Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting May 15, 2017 Attendees: Jenna Bauer Peter Cebull Victoria Estrada Dallin Peck Karen Bauer Nicholas Cebull Mario Estrada 2 Brooke Simpson Elliott Boring Dave Eaton Fawn Molyneux Erik Simpson Maggie Boring Katie Eaton Kendra Peck Whitney St. Michel Wendy Boring Kylie Eaton Nathan Peck Anna St.Michel Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The minutes from the May 3rd meeting and May 9th board meeting were provided to the group by email. Mario motioned to approve the minutes and Kendra seconded her motion. Board Meeting Discussion: Dave provide a handout of the board meeting minutes. The board outlined criteria for going to Japan and how we plan to select students who will go to Japan. The group can only take 15 students, and we currently have 22 students in the group. The board wants to make sure the selection process is well defined. Dave and Katie answered questions from the group. One questions was about points for co- presidents. They explained they are working together and their family receives the 8 points assigned to president not 8 per person. The criteria define will go in to affect for the 2018 selection. Mayor Meeting: Dave and Katie were asked to attend a meeting with the mayor. People attending were Mayor Capser, Mike Kirkham (city assistant attorney), Carole Walters (Adult Sister Cities president), Nancy Thorsen (Adult Sister Cities past president), Dave and Katie Eaton (Youth Sister Cities co-presidents), and Melinda Cebull (Youth Sister Cities past president). The mayor discussed the path forward for the Sister Cities groups becoming a city committee. The groups will need to provide meeting notices, meeting minutes, and possibly a budget to a commission. Members of the commission will be selected by the mayor and will include one member from the youth and one from the adult group. Additional members will be selected by the mayor from groups that have an interest in Sister Cities such as the Chamber of Commerce, INL, and the park and recreation department. Mike will provide a draft of the ordinance to set up the commission to the Sister Cities groups for comments. The ordinance will be presented the city council on July 11th. Hosting: Whitney told the group she has sent a general outline of the itinerary for the Japanese visit. She will check with Teton Stage bus line to schedule the buses for Yellowstone and Lagoon. She has reserved the following parks: 7/27 arrival gathering - Friendship Garden, 7/28 lunch - Freeman Park Shelter #2, 7/28 welcome party – Tautphaus Park Shelter #3, 8/3 dinnner – Tautphaus Park Shelter #1, and 8/6 possibly Ice Rink upstairs or Hope Lutheran church. Garage Sale: If you would like to help and did not get a chance to sign-up, contact Wendy Boring at 520- 0229 or boringwindy505@gmail.com. Wendy will also arrange for donation pick-ups if needed. If you can help setup come on Friday night at 4:00 pm. Friendship Garden: The youth group will be helping at the Friendship Garden on Wednesday, May 24th at 6:30. Student Section of the Meeting The students played a game to help learn hiragana. We would like to get a student spotlight for everyone in the group. Dallin will send out an email with the spotlight information.