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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