Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting September 17, 2018 Attendees: Cameron Archer Melinda Cebull Jackson Corbridge Sam Hawker Dallin Peck David Archer Nicholas Cebull Lucas Donaldson Lori Ann Kidwell Nathan Peck Elliot Boring Peter Cebull David Eaton Gabe Padron Anna St. Michel Maggie Boring Tate Corbridge Katie Eaton Jorge Padron Whitney St. Michel Wendy Boring Brennan Corbridge Kylie Eaton Kendra Peck Jackie Sugai Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The September 5th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Whitney motioned to approve the meeting minutes and David Archer seconded her motion. Treasurer’s Report: Peter provided the treasurer’s report. The initial balance was $16,643.73 and the current balance is $4,535.93. The group paid $12,111.71 in airfare reimbursements. The group was refunded $3 in mistaken bank fees and received $0.96 in dividends. JACL Bento Box Fundraise: The JACL has asked our group to help with their bento box fundraiser on October 20th. Dave passed around flyers for people to use to advertise at work or school. Bento box sale forms were emailed to the group. Fill out the sales form and collect the money. Be sure to have the person select a time to pickup the bento box and give them a receipt with their pickup time indicated. Turn in sales forms to Dave Eaton on or before the adult delegation dinner October 10th. The JACL will select groups from the community to donate the proceeds from this fundraiser. JACL has asked if the students are willing to fold origami for the Bento boxes. We discussed having the students do this at the next meeting. The following people have signed up to help with this fundraiser. 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Melinda Cebull Peter Cebull Nicholas Cebull Jackie Sugai Tate Corbridge Brennan Corbridge Tate Corbridge Gabe Padron David Archer 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Candice Aicher Kohan Davis Kylie Eaton David Eaton Kendra Peck Dallin Peck Nathan Peck Elliot Boring Wendy Boring? Adult Delegation Dinner Our group will host a dinner for the Japanese adult delegation visiting from Tokai-mura on October 10th at 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet was sent for people to volunteer to help the evening of the dinner and bring food items. If you can help and/or bring food, please contact Kendra. I can help (5:30 pm – 9 pm)  Whitney St. Michel Tate Corbridge Jackie Sugai Kendra Peck Candice Aicher Melinda Cebull Peter Cebull Nicholas Cebull Gabe Padron Ann St. Michel Lori Kidwell (?) I can bring: (Note: Plan to serve around 50 -60 unless we hear otherwise.) Taco Meat Cebull 5lbs -beef 5lbs – chicken Kendra Peck Spanish/Mexican rice Candice Aicher 2 or 3 – Serve 15-20 each Refried beans 2 or 3 – Serve 15-20 each Grated Mexican/Cheddar Candice Aicher Cheese (5lb bag at Sam’s ~$13) Salsa Jackie Sugai (large size enough for 50) 3 lb Sour cream ($4.48 at Sam’s) Kendra Peck Guacamole (~10 at Sam’s) Diced tomatoes, chopped onions, & shredded lettuce Flour Tortillas (taco size) Jackie Sugai (40 pack ~$5 at Sam’s) need 1 Hard taco shells Jorge Padron Tortilla Chips Jorge Padron Nacho Cheese Whitney St. Michel (Sam’s ~$7) ? Large Green Salad & Dressing or Katie & Dave Eaton Large veggie tray (each should feed 20) – need 2 Large Fruit trays Lori Kidwell (I have large trays) Desserts feed 20 Whitney St. Michel (Mexican themed if possible) Desserts feed 20 (Mexican themed if possible) Coolers w/ Lemonade & Water Jorge Padron (1 of each) I won’t be able to help, but I’d Wendy Boring like to donate $ I won’t be able to help, but I’d like to donate $ City Relationship The city has been very helpful to our group providing meeting locations, Taiko instruction, parks shelters, and use of the ice rink for our winter carnival. Dave suggested we work more with them. The park and recreation department publish semi-annual magazine advertising about their seasonal activities. This might be a good place to advertise our group and get new members. Katie and Dave will put together a basic write up to present to P.J. at the Parks and Recreation department. The city may have rooms available that would be good for Skype calls with the Japanese students. There was discussion of having a meeting room available during the exchange for the Japanese students to keep items during the different trips around the city. Dave will set up a meeting with P.J. in October to see if there are opportunities for our group to work with the city. Next Summer’s Hosting Dave sent a Google document link to the group for people to enter ideas for next summer’s exchange. The students who visited Japan this summer are encouraged to update the document with ideas they may have gotten from activities they enjoyed during the visit. Dave said the Pocatello Sister Cities group will have their exchange at the same time as our exchange. He suggested having the groups and visiting Japanese student get together. Dave and Whitney both suggested having more student led activities. Whitney suggested a downtown scavenger hunt with student led groups taking selfies at different locations. Informational Meeting The group has scheduled an informational meeting on October 15th to provide information about Sister Cities to potential new members. The group will advertise the informational meeting date and time in the newspaper and on community calendars. The students will present the information about the group. Fundraising  Winter Carnival – Dave asked the group to pick a date for this year’s Winter Carnival. The dates suggested were December 29th or January 5th. The group decided to ask for the 29th or 28th if the 29th is not available.  Paramount Discount Cards – The group decided to sell Paramount discount cards again this year. We talked about what time of year would be best for sales. It was noted that the Thanksgiving break dates did not work well. The dates during Christmas break and in January worked well last year. Whitney will check with the Paramount to see what dates they suggest. Student Activity: The students attended a Taiko drumming class provided by Janet Youngblood and Juno Flynn while the parents attended a business meeting. Tenants of Taiko Kokoro(spirit)- Play with your entire spirit engaged. Waza(action)- Strive for skill and technique. Karada(Body)- Build endurance and physical strength. Rei(Etiquette)- Respect and courtesy to the teacher and all of the students; Unity and harmony in the group. The lesson started with thirty push-ups and thirty jumping jacks, and was followed by stretching. We then learned how to hold sticks and strike the drum. At the end there were a few performances of songs that the instructors have been working on. We learned a small part of a song in three sections. Dan=Right Kan=Left Doko=quieter right left - =space Ka= hit the sides of the drum in an upwards motion. This is the part of the song we learned. (section 1) [section 2] {section 3} (Dan- Kan- Dan Kan Dan Kan) (Dan- Kan- Dan Kan Dan Kan) [Dan Doko] [Dan Doko] {Doko Dan- Kan- Ka!} A motion to adjourn was made by Katie and seconded by Jackie.