Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting July 17, 2017 Attendees: Cameron Archer Rachel Cebull Ian Finnigan Jacobi Retallic Jenna Bauer Jackie Corbridge Alexia Lords Don Rueff Karen Bauer Tate Corbridge Maureen Miaullis Janet Rueff Max Benjamin Garrett Corbridge Caitlin Miaullis Zoe Sehlke Misty Benjamin Brennan Corbridge Jorge Padron Rebecca Smith Maggie Boring Dave Eaton Brenda Padron Whitney St. Michel Elliot Boring Kylie Eaton Gabe Padron Ian St. Michel Wendy Boring Katie Eaton Kendra Peck Anna St.Michel Melinda Cebull Victoria Estrada Nathan Peck Stephanie Van Ausdeln Peter Cebull Mario Estrada Dallin Peck Nicholas Cebull Karen Finnigan Laurie Retallic Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The July 5th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Victoria motioned to approve the minutes and Maureen seconded her motion. Language Lessons: The next language less will be held from noon to 1:30 at the library on 7/18. Contact Rachel (rcebull@gmail.com) if you have questions. Hosting Preparations: RSVP Forms: Whitney collected the RSVP forms and Peter collected the money. She passed out t-shirts to people who had paid for them. Whitney answered questions about the RSVP forms. If you are driving on your own to Yellowstone and/or Lagoon or have zoo or museum memberships, please indicate this on the RSVP form. Whitney will be buying the rodeo tickets this week, and she will need to have the numbers and money to purchase the tickets. Speeches: Rachel went through the speeches with the students and adults giving speeches. Hosting Food and Equipment Sign-ups: Members will be bringing potluck items to the following meals:  Friendship Garden (7/27) – Check with Wendy if you haven’t signed-up  Welcome Dinner (7/28) – Whitney has this sign-up and will send it out.  Rodeo Dinner (8/3) - Whitney has this sign-up and will send it out.  Farewell Dinner (8/5) Whitney has this sign-up and will send it out. Whitney will bring the plates, cups, and flatware to all of the meals. Melinda will bring coolers with water and lemonade to the Friendship Garden. Wendy will pass them on to Kendra to use at lunch. Brenda will bring additional coolers with lemonade and water to the Welcome Party and tables and chairs. ** If you are coordinating a meals and need coolers, tables, or any other equipment, let Whitney know. Welcome Bags: Whitney has t-shirts, spud bars, Yellowstone pens, and a small note pad for each student and chaperone. Translation: Haruka has asked us to provide talks from as many of the activities as possible in advance. She would like to be able to translate as much as possible ahead of time. Rachel will try to translate as many of the preplanned Idaho activities as possible but may need help with some of the more difficult translations. Farewell Dinner: We talked about the activities during the party. The students will show the Japanese student a little bit about how we celebrate Halloween, Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. The students should come in Halloween costumes so they can trick-or-treat in a nearby neighborhood. Idaho families should bring Easter baskets and Halloween containers for the students to use to collect candy and use during the Easter egg hunt. Idaho families should bring a small (~$5) wrapped Christmas present for anyone who wants to participate in the gift exchange and their Japanese student. Farewell speeches and group gifts will be presented at the dinner. Gifts: People asked about gift ideas for their Japanese student. Some suggestions were:  Idaho souvenirs  Farmers’ Market or Art Walks may provide unique Idaho items  T-shirts, hats, calendars  Beef jerky, candy You can buy gifts during the visit after you know more about what your student likes. August Meeting Katie asked if there was any reason to meet in August. We usually don’t meet in August unless there is a special reason. The group decided not to meet in August. Student Section of the Meeting The students went over all the jobs that they would do throughout the trip. They each signed up for about four. We also watched a video that the Japanese sent us introducing most of the delegates coming to Idaho. Rachel then recorded us introducing ourselves similarly to theirs, and she posted the recording to Facebook for the Japanese to see. Motion to adjourn was made by Maureen and seconded by Karen.