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Hokkaido Prefectural Advisor Corner


Here we are just one week out from having forty fresh new faces on the
island. Another week on from that and we’ll have our eighty plus intake of
new JETs arrived and ready to get on with their Hokkaido lives. Much as I
hate saying goodbye to friends, meeting the newcomers is always a thrill,
and a good excuse for a new haircut (I’m not sure why).

What better way to capitalize on all of this excitement than by coming down
for meet and greets at the Sapporo Welcome Enkai (Monday, 19th August at
Kirin Beer Garden). We’re hoping for a bumper welcome party this year and
would love as many ‘remaining’ JETs to come down as possible. If that idea
doesn’t float your boat, then I still urge people to come and have a
looksee at the Sapporo Beer Gardens, open from last weekend and brimming
with happy folk enjoying beer and good times in the parklands.

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Recent HAJET News & Announcements


Mar

25

A New Look for HAJET(Comments Off)


Just in time for spring! Enjoy the sakura!

Edit: I’ve added and modified a lot of stuff. Hopefully this be the final look.

Mar

17

Using the Disaster Message Boards(Comments Off)


Any kind of disaster quickly brings about jammed phone-lines and, if-any, patchy internet service. To combat these issues NTT, Docomo, Softbank, and au have their own disaster message boards available for use in disaster situations.

Users leave messages via voice-mail on NTT or text for the mobile companies, and it is hoped that instead of calling family/friends/employers, people will contact one another via the message boards, helping to keep phone-lines free for emergency calls only.

Please download the following file to learn how to leave a message on the disaster message board…

Using the Disaster Message Boards

Thank you and stay safe!

Mar

10

Updates(Comments Off)


Recently we’ve updated the HAJET PC to reflect the newly elected staff. We’ve also just updated the Publications page with pictures of the books we have (Now all books have images!). You can order the books from this page. I’ve also cleaned up some code in the past week to make the site look a tad better in both Firefox 2.0+ and MS Internet Explorer 7+.

The forum now has 90 members, but there are still plenty of JETs and ALTs in Hokkaido who haven’t registered yet. You don’t have to be a HAJET member to join, just an ALT/JET in Hokkaido! If you’ve had past experience in Hokkaido or have some other reason for wanting to join, then by all means, do so! Just don’t forget to say why in the “comments” section during the registration process. Leaving it blank could delay your registration.

Feb

14

The site is up! Many thanks…(Comments Off)


That’s right! HAJET.org is back and functioning. Many thanks to Kate Allison, our returning president, for her help in compiling lots of the info and really helping to bring this site to fruition. Also, kudos to Chelle as well, for getting the site on track.
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Feb

14

The HAJET forums are up!(Comments Off)


After long last, HAJET has an online forum! Many thanks go out to Kevin M, who built the brand new site, and will serve as moderator. The forum is built in the newest version of phpBB, so you are welcome to tons of forum bells and whistles. Also, you will find a whole range of topic threads there already, ranging from traveling tips to those horrible, horrible whalers. (Or fantastic whalers, depending on how you wanna argue it!)

Please to discuss!… The new Hokkaido JETs forum.
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Feb

3

The HAJET Winter Meeting Packet(Comments Off)


The HAJET Winter Meeting Packet is online now! You can find all the info you need to know about the upcoming meeting in Niseko here.



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