{"id":10645,"date":"2014-02-25T23:14:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/jss-newsletter-vol-2-no-1\/%e4%bc%9a%e5%93%a1%e5%8b%9f%e9%9b%86%e4%b8%ad\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T18:37:05","slug":"jss-members-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/jss-newsletter\/jss-newsletter-vol-2-no-1-en\/jss-members-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE JSS MEMBERS NEEDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-223\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JSS_Logo_InWhiteCircle.jpg\" alt=\"JSS_Logo_InWhiteCircle\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nBy David Ikeda<br \/>\nI have a special request for all of you out there who are interested in the work we do here at JSS.\u00a0 Our program chairperson, Mr. Dembo, told me that participation is at an all time high.\u00a0 JSS had over 3200 participants in such diverse programs as Caravan Mates Training, Hot Lunch for seniors, Canadian Conversational English and others for all of 2013.\u00a0 This is a very very high number considering most if not all of the programs are conducted in Japanese only.\u00a0 As I said the number shows a very healthy interest and level of community participation in JSS.<br \/>\nThe problem is that our membership numbers are very low.\u00a0 This is a problem for us when we apply for grants and make various submissions to NGO\u2019s and government organizations which like to see a healthy membership.<br \/>\nIf you could please consider joining our organization as a member, the annual fee is quite reasonable and your contribution will help us continue to provide the community with such excellent service.\u00a0 You will receive mailings and updates on our activities as well as be able to vote at our AGM.\u00a0 Program participants are our friends but we need more members to grow our family.\u00a0 Thanks for your consideration.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/pdf\/schedule\/JSS_Needs_Your_Support_revised0226.pdf\">https:\/\/jss.ca\/pdf\/schedule\/JSS_Needs_Your_Support_revised0226.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a special request for all of you out there who are interested in the work we do here at JSS.  Our program chairperson, Mr. Dembo, told me that participation is at an all time high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-10645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jss-newsletter-vol-2-no-1-en","tag-jss-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}