Sister Cities

Approved October 2, 2019 Idaho Falls Sister City Youth Meeting-Minutes Attendees: Whitney St. Michel Anna St. Michel Kylie Eaton Charlotte Combs Laura Combs Mike Medema Heather Medema Charlie Medema Max Medema Katie Eaton David Eaton Kendra Peck Nathan Peck Izabel Kelly Abby Gallegos Aidan Gallegos Jo Gallegos Robert Gallegos Aurora Mahoney Chad Mahoney Melinda Cebul Nicholas Cebul Carter Thompson Samantha Gohl Rylee Young Sam Hawker Jackie Sugar Tate Corbridge Jackson Corbridge Membership: ​All applications need to be updated and signed by guardian. Membership dues for the 2019/2020 year in the amount of $25.00 for individual membership and $35.00 for families with two or more students in IFSCY. Membership will become delinquent as of January 1 if dues are not paid. (Article II Section 1 of Bylaws) Nathan Peck $25.00. Approval of minutes: ​Kendra Peck motioned to approve the October 2, 2019 meeting minutes (after corrections made) and seconded by Max Medema. Voted and unanimously approved. Fundraisers: Winter Carnival David Eaton talked with Erin Tucker, Director of the Ice Skating Rink. The date that was agreed on for the IFSCY Winter Carnival is December 28, 2019 with the start time of 1:00 and ending at 5:00 pm. David asked for volunteers to discuss the details with Erin Tucker. [entrance fee based on age, charging for food, suggestion of bringing Japanese snacks] etc. Volunteers are needed for the Winter Carnival: An Adult coordinator is needed for the Winter Carnival. Max Medema volunteer to create a poster. Izabelle Kelley, Samatha Gohl, and Aurora Mahoney volunteered for the concessions. Abby Gallegos and Aiden Gallegos volunteered to be ice guards. Sam Hawker volunteered to help out with a game. Volunteers are still needed for Ice Bocce, games, and concessions. ​Paramount ​ Max Medema has been working fundraiser at the Paramount Theater. A sign up sheet for volunteers for shifts went around. Max will pick up tickets after talking with Brandon Lott. Need phonts for a poster board used for display at the theater. Kylie Eaton will make the poster. The date of the Paramount Theater fundraiser is Saturday, October 26, 2019. Paramount Theater Sign Up Sheet 11:00-1:00 Charlotte Combs, Laura Combs Nate Nakashima, Andrew Nakashima, Izzy Kelley, Laura Kelley 1:00-3:00 Whitney St. Michel, Anna St. Michel, Aiden Gallegos, Abby Gallegos 3:00-5:00 Max Medema, Charlie Medema, Heather Medema, Mike Medema, Carter Thompson 5:00-7:00 Tate Corbridge, Jackson Corbridge, Brennan Corbridge, Jackie Sugai 7:00-9:00 David Eaton, Katie Eaton, Kylie Eaton, Aurora Mahoney Reminder: Next meeting for Idaho Falls Sister City Youth is scheduled for October 21, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Idaho Falls Public Library. The meeting was moved from October 14th because the Idaho Falls Public Library will be closed. Please put the dates on your calendar. Student Activity: ​We started the student meeting by giving everyone a piece of paper, to start planning their culture/language lesson. Each lesson should be interative or a game. Students assigned to the lessons need to fill the 30 minutes. Students who signed up are expected to fill that time. October 21st Culture - Sam Hawker, Tate and Jackson T are going to teach us about Manga and/or organized crime Samantha Gohl and Rylee Young are going to teach us a Japanese lesson - basic phrases November 6th - Max will be doing hiragana Kahoot - his brother Charlie is teaching about samurai November 18th, Izzy Kelly and Abby G- are talking about culture differences in gestures and they are playing a game to teach about Japanese gestures. December 4th Aurora is going to come up with a fun way to teach us about Kabuki Theater and maybe make masks Charlotte Combs is going to do Japanese pictionary January 8th - Aiden G .... unassigned date - Kylie and Anna are going to talk about do's and don'ts in Japan Meeting Adjourned: Nathan Peck motioned to adjourn meeting. It was seconded by Anna St. Michel.