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Town
of Cary Present:
Mary Lou Addor, Jinnie Davis, Lisa Englert, Amy Feistel, Samuel Fudzie,
Sharon Hannigan, Cricket Harrell, Ian Henshaw, Selby Lo, Steve Morrison,
Sarah Sheffield, Darrell Stover (Staff Liaison) Absent:
Mary Brice,
Jack Smith (Council Liaison) Guests:
Barry Mitsch Handouts:
Agenda (Steve), Minutes (Jinnie), Pen Pal Fact Sheet (Selby),
25 September 03 Letter from Markham (Mary Lou) CALL
TO ORDER: Steve Morrison called the meeting to order at APPROVAL
OF MINUTES: Amy Feistel made a motion to
approve the minutes of the 13 August 03 meeting (there being no meeting
held in September because of the imminence of Hurricane Isabel). Mary Lou
Addor seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. [Note: Minutes amended to
make a correction raised later by Lisa Englert.] Steve
noted that Jinnie Davis will not be able to attend the December meeting
and asked for a volunteer to take minutes. Sam Fudzie agreed to the task. SISTER CITIES CALENDAR: Jinnie Davis
referred to the 15 July 03 draft calendar, intended as a reminder of
recurring deadlines and events so the work of the commission can continue
on a timely basis, regardless of turnover. She asked for discussion on the
scope of the contents and its maintenance on the Web. Members
confirmed that each liaison is maintaining a file of correspondence, etc.,
relevant to a sister city. Ian Henshaw can set up a password-protected
document on the Web. Amy suggested looking into the use of Mailman on
RTPnet to set up a documents section accessible only to subscribers. Steve
asked Ian to find a reasonable way to address this issue; Jinnie will
further develop the content for posting by Ian. They will inform the SCC
when ready for review. STUDENT PEN PAL PROJECT: Selby Lo
distributed a list of 23 students who have signed up in response to his
call to the Teen Council. By next Friday, he will have a full list of
volunteers (sorted by name of city preferred and indicating gender) to
e-mail to the sister city liaisons. The liaisons will then solicit
interest from their cities. HSINCHU UPDATE: Amy reported that Hsinchu
has invited two representatives from Amy
is collecting pertinent materials to take along. She will follow up with
Darrell Stover and Karen Gray about a proclamation from the mayor and
other items (e.g., CDs about Ian
raised the possibility of inviting artists from our sister cities (e.g.,
glass artisans from Hsinchu) to the next Lazy Daze. Members discussed
issues of space, corporate sponsorship, and funding. Darrell noted the
January/February deadline for submitting funding requests to Town Council
and the September/October 2004 deadline for reserving space at
Page-Walker. The SCC agreed to focus resources on one major project at a
time; Steve appointed Amy, Sarah Sheffield, and Lisa to a subcommittee
that will bring ideas to the November meeting for an arts program in 2005.
He asked all the sister city liaisons to ask their contact persons about
interest in such a program. LAZY DAZE GRANT UPDATE: Sarah
reported that the Town of The
SCC agreed that we will focus on Markham at next year’s Lazy Daze and
only invite all sister cities representatives here every two or three
years. Darrell asked for a comprehensive summary of the Lazy Daze 2003
activities and finances, to see where the Town of MEATH UPDATE: No
report ( LE TOUQUET UPDATE: Steve is working with Selby
on the student e-mail project. Ian reported that Le Touquet has invited us
to send 10 students and four adults to Le Touquet. We will solicit
interest and commitments from the Sister Cities Association and previous
host families (whose children will have priority in participation). OTHER BUSINESS: Barry
would like to complete the revision of the commission by-laws by year’s
end. He, Ian, and Sharon will form a subcommittee to put together a
revised version for review by the town attorney. Jinnie
reported that the Wake County Public Library has almost no materials about
our sister cities but will be happy to accept contributions, marked by a
bookplate acknowledging the donor. She will draft language for all the
liaisons to use in soliciting gifts from our sister cities. In return, we
could offer copies of Around and About Cary and Cary-osity.
Jinnie will follow up with Sue Rowland about requesting Town Council
funding for the book (four copies @ $30). As materials are received,
Jinnie will work with Ian in posting a reading list on our Web site. CULTURAL
EVENTS: Darrell reported on the many upcoming activities associated
with the Indian Diwali festival. ADJOURNMENT: Lisa
made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and |