The 【2015】activity of Kansai Stanford Club (KSC)

Organizer's Meeting on Saturday, November 21, 2015 From 10:30 am to 13:00 pm, we held the meeting at the Stanford Japan Center at Meitokukan at Doshisha University in Kyoto. Ten people attended: the charman, Mr.Ito and his wife, this year's organizer, Mr.Ishida, Mr.Endo, Mr.Bessho and his wife, Mrs.Nakajima and her husband, Mr.Shigesada and Ms.Miyake.

The agenda was as follows: (1) Finantial reports of the 2015 Welcome Party (2) Election of the new organizers for 2016 (3) 2016 New Year's Party (4) Winter and Spring Term Welcome Parties (5) New members (6) Miscellaneous

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April 18(Sat.), 2015 Spring Season Welcome Party for the Stanford Internship Students From 10:30 am to 3:00 pm, we held the Spring Term Internship Student’s welcome party at the guest house in Doshisha Armost House. President Hugh, 32 students and 1 teacher from Stanford Japan Center attended. 21 alumni members and their families, also 14 Japanese students from Kansai Stanford Club attended. Ms. Mori from Japan Stanford Association in Tokyo also attended. Total of 69 people attended this party.

In the morning, we went to the “Sadosougokaikan” by walking and enjoyed the tea ceclmony of “Ura Senke”. In the afternoon, after the lunch, we enjoyed the conversation each other and self-introduction corner. At the self-introduction corner of this year, each student was asked his appeal point and the purpose of internship.

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March 14(Sat.), 2015 An Organizer's Meeting From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, we held an Organizer’s Meeting at the Stanford Japan Center. 6 organizers attended (Chairman Mr. Ito and his wife, yearly secretary Mr. Ishida, Mrs. Murata, Ms. Miyake, Mrs. Endo).

The items discussed are as follows: 1.Regarding the Winter Term Welcome Party of 2015 (1) Accounting Report (2) Opinion towards the future

2.Regarding the Spring Term Welcome Party of 2015 (1) Date and Time (2) Schedule (3) Entry Fee (4) Invitation Mail and the Contents (5) Budget (6) Division of Roles (7) The Idea of Exchanges

3.Others

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February 1st (Sun.), 2015 Winter Season Welcome Party for the Stanford Internship Students 11 Stanford Students, President Mike, 10 Allumni members, 2 Japanese students, totaling 26 people participated.

We visited the House of the 14th generation of the Omotesenke line. We have a rare oppotunity to see inside the house and professional guide to explain the history to us. Later we visited the "Tea Ceremony Palace" of Urasenke line and enjoyed participating in the tea ceremony. We had a great time.

The welcome party was held at the "James House"of Doshisha Wemen College. At first while facing west south-west, we ate a sushi roll for good luck in the comming year. Then we performed a Picture Card Story "Urashima Tro" as a secondary event. Everyone participated in this performance. This year's style involved : - 10 Allumni members and 10 Stanford Students working in pairs. - Allumni members 1st read the page in Japanese, then the Stanford Students read the page in English. Thereby taking turns in each language. We were very excited.

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January 11(Sun.), 2015 New Years Party and Organizer's Meeting From 11 AM to 2 PM, we held the New Years Party and Organizer's Meeting at the "Totenko" Chinese restauraunt of the Kyoto Hotel. President Hugh and his assistant "Ms.Sakata"from Stanford Japan Center attended. And KSC members and their families were also in attendance.Total number of people were 20.

This New Years Party was a big event for KSC members because this is the beginning of a new year. We had a chance to renew our friend ships. We really enjoyed catching up.

Last years coordinators, Ms.Miyake and Mrs.Murata had a fantastic work relationship. Mr.Ito was reelected as the chairman for 2 more years. And Mr.Ishida and Mr.Kadotani were elected as the new coordinators. Don't let out-do yor performance this year.

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