<div dir="auto">+1<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sameer</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 7, 2018 6:26 PM, "Samson Goddy" <<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Outreach programs like this is healthy to the community. I am very happy for movement in Asia. <div><br></div><div>Thanks Devin.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I second the Motion.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-Samson</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:50 AM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>Devin Ulibarri is returning from Japan, where he ran a number of Music Blocks workshops. While he was there, he also met with METI (the Japanese ministry of economics, trade, and industry), which has a interest in STEM education and with whom he initiated talks about doing a large-scale initiative in Japan. He has been invited back to follow up on the work at a school in Yolohama and to have follow-up meetings with METI. He is requesting funds to support his travel:</div><div><br></div><div>* between US $800-1200 for airfare; and</div><div>* approximately $40 for local transportation in Japan</div><div><br></div><div>He has accomodations accounted for and hence does need funds for a hotel.</div><div><br></div><div>Motion 2018-02: Provide Devin Ulibarri with travel money for March workshops and follow-up meetings in Japan of an amount not exceeding US $1250.</div><div><br></div><div>----</div><div><br></div><div>Additional background on the trip privided by Devin can be found below:</div><div class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-yj6qo m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-:15q" class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-ajR"><img class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><div class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-adL"><span class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-im"><div><br></div><div>The main gist is that the Yokohama Frontier High School (<a href="http://www.edu.city.yokohama.lg.jp/school/hs/sfh/index.cfm/37,html" target="_blank">http://www.edu.city.yokohama.<wbr>lg.jp/school/hs/sfh/index.cfm/<wbr>37,html</a>) does special science festivals about once a year and they would like me to be their special guest in March (3/16). For planning purposes (and for the best airfare rate), it is important to know whether the airfare would be paid for in advance. I asked if they have a budget to pay for airfare for their guests and they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>I will try to schedule one or two additional meetings around that time as well, if possible. For example, I would like to meet with METI (Ministry of Economics, Trade, and Industry) once, perhaps the Friday before, and try to do a couple workshop at a middle school in Tokyo that expressed interest.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the same school as described in these blogs:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-science-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/" target="_blank">https://musicblocks.net/2018/0<wbr>1/02/translation-of-yokohama-s<wbr>cience-frontier-blog-article-o<wbr>f-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/" target="_blank">https://musicblocks.net/2018/0<wbr>1/02/devins-travels-in-japan/</a></div><div><br></div><div>(They were impressed with the initial showcase, so they asked me back to be the special guest in March. That is how this got started.)</div><div><br></div></span><span class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail-im"><div>The school is asking for various information (e.g. translated bio, translated C.V. and Resume), which I am preparing right now. I am almost complete with all of the documents, including a "What is Music Blocks?" slideshow presentation in Japanese, of which the most recent draft(s) may be accessed at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8" target="_blank">https://owncloud.libretools.co<wbr>m/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8</a></div><span class="m_-405266835198750631HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-walter</div></font></span></span></div></div><span class="m_-405266835198750631HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-405266835198750631m_1089073440712906677gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br><font><font>Sugar Labs</font></font></div><div><font><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font>http://www.sugarlabs.org</font></a></font><br><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font></font></a><br></div></div></div>
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