Kinema Club X: at SCMS in Tokyo

[Mark Nornes]

OK. It's a go. Let's do it. Doesn't matter how many we have, but it  
will be good as usual.

Let's use this thread to do some brainstorming. Then form some threads  
as "subcommittees" if the need arises.

For those of you bored with this, apologies. Please exercise your  
delete button.

Kukhee, how many huddles could the Fukutake Hall accommodate? Do you  
need advance permission? If the place suddenly filled with "study  
groups" would we suddenly be negotiating with campus police?

Oliver, what kind of output does the Survey Monkey output? Seems like  
a good idea.

The onsen thing was a joke. People already have their hotel  
reservations, etc. It has to be in Tokyo.

I'll write some of our Tokyo friends on KineJapan and see if they have  
ideas. But chime in if you're one of them.

I'll also write to Patrice Petro and ask her if she could direct the  
SCMS membership to our survey. This should be a way for the SCMS  
conference participants to save their trip to Japan and meet their  
colleagues (and meet new people).

And, like Aaron, I'll write my special event guy—Richie—and see if  
he's up for something.

Markus










On May 13, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Kukhee Choo wrote:

> If anybody needs some space, there is a new Fukutake Hall at the  
> University of Tokyo which I have access to. There is a public space  
> called the "commons" and I have seen a lot of discussion groups  
> doing their own mini-workshops there.
>
> And I think the onsen idea is great. There is a really cheap place  
> in Hakone that has a conference room and everything. I think they  
> accept up to 50 people per group.
>
> http://www.shikiresorts.com/institution/kanagawa/forest/forest.html
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Kukhee Choo
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> amnornes at umich.edu wrote:
>> Oliver suggests an Kinema Club, and worries that it's stepping on  
>> someone's toes. I want to chime in to remind people that Kinema  
>> Club has no feet so there are no toes to smush.
>>
>> I think it's a splendid idea. Here are the two ways that it could  
>> happen under such short notice.
>>
>> 1) One or more of our colleagues in Japan could chip in with a  
>> space. Even one big space could suffice, as "panels" could be  
>> converted into "huddles." Each huddle goes off to a corner and  
>> people do their thing.
>>
>> 2) A distributed version. People find their own spaces for panels:  
>> hotel rooms, restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Put a goodly amount of  
>> time between panels. If we didn't think there was enough time to  
>> pull this off, then we could centralize it. Between panels everyone  
>> meets at, say, the south entrance plaza to Shinjuku Station. People  
>> find their huddles, and then peel off to a coffee shop or ramen  
>> shop to do it. Needless to say, this makes spectating problematic.
>>
>> 3) Weather permitting, do it in a public park. Too late for hanami  
>> taikai, but this of course would be easier than anything else. At  
>> the very least, the "main reception" could be a picnic with  
>> absolutely no fuss. BYO everything.
>>
>> I'll add a fourth: everyone stay at an onsen!
>>
>> Seems to me Kinema Club has its anarchic nature just for this kind  
>> of thing.
>> Let's do it. I'm willing to put some time into organizing, but  
>> could use help.
>>
>> We can invite SCMS folk in, see how many there are, and then  
>> strategize. Even if there are only five of us, it will be worth it.
>>
>> Markus
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