judges and special guests

• 11:15  Poetry Recitation

11:30-12:00 Lunch and set up for skits – peruse the Bazaar

• 12:00  Skit performance

• 12:30  announce mail-in winners / post results

• 12:40  Kana Quiz (HS only)

• • • Kanji Bee (Beginning – HS & College Division)

• Kanji Bee (Intermediate – HS & College Division)

• Kanji Bee (Advanced)

• 2:00  Taiko Workshop (pre-registration required to participate)

• 2:45  Taiko Performance – Olathe Ki Daiko

• 3:10  Talent Show

• 3:45  Door Prizes

• Awards and Closing

Lunch:     11:00-1:30 (or until we run out)

Bazaar:     11:00- 3:00

Competition is open to High School, College and Independent study students of Japanese at beginning and intermediate levels of proficiency. Trophies & gift certificates will be awarded to the top three finalists of each event.

Events include:

Kana Bee (High School only-1^st year Japanese)

Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Kanji Bee (HS and College Divisions),

Poetry Recitation (choose from selection provided)

Skit Performance – NEW THIS YEAR: Skits should depict a Japanese folk story

Haiku Contest * (Mail-in Contest )

Calligraphy/ Shodo Contest (Mail-in Contest)

Other exciting offerings include:

Delicious Japanese Set Lunch

($6 includes ticket for a Subarashii door prize)

Taiko workshop (only $5 pre-registration required)

Talent Show (strut your stuff!)

Japanese Proficiency Exam information

Bazaar (lots of cool stuff for sale!)

Entertainment by Olathe Ki Daiko

This contest is hosted by the Olathe District Schools Japanese Program and sponsored by:

Consul General of Japan at Chicago and the

Heart of America Japan America Society and the JET Alumni Association

Other support provided by University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies and the Shawnee Mission – CIS

For further information, please contact:

Dianne Daugherty: ddaughertyon@olatheschools.com

Carolyn Goodrick : cgoodrickonw@olatheschools.com

Mindy Looney: mlooneyoe@olatheschools.com

Registration deadline: February 26^nd, 2010

Registration fee: $10

(includes T-Shirt, Mail-in & March 6 events)

Contact Warren if you’d like to help.
info_xcgjkc@yahoo.com

PLACE: TBA
TIME: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 3:00 P.M.
RECEPTION, 6:00 P.M.

PLACE: TBA
TIME: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 12:00 P.M.

PLACE: TBA
TIME: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 11:00 A.M.

PLACE: BOB AND SUSIE BURKE RESIDENCE
TIME: SAT. JANUARY 23, 5:00 P.M.

Click here to download in PDF format – http://www.heartlandjetaa.org/pdf/FROM_THE_HEART_Winter_09.pdf

Happy Holidays Heartlanders, Please join your friends from HJETAA in Kansas City for our Bonenkai celebration on Saturday, Dec. 12, 6-9 p.m. at Sushi Gin, 9559 Nall, Overland Park, KS. Our Dec. Monthly Meeting will precede the party. Please RSVP by Dec. 10 so we can let them know how many to prepare for. Use our contact form to RSVP.

Welcome to the Heartland JET Alumni Association website.

HJETAA serves members in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. We are under the jurisdiction of the Consulate of Japan at Chicago. At present we have over 425 members on our roster and are conducting our annual Membership Update. If you have received an update postcard, please return it as soon as possible. If you have not heard from us recently or just moved to this district, please get in touch.

Please feel free to browse our humble pages and contact us if you have questions or suggestions.

This site is a work in progress, created and maintained by members on a volunteer basis, so be gentle.

The Calendar of Events and our archived Newsletters will give you an idea of what we do and when we’ll be doing it.

If you’d like to participate in any of our events, please contact us, we prefer to be an INclusive rather than EXclusive group.

Yoroshiku, O negai shimasu,
Warren McAllen
President and Chapter Representative
Heartland JETAA

Saturday, March 7th –

7:00 a.m. Breakfast buffet – Trofi Restaurant, hotel lobby

Bus departs for JCCC meeting space at 9:35 (Business Attire)

10:00 Opening Ceremony – Welcome Addresses and first Guest Speaker

11:00 Working with other Japan-related organizations

Guest speaker, Carole Owsley, Moderator, Greater Kansas City Japan Council

45 min. discussion of ways we can and do work with other JRO’s

12:00 National and International Issues – US Country Rep, Ryan Hart

Discussion of issues impacting the Midwest from the Nat. and Int’l Conf.

12:30 New NPO proposal – Explanation and Background

Presentation by Randall Crowder and Warren McAllen on expanded NPO Project

1:00 Lunch (Possible speaker on NPO creation or Q&A on NPO proposal)

1:45 GIA – Explanation of current procedures and self-calculating forms.

Presentation by CLAIR representative Taichi Hanzawa updating GIA procedures

Explanation of self-calculating GIA forms created by HJETAA Treas.

John Drakey and Chapter Rep Warren McAllen

Q&A with CLAIR and HJETAA representatives

3:15 CMS Update (Live with Paul Donovan, technology permitting)

3:30 Break

4:00 Membership Issues

Roundtable discussion on developing and maintaining a strong membership, member

database and the Value-added concept

5:00 Sub-Chapter Issues

Open discussion of Sub-chapter problems and solutions led by Sub-chapter Rep’s

6:00 Chapter Activities

Eight min. summary of each chapter’s activities followed by compilation of the best

ideas and how they can be applied to other chapters in the region

7:00 Return to Hotel – Relax, Refresh, Change for dinner (Business Casual)

Hotel Lobby – informal but moderated continuation of session topics

Depart for Westport at 7:35 p.m.

8:00 Dinner, Matsu Japanese Restaurant in Westport Historical District

Seating by topic to facilitate continued discussion

Guest Speaker -

Sunday, March 8th –

Business Casual

7:00 ~ 11:30 a.m. Brunch – Moderated summation of session topics followed by informal discussions

on unresolved issues, seating by topic

Please check out and join us by 10:00 a.m.

11:45 Guest Speaker, Closing remarks by officials and host chapter

12:30 Open discussion – Delegates, Officials and Guests

Discussion of topics not covered but submitted for consideration

Recommendations to Country Rep for future conferences

1:00 ~ Shuttle delegates to KC International Airport

or as necessary Discussions will continue until all delegates have been sent on their way.

Delegates flying with checked baggage should plan to depart one hour and forty-five

minutes before their flight.