Japan Society of Fairfield County
Annual Meeting 2010
Sunday October 24, 2010
The Annual Meeting of the Society took place at the New Canaan
Historical Society. Chairman, Harry Sakamaki, presented the 2010
officers and directors,
thanked those members who made special contributions, and introduced
twenty-four new members, which was an historically high number. He
announced Volunteer Awards for 2010. The award winners are Naomi
Manning for leading several origami classes, Shizue Pleasanton for her
magnificent flower arrangements and displays at Ambassador Nishimiya’s
lecture at UConn, Kazuni Inoue for leadership and creativity in the
origami and Japanese dance events, and Vernon Beck for long time
support as webmaster.
New officers and
directors were elected to
serve one year terms in 2011 and are listed on the organization
page. The only change was that Yumi McDonald was was elected to replace
outgoing Vice President for
Public Relations Vicky Hackman.
Vernon explained the reciprocal membership
arrangement between JSFC and the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll
Garden.
A program of
entertainment
followed
which included a Japanese flute
(shinobue) and percussion performance by Nobuko Miyazaki and Kae
Reed, Sue Scannell’s discussion of her family, the Perry Family, and a
report by Harry Sakamaki of the first diplomatic contacts between Japan
and the United States 150 years ago.
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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