Activity report
2006 JAOS Spring General Meeting
June 21, 2006
at Mainichi Shinbun Headquarters in Tokyo
The Spring General Meeting was attended by representatives of all 33 member companies (11 of which were present by proxy). Beginning with the JAOS administration office, each task team reported on their activities and financial account balances for the past fiscal year, as well on their plans for the upcoming year. Those in attendance participated in an active discussion concerning these issues. At the meeting, JAOS announced the formal name of its overseas advisor training course created in collaboration with ALC-Press, ‘JAOS Certified Counselor Training Course’. It was also announced that this course will be offered to the counselors of member organizations possibly as early as October, and to the general public in January of 2007 at the earliest.. Furthermore, it was reported that JAOS intends to adopt the ‘Standards for Overseas Language Studies in Europe’ created by FELCA. Currently, there is a need to cooperative with other organizations in order to conduct careful research on how to handle overseas study trouble. Lastly, 1 new supporting member was admitted to JAOS.