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City of Roseville Roseville Sister City Association Minutes August 4, 1994 Present: Joyce and Jim Soardson, Barb Sackman, John Sti1e, Tom and Virginia Turba Min.utes: 1. Treasurer's report: Carol was no� present. Both C.R. and Shinmachi groups had expenses to submit. Discussion. was heJ_d on keeping the number of trans- actions down so as to avoid service charges. Also, funds available will need to be checked. 2. Shinmachi: The group jusk returning from Japan had a great trip. It consisted of 5 students and three adults. 5hinmachi students will be arriving on Aug. 5. An activity calendar was presented to the group. They will be presenCed to tihe City Council Monday evening at which time, council memhers will be presented with Sister City t�shirts. Next year wzl� be the lOth anniversary for rhe Shinmachi-Roseville exchange. We would like to see the Mayor and Superintendant of Shinmachi meet with the Roseville Mayor and Superintendent in Rosev�lle. 3. Cost Rica: The Cartago baskekhall team of i5 students and a coach just finished the Great Amerzcan Shoot Out. Ttzere were a number of problems which we did not experience Iast year. Joyce present a number of issues that need to be addressed i� we are going to continue the basketball evenks. Tom asked Joyce to present a guideline at the next meeting so that we may start working much early on the event and finding host families. Durzng the tournament, we discovered that Cartaga does not know all the correct rules. There are also a few minox changes to acco�nodate the tournaments from the regular rules. Joyce was able ro find a host family who had a rule book to gzve to the coach. The committee will also order 6 books when avaiiable this fall from the high school league. (They are not available in Spanish) We also need to address the issue of having basketba�ls for practice and warm up if we going Co conrinue hosting basketball teams. When Joyce sends out Thank-yous to the host families, she will include a questionaire reviewed by the group. 4. The Normandale Japa�ese Garden Committee is presenting their annual Sukiyaki benefit dinner on September 12, 1999. The information is enclosed with this mai�ing buC is not endorsed/financial supported by the committee. 5. Ongoing Business: With vacations and summer activities, hosting etc., no action has been taken on host family recruitment, rivesing our info sheet, fund raising, or activity book. 6. Next meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999, at 6:30 at City Ha11. Respe tfu�y su^' �mitted, Wl2.1.661�7�� Joyc Boardson