KOTESOL Post-show Roundtable Discussion Koreabridge - Koreabridge Discussions

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 -