HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Sister City Committee - 12/02/2019SISTER CITY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2019 @ 12:00 P.M.
JALUFKA HOUSE MEETING ROOM
ITEM
DISCUSSION
ACTION
I. Call To Order
Melody Cooper, Chair, called the meeting to order at
12:11 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Members (P = Present A = Absent)
P Melody Cooper
P Almira Flores
P Deacon Mark Arnold
P Luis Cabrera
P Gargi Bhowal
P Susan "Westi" Horn
Quorum was reached.
Ex Oficio
P Fred Segundo
A Elizabeth Hardin
P Shelly Rios
CVB Staff
P Teresa Rodriguez, Sister City Program Director
P Can -nen Newton
Guests
Drew Jones
Chief Rocha, CCFD
III. Public Comment
Drew Jones reported she had traveled to Yokosuka
Westi Horn will follow up
representing Corpus Christi and met with the current
by opening a dialogue with
and past Mayor(s) of the city. Drew commented that a
Yokosuka Sister City
delegation from Yokosuka had been in Corpus Christi
representatives.
in 2016 and asked if the committee was interested in
celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Sister City
affiliation with Yokosuka in the year 2022 by sending a
delegation from Corpus Christi to Yokosuka. She
added that she plans to travel to Yokosuka in 2022.
Melody stated this would be brought up at a future
meeting and asked Westi Horn to open dialogue with
the representatives from Yokosuka.
Chief Rocha of CCFD attended the committee to
Chief Rocha and Teresa
discuss the best date to invite the Bomberos de
Rodriguez will work on the
Monterrey to Corpus Christi to present them with fire
invitation letter.
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equipment they can use that the city fire department
must replace due to regulations, but is still in good
working condition. Tentative date was set for May
2020.
IV. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the October 7, 2019 and revised
Almira Flores made a
November 4, 2019 meeting were presented for
motion to approve both the
approval as there was a quorum (Westi Horn
October 7 and November 4,
participated in the meeting via telephone).
2019 meeting minutes.
Deacon Mark Arnold
Discussion was held as to whether or not telephone
seconded the motion.
participation was allowed. Shelly Rios will look into
Motion passed.
this and report back to the committee.
V. Discussion / Action Items
A. Update on Agen,
Melody Cooper stated the committee continues to work
France
on plans for a May 5 concert with members of the CC
Symphony to raise fiords.
Teresa Rodriguez presented a draft of the sponsorship
letter and form she designed `Transatlantic Night of
French Music' for review and approval.
The committee decided on two changes:
1) Change the Individual Ticket price
2) Note: Contribution is Tax Deductible
Deacon Mark Arnold stated he continues to work on
obtaining sponsorships and asked that Teresa send him
the Sponsorship Letter she created to attach to each
request he sends out.
B. Update on Linz,
Teresa Rodriguez stated the Mayor's invitation letter
Austria
had been sent out and she had not yet received a
response.
VI. New Agenda Items
A. Student Exchange
The Student Exchange sub -committee reported they
Committee Update
will meet soon to finalize the Student Exchange
application submission deadline date and also review
and revise the application as necessary and will report
back to the committee.
VII. Other business
Melody Cooper reported the Mayor's Sister City
Committee will remain a city council appointed
committee.
The Mayor's Sister City Facebook and Website pages
will be updated.
VIII. Adjourn
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting
adjourned at 1:09p.m.
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Teresa Rodriguez
From: Philippe GALAN <philippe.galan@orange.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2020 5:41 PM
To: Teresa Rodriguez
Subject: Happy new year from Agen
Attachments: Voeux 2020.pdf
On behalf of all of our sister city committee i would like to wish you a very happy 2020 filled with happiness, prosperity and most of all
good health.
We expect to attend to the Buc Days festival in April May 2020 and meeting our friends in Corpus .
Kind regards
Philippe