Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting October 15, 2018 Attendees: Cameron Archer *Caleb Cloutier Katherine Eaton Aurora Mahoney Dallin Peck David Archer *Charlotte Combs Kylie Eaton Chad Mahoney Nathan Peck *Noah Carter *Laura Combs Jo Gallegos *Heather Medema Rebecca Smith *Aaron Carter Tate Corbridge Abby Gallegos *Charlie Medema Anna St. Michel Melinda Cebull *Aaron Doyle Aidan Gallegos Gabe Padron Whitney St. Michel Nicholas Cebull *Able Doyle Aliyah Gamino Jorge Padron Stephanie Van Ausdeln Peter Cebull David Eaton Vina Gamino Kendra Peck *indicates guests Note: Action items are in red. Welcome: David Eaton welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced himself and the other officers. The officers are as follows: David and Katherine Eaton - co-presidents, Whitney St. Michel - vice president, Melinda Cebull – secretary, Peter Cebull – treasurer, Kendra Peck – student advisor, and Wendy Boring – historian. Minutes: The October 3rd meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Whitney motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Peter seconded the motion. Treasurer’s Report: Peter provided the treasurer’s report. The current balance is $4,533.66. The decrease of $2.32 reflects $3 in mistaken bank fees and $0.68 in dividends. Peter will talk with the bank to get the $3 refunded. Skype: Kendra told us the Japanese group would like to set up a Skype session where they could learn some fun English phrases. She would like the students to think of some phrases to teach the group. The Japanese students will be doing a Valentine’s party this year and asked for recommendations on games they could play. Please think about Valentine’s games you have enjoyed and bring suggestions to the next meeting. Informational Meeting: Nicholas and Dallin introduced themselves and presented a PowerPoint presentation with information about the Idaho Falls Youth Sister Cities group. A pdf version of the PowerPoint accompanies the minutes. Nicholas and Dallin and others in the group answered questions. The new members were told Junko Flynn has been teaching some of our members Japanese. She gives lessons once a week and provides group lessons for $10 an hour and individual lessons for $15 an hour. Videos with pictures of the 2018 exchange in Tokai and the 2017 exchange in Idaho Falls were shown. David thanked everyone for coming and told people the next meeting date is November 7th at the library at 7 p.m. He told everyone about the JACL bento box fundraiser and asked Melinda to include the people signed up to work in the minutes. JACL Bento Boxes: The JACL has asked our group to help with their bento box fundraiser. The funds earned go to support community scholarships. The fundraiser will be on October 20th at 1575 N. Skyline Drive. David welcomed anyone to come help. The following people have signed up to help: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Melinda Cebull Peter Cebull Nicholas Cebull David Archer Tate Corbridge Brennan Corbridge Gabe Padron Cameron 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? Aliyah Gamino Vina Gamino A motion to adjourn was made by Kendra and seconded by Rebecca.