Attendance:
1. Mirco Chiodi – Treviso Director
2. Magdalena J. Picardi – Treasurer / Secretary / Organizational Committee
3. Patti Dembs – Secretary / Organizational Committee
4. Tom Halbert – Vice President SSCA, PR & Communications
5. Lisa Brecher – Events, Initiatives & PR Committee
6. Joe Polizzi – Events, Initiatives & PR Committee
7. Bill Wallace – SSCA President
8. Carol LaCentra – SSCA Secretary
9. Rhonda Cesario – Greater Chamber of Commerce International Business Council
10. Giovanni Angiolini – S.I.E.T.
11. Richard Storm
12. Tony Fiocco
Follow-Up This Meeting:
o Events for delegation
o Media attention for Delegation
o Sponsorship from local businesses
o Fundraiser/Raffle
-Bill Wallace the President of Sarasota Sister Cities joined our meeting again today. Welcome, Bill!
-Mirco has received the initial information on the delegates. Patti has volunteered to translate/edit their correspondence accurately into English.
-Mirco also wants to put together a Bio Packet on the Mayor and other key people, to present to the delegation. Patti has volunteered to help coordinate that translation into Italian.
-It seems that we have plenty of volunteers to be interpreters for the delegation. These people will be instrumental in making the delegation feel comfortable during their stay with us. Suggestion was made by Bill that each delegate should have their own interpreter so as to never feel left out of any conversation. However, this poses an issue at meals, as then the group doubles in size. This must be decided upon quickly since restaurants that would like to sponsor a meal must know how many people to expect.
-Since we have had no word from Mike Nelson regarding loaner vehicles we must come up with a solution. Mirco thinks it would be nice to have a 15/20 person stretch limo for the Asolo event.
-Lisa has volunteered to take pictures of all the delegation events. Thank you Lisa!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
o Vital Second meeting Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. @ Lisa's office (665 S. Orange) with a focus on filling- in the blanks in the itinerary for the delegation’s time here (Events, Meetings and Meals)
Long-Term Projects:
· Sister Cities Discount Card for local Sarasota Shops, Restaurants, and Activity Centers – The same would go for our Sister Cities.
· Sister Cities Convention at Robarts Arena – Multiple booths for each of the countries to show: Food, Clothing, Jewelry etc.
· Local Treviso Clothing and Jewelry Fashion Show in Sarasota
· Set up tour of Treviso for tourists and one for Business trips. Local places to stay, eat, shop, etc. · T.V. show following winners of a raffle ticket fundraiser. They will travel to Treviso, Italy and stay with farmers on an “agristurism” vineyard, contributing and experiencing their daily routine.
Short Term Projects:
· Guest speaker for Riverview High School “Italian Language Program”
· Showing of the artwork from the children of Treviso
· Treviso Delegation coming for signing
