FCCJ Advisory
Yurakucho Denki Building Power Shutdown
From 23:00 Saturday, November 7, 2009
To 23:00 Sunday, November 8, 2009

Mitsubishi Jisho will shut down power to conduct an annual check of the entire electricity system of the Denki Building from 23:00 Saturday, Nov. 7 to 23:00 Sunday, Nov. 8.

In order to comply, on Saturday, November 7 all members and guests are kindly requested to leave the Main Bar by 22:00. The Reception Desk will close at 22:30 and all members and guests are requested to leave the FCCJ by this time.

Please note that no one can enter the building between 23:00 on Saturday, Nov. 7 and 23:00 on Sunday, Nov. 8.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

FCCJ Management

Cocktail Reception Party
18:30-20:30 Monday, November 16, 2009

The Membership Marketing Committee is pleased to invite all FCCJ members to join us in welcoming newly-joined and prospective members at the "Welcome to the FCCJ" Cocktail Reception Party.

New members should not miss this rare opportunity to get to know and speak with members of the Board of Directors, committee Chairs and other members of your club.

Prospective members who are seriously considering FCCJ membership are also welcome to join the festivities and may purchase a ticket at Reception (please reserve in advance, or contact Cheryl Ang for further information ang@fccj.or.jp). Facility tours with a knowledgeable guide and explanations about the Club will be available.

For tickets to this exciting event, contact the Reception (3211-3161) no later than Thursday, November 12. Please give the full name and company/affiliation of any prospective members/guests. As space is limited, we would greatly appreciate your reservation in advance to allow us to make the appropriate preparations.

Tickets are 1,575 yen each and include light finger-food. Discounted beverages will be available at the fully-serviced cash bar.

Membership Marketing Committee

With deep regret I would like to inform FCCJ members of the demise of long-time FCCJ member Roy Garner. Roy passed away on October 14, in the care of his family in the U.K.

Monzurul Huq
President FCCJ

Roy Garner 1950-2009

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of yet another long-time member of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

Roy Garner died Wednesday, Oct. 14, at home in Britain.

His younger brother Alan said he was surrounded by his family and loved ones as the three short weeks he was able to spend at home came to an end.

A private man, Roy made no mention of his illness, preferring instead to have us remember him in health and joy than in the inevitable sadness that accompanies failing health.

Roy, a long-time Club member, was filing pictures to Rex Features almost to the end, was the welcome "voice-behind-the news" on NHK and other stations for years, a radio correspondent, newspaper correspondent for most of Fleet Street over the years and an accomplished writer of both fiction and non-fiction books, many of which also featured his photographs from around the world, and most notably, from East Asia.

For me, he was a wonderful friend, colleague and competitor in the old Fleet Street times and for years the perfect indefatigable squash partner. After thousands of games until the Isetan Sports Club in Todoroki closed, we were likely less than a dozen games apart in the numbers won and lost.

At the FCCJ, he was a stalwart member of the Movie Committee for so many years no one can really remember when it all began.

He will be sadly, sadly missed by all of us.

A memorial service in Britain is planned for Monday, Oct. 26 at 13:15 hours.

Messages can be sent to Alan at garner.price@tiscali.co.uk

Darryl Gibson

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The Tokyo memorial celebration for our friend Roy Garner will be held at What The Dickens, Ebisu, Monday, Nov. 2, 7-10pm. (http://www.towncryer.jp/WTD.html)

Please pass on the celebration time and date to all of Roy's friends that you might be in contact with. Let's meet at this low key gathering to raise a toast to our friend, Roy Garner, who filled his life with friends, family and dreams.

All the best, Steve Gardner

The Scholarship Committee regrets to announce that the above planned Fundraising Dinner has been postponed. A further notice will be issued to advise of the new date.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Scholarship Committee

To All Regular Members:

GMM Continued to October 14

The General Membership Meeting originally scheduled for September 28 has
been continued to 18:30 Wednesday, October 14. The tentative agenda will
be as follows:

1. Approval of the minutes of the June GMM
2. President's report
3. HR issues
4. Financial matters
5. Troika Report
6. Committee reports
7. Any Other Business

If you cannot attend the meeting please sign the statement below and
give it to another Regular Member to vote on your behalf. Make sure your
proxy is planning to attend and does not already hold more than two
proxy votes. No member may hold more than two proxy votes. If you send a
proxy please do so by fax, mail or hand delivery since a proxy has to be
a signed statement, according to our bylaws. Please don't send your
proxy to the President, as he may not vote except in the case of a tie
or a secret ballot.

Since we need a quorum of one-fifth of the regular membership for the
meeting to be valid, please let us know your attendance by phone, fax to
front desk, or email to kubo@fccj.or.jp

Monzurul Huq
FCCJ President

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PROXY STATEMENT

I am unable to attend the meeting of October 14, 2009 and in accordance
with Article 22 of the Articles of Association and Paragraph 9-8 of the
bylaws of the FCCJ do hereby assign

Proxy's name:

as proxy to vote for me on any and all business to come before the
General Membership Meeting.

Member's name:

Member's Signature:

Membership Number:

Date:

FCCJ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
18:30 Monday, September 28, 2009

The General Membership Meeting has been postponed to September 28 to provide members with the time needed to cover the expected launch of the Hatoyama administration. The Board regrets any inconvenience this may cause. The tentative agenda will be as follows:

1. Approval of the minutes of the June GMM
2. President's report
3. HR issues
4. Financial matters
5. Committee reports
6. Any Other Business

If you cannot attend the meeting please sign the statement below and give it to another Regular Member to vote on your behalf. Make sure your proxy is planning to attend and does not already hold more than two proxy votes. No member may hold more than two proxy votes. If you send a proxy please do so by fax, mail or hand delivery since a proxy has to be a signed statement, according to our bylaws. Please don't send your proxy to the President, as he may not vote except in the case of a tie or a secret ballot.

Since we need a quorum of one-fifth of the regular membership for the meeting to be valid, please let us know your attendance by phone, fax to front desk, or email to kubo@fccj.or.jp

Monzurul Huq
FCCJ President
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PROXY STATEMENT

I am unable to attend the meeting of September 28, 2009 and in accordance with Article 22 of the Articles of Association and Paragraph 9-8 of the bylaws of the FCCJ do hereby assign

Proxy's name:

as proxy to vote for me on any and all business to come before the General Membership Meeting.

Member's name:

Member's Signature:

Membership Number:

Date: