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SISTER CITY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 @ 12:00 P.M.
CVB BOARD ROOM
ITEM DISCUSSION ACTION
L Call To Order Heather Moretzsohn, Chair, Sister City Committee
called the meeting to order at 12:09 p.m.
IL Roll Call Members (A=Absent P=Present)
A Deven Bhakta
A Barbara Canales
P Susane Horn
P David Loeb
P Heather Moretzsohn
P Bill Pettus
P Iain Vasey
�Quorum was reached.
Ex Officio
P Stacy Talbert
P Elizabeth Hardin
CVB Staff
P Teresa Rodriguez, Sister City Program Director
P Carmen Newton, Recorder
III. Public Comment There was no Public Comment.
III. Approval of Minutes Heather Moretzsohn asked for a motion to approve the Iain Vasey made a motion
minutes. for approval of the minutes.
This was seconded by David
Loeb. Motion passed.
IV. Discussion/Action
Items
A. Student Exchange Heather Moretzsohn stated there were five (5) students
Program(Student selected for the following cities:
Activities) Leaving Corpus Christi Returning
2 France 4 France
2 Japan 2 Japan
1 Taiwan 2 Taiwan
The Committee reviewed the student activities
schedule. Heather asked the committee members to
volunteer to be chaperones for the various activities on
the student schedule. Donations of meal gift cards and
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free tickets to games were also requested.
Heather stated that the committee members are all
invited to the events/activities on the schedule, as a
show of support.
The Committee asked if by chance any monies were
available in the Sister City Program(when it was being
handled by the City of Corpus Christi)? Stacie Talbert
will check on this.
B. Sister City Request for Teresa Rodriguez reported that she has been in touch A working plan with
Signing a Reaffirmation with Playa del Carmen regarding the Sister City objectives will be put
Agreement with the City Agreement and that(two)representatives from Corpus together and mailed to the
of Playa del Carmen, Christi have been invited to visit Playa del Carmen. A committee.
Mexico formal invitation will be sent by representatives from
Playa del Carmen.
C. Invitation from Agen, The invitation to attend the festival in Agen, France on
France update August 25 —27, 2017, has been acknowledged, but we
are awaiting results of the Mayoral election. The
logistics of the meeting will be worked at a later date.
D. Sister City Relationship No action will take place regarding this request until
Request with the city of such time the bylaws are amended to include the
Linz, Austria—Update Coastal Bend Region and a new mayor is elected.
V. Other Business David Loeb made a motion for an amendment to the This motion was seconded
Sister City bylaws which will allow an additional At by Bill Pettus.
Large position be added to the Sister City Program
Committee. Motion passed.
VI.New Agenda Items No one offered new agenda items for the next meeting.
VII. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m.
The next meeting will be held on Monday, June 5,
2017.
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