What we’re about
Welcome to the city of art!
We are a group of language learners who moved from other cities and countries and wanted to create shared activities for mutual benefit in language-learning. We are all from other cities just like you, and had to learn a new language too. This makes it easier for us to find something in common to discuss and share a similar taste in arts as well. If you're new to this city and we happen to host an event featuring your language, you can check us out. Our subgroups include Seniors' English Learners Exchange, Central L.A. Language Exchange, and Mandarin Beginners' Haven.
English language events
At the moment, the focus is on non-local English speakers for their dialects being of interest to many English learners. Also, we are considering how to host an English-default event in suburban areas for seniors..
Chinese / Mandarin language events
Beginners are welcome! One thing to note is that we will focus more on 汉字 writing system than romanized writing (pin yin). For that, about a year of studying should be good.
Japanese language events
This has been a popular language until recently. We still host Japanese language gatherings with a group of Americans; so, we welcome both English and Japanese speakers to join us. A family-safe event that still requires parents to attend along with under-age participants.
Korean language events
Mostly interested in sharing practical knowledge about living in urban areas of Seoul and other metropolitan cities in Korea. If you lived/worked in Korea in recent years, this can be an interesting event to meet others alike.
• - - Group's Goal - - -
Facilitating offline gatherings as well as hosting a safe language exchange network for those who need and deserve it. Exploring into other Kanji-lexical languages. Hosting Family-Safe events and activities where whole families can join. Connecting and inviting new visitors and travelers who are a non-locals to the city.
• - - - -Member Dismissal Policy - - - -
Unreasonable Behavior: A member who exploits either this group or meetup.com's interface/service in an unreasonable manner is subject to removal from this group without notice. A member's unreasonable conduct that results in another member's uncomfortable situation, or that is seen as likely to result in such a situation by an organizer, may result in the removal of the member who instigated the action either directly or indirectly.
Repeated Absence :
Reserving a seat and failing to attend results in the loss of another person's opportunity to join. A member who has reserved a seat and fails to cancel (switch to Not-Going) at least 6 hours before the date of the event may be subject to removal from this group without notice. (e.g. cancel on or before Tuesday if the event is on Thursday)
Repeated Reserving Seat (RSVP) Without Intention of Attending :
Unreasonably reserving a seat and cancelling (switching to Not-Going) multiple times will be interpreted as making RSVP without serious intent to participate; and the member responsible for the repeated joining and cancelling will be subject to removal from this group without notice.
Silent / Passive Participation:
We specifically ask for participants who will actively engage in both listening and speaking, not just one or neither. Silent sitting or unreasonably passive attitude during the event may be interpreted by an organizer as undermining the goal of the event and the member with such behavior may be subject to dismissal from this group.
Group Resizing: This group alternates between being private and public in order to keep a reasonable number of regular participants attending. Any member who is seen as not participating regularly may be removed from this group at an organizer's discretion regardless of whether the group is public or private.
Disrespect Of Other Member(s) Peace and Privacy: Members agree to acknowledge that events hosted by this group are [u]not intended to be dating/social parties[/u]. A member whose behavior causes another member's discomfort includes, but is not limited to, anyone who sends an unsolicited message to or communicates with another member in an apparent or implicit manner to obtain personal information such as age, occupation, address, e-mail, shone number, race, marital status, gender, and anyone whose conduct deviates from this group's course of activities, such as inviting another member to a different location, event, or meetup. A member deemed as such will be subject to removal/ban from this group and reported to Meetup.com accordingly.
Detraction from Group's Goal:
A member whose behavior distracts other members from this group's goal will be subject to a ban or removal. A moderator may give notice in prior doing so in person but not required to do so in text messaging. This group has highest emphasis on creating a safe, studious, focused, non-dating language exchange. Any member whose behavior deems incompatible with the group's goal shall be subject to removal.
