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SISTER CITY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018 @ 12:00 P.M.
JALUFKA HOUSE MEETING ROOM
ITEM
DISCUSSION
ACTION
I. Call To Order
Teresa Rodriguez, Sister City Committee Program
Director called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Members (A = Absent P = Present)
P Melody Cooper
P Bill Pettus
P Susana Martinez
P Almira Flores
P Gargi Bhowal
P Deacon Mark Arnold
P Luis Cabrera
A Alan Thornburg
A Sherron Hines
Quorum was reached.
Ex Officio
P Heather Moretzsohn
P Laura Gonzales Jasso
P Elizabeth Hardin
A Shelly Rios
A Fred Segundo
CVB Staff
P Teresa Rodriguez, Sister City Program Director
P Carmen Newton, Recording Secretary
III. Welcome and
Introductions of newly appointed committee members
Introduction of New
were made.
Committee Members
Luis Cabrera, Voestalpine
Deacon Mark Arnold, Diocese of Corpus Christi
Sherron Hines, GCCHA (not present)
All members introduced themselves and stated who
the re resented / where they worked.
IV. Sister City Program
Teresa Rodriguez, presented an overview of the
Overview
Mayor's Sister City Program. She reiterated that the
program belongs to the Mayor, under the Parks &
Recreation Department, therefore, whatever the Sister
City Committee does should always be in tune with the
Mayor/Mayor's Office.
She noted that as Director of the Sister City committee,
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she is the point of contact and all new committee
information / suggestions are to be centralized through
her office. She will share information with the
committee members. She also noted that if / when sub-
committees are formed, the sub -committee person in
charge is to report to the committee prior to making
any decisions. Meeting attendance was also explained
and reiterated to the committee. Teresa said one of the
committee's goals is to explore activities with other
cities / businesses to create relationships. For example,
Monterrey would like to bring empresarios and Linz
Austria has sent a request to the Mayor to become a
Sister City (now that Luis is here representing
Voestalpine, we will explore this request.)
Teresa stated that the City Council has appointed Ms.
Heather Moretzsohn as an Ex -Officio member of the
Sister City Committee. Ms. Moretzsohn, who has
served in this committee for a number of years, has
been very instrumental in the Student Exchange
Program and will continue to assist the committee (as
immediate past chair).
V. Election of New
The committee members were asked to nominate a new
After a short discussion, a
Committee Chair
committee Chair and Vice Chair.
motion was made by Susana
Martinez to nominate Ms.
Melody Cooper as the new
Chair and Ms. Almira Flores
as Vice Chair. This motion
was seconded by Bill Pettus.
VI. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the August 6, 2018 meeting were
A motion for approval of the
presented for approval.
minutes was made by
Susana Martinez and
seconded by Gar i Bhowal.
VII. Discussion: Agen,
Discussion was held regarding the Agen, France
France delegation
delegation that is planning to come visit Corpus
Christi. Ms. Moretzsohn, who has been in contact with
the delegation members, gave a recap of the events
scheduled thusfar. She stated there are six (6)
confirmed and the dates of arrival. (There is no
financial commitment from the city for this delegation.)
Their visit will begin with a dinner on the evening of
their arrival and a visit the Mayor and tour City Hall
the following day. All are invited to the events as
scheduled as hosts and chaperones will be needed.
Let's all help make this a memorable event for this
delegation.
VIII. Other Business
There was no Other Business to discuss.
IX. Adjourn
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting
adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
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