Kane County Reporter

City of Geneva International Cultural Exchange Committee met April 10. 

Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:

1. Meeting was called to order: 5:17 pm

2. Board members present: Cynthia Albright, Angela Chalberg Pool, Pam

     Cabeen, Mary Jane Johnson, Larry Johnson, Lisa Murphy, and Denise Snyder

     SPAC present: Barb Merrill Attendees: Tyler Bieschke, Bobbi Alderfer

3. Approval of March Minutes: Mary Jane Johnson moved and Larry Johnson

     second.

4. Treasurer’s Report: Angela reported no new info. There will be receipts

     submitted from our Culinary/Art Event held at Williamsburg School. Lisa

     spent approx. $40, Pam approx. $62, and Cynthia approx. $20.

5. Transitions in ICEC Board members: Kari Kraus resigned Lisa Murphy was

     appointed to finish Kari’s term-Larry moved to accept Kari’s resignation and

     the appointment of Lisa-Mary Jane second.

     Terms ending 4/30/18 Cynthia, Pam, and Angela—each will keep their

     respective board member position for a two year term. Mary Jane moved

     to accept their term renewal--Larry second.

     Denise Snyder will step down from the Secretary position, but remain on

     the board and Mary Jane Johnson will become the new Secretary of the

     board. Pam moved to accept this change—Larry second.

6. Cynthia was interviewed by Kevin Stahr GNB on March 20th. The interview

     will be posted in April.

7. Culinary/Art project at Williamsburg School: This event was held on April 5,

     2018. We were only able to accommodate 30 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade

     students. There were over 70 students who sent in forms to participate. We

     were excited there was so much interest, but sorry we were not able to

     accommodate everyone. The project was well received by the students. A

     thank you to Dr. Dye the principal at Williamsburg School for letting us put

     on this fun and educational activity. The students had the opportunity to

     learn about French impressionist art and do an art piece of their favorite

     place in Geneva. They also learned about the history of crepes, the location

     where they were first made, were able learn the ingredients in a crepe

     recipe, and eat a crepe. Thank you to Kari, Pam, and Lisa for organizing this

     project.

8. Croissy Delegation Visit: September 21, 2018-September 25, 2018

     Jony Garner reports that at the present time they are looking at 6 people in

     the delegation. There still may be more people joining. Our group talked

     about various activities that we could do with the delegation. We are also

     considering doing a wine tasting fundraiser for the delegation visit. Angela

     agreed to start the process of finding a venue and working out the details.

9. City of Geneva website: Thank you Mary Jane for doing the update.

10. GPLD Foreign Film Sunday: This past month there were 25 attendees and

     Tyler reported there was a great after film discussion.

11. ECI upcoming summer programs: Pam reported that she spoke with

     Marissa, but as of yet, Marissa had not visited GHS. Hopefully, that will

     happen very soon. We will address our participation as we get more info

     from Marissa.

12. Newsletter project: Tyler reported that his next article will be about history

     of Geneva before it became a city. He spoke with Terry Emma with the

     Geneva History Museum. He was able to get good in depth information

     regarding our founders.

13. Notecards: Cynthia is going to ask Kari to look into a design and cost of

     creating and ICEC notecard for our committees use.

14.Email list: Cynthia and Pam are planning on working on this project.

15. Meeting adjourned: 6:37 Larry moved Lisa second

                 ****Next meeting May 3, 2018 5:15

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