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City of Roseville Roseville Sister City Associalion Minatcs September 1, 1999 Present: Tom and Virginia 'I�rba, Carol Stark, 7an Schultz, John Siiles Minutes: 1. Treasurer's report: Carol reported that there had bcen a bank error resulting in an overdraii. This was correcterl by the bank without penalties. The bank statement dates run from the 15th to the 15th of the month. A gift of $2000 was again received fram the Shinmachi group. 2. Shinmachi: 'Ifie Japanese students and teachers had a good experience here. John developed a questionnaire to evaluate the experience from the host family perspective. Some of the families expressed a desire for less structured activitics so they could spend more time with their students. John reparted that he already has somc students interested in going to Japan neact summer. 3_ Costa Rica: Tom announced that there would be a'Fiesla' at the Town and Country club November 18, I999 with a silent and'noisy' auction to benefit #he Minnesota-Costa Rica Foundation. This foundation provided some funds ta assist with expenses of thc basketball group that was here in the early summer. He is also considering taking a group to Costa Rica in Feb or March of 2000. 4. New business: John reported that the Japanese had purchased hcalth and life instuance for each of the homestay Qarticipants who visited Japan to be effective during their stay there. Can we do something like this for the foreign visitors ihat we host here? Tom will check with the scouts on the prograin they use, Carol will check with the schools, and Virginia will check with an independent insurance agent. There was discussion about obtaining rehun address labcls for mailings_ Tom aud Carol will be looldng into this. It was decided that it would be nice to have the sister city logo on the labcls. 5 Future acdvities: On a rotating basis, Roseville will be hosting the Costa Rica Friendship City dinner meeting in 200Q. NoRiifield hosted this years dinner. The Northfield mayor and council members were present. The community banquet room at the oval was voiced as a possiblc sitc to host this cvcnt. Next year will be the tenth annivcrsary of the Japan homestay program. There will be dignitaries from Japan coming to celebrate this. We will be looldng for equivalent digniiaries from Rosevilic to participate in ac6vities with them, host (if possible), and host a d'uxner in honor of the Japanese dignitaries. 6. The nea�t Sistcr City meeting will be Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at 6:30 p.m. Respectively submitted. � ~� ^u Virgi Turba