[APWSLMembers 466] Re: [RE]APWSL Japan (On the APWSL-Korea's Proposal on Korea-Japan Exchange Program)

kitahata kitahata at ss.iij4u.or.jp
Thu Feb 8 22:53:46 JST 2007


A Proposal of APWSL-Japan On the Korea-Japan Exchange Program

Dear Rev. Jang Chang Weon and friends at APWSL Korea,

Thank you for your proposals and your energetic commitment to APWSL network.
We appreciate your emphasis on the grassroots solidarity and we are ready to
fully cooperate with you for the success of the exchange program.

We had our regular meeting of the Kansai group last nights and discussed
your proposals.

We agree on the basic idea.  We respect your past experiences of organizing
exchange programs and understand your expectations.  But before going into
further detail, we have to clarify some technical problems.

1. Air tickets

As we suggested earlier (and as you seem to agree), "package tours" which
include hotels might be the most reasonable option.  This means the
delegates are to stay at hotels.  Hotel fees are included in the package
even if you don't use hotels and choose home-stay.

For example, "package tours to Korea" of 4 days (3 nights) including hotels
are around 35,000 yen (It might be cheaper in your country).  Even ticket
without hotels can cost as much.

2. Local cost

You suggested that "air transportation will be shoulder by the Korean
delegates while the local cost will be shouldered by the host in Osaka".

Our understanding is that hotels (including breakfast) are included in the
package.  Therefore APWSL Japan or Kansai Group will pay local costs other
than lodgings (and breakfast).  At this moment we don't have precise budget
but we will discuss it after the rough itinerary is agreed on.

Number of delegates are the decisive variable because of the capacity of the
friendly facilities and our staffs.

3. Tentative itinerary (to be discussed)

Our tentative proposal for the itinerary is the following:

Day 1: Arrival at Kansai Airport and move to the hotel(s) & check-in.
Go to Ikaino Area (Korean Town in Osaka City)
Dinner in a certain place (possibly at KCC?)

Day 2: Go to Kyoto
Visit "Kyoto Union" (a local "community-union" type group)
Sightseeing (Buddist temples etc)
Go back to Osaka for dinner with labor activists

Day 3: (In Osaka)
Visit Harbor Workers' Union, Public Workers' Union
Visit history musium and peace musium
Sightseeing (Osaka Castle etc)
Exchange on Migrant Workers issue and/or Regional cooperation among trade
unions and community organizations
Dinner (possibly at You Jae Mo's church?)

Day 4:
Shopping
Exchange with consumers' coop group?
Move to the airport
Departure

4. The meeting on February 27th

We agreed to have a meeting with you on your way back from Bangkok.
We want to know the exact time of arrival and departure.
We plan the meeting on the evening of 27th in Osaka City (General Union's
office).

In Solidarity

Yamahara Katsuji

(Translated by Kitahata Yoshihide)

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  Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:32 PM
  Subject: [RE]APWSL Japan (On the APWSL-Korea's Proposal on Korea-Japan
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