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presented at the Membership Annual meeting in January 2012
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Greenville Sister Cities International
YEAR IN REVIEW
2011
Presented by Dr. Dianne Clarke-Kudless
2011 GSCI LEADERSHIP TEAM
CITY PROGRAM DIRECTORS• Tony Koechli (Bergamo, Italy)• Stijn Van de Velde (Kortrijk, Belgium)• Xiaobo Hu, Coordinator (Tianjin FTZ, China)• Bill Glass (Clermont-Ferrand, France)• Yuji Kishimoto (Fukui, Japan)
LIFE MEMBERS• Clarence Buurman• Jack Parillo• Tom Sowden• Roger Varin
AFFILIATE MEMBERS• International Center of the Upstate• SC Sister Cities International• Vision 2025, International Taskforce• City of Greenville• The Children’s Museum• Confucius Institute• Upstate Alliance
OFFICERS• Dianne Clarke-Kudless, President• Tony Koechli, Vice President• John Lyons, Secretary• Craig Lundgren, Treasurer
OARD MEMBERS
•omenick Buffone
•aurice Cherry
•teve Cooper
•ancey Fouche
•yles Golden
•ill Glass
•iaobo Hu
•uji Kishimoto
•llen Ladd
•lizabeth Lyons
•ue Murphy
•ob Palmer
•ack Parillo
•herm Rounsville
•om Sowden
•higang Tian
•tijn Van de Velde
•oger Varin
•arry Watanabe
•ikki Wharton
•ivian Wong
GSCI 2011 Highlights Advance activity for 2012 Bergamo Delegation trip
(Tony Koechli, City Director with Bergamo City team)
Bergamo Piazza discussions and contributions – QR project
Framework discussions providing guidance for growth
Charitable donations on behalf of
Youth Diplomacy program (Sonya Caldwell and Lynette Huler)
Liam McCallum and Frankie Zeager, 2011 GSCI Youth Diplomats
Girl Scouts of South Carolina -- the Mountains and Midlands, Inc.
SC Children’s Theatre MULAN event in partnership with GCCA (Sijie Dong, Project Coordinator and Danian Zheng, GCCA Project Lead)
Children’s Museum International holiday event (Lisa Rourk, Project Lead)
Greenville County Holiday Tree support (Sue Murphy, Project Lead)
GSCI Interns (Sijie Dong, Ali Erol, Yuanyuan Fang, Ali Quadri, Qinze Yu)
AnneMarie Varin Japanese earthquake assistance
Thomas Sowden Doug Stevens
Framework for Growth
Current city relationships
Bergamo Italy (1984)
Kortrijk, Belgium (1991)
Tianjin, China (2001)
Emerging city relationships
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Konstanz, Germany
Fukui, Japan
What is working?How will we grow?
What will we need to do differently?
Framework for Growth
Program principles Defined purpose and
funding source
City interest
Clear Community interest base
Youth exchange potential
Business involvement
Multiple areas of common interest
Guidelines Rotate exchange activity
Encourage Creativity
Secure and develop relationship potential
Identify champions
Expect Change
Financial sponsors
Success involves personal relationships
2011 GSCI Programs
City Programs
Community Activities
SC Children’s Theatre
Youth Diplomacy
Holiday programs
Awards and Acknowledgements
BERGAMO ITALY (1984)
Delegation planning Piazza redesign Planning visit
Connections include
• Business interests
• School interests
• Pen pal activity
• Chamber involvement
• Rotary relationships
• Prior relationships
Opening discussions
Public meetings
QR Diversity Team project
September 17-19, 2012 delegation visit
Bergamo PiazzaTELLING THE UPSTATE STORY.COM
KORTRIJK BELGIUM (1991)
Conducted two exploratory visits
Secured Kortrijk City connection
Engaged Scout troop in holiday project
Assisted with Museum holiday activities
KORTRIJK FRIENDS
Kortrijk Holiday Greetings
TIANJIN CHINA (2002)
• Confucius Institute was Annual meeting sponsor
• Led partnership with SC Children’s Theatre for MULAN JR community education activities
• Provided 3 interns from Clemson University’s Center for China Studies (YuanYuan Fang, Qinze Yu, Sijie Dong
• Shared support for visit by Consular for China, Chinese programs in our schools, Export Business to China program and Performance Troupe from Xiamen University, China.
