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Home My WebLink About12/04/2003 SCC minutes ';:: MOUNT PROSPECT SISTER CITIES COMMISSION Minutes December 4, 2003 Members Present: Tokiko Blaine Carole Bloomquist Larry D'Urso Janice Farley Lil Floros Melanie Karsen Dorothy Kucera Adelaide Thulin Fred Thulin Judy Thorne Rachel Toeppen Irvana Wilks Members Absent: Mark MiIler Paul Seils Staff Liaison: Maura Jandris The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Minutes of September 18, 2003 Lil Floros moved and Adelaide Thulin. seconded the minutes of Septemb~r 18, 2003 be approved. The motion carried. Recap of Orchestre Visit Judy Thome reported on the visit of the Orc,hestre from Sèvres. She said she was very pleased with how things went. The visitors had fun and enjoyed their trip. The matches with the host families worked out very well. The visit took the help of a lot of people. The Mount Prospect Community Band plans to travel to Sèvres June 19-25,2004. Carole Bloomquist provided a report on the banquet (see attached). Winter Parade The Commission decided to have a table once again in the tent at the Winter Festival Parade. Initially, they planned to just have a display, but then discussed having cookies. Carole Bloomquist, Rachel Toeppen and Tokiko Blaine all offered to help with the display. Carole Bloomquist volunteered to get the cookies. Future Fundraisers Subcommittees for fundraising will meet early in 2004 to brainstorm. Other Business Dorothy Kucera discussed an initiative from Sister Cities International for future consideration (see attached). Tokiko Blaine asked about posting Sister City signs at the entrances to the Village. Staff reported that such signs are already in place. The next meeting was scheduled for March 18, 2004. The meeting was adjourned at 6: 10 p.m. ,- REPORT OF "THANKSGIVING IN OCTOBER" BANQUET OCTOBER 30, 2003 Mount Prospect entertained 50 musicians of the Chorus and Orchestra from the Conservatoire de Sèvres, France from October 25 - 31. The Sister Cities Commission hosted a "Thanksgiving in October" banquet in their honor on Thursday, October 30 at Avalon Banquets, 1905 East Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village. The price of banquet tickets was $25.00 with the meal actually costing $17.00. Invitations were sent to Village Officials, Commissions, Boards, and generally people who have attended Celestial Celebrations, Sister Cities organizations in neighboring vill(1ges and people who enjoy speaking French. The invitation letter suggested that attendees could help defray the cost of our French guests by purchasing a ticket for one or more of our visitors (56 tickets were donated). A total of 441 tickets were purchased. A committee consisting of Carole Bloomquist, chairman, Dorothy Kucera, Judy Thorne, Janice Farley, Lil Floros, Paul Seils, Linda Hoefert, Laury Youngquist and Maura Jandris was formed. Uncia and Laury did the decorations and Paul Seils donated the centerpieces. Dorothy and Judy took care of the program. Janice received the reservations and made the table assignments. There was a whole turkey to be carved at each table. We were able to rent 30 carving sets and since we ended up with 44 turkeys we asked people to bring carving utensils for the remaining tables. The menu consisted of - hor d'oeuvres, fre~h fruit cocktail, chef's tossed salad with Ranch and Vinaigrette dressing, roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh green beans and carrots, candied yams (these were added by Avalon), roils and butter, pumpkin pie and whipped cream, coffee, tea and pitchers of soda on the table. The waiters paraded into the room to bring the first turkeys. They had the chef's hats on and it was very impressive. There were dishes of candy corn on each table, also. There was a cash bar and that stayed open until the program started. Bottles of wine could be purchased and served at a table Rachel Toeppen, J.L. Scott, Lil Floros, Janice Farley, Tokiko Blaine, IrvanaWilks, . Linda Hoefert, Laury Youngquist, Yngve and Carole Bloomquist arrived at th~ Avalon .' aralmd noon to decorate the room. Maura J andris had made the name tags and th~se were placed on tables in the lobby. Rachel and Janice and Maura.wereatthe tables " FINANCIAL REPORT FOR "THANKSGIVING IN OCTOBER" DINNER OCTOBER 30, 2003 AVALON BANQUETS - 1905 EAST HIGGINS ROAD, ELK GROVE VILLAGE RECEIPTS - Ticket sales Donations Advance from Village of Mount Prospect Donation from Special Events Commission Ticket sales deposited directly to Park Foundation Total Receipts DISBURSEMENTS - Avalon Banquets Banquet deposit 426 meals @$17. 00 (balance) 10 additional meals Rental of 30 carvlng'sets Busse's Flowers - mum plants Laury Youngquist - straw & pumpkins' Linda Hoefert - pumpkins Carole Bloomquist Gordon Food Services - 4 boxes hats @ $9.35 1 00 aprons. plastic bowls plastic spoons 3 jars candy corn@ $5.45 Target - band-aids and candy Home Depot - peace pole Reimbursement of banquet advance to Park Foundation Total Expenses Balance ~~ ;8&~ Carole Bloomquist, Banquet Chairman $1,400.00 5,842.00 170.00 -200.50 37.40 20.85 6.29 3.79 16.35 5.78 -1&1 $10,875.00 35.00 1,400:00 500.00 150.00 7,612.50 1 35 - 00 113.01 9.96 92.07 1.400.00 $12,960.00 $ 9.362.54 $ 3,597.46 !' Sister Cities International 1301Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 850 Washington, DC 20004 ~~' ->~,' '..' -' " *, .~- , ,I_~ - Contact: , Matthew Corso Sustainable Development Coordinator 202-347-8636 mc 0 r so@sister-cities.org S IS!! T E R ,C Ì TIE S; i:1LRi!¡,TIOi¡AL, SCI AND STANDARD & POOR'S ANNOUNCE P ARTNERSBIP AGREEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE SISTEk CITIES NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Apri17, 2003)-Sister Cities International (SCI) today aDD.ounced a grant from Standard & Poor's in support of its newly launched Sister Cities Network for Sustainable Development, aSCI program thät engages communities worldwide in sustainable development projects. The gift will fund the creation of SCI seed grants to member organizations that participate, in a program , designed to promote many forms of sustainable development, including good governance and greater transparency and openness practices in public and private sector organizations. Through t.~is Network, sister city partnerships areable to encourage participating local citizens to identify joint project areas that relate to sustainable development, such as good governance, clear\ and renewable energy, safe drinking water, environmental protection and health issues of international importance like HIV/AIDS. The Network promotes the principles outlined in the (J~i.teð Nations' Agenda 21 and other global proclamations. "The overall miSSicil of The Sister Cities Network for Sustainable Development is to help local communities establish a framework for addressing common issues and problems through mutual, cross-cultural dialogue and to promote global problem solving at the local community level," said Tim Honey, Executive Director, SCI. "Given the extensive research and wode Standard & Poor's has done in the field of corporate governance around the world and its globalreputation in international [mancial circles, we are delighted to have S&P become the charter corporate partner in this project and hope that its leadership will persuade more companies to support our efforts in sustainable development." "For many years, Sister Cities International has done a tremendousjob bringing people together on a citizen-to-citizen ba;,¡is to advance global cooperation, cultural exchange, and economic development," said Vickie Tillman, executive vice president, Standard & Poor's. "With the addition of sustainable development to its mandate, SCI has signaled its support of citizens, shareholders and other stakeholders in governments and companies throughout the world who recognize a connection between good govemanceand greater transparency and openness in the running of public and private sector institutions." (over)