Japan Society of Fairfield County
Annual Meeting 2008
Sunday November 2, 2008
New officers and
directors were elected to
serve one year terms and are listed on the organization
page.
We had a good year financially, ending about $3000
ahead for 2008.
The Japan Society of Fairfield County donated
$1000 from the Uezumi Memorial to help purchase an original painting by
Genjiro which has been donated to the Greenwich Historical Society. It
was unveiled at our annual meeting.
The new Kamishibai on
Genjiro was presented for the first time by Diane Barton, part of a
committee, who completed the work started
by the late Noboru Uezumi. We also have established an Uezumi Award.
We were again treated to Dr. Tom Hedberg's
wonderful presentation on the Beginnings of
Telecommunications in Japan from 1875-1900.
We thank our members for their
contributions to our pot luck luncheon: Naoki & Reiko Achiwa:
Japanese cooked dish, Diane Barton: Corn muffins, Vernon & Nancy
Beck: Cookies & softdrinks, Perry & Diane Caminis: pasta salad,
Tomoko Dougan: Sweets, Sachiyo Furukawa: Bara Sushi, Atsuko
Giampaoli: California rolls, Russ Handelman: Fresh muffins, Howard
Jaffe: Bottles of champaign and wine, Robert & Koito Karlon:
Yakitori, George & Mayumi Kleinman: Assorted cheese, Takaya &
Yoko Kurimoto: Casserole, Harry & Hiroko Sakamaki: Hors d'oeuvre,
Mayako Smith: Inari sushi, Nina Streitfeld: Green Salad, and Junko
Uezumi: Edamame.
The membership year is now the same as the
calendar year. Please keep
your dues paid up so we don't have to charge you the non-member rate.
If you did not receive an email notice for the annual meeting, please
send us your email. It will help insure that
you receive priority notification and reservation rights for our
events. We currently have emails for approximately 2/3 our
membership. We will be sending out emails to all members when
significant new information is posted on the web site.
We welcome volunteers to help run our
society and serve as future
directors and officers. Involvement now trains one for future
leadership.
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