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July 15, 2021
Meeting Minutes
Attending: Cindy Hicks, Calli Sandahl, Linda Livingston,Michael Abrams, Katrina
Harden-Williams, Steven McKinny, Marina Kraeva
1.Call to Order (Cindy)
2.Approval of June Minutes (Motion to approve - Cindy,Linda 2nd, approved by all)
3.Approval of Treasurer ’s Report (Motion to approve - Calli, Linda 2nd, approved by all)
4.Updates
a.Tunisia: Cindy has pulled together a committee, chaired by Tom Sawyer. Other
members: Lotfi, Marina (board rep), Michael (City rep). Working to set a meeting
date in early August and move forward with conversations.
b.Membership: Membership Renewal is low.
i.Steven is still in Japan and willing to take photos / video to help with
promotions
ii.Will start recruiting kids for the Summer 2022 trip to Japan at the start of
the school year.
iii.Everyone is asked to come up with ideas to bring to the next meeting to
help attract new members.
c.Calendar Project: Next steps:
i.Katrina is working to pull together artist recruits for calendar.
ii.Possibly write up a short excerpt on the artwork we have at the Ames
school
iii.Would need to have calendars distributed by November 1. Gives 2
months for selling. All proceeds will help offset the cost of the Japan trip.
1.Cindy will research businesses to print at. Depending on
turnaround time for print, looking at October 15 for print/proof
date.
a.If costs for design become too high, Calli will place artwork
in a calendar template to save cost.
5.New Business
a.Koshu, Japan - Summer 2022
i.Student Engagement -- fliers for other trips tend to go up 1-2 years before
the trip takes place. It would be nice for us to put this out now to help
encourage students to attend the trip. Even though it ’s summer, there’s
foot traffic in schools all year round. It gives students the time to start
conversing with parents/guardians so financial planning can begin for the
trip.
ii.Would like to make the trip poster available to Ames students who attend
other schools, like Gilbert and Nevada.
iii.Cindy to coordinate with the Koshu liaison to let them know we are
moving forward with the trip.
iv.Possible fundraiser idea to help students offset costs for kids on the trip.
v.Cindy looking for volunteer to lead the planning /organization of trip
b.Cindy is in the running to serve on the board for the Iowa Sister City Assoc.
6.Adjourn - Motion Cindy, 2nd Michael, approved by all