SCMS ---> Kinema Club

[amnornes at umich.edu]

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