City of Santa Fe Sister Cities Committee met July 19.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 5:00PM
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Member Carol Robertson Lopez
Member Stuart Ashman
Member Kerri Cottle
Member Jeff Case
Member Ron Press
Member Peter Ives
Member Satori Murata
Member John Self
Member Devendra Narayan
Members Excused:
Member Judith Moir
Others Attending:
Shirley Spencer, Clerk
Randy Randall, Attendee
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes – June 21, 2023
MOTION: Member Case moved, seconded by Member Press, to approve the minutes as presented.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote: Member Robertson Lopez, Member Ashman, Member Cottle, Member
For: Case, Member Press, Member Ives, Member Murata, Member Self, Member Narayan
Against: None
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Member Jeff Case moved, seconded by Member Ron Press, to approve the agenda as presented.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote: Member Carol Robertson Lopez, Member Stuart Ashman, Member Kerri
For: Cottle, Member Jeff Case, Member Ron Press, Member Peter Ives, Member Satori Murata, Member John Self, Member Devendra Narayan
Against: None
5. PRESENTATION
a. Presentation by Global Santa Fe (Shawn Elyse McQueen
MOTION: Member Case moved, seconded by Member Press, to approve the agenda to include the presentation by Global Santa Fe as item 5a.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Member Robertson Lopez, Member Ashman, Member Cottle, Member Case, Member Press, Member Ives, Member Murata, Member Self, Member Narayan
Against: None
Abstain: None
6. MATTERS FROM STAFF
7. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
a. Discussion/Updates of Each City: Ideas for Engagement, Volunteer and Liaison Network Subcommittee (Carol Robertson-Lopez, Sister Cities Chair, crobertsonlopez@comcast.net).
• Bukhara, Uzbekistan – Carol Robertson-Lopez
• Holguin, Cuba – Stuart Ashman
• Icheon, South Korea – Jeff Case
• Livingstone, Zambia – Kerri Cottle
• Parral, Mexico – Ron Press
• San Miguel de Allende, Mexico – John Self
• Santa Fe de la Vega, Spain – Jill Heppenheimer
• Sorrento, Italy – Judith Moir
• Tsuyama, Japan – Satori Murata
• Zhangjiajie, China – Carol Robertson-Lopez
Each City provided updates
b. 2024 Anniversary Summer (Carol Robertson-Lopez, Sister Cities Chair, croberstonlopez@comcast.net)
Request for each city liaison to work to provide Mayor’s contact including a list of key contacts – Provide to Shirley Spencer, Sister Cities Committee Liaison.
8. NEXT MEETING: August 16 2023
9. ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 4:59PM
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