Community Relations Commission

1 2 Minutes of a Meeting of the 3 Northbrook Community Relations Commission 4 Asian American Heritage Subcommittee 5 Monday, March 16, 2015 6 7 8 Present: Chair Ray Wehr, Subcommittee Members James Hyun, Jasmine 9 Lee, Frank Lenardi, Bob Lozaro, Dan Moy, and Howard Schultz 10 11 Guests: None. 12 13 Absent: Reemlee Chowdhury 14 15 Others: Staff Liaison Mike Strong 16 17 Call to Order & Welcome 18 Chair Ray Wehr called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the 19 North Suburban YMCA at 2705 Techny Road in Northbrook. 20 21 Hear from the Audience 22 None. 23 24 Update on Entertainment for 2015 Event 25 Member Jasmine Lee gave an oral report concerning the entertainment acts who have 26 confirmed participation in the 2015 event. Included this year will be music and dance 27 groups featuring Bollywood fusion, Korean SoriBeat, Japanese Tsukasa Taiko, and 28 Chinese stunt Yo-Yo artist Ryan Shi. 29 30 Member Lee stated she is still waiting to receive confirmation from a Filipino dance 31 group, and hopes to hear later this week. 32 33 Member Hyun stated he is also in contact with a children’s dance group who has 34 expressed interest in the event, but has not yet confirmed participation. 35 36 General discussion took place concerning the confirmed artists, and if there would need 37 to be additional acts to fill the event timeframe. The subcommittee all agreed that the 38 confirmed acts would provide a good balance and fills the entertainment piece of the 39 event. 40 41 Update on Artisan Vendors for Event 42 Member Schultz stated he is confirming a Sumi-E artist to have artwork on display, and 43 will be working with the Midwest chapter to participate in the event. 44 45 Member Lenardi stated that they have the ABC classroom available for the kids activities 46 which is still in the process of being worked out.  Minutes of a Meeting of the Asian American Heritage Subcommittee March 16, 2015 47 Member Hyun stated he will look into Chinese calligraphy and see if they can participate 48 again this year. 49 50 Update on Food Vendors for Event 51 Member Lozaro gave an overview of the confirmed restaurants for the 2015 event. He 52 stated that the Pavilion and Golden Chef have confirmed participation, and that he was 53 still waiting to hear back from an Indian restaurant. 54 55 Member Hyun stated the Dundee Market and Filipino Catering groups are on board, but 56 food would need to be ordered and picked up the day of the event. The subcommittee 57 agreed that these vendors would be a nice addition to the event. 58 59 Update on Promotion and Marketing 60 Staff Liaison Strong gave an update on the status of the flyer and press release. The 61 event time was confirmed for the event, and all agreed that promotion would be drafted 62 and presented during the next subcommittee meeting. 63 64 Update on Budget 65 Chair Ray Wehr stated that the preliminary budget would be between $1,250 and $1,500 66 depending on the final acts that commit to the event. He asked for a motion to approve 67 the purchase of banners, on said motion by Member Lee, seconded by Member Hyun, all 68 voted in favor of purchasing two banners for the event. 69 70 General discussion took place concerning the placement of banners and other media 71 outlets. 72 73 Old Business 74 None. 75 76 New Business 77 None. 78 79 Scheduling of Next Meeting 80 Chair Ray Wehr stated that the next meeting will take place on Monday, March 23, at 81 5:30 p.m. at the North Suburban YMCA. 82 83 Adjournment 84 A motion was made by James Hyun, seconded by Bob Lozaro, to adjourn the meeting at 85 7:35 p.m. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. 86 87 Respectfully submitted, 88 89 Michael Strong 90 Staff Liaison 2