1. 2015 OATJ Business Meeting 3:00-3:30 November 8, 2015

2. 1.Current OATJ activity format 1.Annual meeting (presentation & business meeting) - 1 st Sunday of November 2.Workshop – spring or summer 3.Others (e.g., speech contest, advocacy work) 2.Past activities 1.2013-14: Annual meeting (Findlay - career) 2.2014-15: Annual meeting (Wittenberg - technology) & CATJ (Findlay) 3.Interest areas: career/language education (career fair) & advocacy work 3.OATJ Newsletter & OATJ event calendar https://oatj.wordpress.com/ 4.OH-Japan Alumni Network (Oct 24, 2015) 5.Treasurer’s report 6.Prof. Kawano Jones: Foreign Minister’s Commendation (Nov 6, 2015) 2014-15 Report

3. 川野先生、おめでとうございます！ BGSU, November 6, 2015

4. Total Income: $865.00  Affiliate Quarterly Payment from America Association of Teachers of Japanese:  ($15 (Regular) x 31 = $465.00) + ($10 (Student) x 16 = $160.00) = $625.00  Donation from Japan America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO) = $100.00  2014 OATJ Annual Conference lunch fee (by non-OATJ members) = $140.00 Total Expense: $70.16  Officers’ Meeting Lunch (6 participants, December 2013) $70.16 Summary:  Starting Balance $1,800.60  2014-2015 Income $865.00  2014-2015 Expense $70.16  Balance (As of 10/30/2015) $2595.44 Teppei Kiyosue Treasurer - Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese Treasurer’s Report October 1, 2014 – October 30, 2015

5.  Current nominations  President: Teppei Kiyosue (Ohio State Univ)  Vice president: Iya Nemastil (Marysville High)  Secretary: Tanya Schubert (Marysville Middle)  Treasurer: Laura Renz (Mirai International)  Webmaster: Dai Yamamoto (Ben Logan High), Hiromi Tobaru (Ohio State Univ) and Rebecca Allen (Dublin Jerome High) [Yamamoto & Tobaru – web site; Allen – social media)  Nominations from the floor Election of New Officers

6.  JASCO Career Fair [November 13, 2015]  AATJ Leadership Workshop [November 20-22, 2015]  Teppei Kiyosue & Iya Nemastil  JASCO Speech Contest [February 5 & March 19]  Nengajo contest [deadline December 26, 2015]  Camp OFLA (Japan Foundation $3,000 support) Upcoming Programs

7.  Workshop/Conference: Karen Curtin, Margaret Fitzgerald, Akisa Fukuzawa, Hamako Furuhata-Turner, Joseph Hara, Terumi Imai, Asako Izumi, Akiko Kawano Jones, Kimie Kanno, Nana Onishi, Eriko Tanaka, Yuki Togawa, Shinsuke Tsuchiya, Lena Vidahl, Kasumi Yamazaki  Newsletter: Asako Izumi, Nana Onishi,  Web/Social Media: Karen Curtin, Asako Izumi, Kimie Kanno, Sayuri Kopptur, Yuki Togawa  Speech Contest: (Akisa Fukuzawa), Mari Noda, Margaret Fitzgerald, Asako Izumi, Nana Onishi, John Rockelman, Yuki Togawa, Kasumi Yamazaki  Nengajo Contest: Kimie Kanno, Yuki Togawa  Publication (photo shooting at events): Lena Vidahl, Kasumi Yamazaki Working Groups