HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/19/2012 SCC MinutesMOUNT PROSPECT SISTER CITIES COMMISSION
Minutes: March 15, 2012
Attendees: Paula Randant, John Korn, Slip Farley, Janice Farley, Rachel Toeppen, Tricia Fusilero, Lorrie Huber, John Sibrava,
Main Ann Sibrava, Irvana Wills, and Maura El Metennani, Ed Juracek, Barbara Vanleesdale, , Judv Thorne
Absent: Dorothv Kucera, Gain Randant, Paul Seils
L The meeting was called to order by Judv Thorne at 5:40 PM.
II. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
III. Citizens to be heard: Irvana Wills spoke about new Open Meetings requirements and the need for Commission
members to be trained on line and pass a test. hi the test process there are things to be read fast then an online
test. Commission members prior to 2012 have a year to complete the testing process. You have to set up a
password and the process is about an hour. The Group agreed to meet at Village Hall at 5pm on 3/22/12 to
complete the process.
IV. The Treasurer's Report dated 2/29/2012 was presented by Slip Farley. Slip provided NVritten information from the
Village Finance department. It is attached to the minutes.
V. Mav_ or Remarks- Irvana shared the resignation of two Commission members. Maura Rescke and Mile Karsen have
resigned. We thank them for their participation and service to Mount Prospect. Irvana noted that there are several
individuals who are interested in the Sister Cities Commission and Nvill pursue them.
VI. Chair Remarks: Judv Thorne was chairing the meeting. Judy had reports, updated member lists, donor letters for the
Pot Luck, and the Treasurer Reports to distribute to members. Judv also shared information on a possible Pen
Pall exchange Nvith Sevres for students 14 to 17 years of age. The parties directly in the project have
been contacted and are working logistics out among themselves.
VII. Committee Reports
a. Maura Reschlce provided a final report for the Wine Tasting event held November 10, 2011. 70 individuals
attended the event. The final income from the event after expenses is $421.72. See full report for details.
b. Final report for French Trivia night- Tricia Fusilero -Merci a tout le monde!
Thant: von all for supporting the French Trivia Night this year. Despite the weather, we still had a fair turn
out and our guests seemed to enjoy themselves. We raised a total of $533 which breaks down as follows:
$450 at door, $43 at market ( that Nvas Nvorth it! ! ! ),
$40 donation (Rachael). I think the only thing that would make this event more successful is if we can all
make a greater effort to invite our friends ... and I am the first to tale on that goal. I Nvill do my best next year
to reach out to friends and neighbors sooner to have at least one full table. Hopefully we can all make that a
goal.
A special thanks to Denise as our emcee, Judy & Mark for donating and setting up all of the tables, Paula &
Gary for setting up and managing the beverage station, Lorrie and Mary Ann for serving as judges, the Mav_ or
for her words of welcome and all board members Nacho attended and brought guests to enjoy the evening. I
also appreciated those of von who were not able to attend, but donated avine for the event. We missed
Dorothv very much, but hope that she is recovering quickly!
Perhaps one of the activities that we do avith our friends from France during their visit can be a rendition of
Trivia Night. I think it would be a fun Nvav for host families, Commission members and guests to have a
good time! Just a thought!
In the meantime, I am looking forward to the potluck dinner! See von all soon and thanks again.
Tricia
C. Community Pot Luck - Judv Thorne — Thursday_ - April 19, 2012. Judy reported that the Pot Luck Nvill be
held in the Community Room of Village Hall. She provided a list of past donors of prizes for the raffle and
asked for volunteers to contact the proprietors for donations. The program Nvill be a video presentation of the
2011 delegation to Sevres. Music Nvill be provided by Ralph Wilder and Allan Kaye. Members of the
community and the Commission Nvill bring dishes to share for the event. A full report of the logistics of the
event is attached to the minutes.
d. Wine and Cheese Tasting- Lorrie Huber -- Lorrie shared her process and looking into several alternatives for
a Wine and Cheese event. It appears that David of Dave's Specialty foods Nvill work Nvith us in planning
and executing the event. He has a fee for his services. Lorrie also spoke to Cosco about using their store as
site since Vino 100 has closed. There was some discussion of the possibilities and working Nvith additional
community businesses as possible venues. There was some discussion of the possible fee but a filial
discussion has not been made vet Lorrie Nvill follow up on several suggestions and the possible date would
be in French Week in November.
e. French Film programs- Ed Juracek - -Ed reported on his progress Nvith AMC and handed out a list of
possible French movies. He asked members to pick their top choices. There was some discussion and
information shared on movies members were not familiar Nvith. Ed provided dates of French holidays as
possible likely dates to start this event. Bastille Day, July 14 or the week of is the likely first date. Other
French film festivals in Chicago Nvere discussed and could possibly be included ill our plans after we do a
movie event and see how it goes.
f Sevres Delegation visit 2013 -Paula Randant After we have taken the OMA certification a Committee
meeting Nvill be scheduled and announced through the Village Clerk,
g. Sister Cities Code Revisions. —John Sibrava John reported that there were some parts of the code that
needed to be updated. The Village Board actually been updating codes as situations come up. He Nvill
initiate further discussion at our Mav meeting.
h. French Familv Festival- Main Ann Sibrava Main Ann reported that the event would be held on Saturday_ ,
7/14 at 11 am at the Librarv. Rose n Nvill provide the entertainment. It was decided to eliminate the ice
cream as the event was mid morning. That Nveek the Library Nvill have a lobby of the books for the
Book Crossing Nvith Sevres.
VIII. Discussion
a. Dixon Convention April 20 -21 was discussed. The Dinner and entertainment on Friday shared.
Members were encouraged to attend.
The nest meeting is May 17, 2012 at 5:30 Pm in the Village Hall.
Respectfully submitted
Paula Randant