What we’re about
こんにちは！
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.
このグループでは、日本語を上級レベルで学んでいる現地の方々との言語交換を通じて、英語のスキルを磨くとともに、アメリカの文化や人々と触れ合うイベントを開催しています。また、他の社交的な集まりにもつながる機会を提供しています。
英語に興味がある方、アメリカの文化や人々と交流したい方、英語を話せる仲間を作りたい方は、ぜひ参加してみてください。
About Japanese language events
We've been mostly active with Japanese language gatherings. As a group of Americans who have learned foreign languages that use Kanji characters historically, we invite native English and Japanese speakers to join us. Starting as a review and a social opportunity among similarly skilled individuals, our focus has been on helping each other overcome difficulties in mastering the target language in the absence of native speakers, especially during the pandemic period. It's well regulated, quiet, and cozy; we welcome anyone with genuine interest toward the same goal.
English language events
English language events for this year and beyond will target seniors and others who are in need of more social gatherings to find offline conversation partners. If the event ever takes place in a location with a large population of English speakers, the required fluency level will be higher accordingly.
Chinese / Mandarin language events
This will be focusing on those who have been studying it for over a year and who are not necessarily at the speaking level yet. It will be more about Kanji writing system than romanized writing (pin yin).
• - - 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.
