HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Sister City Committee - 03/04/2013SISTER CITY COMMITTEE
Regular Meeting, March 4, 2013, 6:00 pm
6 Floor Conference Room, City Hall
1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
MEMBERS
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A MEMBERS
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1.
Tim Dowling
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9. Donald Russell
X Reba George
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Westi Horn
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10. JR Seaman
X Tess Allan
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Chris Kailas
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11. Alan Thornburg
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Hailey Kimball
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12. John Sloan
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Kelly Kimball
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13. Yvonne Fernandez
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Heather Moretzsohn
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14. Wan Sun Kim
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John Porter
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X 15. Vacant
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Judith Prewitt
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I. CALL TO ORDER:
The regular meeting of the Sister City Committee was called to order by Heather Moretzsohn at
6:09 pm.
II. ROLL CALL: Tess Allan called roll. A quorum was met with 13 members present.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JR Seaman made a Motion to accept the February 4, 2013
minutes, Westi Horn Seconded. Minutes were approved.
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
V. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:
Sister City Presentation to City Council
Heather Moretzsohn announced that the presentation to City Council has been postponed from
April until May and the discussion was tabled.
Announcement of Student Country Selections
Alan Thornburg stated that the country selections would be announced after the meeting.
VII. Liaison Reports
A. Yokosuka, Japan — Westi Horn stated that Japan has not selected their students yet,
their selection takes place in June but she has let them know that due to the
requirements of our host homes we can only take two girls. Heather Moretzsohn has
agreed to host one of the Japanese female students so that Kelly Kimball can host a
Taiwanese student.
B. Agen, France — JR Seaman has received emails from Agen with student information
packets for two students, they have selected one boy and one girl and we have selected
two girls. The SCC only has funding to send one student but JR was able to find outside
funding so that we are able to send a second student.
C. Keelung, Taiwan — Alan Thornburg has not received information about who Taiwan has
selected yet but will let them know that we can accept two of their students as long as
one of them is a girl. John Sloan agreed to host a boy if they selected one.
D. Monterrey, Mexico — Judith Prewitt stated that she has had recent reports that
Monterrey is still not safe for student travel. Heather Moretzsohn gave Judith a letter
from the Mayor of Monterrey to our Mayor. Heather is finalizing a response to send to
our Mayor for her approval.
E. Toledo, Spain — Judith Prewitt would like to send a letter very similar to the letter we
received from Monterrey to Toledo letting them know that we would like to reinstate the
Sister City Relationship with their city.
F. Playa del Carmen — No Report
VIII. Task Manager Reports
A. Publicity Reports — Yvonne Fernandez spoke with the Caller Times, they were not able
to be at the announcement tonight but plan to write an article and include student
interviews and photos. Heather invited the Mayor and City Council but they were also
unable to attend.
B. Curriculum /Training — Alan Thornburg announced that training will take place the first
three Sundays in April, the 7 ", 14 ", and 21S Westi Horn has made arrangements to
have the trainings in the University cafeteria.
C. Fundraising — Chris Kallas stated that they are working to find old fundraising
correspondence to revise and will meet with Laura Gonzales to try to find it. They will be
sending out letters to potential donors asking for sponsorship. The goal is to fully fund
future travel and to build up the PALS account.
D. New Sister City Evaluation — No Report
E. Activities — Westi Horn stated that this committee will get started in April but requested
a copy of the letter that the Fundraising committee designs. Alan Thornburg stated that
in the past our student families have each agreed to host one activity, usually in their
home.
F. Selection — Announcements about the students and their chosen countries will be after
the meeting.
G. Pen Pal — No Report
I. Alumni — Heather Moretzsohn stated that this item is not longer necessary and can be
removed from future agendas.
IX. Updates
Heather Moretzsohn announced that John Rocha sent in his resignation from the SCC and as
there are no new committee member applications with the City she will be contacting the three
previously reviewed. Alan Thornburg pointed out that there will need to be two new members as
John Porter will also need to be replaced due to unexcused absences.
X. Identify Items to be Placed on Next Agenda
• Possibility of hosting a student from Monterrey, Mexico without sending
a student there.
XI. ADJOURNMENT: Kelly Kimball made a Motion to adjourn the meeting. Westi Horn
Seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 6:46 pm.
Tess Allan
Parks & Recreation Department