JALT holds three Executive Board Meetings (EBMs) per year (full weekend EBMs in February and June, and a one-hour EBM at the annual international JALT conference). All Board of Director (BoD) members as well as representatives from all of JALT's chapters and SIGs are expected to attend, as well as invited attendees from publications board, various committees, and so on.
Please submit your EBM Registration Form by 17 January 2020.
The JALT Executive Newsletter (JENL) is online (available for JALT members who are logged in). This newsletter contains information about the meeting such as the meeting agenda, reports, and minutes of the EBM and Board of Directors meetings.
Schedule:
7 February (Friday) evening:
Financial Steering Committee (FSC) Meeting: 18:00 - 21:00
Location: Room #403 (小会議室403)
Attendees: FSC members
8 February (Saturday) :
EBM: 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Room #406 (中会議室406)
Attendees: All members
Pre-Conference Planning Committee (PCPC) Meeting: 16:00 - 18:00
Location: Room #403 (小会議室403)
Attendees: PCPC members
Chapter/SIG breakouts: various times, 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Room #406 (中会議室406)
Attendees: Chapter/SIG representatives
9 February (Sunday):
Pre-Conference Planning Committee Meeting: 09:00 - 10:30
Location: Room #403 (小会議室403)
Attendees: PCPC members
EBM: 09:00 - 15:30
Location: Room #406 (中会議室406)
Attendees: All members
PanSIG Planning Meeting: During lunch break
Location: Room #403 (小会議室 #403)
Attendees: SIG representatives and others interested in joining the ongoing planning of the PanSIG conference.
Prior to attending, attendees should print out the JENL (JALT Executive Newsletter, our agenda for the EBM) or put the JENL on a digital device. There will be no extra copies at the meeting. The JENL can be found in the Officers Resources area of the JALT website (if you're an officer and you're logged in, you should see a link to the Officers Resources area in the site menu).
Don’t Forget To Bring...
the JENL
The NPO Laws in English and/or Japanese; they are also found in "Officers Resources" on jalt.org
Comfortable clothes (we’re quite a casual group) & good walking shoes
Open mind and open ears
What To Do...
Read the JENL and talk about it with your chapter or SIG co-officers. Pay special attention to the motions in New Business. Officer reports and minutes of past meetings will also give you a picture of all the hard work volunteers are doing at the national level.
Familiarize yourself with the Standing Rules and the Constitution and Bylaws.
And if you’re feeling really ambitious, download and scan the JENLs & meeting minutes from the last year to familiarize yourself with issues that have been covered at previous meetings.
