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Reporting here from the Speech, Drama and Debate conference in the APA Hotel in Sapporo. David Kluge and 20 other JALT members are having a great workshop with their families and enjoying the Snow Festival. They report no religious or political materials were in their rooms and that the hotel is full of Chinese tourists and even some Australian familes (!). They were not asked to show their resident cards (which I have no problem with anyway). In addition, they got a nice meeting room with projector, free shuttle to Susukino and Odori, and a family room for 11,000 yen per night at the height of the Snow Festival. I thought they made a good choice for what they tried to do--a "family-friendly" conference. There is a lot of misinformation about the APA hotel that needs to be corrected. I strongly agree we need to support open-minded hotels, not xenophobic ones. The actions of APA in Sapporo show an open-minded hotel to foreign visitors, especially to Chinese and JALT members.

Dear Mr. Sahid,

Thank you for your message about participating in the MoodleMoot Japan.  We would love to have all of you participate in the conference. By the way, have you applied for a presentation?  If not, the submission deadline is over, but I could see if we could make an exception. It would be very interesting to hear your case study of how you use Moodle in your institution in Malaysia or another topic.  Thank you kindly for considering this.

With regards,

Don Hinkelman

Scott!  Welcome back. Glad you can make it.  I am not in Tokyo tomorrow, but I love and recommend the Meiji Shrine.  A majestic woods in the middle of the big city.  Guess the hundreds-year-old trees escaped the bombing. Biggest shrine in Japan I believe.  If you go there, throw a 5-yen coin into the donation box and pray for a happy, healthy, productive MoodleMoot.

This presentation will show the design of the MAJ Community Hub.  In addition, we will have a case study of one content publisher, TypeQuick, who uploaded a course into the Hub. Attached is the handout for the presentation.