{"id":25102,"date":"2012-05-14T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=25102"},"modified":"2012-05-14T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:10:15","slug":"a-message-from-jetaa-usas-3-new-country-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/14\/a-message-from-jetaa-usas-3-new-country-representatives\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from JETAA USA’s 3 new Country Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Each country with a JETAA chapter has the right to participate in JETAA International<\/a>. \u00a0Most countries have one Country Representative (or “Country Rep”) each. \u00a0However, the formula for representation is one country rep for each 9 chapters. \u00a0And since JETAA USA<\/a> has 19 chapters, that means it has 3 country reps. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Country Reps play a large role in coordinating among the chapters in their country, which in the case of the US, has no central governing authority. \u00a0(Kind of like the original 13 colonies before the Constitution, if you will.) \u00a0They serve as the shepherds, facilitating the reporting and funding required between CLAIR And the chapters. \u00a0However, since 3\/11 the Country Reps in the US have played a significant new role, helping to organize and facilitate Japan relief fundraising and communications and helping to think about the future direction of JETAA USA along with their normal duties and obligations. \u00a0This adds up to a lot of work in addition to their day jobs. \u00a0So make sure to thank your CRs for all their behind-the-scenes work whenever you have a chance.<\/em><\/p>\n

With that background in mind, here is the introduction message to the chapters from the 3 newly elected JETAA USA Country Representatives<\/a><\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello JETAA Chapter Officers,<\/p>\n

Melissa, Jennifer, and I would like to ‘officially’ say hello as your\u00a0new Country Representatives for the 2012-2013 year. Below are some\u00a0personalized greetings from us.<\/p>\n

As always we can be reached at our JETAA USA emails:<\/p>\n

us1.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0– Melissa Chan
\nus2.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0– Christina Omori
\nus3.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0– Jennifer Butler<\/p>\n

We look forward to a great year working with you!<\/p>\n

MELISSA – CR1<\/p>\n

Hello everyone! My name is Melissa Chan<\/strong> from JETAA Northern California<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and I am honored to serve as one of your JETAA USA Country\u00a0Representatives with Christina and Jennifer.\u00a0 We are excited to\u00a0continue some of the great work that Jessyca, Megan and Mike have\u00a0worked on over the past year.\u00a0 I also plan to utilize our social media\u00a0outlets (Twitter, facebook, etc.) as ways to keep all members informed\u00a0of what\u2019s happening with JETAAUSA and the various chapters.\u00a0 Be sure\u00a0to follow us @JETAAUSA.\u00a0 You are welcome to contact me at\u00a0us1.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0if you have any ideas, suggestions, or want to\u00a0help out!\u00a0 Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!<\/p>\n

CHRISTINA – CR2<\/p>\n

Hi everyone! My name is Christina Omori (NEJETAA<\/a>)<\/strong> and it is my\u00a0pleasure to be working with Melissa Chan (JETAANC) and Jennifer Butler\u00a0(JETAAMC) as your JETAA USA Country Representatives for the 2012-2013\u00a0year. We have many exciting efforts such as the JETAA USA Relief fund,\u00a0evaluating and promoting the success and value of the JET Programme,\u00a0and much more. Some of the projects I\u2019ll be working on include\u00a0understanding the success and value of the JET Programme to learn\u00a0where we have opportunities for improvement while providing support to\u00a0our communications outlets such as the JETAA USA website and our\u00a0Google Groups forum. Please feel free to reach out to me at\u00a0us2.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0for any questions or concerns or just to say\u00a0hello! I look forward to a productive and successful year working with\u00a0you all!<\/p>\n

JENNIFER – CR3<\/p>\n

Greetings!\u00a0 This is Jennifer Butler<\/strong> from the Music City JETAA<\/a><\/strong> chapter\u00a0and I\u2019m looking forward to working with Melissa and Christina this\u00a0coming year as one of the JETAA USA Country Reps.\u00a0 We are dedicated to\u00a0supporting all 19 US chapters as we work on national projects that\u00a0will naturally require the cooperation of all of you.\u00a0 Yoroshiku!\u00a0 In\u00a0particular, I\u2019m planning to work on the Sister Cities Initiative and\u00a0supporting more outreach to other community groups.\u00a0 If you have any\u00a0ideas for this or would like to contact me about anything else of\u00a0concern, just email me at\u00a0us3.jetaausa@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Thanks and here\u2019s\u00a0to a productive year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each country with a JETAA chapter has the right to participate in JETAA International. \u00a0Most countries have one Country Representative (or “Country Rep”) each. \u00a0However, the formula for representation is one country rep for each 9 chapters. \u00a0And since JETAA USA has 19 chapters, that means it has 3 country reps. \u00a0 Country Reps play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jetaa-chapters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-6wS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25105,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25102\/revisions\/25105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}