INTERNATIONAL SHINTAIDO PROJECT
(ISP) MESSAGE FROM THE ISP BOARD Dear
fellow Shintaido instructors, We
hope you are well and enjoying keiko! The
Board is working hard, meeting regularly, and developing
projects that we think will interest you and strengthen
our global community. Heres an update: Summary
of this letter: Details: The
new Board took office in January. As explained in our
announcement to you on January 27, we began the process
of NPO incorporation in France. We are happy to say we
have succeeded. We are registered, will have a bank
account and Paypal account shortly, and soon we will be
open for business. We
are currently working on several other projects. These
include a redesign of our website, which will serve as
business portal and documents storage, including a video
library. We
are planning for meetings and keiko events, including
international exams to be held at the ESC gasshuku in
Italy this fall and the 2020 International Gasshuku. We
are also supporting the work of ITEC, which is
particularly busy developing Shintaido Kenjutsu
curriculum, including an exciting kumitachi series.
Kenjutsu exams up to ni-dan will be available as soon as
this fall in Italy. As
mentioned in our January announcement, we are operating
under a new name: International Shintaido Project. We
made this change when we could not easily transfer the
name ISC from the United States to France, due to
issues involving ISC incorporation there. The new name
is temporary, and when the ISC name is again available,
we may consider resuming its use or choose another name.
This decision will be made by all of us at a future
General Membership Meeting. Which
brings us to the next topic: membership. Currently we
are operating without formal membership. As you recall,
the Board stopped collecting dues in 2016. Business
continued, however, including international exams, the
establishment of new bylaws, the reinvigoration of our
technical committee as ITEC, Kenjutsu development, and
the establishment of a new board. As work continues, we
ask that you join the effort by re-establishing your
membership with this community of instructors. You
will be hearing from us about how to rejoin in the
coming days. Until then, please have a look at the
documents linked to this message (simply click on the
title). You
will
find a list of Eight
reasons to be an ISP Member
which we hope you will find inspiring and a Summary
of the ISP bylaws (passed by referendum last
summer). Warm
regards, ISP Board:
Jean-Louis
de Gandt
jean-louis@degandt.net
Soichiro
Iida
s_iida@mue.biglobe.ne.jp
Lee
Ordeman
leeordeman@gmail.com
Pierre
Paranque
pierreparanque@gmail.com
Pierre
Quettier
pierre@quettier.net