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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Sister City Committee - 02/01/2001 1> 3-105 SISTER CITY STEERING COMMITTEE /'��" 70 REGULAR MEETING �'` �>, MONDAY. February 1. 2001 - 5:30 P.M. r4 HAR 2001 W, Galvan House/Multicultural Center in Heritage Park c°3 ' E%VEC' 1581 N. Chaparral St. - CORPUS CHRISTI. TEXAS CITY SECP,EIAf 1 Q� OFFICE MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSEzZLZ� F Mufid A. Abudiab Judy Benkendorfer Blanca Becerra Ronnie Sepulveda Drue Combs Marvin Davis JoAnn Canales Chris Barnes Sue Dulaney Rachel Gonzalez Rosie Alaniz Rose Gunji Gary Hansen Elizabeth Iglesias Ann Jaime Raquel Madrigal Johnnie Marie Norman Danielle P. Purell Lucy Reta Yalee Shih John Wright I. CALL TO ORDER- The February 5, 2001 regular meeting of the Sister City Steering Committee was called to order in the Galvan House/Multicultural Center 5:30 p.m. by Sue Dulaney. H. ROLL CALL - The recording secretary, Rosie Alaniz, called the roll and announced a quorum was present at 5:30 p.m. M. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Drue Combs stated that the minutes should be changed to read that the Sister City International Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA. She suggested two delegates be sent. The Committee will discuss and vote on this at the next meeting. It was also pointed out that Elida Gonzalez' name should be taken off members present because she is not a member. No other corrections were made and the minutes were approved as changed. IV. TREASURER'S REPORT - Ronnie Sepulveda informed the Committee that the current balance in the General Fund is $15,993.00 and the Trust Fund is $2,275.88. Ms. Dulaney informed the Committee that John Wright made a speech, received an honorarium and donated it to the Corpus Christi Sister Cities Committee. V. DISCUSSION ITEMS- A. Discussion regarding Sister Cities International Young Artists' Competition Ms. Dulaney stated it is an honor for a student to be recognized for their art work. This year's theme is "Impressions of the Fruits of World Peace" and it is for youth 13 to 18 years old. The program is a good one, one the Committee has done before and worth doing if we have time to do it this year before their deadline of April 25, 2001. John Wright moved that the Committee should ^ participate in the Sister Cities International Young Artists' Competition. Ms. V♦ Combs seconded the motion. The motion carried. Blanca Becerra, Rose Gunji John Wright, Danielle Purell, and Judy Benkendorfer volunteered to be the Ad Hoc Committee for the program. Other members volunteered to hand deliver materials for the Young Artists' Program and Rose will make a list of their names and the schools they have agreed to visit. B. Discussion on Student Exchange Program - Ms. Drue Combs reported that applications for the Student Exchange Program are due on February 9. She has already received two from King High School. The Counselors of each of the High Schools and last years local exchange students have been contacted and asked to encourage students in their schools to apply for the great opportunity. Everyone knows the deadlines and how the program works. Ms. Combs reported that Incarnate Ward had no girl applicants and Calallen had no boy applicants. She has paired Calallen with Incarnate Word. Student interviews will take place at the Multicultural Center on February 20'2, 2001 beginning at 7 p.m. Ms. Combs asked if anyone who is interested in serving on one of the selection committees to please call or send her an a-mail. Interviewers will only serve on one of the two nights. Girls will be interviewed on the 20`h and boys on the 21St. The interviews will be every fifteen minutes. Announcement of the winning students will be March 5th. the same day as the regular Committee meeting with a reception following the meeting. March 11t is the general meeting with the exchange students and their parents. Ms. Combs will make an information sheet to be given to each student before their interview. Everything they need to know will be on that sheet. C. Discussion of Committee meeting time: Gary Hansen moved to have the Committee meeting time changed back to 6 p.m. to allow him to make the meetings on time. Others agreed and still others said they no objections. A vote was taken and the motion carried. VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS— Yalee Shih, Chair for Keelung, Taiwan reported that they choose their students later than we therefore she has no report on their Student Exchange Program at this time. Elizabeth Iglesias, Chair for Toledo, Spain has contacted her Sister City but has had no response as of this date. Gary Hansen, Chair for Yokosuka, Japan has received an e-mail from Mr. Kawasaki. Yokosuko has have a problem with the dates we sent them because of their school schedules. Ms. Dulaney suggested Mr. Hansen contact them asking if they can receive our students the last few days of May or anytime during June. She stated that there will have to be some give due to our testing schedule. Our students get out May 24 and go back to school on August 8. Mr. Hansen suggested maybe we could alternate years. Mr. Hansen also mentioned the Volunteer Exchange Program. It was suggested we put this item on next month's agenda. Rachel Gonzales, Chair for Vera Cruz, Mexico said she was able to make contact with that City's representative thanks to Anne Jaime. Lucy Reta, Chair for Agen, France has received a letter from that Sister City. Ann Jaime,Chair for Monterey Mexico will have a report next month. VII. STAFF REPORT: Ronnie Sepulveda reported that letters. signed by Mayor Lloyd Neal, introducing the new Chairs from our Sister City Committee had been mailed to the various Sister Cities. VIII. CURRENT CONCERNS - Drue Combs stated she feels everyone needs a copy of the calendar of events and meeting dates for the Student Exchange Program. She will develop and distribute it to the Committee Members. Secondly, Ms. Combs suggested Committee members sign up for the Sister Cities International List Serve through the International Program's Web Page. She stated this is a great way to communicate with people in all the other Sister City Programs, worldwide. She further suggests we might want to explore ways to share our cultural information other than the more expensive way of sending people to other countries. IX. ADJOURNMENT — As there was no further business. Drew Combs motioned to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. Chris Barnes Multicultural Services Division Park& Recreation Department