From 16 to 18 October, we visited Christchurch to attend the JET Alumni Association (JETAA) Oceania Regional Conference hosted by the JETAA SI chapter.
The conference is held every year by JETAA Oceania to discuss and improve its activities and is attended by members from each chapter (five chapters in Australia and three in New Zealand). This year’s theme was Staying Connected.
We exchanged ideas on issues such as involving more JETAA members in JETAA activities and how members can stay connected to Japan related groups, sister cities and so on.
The JET Programme will celebrate its 30th Anniversary next year. In preparation for this, we discussed possible ideas for the celebration such as a video contest for current JET and alumni members alongside further advertising ideas for the ceremony.
We believe we will continue to see JETAA organise many attractive activities based on their discussions during this conference.