Sarasota Sister Cities – Treviso Weekly 11:30 a.m. Meetingon January 9, 2007 at ESCA Restaurant

Attendance:
1. Mirco Chiodi – Treviso Director
2. Magdalena J. Picardi – Treasurer / Secretary / Organizational Committee
3. Gianrico Filippetto – Treasurer
4. Tom Halbert – Sarasota Sister Cities Vice President, PR & Communications
5. Joe Polizzi – Events, Initiatives & PR Committee
6. Carol Arroyo – Cultural Committee
7. Alexandra Di Stefanis – Cultural Committee
8. Lisa Brecher – Events , Initiatives & PR Committee
9. Tony Fiocco – Events, Initiatives & PR Committee
10. Miriam Gebhardt – Education Committee
11. Barbara Mosti – Educational Committee
12. Beatrice Jones – Business & Environmental Committee
13. Stefania Orofino – Cultural Committee
14. Liliana Truppi – Cultural Committee / Education Committee
15. Suzanne Dameron – Electronic Media / Business & Environmental Committee
16. Richard Storm
17. Bill Wallace – Sarasota Sister Cities Association President
18. Angel Algeri – “Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc.” – Guest
19. Mary Palmer – “Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society” – Guest
20. Ed Rudd – Guest
21. Silvana Wriston - Guest
22. Susanna Wriston - Guest
23. Liliane Sealy-Schrock – Guest
24. Hope Byrnes – Sarasota Sister Cities Association – Foreign Events

Follow-Up This Meeting:
o Recap on the delegation Itinerary and any changes that were made
o Flags and Flag Pole for outside the Oslo

* Mirco recaps on the itinerary and the changes that have been made during the holidays.
* Possible restaurant for a delegation dinner is Roy’s, Mirco is still in discussions with them.
* Another possible restaurant is Flemmings with a possible wine tasting before hand.
* We finally meet the much mentioned Susanna and Silvana Wriston! Thank you ladies for all you have done, all your efforts and contributions, and welcome to our weekly meeting!
* Since we have such a large group today, Mirco has requested that everyone introduce themselves and state a little something about why they are here.
The delegation itinerary has not yet been finalized since we are still waiting on some restaurants to confirm but most important, we are still waiting for information from the “Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce” regarding the meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 and those counterparts of the delegation that will be in attendance.
* It would be nice to have some floral arrangements on the table and stage for the Gala event. Susanna and Magdalena will contact “Beneva Flowers”.
* We need Flags and Flag poles. Hope will look into that. Is the delegation bringing their province flag?!?
* The Gala invitations will be sent out January 10, 2007. First come first serve, so respond right away if you want a seat. All other invites for dinners during the delegation’s stay will go out afterwards.

Follow-Up Next Meeting:
o Get transportation volunteers to commit to certain days and times and set down in the itinerary.
o Get translation volunteers to commit to certain days and times and set down in the itinerary.
o Get photography volunteers to commit to certain days and times and set down in the itinerary.

Long-Term Projects:
o Sister Cities Discount Card for local Sarasota Shops, Restaurants, and Activity Centers – The same would go for our Sister Cities.
o Sister Cities Convention at Robarts Arena – Multiple booths for each of the countries to show: Food, Clothing, Jewelry etc.
o Local Treviso Clothing and Jewelry Fashion Show in Sarasota
o Set up a tour of Treviso for tourists and one for Business trips. Local places to stay eat, shop etc.
o T.V. show following winners of our raffle ticket fundraiser. They will travel to Treviso, Italy and stay with farmers on an “agriturism” vineyard, contributing to and experience their daily routine.

Short Term Projects:
o Guest speaker for Riverview High School “Italian Language Program”
o Showing of the artwork from the children of Treviso
o Treviso Delegation coming for signing