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Annual JTAT meeting at TFLA fall convention in Houston
October 26, 2001
Minutes recorded by Chizuko Bolinger


  1. Administrative officer transfer
    Yoshiko Brotherton, president
    Chizuko Bolinger, secondary vice president
    Hajime Kumahata, post-secondary vice president
    Michiko Makita, treasure
    Hiroko Scharon, secretary
  2. Creation of new Japanese competition
    Mrs. Bolinger suggested creating a new Japanese competition similar to the French Symposium. Many of the members agreed to do such event and many opinions were exchanged among participants as for how and what types of categories. We concluded to plan a pilot event near future.
  3. Honorary chair person
    Mrs. Sanada suggested asking the vice consulate general Mr. Sato to be for the position since former
    Vice consulate did the job for JTAT.
  4. Corporation membership
    Mrs. Reade suggested recruiting membership from Japanese corporations.
  5. Recording of minutes of Annual JTAT meetings was discussed.
  6. Japan FoundationÕs mini grant dead line is end of April if we want to apply for supplement expenses for the annual convention speaker.
  7. Annual ÒTexas Nengajoo ContestÓ planning
    Deciding the dead line, winner announcement etc.
  8. Renewal of tax exemption status of JTAT along with new president name and address.
  9. The Texas Guidelines for the Japanese Standards
    All members who received the draft should review it and give feedback to Mrs. Odom.

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