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Koreabridge Hangout
w/ Matthew Weigand, Stafford Lumsden,  & Jeff Lebow
August 1, 2011

Tech in Korea
Topics:  
Google Privacy IssuesIE6 finally on its way outMinerva & Korea Defamation LawKoreans encouraged to switch from Naver to GoogleGalaxy Tab 10.1
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Koreabridge Hangout
July 25, 2011
Participants:
Britt Kee, Chris Backe, Jason Teale, Jeff Lebow, & Steve Miller
Topic:  
The inspiration and economics of producing creative works
(blogs, paintings, photos, videos, websites) in Korea


Relevant Links 
Britt: http://brittkee.com
Chris: http://chrisinsouthkorea.com
Jason: http://jasonteale.com
Jeff: http://jefflebow.net/
Steve: http://qiranger.com
You Tube Users In Korea
Independent Film Team KOREA
Busan hobby photographers unite!
Flickr Korea Images Seoul Photo Club
Ulsan Online (Ulsan Pear archves)
Agit - Busan Art Space

Busan
KOTESOL Brainstorm


November
4, 2010




Participants: 
Bradley Serl,   John Angus MacCaull, Jeff Lebow, &
Brian Quirk



Topics:
Upcoming locale elections, ways to attract new members, other
possibilities




for the upcoming year of Busan Kotesol

 

KOTESOL.org

Busan
GyeongnamChapter Site

Post-show
Roundtable KOTESOL Discussion

following the 2010
KOTESOL
National Candidates Discussion


October
3, 2010






Participants: 
Peadar Callaghan, Robert Capriles, Sara Davila, Matt Doyon, Doug
Huffer, Aaron Jolly,  Jeff Lebow, Stafford Lumsden, Bryan
Stoakley















Topics Discussed

 






00:30
 - Notification of Conference
Session Acceptance or Rejection

06:40 - Website Status & Recording Conference Presentations

10:00  - Role of 1st VP

13:00
 Korean Participation & Possibilities of a Korean
Language Special Interest Group

22:30 -  Openness, Transparency, Making Organization
Information Public

27:10 - More Website Update Details, Mea Culpa, &
Prospects for Professional Intervention

37:35 - National Budget

40:00 - Final Words, We KOTESOL







Onsite Voting at the International
Conference Oct. 16~17

More information about elections & candidates at: http://kotesol.org/?q=elections






Chat
Log





08:20:39  saradavila ->  Argh...skype is not
working for me...

08:20:54  saradavila ->  will try to get it
going...

08:21:48  Stoakley ->  teehee...this site uses
Drupal...ZeroPoint Theme

08:22:11  Stoakley ->  and has Suckerfish
enabled

08:22:41  saradavila ->  working on it.

08:23:15  saradavila ->  Jeff, can you send me
a skype request.

08:24:10  saradavila ->  Hi, jeff I think I
just sent you a request can you skype me.

08:25:05  jmart ->  What is a ustream?

08:25:32  dhuffer ->  the streaming audio

08:25:32  jmart ->  I don't think I have skype
on this computer.

08:25:46  jmart ->  oh, like turn off your
radio before calling in.

08:25:54  dhuffer ->  yup

08:26:13  Stoakley ->  We will be recording
sessions.

08:26:34  Stoakley ->  I will be putting it up
on our official website.

08:26:36  jmart ->  oops I think we have two
Jeffs here.

08:26:53  Stoakley ->  I am remaking the
website right now.

08:27:01  Stoakley ->  I am.

08:27:12  Stoakley ->  Skype address?

08:27:28  jl ->  koreabridge

08:27:37  Stoakley ->  nope

08:36:29  dhuffer ->  that's what peader said

08:39:22  Stoakley ->  Yes, this is true about
Korean teachers, but "easy" ways about it.

08:42:14  Stoakley ->  Competence for image?

08:42:54  jmart ->  I don't know everyones
voices so I don't know who is talking.

08:43:26  Stoakley ->  Aaron Jolly

08:43:32  Stoakley ->  Peader

08:43:43  MattinDaegu ->  in encouraging more
people of one particular group to be in leadership positions

08:44:00  MattinDaegu ->  not to say that
Koreans would not be competent

08:44:47  MattinDaegu ->  I agree with what
Peadar said that it should be 'everyone' as opposed to focusing
membship drives

08:45:38  Stoakley ->  smooth

08:45:49  Stoakley ->  lol

08:45:53  jmart ->  We should have
presentations in Korean for Korean teachers.

08:46:45  MattinDaegu ->  why not in French
for teachers from Quebec?  Or Afrikaans for South Africans?

08:46:55  jmart ->  Not all Korean schools
have the same schedule.

08:47:22  Stoakley ->  The Daejeon-ChungCheong
Chapter SPECIFICALLY changed meetings to cater to K-teachers

08:47:30  jmart ->  MattinDaegu: We are in
Korea and most people are working with Koreans.