• Supported all GSCI activities including Children’s Museum event, Framework taskforce and Youth Diplomacy programs
• Provided country assistance to for Dr. Chirinjev Peterson for a partnership trip to China
• Launched 2012 planning structure including future delegation visits
Emerging Relationships
Clermont-Ferrand, FRFrom his trip, Bill Glass reported emerging interests with Asst Mayor:
•CU-ICAR and Clemson University
•Youth Diplomacy
•Business
•Films
Provided $300 to support exchange of 23 students from Godefrey de Boullion School in France
Konstanz, GermanyBoard endorsed Konstanz investigation based on significant activity this year
•Mayoral letter of interest released
•Konstanz exploratory Greenville visit
•Mayor White exploratory visit
•Endorsed Board interest
•Launch sponsorship efforts with German Chamber of Commerce
Considerable thanks to Wolf Stromberg
Fukui Japan• Endorsement for Yuji Kishimoto visit to Nagahama• Exploration of program funding through by Sister Cities International• Donated $200 to Yuji’s effort to raise money for the Japan earthquake fund
KONSTANZ, GermanyBuilding understanding
KONSTANZ, GermanyFRIENDS FOR THE FUTURE
Partners in Education
Sister City connections
2011 Community Activities
City Programs
Community Activities
SC Children’s Theatre
Youth Diplomacy
Holiday programs
Awards and Acknowledgements
South Carolina Children’s Theatre partnership
Dancing exhibitions
Youth performances
Clemson’s illustrator
Calligraphy
South Carolina Children’s Theatre partnership
MULAN JR project
MULAN JR project
> Meeting Cost: $20.00 (you may pay at door) Site Tours of the KROC > Center: 5:30pm – 6:15pm Reception/Light Dinner: 6:00pm – 6:45pm > Meeting: 6:45pm
Youth Diplomacy launch
2011 Youth Diplomats Diplomat activities Diversity Youth Leadership Summit
Mayor/Council introductions
City team interests
Liam (Italy)
Frankie (China)
Greenville Forward VISION EVENT
ICU Upstate Global professionals
SC SCI State Conference
Youth Engagement SCI webinar
Girl Scout program launch
Liam McNamara
Frankie Zeager
Diplomat Champions
Sonya Caldwell
Bob Palmer
Lynette Huler
GREENVILLE GSCI YOUTH DIPLOMATGREENVILLE GSCI YOUTH DIPLOMAT
Greenville County LibraryKortrijk Children Holiday Tree
Scout Troup in Belgium provided handmade items to decorate this tree in the Greenville County Library Children’s area.
Thanks to Director, Beverly James and Board member Sue Murphy
MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP
Holiday entertainment
Cooking demonstrations
Lion Dance
Music
Ethnic dancing
Translation assistance
Library display
Patron greetings
GSCI Interns and kids HAVING FUN
SPECIAL HOLIDAY GSCI MEMORIES
READY FOR THE FUTURE
City Programs
Community Activities
SC Children’s Theatre
Youth Diplomacy
Holiday programs
Awards and Acknowledgements
GSCI Alliances, Partners and Sponsors
• Jane Cahaly, SC SCI• Michael Kerski, City of Greenville• Whitney Walters, ICU• David Esch, Vision 2025 Intl Taskforce• Debbie Bell, SC Children’s Theatre• Nancy Halverson, The Children’s Museum• David Liu, The Confucius Institute• Yancey and Maurice, Furman University• Chirinjev Peterson, Greenville Technical College
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANKS for your Service
Retiring Board members
Domenick Buffone
Maurice Cherry
Dianne Clarke-Kudless
Elizabeth Lyons
John Lyons
Sue Murphy
Sherm Rounsville
Harry Watanabe
Board nominees
Kristen Buch
Sonya Caldwell
Bill Glass
Yuji Kishimoto
Allen Ladd
Stephen Shaughnessy
Wolf Stromberg
Zhigang Tian
2011 GSCI Recognition
Category Awardee
Annual Meeting Tribute Thomas Sowden
Volunteer of the Year Lisa Rourk
Community Partner SC Children’s Theatre
Leadership Inspiration Elizabeth Lyons
President’s Award Greenville Chinese Culture Association
GSCI COMMUNITY LEADERS
INSPIRED BY THE PAST, engaged in the present for possibility of new friendships and prosperity for the future.
None of this happens without your Board involvement and our member support
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Future 2012 Programs
City exchange programs
Diplomat Trip to Bergamo in September 2012
Youth Diplomacy
The Children’s Museum
The Children’s Theater
Greenville Zoo
www.greenvillesistercities.org website and social networking
Hands-on Greenville workshops
Bergamo Piazza redesign and QR project
Tribute Parks and Tribute plaques
Sponsorship and other fund-raising efforts
Clermont-Ferrand France, Konstanz Germany and Fukui Japan friendship city activities
My THANKS to you
Thank you for these wonderful years
serving the community of Greenville and representing
Greenville Sister Cities International
Dianne Clarke-Kudless President of Greenville Sister Cities International