ANACORTES SISTER
CITIES ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEETING
Duane Clark, announced that all future meetings will be held
on the first Thursday of the month in the Library Conference Room, and then
called the meeting to order.
He welcomed members John and Joan Baker of
MINUTES: The minutes of the January meeting were
corrected, as follows: In the Kisakata report, Doyle said, “the
fundraisers might lead to a situation where transportation costs
have been raised.” Judy moved to accept
the minutes, as published and corrected.
Seconded by Don. Motion carried.
MEMBERSHIP: Jo introduced the most recent PATRON
MEMBER, Duane Clark.
She encouraged all to pay their 2004 membership dues before
March 1st – which helps in planning the calendar of events for 2004.
Duane called the membership’s attention to the
article about Lomonosov, which was given front page
space, in the
CORRESPONDENCE: Duane read the following letters:
- Boys and Girls Club which thanked the
Association for their contribution of $ 100.00.
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Copies of letters written by Mayor Dean Maxwell to our sister cities:
He noted the announcement of the Anacortes-Vela Luka relationship which was published in the SISTER CITIES,
INTERNATIONAL Newsletter.
TREASURER: Mark announced that the 501(c)3 application has been completed and mailed to the
IRS. It may take 3 months for the
provisional approval, however, the permanent approval
will be in 5 years. He will present the
2003 financial report at the March meeting.
Report as
of
Checking $1254.85
Savings Accounts:
Kisakata Exchange fund
$14,322.98
Scholarship fund 944.44
(The
students and parents have raised a significant amount of the Kisakata Exchange fund).
Significant events:
A deposit
of $2800.00 paid for Vela Luka adult trip, Sept,
2004. (this will be reimbursed from travelers.)
A grant of
$800.00 was made from the Scholarship Fund to the Northwest Ballet Theatre
towards the expenses of the 6 dancers who are going to
A grant
from the Freeman Foundation was received by the Kisakata
Student Exchange Fund. This is the
organization that supports Pat Burleson’s teacher exchange program with Kisakata).
VICE PRESIDENT: Don reported that he has not heard from the
Sister Cities, International regarding the grant application for Vela Luka,
KISAKATA:
Doyle Geer was granted a “leave of absence” (though he requested
“resignation”) by the board on January 27th. During his absence, Cora Lijek
and Anne Martin McCool will co-chair this committee.
Cora reported
that a group of 9 people from Kisakata will be in
Anacortes March 21 – 25. Two of them are
approximately 20 years old. She asked if
there are any young people who would be interested in participating with these
visitors to please call her.
Transportation is needed on March 21 and 25th to
transport the group to SeaTac.
Duane requested
the Kisakata group come to dinner at
The Student Exchange group is continuing to
raise funds. They need over $17,000.
The chaperones have raised some $1800.00.
John Roney will chair the golf tournament. Seed money for the
golf tournament comes from the Anacortes Youth Sports Coalition, which is
having a delightful dinner/auction (with open bar) on March 20th. This is a very pleasant evening and certainly
worth the support of ASCA.
Cora also
announced that the women’s group of
LOMONOSOV: Ralph reported that Aeroflot Airlines is looking at SEATAC as a “less than
favorable stop” and may be terminated.
KALINKA is
reorganizing since the new Mayor of Peterhof (and
therefore Lomonosov) is NOT interested in Sister Cities relationships.
Marina can get letters of invitation, but they will take longer to
secure.
The Anacortes Noon
Rotary Club grant of $350.00 to the Lomonsov Library
is commendable.
Tyler Hobbs
left for Lomonosov on Feb.1, 2004 to attend
school. His United Airlines flight was
canceled, but he managed to arrive safely.
Mayor Dean
Maxwell and Ralph met to discuss the situation in Lomonosov.
Both agreed to continue the relationship as we are.
Ralph requested
reimbursement of $1400.00 expended to bring Masha Kirjaeva to Anacortes in 2003. Duane reminded Ralph that
all expenditures over $100. must be approved by the
board and invited him to bring his request to the board.
VELA LUKA:
Nikki reviewed the Vela Luka students trip July 1 –24th. She passed copies of the student’s
biographies (attached) and requested that anyone interested in participating in
the group’s activities/home stays, please call Nikki. To date, Lapworths’ ,Fuqua
and Papritzs’ have offered to participate. She is developing a calendar of events for
their stay. Six Anacortes Croatian Club Members
have offered home stays to these students.
On February 6th, Nikki and John will contact Ivan Mirosevic and Lena Marinovic
(English teacher) to finalize the participants’ trip.
The annual
CROATIAN FEST 2004 will be held on Oct.10th at the Seattle Center
House. The ASCA will have the
opportunity to have a booth at the celebration.
We should have pictures of both the student trip to Anacortes, as well
as the adult trip to Vela Luka available. The event will include art exhibits of
Croatian Artists, dancers, singers, musicians, booths, etc. ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS EVENT
AND TRAVELING VIA BUS, PLEASE CALL NIKKI.
The individual costs will be reasonable if enough people attend.
THE NEXT
CROATIAN CLUB DINNER IS FEBRUARY 28TH, AT
There is
nothing new to report about the Kumpanija 2005. Nikki is awaiting communication from Ivan Mirosevic about the funding from the Ministry of Culture of
the
Nikki closed
by teaching us to say: Good night! In Croatian: Naku Noc!
ARTS:
Duane reminded the group of the newest gallery in Anacortes…THE BOWMAN
GALLERY, which is Marius Hibbard’s photographic gallery. He will highlight pictures of
DUANE: Called the members attention to the website and encouraged all to read and explore.
While there please sign the guest book.
A calendar of events will be available at a later date.
DON: The
newsletter is in process and will be available March 1st. All articles are to be forwarded to editor,
Scott Gorman at: sgorman@nwlink.com
Doug Everhart: Presented the Kisakata,
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jo Fuqua, Secretary