08:47:45  MattinDaegu ->  true, but we are all
teaching English

08:48:09  MattinDaegu ->  and this brings up
the issue of competence

08:50:29  jmart ->  Accademic language fluency
is not the same as conversational fluency and you have to meet people
where they are. I did meet a teacher who used a lot of strategies to
make up for his lack of fluency. Teaching about teaching would be
something to present in Korean for Korean teachers.

08:51:03  Stoakley ->  Minutes are available.

08:51:20  jmart ->  What about competent
administrators who want to improve English teaching in their schools,
but don't speak English themselves?

08:52:01  dhuffer ->  Good points jmart

08:52:27  dhuffer -

Download Audio










Discussions
with 2010 KOTESOL
National Candidates

October
3, 2010



Candidates for KOTESOL National Council (in order of appearance)





00:20
 Stafford Lumsden, Conference
Co-chair

17:40
 Doug Huffer,  Nominations
& Elections Chair

37:00 Aaron
Jolly, 2nd Vice President

55:45
Peadar
Callaghan, 1st Vice President








Online Voting October 4~14

Onsite Voting at the International
Conference Oct. 16~17

More informatin about elections & candidates at: http://kotesol.org/?q=elections





Post-show Roundtable Discussion Here




Chat
Log



06:51:43  craignl ->  Good evening

07:05:32  craignl ->  Good evening Peadar

07:05:46  peadar ->  evening

07:15:15  peadar ->  hi room

07:16:54  craignl ->  Evening all

07:17:23  peadar ->  I believe if anyone has
questions please speak up

07:20:02  saradavila ->  Question for
Conference Chair and Co-Chair: This year conference
acceptence/rejection process was handled in a manner I felt was very
unprofessional. I'd like to know how the conference will address this
issue in the future to make the process more personal, and show more
respect for all canidates submitting papers for the call.

07:21:56  Jeff ->  http://shomuni.blogspot.com/

07:24:32  chosunbimbo ->  @Sara I think you
have to take into consideration there were in excess of 300 proposals
received by the program team - While they were form letters that people
received they were professional and in line with any other rejection or
acceptance letter you might have received from any other organisation

07:25:55  chosunbimbo ->  This will be the
first year in A LONG TIME there have been contests for various positions

07:26:05  chosunbimbo ->  Am I the only one
here?

07:26:06  chosunbimbo ->  Hello

07:26:12  chosunbimbo ->  Is this thing on?

07:26:21  peadar ->  its here

07:26:22  chosunbimbo ->  *tap* *tap*

07:27:07  peadar ->  I can however say having
recieved one of those letters it was not inline with what was sent to
me last year

07:27:20  chosunbimbo ->  rejection letter?

07:27:36  peadar ->  was rejected last year
and accepted this year

07:30:08  chosunbimbo ->  interesting - I got
one - but being on concomm I knew the same day that the mail went out
and paid it little attention - what did it say

07:31:08  peadar ->  it required you to
download and check a full list of accepted proposals to see if you had
ben accepted or rejected

07:31:52  craignl ->  I find Paedar's comment
on rejection/acceptance from year to year interesting. As someone who
participated in the vetting process, I was somewhat concerned that
there were no clear guidelines for vetting proposals. Having been part
of Conference planning teams, both international, that's one area the
Conference Committee might consider for improvment (sorry that I'm
veering a bit off topic).

07:32:52  craignl ->  Sorry, the last sentence
should read '...both international and national'

07:33:06  peadar ->  its a great point I just
worry that the way the notifications were handeld this year might
discourage presenters in the future

07:33:49  saradavila ->  I've been a presenter
at the international for about five years. The acceptance/rejection
process this year was much different form last year.

07:34:05  saradavila ->  This year to find out
if you were accepted or rejected you had to read a list of accepted
proposals.

07:34:18  saradavila ->  Last year a form
letter was sent to presenters who had been accepted.

07:34:37  saradavila ->  A seperate letter to
presenters who had been rejected, thanking them for time and
encouraging them to resubmit.

07:34:48  craignl ->  Yes, usually when I have
made proposals to other international conferences I have usually gotten
a message courteously but clearly saying 'Yes' or 'No'

07:35:35  chosunbimbo ->  Ah I see - I didn't
realise it was just one email to everyone who su

Koreabridge Discussion - Let's
Talk Busan Post-Show

Socrates Cafe Discussion

August 15, 2010



Topic:
How does our own culutre
blind us to understanding others?


Participants
:
Greg Dolezal, Jon Hardy, Jeff Lebow, David Kim, Kim
Lee, Oh Jae Hee, Park WonSeop, Jason Stubbeman, &

 

Ashley
Summers Stubbeman



Let's
Talk Busan Show Recording



Socrates
Cafe Facebook Page



Thesocratescafe.wordpress.com





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