Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting November 1, 2017 Attendees: Cameron Archer Melinda Cebull Kylie Eaton Jorge Padron Rebecca Smith David Archer Peter Cebull Katie Eaton Kendra Peck Whitney St. Michel Max Benjamin Nicholas Cebull Mario Estrada Nathan Peck Ian St. Michel Misty Benjamin Tate Corbridge Victoria Estrada Dallin Peck Anna St.Michel Maggie Boring Garrett Corbridge Karen Finnigan Laurie Retallic Jackie Sugai Wendy Boring Brennan Corbridge *Junko Flynn Jacobi Retallic Stephanie Van Ausdeln Elliot Boring David Eaton Gabe Padron Noah Sandoval Ness Villasenor *Indicates guest. Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The October 16th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Mario motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Laura seconded his motion. Treasurer’s Report: Membership fees are due by January. Fees are $25 for one student and $35 for multiple students in the same family. If you filled out an application form last year, it is good for the 2017 and 2018 membership years. Please bring your payment to the next meeting. The previous balance was $8011.83. The current balance is $7602.54. Expenses were $504.00 in reimbursements for hosting expenses. Income included $85 in dues, $9 for a rafting payments, and $0.72 in dividends. The check for the Mack’s Inn float trip is still outstanding. It will cost the group $25 to cancel the check. Victoria mentioned she has heard of some issues with charges due to the change from Scenic Falls to ISU credit union. A decision was made to wait six months and then send a new check if it has not been cashed. Japanese Lessons: Junko Flynn attend our meeting and answered questions about Japanese lessons. She would like to have the lessons after school at her house. The lessons will cost $10 a lesson, and students should bring the money to each lesson. Student signed a sheet to indicate what times they could come to meetings. The following students signed up for lessons. Monday 5:30-6:30 Wednesday 4:30-5:30 Dallin Peck Anna St. Michel Jacobi Retallic Ian St. Michel Nathan Peck Kyle Eaton Tate Coorbridge Elliot Boring Stephanie Van Ausdeln Maggie Boring Gabe Padron If you would like to take lessons and are not on the list, please let David or Katie Eaton know. Lessons will start next week. Friendship Garden Clean-up: The group decided to schedule a work day at the Friendship Garden at 2 p.m. Saturday. If the weather is bad, we will reschedule for Wednesday after school. The group will be raking leaves. Please bring leaf rakes. Fundraisers:  Ice Skating Fundraiser: David Archer told us the city was interested in helping us with a fundraiser. Mason, the Head of the Special Events at the REC Center would like to meet with the officers to discuss the fundraiser. David Eaton will set up the meeting with Mason and let the officers know the meeting time.  Holiday Festival Fundraiser: Misty found information about a new Christmas fundraiser that takes place on Nov 15th – 18th. The group could decorate a Christmas tree or Christmas wreaths to sell at the festival. Another option would be to have a booth where the group could sell items. The booth would need to be open from noon – 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The group would need to submit a form by November 10th with information about what type of fundraising we would like to do. The group decided we did not have enough time to organize the event this year. We will have members attend and get more information for next year. Melinda will email information about the fundraiser to the group.  Paramount Discount Card Fundraiser: Whitney still is unable to contact the manager.  Dixie Diner Fundraiser: Katie Eaton volunteered to check into this fundraiser. Tokai Christmas Sharing: Kendra has been working with Haruka on ways we can share our Christmas traditions. Haruka decide it would be fun to have the Japanese group build gingerbread houses. Kendra emailed the group and asked for donations of gingerbread house items, stocking stuffers, or other items to help the Japanese student understand our Christmas traditions. Kendra took the donations to Carole Walters and the adult group will take them to Tokai. Student Section of the Meeting Nicholas asked the students to work in groups to make poster to explain different Christmas traditions. A member of each group will present the information to the Japanese group during the Skype session on Friday December 1st. Each group selected a topic and started working on their posters. The posters will be finished at the next meeting. Students should bring items to finish the posters to the next meeting. Students should bring Christmas cards to send to the Japanese students too. Motion to adjourn was made by Peter and seconded by Jacobi.