The 【2016】activity of Kansai Stanford Club (KSC)

Saturday, November 19, 2016, Organizers' Meeting

From 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, we held an Organizers' Meeting at the Stanford Japan Center at Doshisha University. 10 organizers attended (Chairman Mr. Ito and his wife, yearly secretary Mr. Kawata and his wife, Mr. Bessho, Mr. Ishida, Mr. Shigesada, Ms. Murata, Mr. Inaba, Mr. Endo).

The items discussed were as follows:

(1) Election of the new chairman -Mr. Ishida was recommended and confirmed by all. Mr. Ishida accepted the position.

(2) Election of the secretaries for 2017 -Mr. Bessho and Ms. Nakazima were elected by all.

(3) Financial reports of the 2016 Spring Quarter Welcome Party -Little money reamains in the current budget, so the participation fee for the party this year needs to be increased.

(4) 2017 New Year's Party -The party will be held on January 9 from 11:00 am at "Octavar" a retaurant at Keihan in Kyoto.

(5) The 2017 Spring and Autumn Quarter Welcome Parties -From 2017, the Winter Quarter Welcome Party will no longer be held. Instead, there will be an Autumn Quarter Welcome Party in October.

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Saturday, April 16, 2016, Spring Quarter Welcome Party for the Stanford Internship Students

From 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, we held the Spring Quarter Internship Student’s welcome party at the Amherst Guest House in Doshisha University.

From the Stanford Japan Center, 35 students, President Mike Hugh, 2 faculty members and 4 of their family members attended. So, with a total of around 80 people, this turned out to be a huge party (see photo).

At the party, we made four groups before the potluck lunch started.

Later, we gathered for self-introductions. The following question and answer session was this time also translated into Japanese, so everybody could understand and be a part of the activities, which worked very successfully.

Finally, all sang the song of encouragement for the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake “Hana wa saku” - (“Flowers will bloom again”) together.

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Saturday, March 26, 2016, Organizer’s Meeting

From 10:30 am to 1:00 pm, we held an Organizer’s Meeting at the Stanford Japan Center at Doshisha University. 11 organizers attended (Chairman Mr. Ito and his wife, yearly secretary Mr. Kawata and his wife, Mr. Bessho, Mr. Ishida, Mr. Shigesada, Mrs. Murata, Ms. Miyake, Mr. Inaba, Mr. Endo).

The items discussed were as follows:

1.Review of the Winter Quarter welcome Party of 2016 -President Mike Hugh sent his comments and suggested to try small group discussions ay the spring quarter welcome party in April. -From 2017, the welcome party that had usually been held in February will move to autumn, so there will be two bigger welcome parties instead of one small winter party and one big spring party.

2.Planning of the Spring Quarter Welcome party of 2016 -From now, we will use a mailing list to exchange information among the organizers. -The entry fee for alumni members will be 3,000 yen and for guests 1,000 yen. -We will try small group discussions.

3.Others

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Sunday, February 14, 2016, Winter Quarter Welcome Party for the Stanford Internship Students

A total of 18 people participated: 8 Stanford Students and 2 Japanese Students, President Mike, 5 Alumni Members and 2 of their family members. For the first time, we held the winter quarter party at the Kyoto YWCA in form of a potluck party.

After the potluck, we set a theme for small talk. This time we wanted to know what the students found surprising when they come to Japan. The answers include surprise at the difference of public and private behavior of the Japanese people, the fact that Japanese food was so delicious that the student ate too much, wondering how to use a Japanese-style toilet, and how noisy the crickets were in autumn.

At the end of the party, we all sang the AKB48 hit “The 365-day Paper Plane” together.

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New Year's Party on Saturday, January 9, 2016

From 11:00 to 14:00, the members of the Kansai Stanford Club and their family members and Ms.Sakata from the Stanford Japan Center, a total of 19 people, held a New Year's Party at "Octavas", a restaurant at Hotel Keihan in Kyoto.

During the party, we also discussed the recent Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSO) about the internship program and promotional video and the change of the winter internship to Autumn. Also during the party, Mr.Ishida and Mr. Kadotani were thanked for their hard work as last year's organizers.

The election of the 2016 organizers, Mr.Ito and Mr.Kawata, was also announced. The representation of the older generation by Mr.Ito and the younger generation by Mr. Kawata found the approval of all the guest.

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