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Army Command. The certificate read For out- and differences that exist in their various teaching
standing support of the Task Force Falcon and Op- contexts and, as an extension, to encourage and fos-
eration Joint Guardian mission in Kosovo. Your ter collaborative research efforts. After four years of
compassionate, humanitarian gifts of school sup- steady encouragement and mutual exchange, this
plies and clothing for the school children of collaborative effort has begun to bear fruit in the
Kosovo are highly commended. form of joint presentations and articles that have
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that cuts across national and cultural boundaries. The
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JALT Bylaw Changes
formalize an umbrella organization whose primary
submitted by Ishida Tadashi
focus is on the Asian context.
The inaugural issue of PAC Journal will focus on The following are Bylaw changes that were passed at
Action Research. Since the journal is a joint the January 2000 Executive Board Meeting which do
project, each of the four organizations is being NOT appear in the JALT 2000 Information & Direc-
asked to provide 3 to 4 articles on this topic. This tory Supplement so please read through them care-
means that as the Japan editor, Gene van Troyer fully. They may not seem important now, but they
will be soliciting articles on this subject, and van could become quite important in the future.
Troyer stressed that the action research projects
10.1 In the event Directors and Auditors cannot
should be specifically focused on action research in
be elected by ballot of the general membership
the Japanese teaching context. I would be espe-
in the National Election, they shall be elected by
cially interested in collaboratively produced ar-
ballot of the general membership attending the
ticles, van Troyer noted. By that I mean an article
annual conference and approved by the General
written by a Japan-based teacher and a teacher in
Meeting.
another Asian country. The tentative deadline for
10.3 In the event of 10.1 above, the ballots shall
submission of articles is December 15, 2000. A for-
be collected by two hours before the General
mal Call for Papers has been posted to JALT s main
Meeting. The NEC shall count the ballots and
website at .
report the results to the General Meeting.
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