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