Outreach programs like this is healthy to the community. I am very happy for movement in Asia.
Thanks Devin. I second the Motion. -Samson On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:50 AM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > > * between US $800-1200 for airfare; and > * approximately $40 for local transportation in Japan > > He has accomodations accounted for and hence does need funds for a hotel. > > 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. > > ---- > > Additional background on the trip privided by Devin can be found below: > > The main gist is that the Yokohama Frontier High School ( > http://www.edu.city.yokohama.lg.jp/school/hs/sfh/index.cfm/37,html) 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. > > 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. > > It is the same school as described in these blogs: > > https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-s > cience-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/ > > https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/ > > (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.) > > 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: > > https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8 > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > <http://www.sugarlabs.org> > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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