Sister Cities Committee (Sunset Date 2/3/2025)

Draft Agenda Sister Cities, Assembly Advisory Board Meeting September 12, 2016; 5:00 p.m. Hospital Foundation Conference Room Committee Member:Sue Baxter (Co-Chair)Marsha Squires (UAS Liaison/Member ) Eli Olson (Secretary) Barbara Burnett (Member) Chloe Watson (Treasurer) Miranda McCarty (Member) Maria Uchytil (Co-Chair) I. Call to order a. at 5:10pm II. Agenda Changes a. Per the request of Susan Baxter to discuss FILCOM funds III. Approval of the Minutes from Eli a. Approved for August 2016 minutes IV. Student Introductions and Potluck i. Miranda created a Google Drive Folder for the Sister Cities Committee b. Assembly i. Meet the City Assembly on November 7th to present the exchange students at 7:05pm at City Hall c. Potluck i. Cancelled potluck, and revised plan to attempt for event during the International Education Week November 14th-18th, have informal luncheon at UAS, invite all the exchange students to participate, contact all their host families and host groups to coordinate their arrivals and departures.  ii. Ask the exchange students to provide a picture of their hometown/country to bring to the luncheon at least one week in advance. Have them email them to Marsha. V. Airport display case – Change out a. Chloie contacted the Airport, left a message; they will get back to us on a date and time for changing the display cases to items from Russia for next week. VI. Inventory from Sister City Items a. Barbara revised the folder which detail all the gifts to Juneau from other cities, and place everything in boxes at city hall VII. Sign-post a. Next to Glacier Silt Co., they own it and have no intention of changing it b. Compromise, contact the JAHC and have them create their own sign post in from of the JAHC building to attract tourists VIII. Meeting with Mayor Ken Koelsch a. Wait for the January/February meeting IX. Kalibo Update a. Direct contact i. Contact still needs to be made to the Mayor Lachicas office in Kalibo asking for them to have their sister cities committee contact us directly, as the FILCOM has given us permission to contact them directly, instead of going through them.  ii. FILCOM has also contacted the committee requesting we take the funds they have raised for Kalibo and place them into our committee’s bank account to be encumbered exclusively for Kalibo related expenses. b. Cathy Munoz office contact i. Marsha will try to contact Cathy to explain the differences for the visa’s J-visa vs F-Visa. c. Sanitation contact d. Presents for this fall e. Chamber of Commerce f. Teacher exchange – K-12 g. Rotary Club h. Survey of Kalibo Juneau residents i. Brainstorm other possibilities i. Find out if the Rainforest Classic will happen next year ii. Forward bio information and picture to Miranda X. Becoming a Coast Guard City a. Work on becoming a Coast Guard City; inform the city about the many possible activities that they could provide to make this city more coast guard friendly. XI. Adjourn The next meeting is set for the 10th of October at the Bartlett Foundation Conference Room