HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Sister City Committee - 03/03/2014 SISTER CITY COMMITTEE
Regular Meeting, March 3, 2014, 6:00 pm
6t" Floor Conference Room, City Hall
1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF
1. Kevin Aguilar- X 9. Donald Russell X Reba George
Ferrari
2. Mark Bradsher X 10. John Sloan X Tess Allan
3. Yvonne Fernandez X 11. Alan Thornburg X
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4. Westi Horn X 12. Vacant X
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5. Wan Sun Kim X 13. Vacant X
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6. Hailey Kimball X 14. Vacant X
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7. Heather Moretzsohn X 15. Vacant X
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8. Evan Paret X
Total: 11 4
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I. CALL TO ORDER:
The regular meeting of the Sister City Committee was called to order by Heather Moretzsohn at
6:02 pm.
II. ROLL CALL: Tess Allan called roll. A quorum was met with 11 members present.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Donald Russell moved to accept the minutes as submitted.
Yvonne Fernandez seconded. Minutes were approved.
IV. FINANCIAL REPORT: Current Available Funds is $7,949.60
V. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
VII. OLD BUSINESS:
Sister City Status with Monterrey, Mexico
Kevin Aguilar-Ferrari moved to table the discussion on Sister City status with Monterrey,
Mexico until the Committee has determined their future direction. John Sloan seconded;
motion passed.
Del Mar Small Business Development Council/Global Trade Section
Heather Moretzsohn updated the Committee on the Global Trade subcommittee meeting and
her work with Celia Garza. The current proposal is to have a booth at the Global Trade Expo
with either representatives from our Sister Cities or information from them as well as the
students from the summer exchange program to meet with attendees regarding trade with their
cities. Celia Garza will contact Heather regarding a booth fee.
Goal Setting
Item tabled.
VIII. Liaison Reports
A. Yokosuka, Japan — None
B. Agen, France — Mark Bradsher volunteered to be the Liaison with Agen, France. Alan will
meet with Mark to relay the communications with Agen to date.
C. Keelung, Taiwan — Heather Moretzsohn announced that she was contacted by a
representative from the Asian Museum to see if the Committee would like to partner with
them in bringing a dance troop from Taiwan to Corpus Christi. Heather will contact them to
find out exactly what type of help they are looking for.
F. Playa del Carmen — John Sloan reported that he is assembling a packet to be sent to
Playa del Carmen with a copy of the original Sister City Agreement, patches, t-shirts, and
ball caps from our police and fire departments. Due to security restraints for a Police
exchange we will start with a Fire Department exchange. Chief Rocha is familiar with the
Sister City Program and is eager to participate in the exchange. John is currently waiting on
a reply with the contact information for the Playa del Carmen Fire Department. John also
plans to visit Playa del Carmen in June and will meet with their representatives at that time.
IX. Task Manager Reports
A. Publicity Reports — Yvonne reported that she had contacted Channel 3 and the Caller
Times for the Student Selection Announcement following the meeting.
B. Social Media/Website — Evan reported that he has made some updates to the Facebook
account but is having trouble accessing the Website. He requested that any future photos
taken be saved with a file name containing the event and date for posterity's sake.
C. Curriculum/Training — Yvonne reported that the April training dates are the 61h, 131", and
27th from 6 to 8 pm in room 210 at TAMUCC. And she will be sending the students the test
via email this year.
D. Fundraising — None
E. New Sister City Evaluation — None
F. Activities — Westi requested more Committee involvement chaperoning the activities this
year. Kevin requested a trip to the Hatchery and volunteered to attend that event. Heather
volunteered to join this subcommittee.
G. Selection —Alan asked for a volunteer to host a student this summer in case Agen wanted
to send 2 students. John Sloan will check with a friend of his and let Alan know by March
41h if it will be possible.
H. Pen Pal — None
I. Student Service — John Sloan reported that there will be a beach clean-up on March 22nd
that will be available to the students from last year to finish their service as well as students
from this year to begin their service.
J. Historian - None
X. Updates
XI. Identify Items to be Placed on Next Agenda
• Del Mar Small Business Development Council/Global Trade Section Expo
• Taiwanese Dance Troop
XII. ADJOURNMENT: Evan Paret moved to adjourn the meeting. Westi Horn seconded. The
meeting was adjourned at 6:53 pm.
Tess Allan
Parks & Recreation Department