Sister Cities

Approved Idaho Falls Sister City Youth Meeting-Minutes February 20, 2019 Attendees: Nicholas Cebull Heather Medema Charlotte Combs Anna St. Michel Gabe Padron David Eaton Kylie Eaton Jorge Padron Katie Eaton Diane Doyle Aliyah Gamino Kendra Peck Abel Doyle Vina Gamino Laura Kelley Peter Cebull Whitney Michel Izabel Kelley Charlie Medema Laura Combs Rebecca Smith Approval of minutes: February 6, 2019 meeting minutes was motioned to be approved by Whitney St. Michel and seconded by Diane Doyle. Bylaws: Discussion on bylaws. The bylaws will need to have a few more correction. The proposed bylaws with corrections will be sent out to the group prior to the next meeting for review. Forms and Dues: The following turned in their forms and paid their dues: Gabe Patron - Membership application, Code of Conduct and dues Aliyah Gamino - Code of Conduct Izabel Kelley - Membership dues New Year’s Party: The New Year’s Party is scheduled for February 23, from 4:00 to 6:00 at the Skyline Activity Center. A variety of games will be played and food will be served. List of items needed was distributed for members to sign up. Every participant is asked to bring treats. Skyping with Tokai-Muri Students: Skyping with Sister City group is scheduled to take place during the New Year’s Party from 5:00 to 5:30. Kendra will bring the technology and set it up. Student Exchange Planning: No news to update. Planning will begin in March. Fundraisers: Paramount fundraiser earned the group $730.00. The group will decide at the next meeting if they want to do another Paramount fundraiser. In the meantime, Whitney will ask Paramount theater if there are dates and times available at the beginning of March.  The Cherry Blossom Festival is schedule at the Snow Eagle April 25. Lori signed up to be coordinator. David [and Melinda] will help her. Families need to solicit donations from local businesses. Sign up sheet was passed around. All donations need to be turned in by March 11th meeting. Heather volunteered to package all donations (Diane will help) Charlie will take pictures of the baskets and send them to Jorge and Gabe (advertisement). Whitney will help with advertising. Vina Gamino will put the event on Facebook events and make the event public. Flyers will be created by Izabele or Anna. Rebecca will be in charge of event tracking and ticket distribution. Laura Combs will be in charge of the thank you notes to businesses. Areas that continue to have volunteers are: Decoration (need to be set up beginning on April 25th at 10:00 am), drawing for the baskets (begins at 8:30 pm), and cleanup which begins after drawing. Annual garage sale is typically help the third week in May. Kendra offered her home in Shamrock Park to be the place for the garage sale. If that doesn’t work Jorge offered the parking lot of his business location on Lomax and Holmes. The group will discuss and decide at a later time. Library Clean-up: Heather Medema stated that she and Charlie visited Town and Country. David Eaton talked with the designer of the Sister City gardens area at the library. By the next meeting Heather will meet with both Town and Country and the designer then put a proposal together for the Library Director. She will inform us on the progress at the March 6th meeting. Newsletter: A sign up sheet went around for students to sign up to write a paragraph on the activities that take place in the IFSCY. All students are asked to have the paragraphs completed and turned in by the first meeting in March. Motion to adjourn meeting Whitney St. Michel and seconded by Peter Cebull. Meeting adjourned.