Note: due to 13WKC, this month's meeting was cancelled.
Center notes
12/6/06 meeting report
Bingo: 1/6 Monday Karaoke and Odori, serving teriyaki chicken
and chili rice
Treasury: AUSKF donated $2500 for use of gym for Team USA
Calendar: kendo has gym 12/15 5pm-12am for Christmas party
Newsletters:
- next Tomodachi article due 12/30
- Rafu Shimpo page submitted, should be out this weekend
see kendo submission - next Rafuu Shimpo article due 12/29
Mailings: please email updated membership list to
Mas Onoda in time for
the Jan newsletters. Send an excel spreadsheet with
separate columns for lastname, firstname, street address,
city, state, zipcode. Please also help clean out old
names (Mas has master list).
more problems
- graffiti north and west wall
- prowler among cars, jumped fence near Dick's house
- should the Center install surveillance cameras? $3K
Federation notes
12/2/06 SCKF meeting report
(see SCKF website for
agenda and more
details on specific items)
AUSKF Board meeting 11/11-12
- enormous Team USA budget, approx $100K
(more practices/travel, more time pre-taikai, more
training expenses)
AUSKF kodansha shinsa 11/12: only five 5 dans passed, no
6 dan or 7 dan.
from SCKF: 5 dan Kang Moon (CHUO) and Sherwin Kim (SFV),
Renshi Tomoji Kato (COV) and Masataka Sakaue (COV), Kyoshi
Hiroyoshi Hosokawa (CM)
2007-2008 elections
- new president James Yamasaki (PCI) received 14 votes,
vs floor-nominated Murakami (11 votes)
- new 1st VP Albert Kim (TOR), received 23 of 25 votes
- all other officers same as last year
- defer historian and parliamentarian officers, amend
bylaws to make appointed or merged (present at Feb meeting)
New Year's party: Secret Garden (Korean BBQ restaurant),
see agenda for
address.
Notify Murakami sensei by 12/29 with attendee count.