Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting April 16, 2018 Attendees: Cameron Archer Peter Cebull Kylie Eaton Kendra Peck Ian St.Michel David Archer Nicholas Cebull Victoria Estrada Nathan Peck Anna St.Michel Max Benjamin Tate Corbridge Mario Estrada Dallin Peck Jackie Sugai Misty Benjamin Brennan Corbridge Deslina Matranga Michelle Retallic Ness Villasen Elliot Boring Garrett Corbridge David Matranga Jacobi Retallic Maggie Boring David Eaton Gabe Padron Kat Richen *Action items in red Melinda Cebull Katie Eaton Jorge Padron Whitney St. Michel Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The April 4th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Kendra motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Deslina seconded her motion. Treasurer’s Report: Peter provided the treasurer’s report. The initial balance was $9219.00. The group received a $50 donation and $0.89 in dividends. Japan Exchange: Whitney reminded people going to Japan of the April 26th deadline for changes to who will go to Japan. After that date any changes will cost money. The full ticket amount is due by June 1st, and the tickets will be received after the full amount is paid. The Tokai group is currently planning the exchange and looking for host families. We hope to know host families in May. Cherry Blossom Raffle/Dinner Fundraiser: Setup will start at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 26th. Dave had poster available for people to hang at work or local businesses. Kendra had raffle tickets available for people to pick up after the meeting. The raffle items list and presale sheets were emailed to the group. The group decorates a Japan table to show people items from Japan and pictures from group activities. The following is needed for setup:  Dave will contact Ed about getting koi banners  Students who volunteered to make posters should have them ready to display. (Dallin, Gabe, Maggie)  Cherry blossom origami was folded and will be put together in blossoms.  Kendra has a yukata and the posters from previous years’ activities. She will coordinate with Dave to get the items there for the setup.  Rebecca has the boxes for collecting raffle tickets, and she will place numbers on them. Dave or Kendra will make arrangements with Rebecca to get the boxes to the setup. The sign-up sheet for volunteers was passed around to the group to get additional volunteers. 9:30 – 11:30 Setup & Decorate Gabe Padron Jorge Padron Jacobi Retallic Cameron Archer Whitney St. Michel  11:30 – 1:30 Victoria Estrada Laurie Retallic 5 – 6 p.m. Melinda Cebull Nicholas Cebull 6 – 7 p.m. Teddy Matranga David Matranga Tate Corbridge Brennan Corbridge Garrett Corbridge 7 – 8 p.m. Katie Eaton Kylie Eaton Max Benjamin Ness Villasenor 8 – 9 p.m. Kendra Peck Dallin Peck Nathan Peck Cleanup Wendy Boring Elliot Boring Town & Country Fundraiser: Melinda will attach the Town & Country sales form to the minutes email. If you sell cards fill out the form and return it to Dave with your money. He will get the gift cards to you. Garage Sale: The date for the garage sale is May 19th. People should start collecting items for the garage sale. The sale will be at Kendra’s house at 961 Pescadaro. She is willing to store items if you need to drop them off. If you are willing to pick up items from people’s houses, please let Kendra know. 4th of July: The Chamber of Commerce is no longer running the Liberty Festival and will no longer be able to pay our group for helping with the parade. The group as a whole does not want to volunteer, but if any individuals would like to volunteer contact Lois Mackes programs@idahofallschamber.com. JACL Bento Box Fundraiser: The JACL has asked us to help with their bento box fundraiser. They would like us to suggest a Saturday in October that will work well for our group. It was suggested we avoid the first weekend in October since D91 schools have the Friday off. Dave will check with the adult group to see when they would like us to make dinner during the adult Japanese exchange. We will try to avoid that weekend too. Adult Sister Cities Group: The Adult Sister Cities group has asked if we are willing to provide a dinner during their exchange. Our group agreed we would like to do this. Dave will attend their next meeting and get more information about the dates of their exchange. He will also let them know about our upcoming fundraisers. Friendship Garden: Dave will contact Judy Seydel to see if she would like to have our group come help with the Friendship Garden. Code of Conduct: Kendra went through the Code of Conduct with the parents and students. The students and parents signed the Code of Conduct and turned it in. If you have not turned in your Code of Conduct, please get it to Melinda. Student Meeting Phrases With Group   Chill - Jacobi / Cameron  Sure Thing- Kylie / Anna  How’s it going - Ian / David  What’s Up - Nicholas / Mario  No Way - Vannessa / Max  Cool Beans - Gabe / Tate  See you later - Elliott  No Problem - Dallin / Nathan Alternate Phrases  Have a good one  Best thing since sliced bread Meeting Ideas  Japanese Phrases  Jacobi  Vanessa  Nicholas  Gabe/Tate  Anna/Kylie  Q&A  Events in Japan  Gifts  Etiquette with Junko  What to expect  Hiragana flash cards Next Meeting  Be ready to share with the other students how you are presenting the phrase for the Skype session. Possible Japanese phrases to teach during our meetings:  Hello. How are you? I am well.  Nice to Meet you.  My name is …..  Where is the Bathroom?  I am thirsty.  I am tired.  Thank you very much  You are welcome  It was a feast  I humbly partake If anyone has any other ideas for phrases - we would love to hear from you! Motion to adjourn was made by Mario and seconded by Ness.