i blow my conch and summon my PA comrades-at-arms

I remember asking about "outreach" at a PA conference in the past, and got the advice to handle it like, "I saw you posted XX on social media, I just wanted to check in and make sure everything was OK/let you know you can talk to me whenever" and tread carefully if you think they might see it as an invasion of privacy.

But JETs have gotten into trouble for posting on social media during work hours and posting inappropriate stuff about work, so there is precedent for that as well. It's probably in everyone's contract that they can't "漏らす the 秘密 they learned at work" and to "act appropriately befitting 公務員" so they might not see it as a question of freedom of speech but as a question of is it appropriate for a 公務員/teacher to talk about punching kids on social media.

I think especially if there is precedent in your pref. you could be like hey, just letting you know you might want to change the privacy settings on certain posts because this happened in the past. That way it's not "don't say it" but "be careful who you say it to."

Hey guys cheeky plug:

My ALT PA and yours truly will be presenting on the second day of the PA conference. Our presentation is "SDC Planning" during the 10:40-11:40 timeslot so please come support/heckle us

I probably asked this same question last year but what's the dress code?
I don't have to wear a suit do I?

I'm 太ってる from Golden Week and I don't want to wear the suit jacket less-太っている popchyk bought before she moved to Oita, not foreseeing her future all-castella-all-the-time Golden Week diet.

I believe the dress code is "business", I don't think it's "cool biz" but because people are coming from all over I don't think "Tokyo biz" will be enforced.
If you're nervous you could wear a dark sweater (and probably take it off halfway through and be fine ;))
Edit: for reference I will be wearing non-suit dresses/skirts, probably with a blazer

I will also be presenting and I swear to god if I see you live LINEing it I will call you out by name

どうも!

I think I'll probably leave my suit-jacket and blazer at home (or pack it in my suitcase but not wear it). Come to think of it, I remember Freighnos wore a kariyushi last year.

...I probably should do laundry though as I haven't got very many clean clothes left hue.

Just filled in the information exchange sheet.

It was interesting, because Oita recently had some big earthquakes I actually had opinions and things to write about.

Our supervisor handed us an excel sheet to fill in that explains what the PAs do and then it has a lot of questions about the PAs' role regarding disaster preparedness and response.

Maybe you already filled it in and we're the ones who are late, or maybe your JPA filled it in for you How JPA is new so it makes more sense for us PAs to fill it in.

hue I wrote "how JPA" instead of "our JPA"

Sometimes I worry my brain is just melting with overwhelming stupidity.

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because i don't plan SDCs and i think we probably rank #1 in 中途退職 and 再任用辞退 decisions over the past few years so i should prob go to the one for that leeel

G-Rex It's almost as if Kyoto isn't the all-consuming paradise of WA that they were expecting and many ALTs can't deal with the harsh reality that it is just a place like any other...

was looking at that one anyway yay

Also hopefully someone gives you the Excel sheet info cause otherwise the 情報交換 thing is gonna be awk

Can you steal any extra handouts or something for me? I'm really curious if they're going to address the "I got a job in April" situation and I have no idea what to do about that kind of situation. "No pls don't get a job".....

Hey, can someone who's JPA is coming ask them to grab an extra copy of handouts etc for presentations they attend for me to give to my JPA who becamed cannot go?