{"id":16385,"date":"2011-01-24T00:21:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T04:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16385"},"modified":"2011-01-24T00:21:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T04:21:26","slug":"new-linkedin-group-monbusho-english-fellows-mefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/24\/new-linkedin-group-monbusho-english-fellows-mefs\/","title":{"rendered":"New LinkedIn Group:  Monbusho English Fellows (MEFs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Schalow has set up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3757582\">LinkedIn group for <strong>Monbusho English Fellows (MEFs)<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 MEFs were the forerunners to JETs, and from JetWit&#8217;s perspective, are part of the JET alumni community.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3757582\"><strong>http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3757582<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little MEF background from Thomas:\u00a0 &#8220;The number of MEFs was small. 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