2017
From 2016 until 2018 we used our social media and blogs as our Newsletter.
photossarasotasistercities.blogspot.com
The following blogs were used by Sarasota Sister Cities. Some of them are still in use today, others are of value for the history of the organization.
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The following addresses are used by Sarasota Sister Cities
Facebook.......facebook.com/SarasotaSisterCities
Web...............sarasotasistercities.org
Pinterest........pinterest.com/sarasotasister
Twitter...........twitter.com/#!/SarasotaSisterC
LinkedIn....... linkedin.com/in/sarasotasistercities
Email........... sarasotasistercities@gmail.comThe following blogs were used by Sarasota Sister Cities. Some of them are still in use today, others are of value for the history of the organization.
Sister City Blogs
Sustainable Economic Development
Photos
Communication / Social Media
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Miscellaneous
2017
We publish a Newsletter and spread the word on our Website, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Each member is encouraged to contribute.
September 2, 2016
All the news that´s fit to print—Some newspaper ought to adopt this as its motto….
“And Then There Was Quiet - New York After 9/11” Photographic Exhibit by David Gordon. Sponsored by Sarasota Sister Cities September 7at 6 om - Opening Reception, Artist’s Talk at the Manatee County Public Library at 1301 Barcarrota Ave, Bradenton. These photographs chronicle the horror in NYC of 15 years ago. The exhibit will run through September 30.
SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON at the Bird Key Yacht Club, Sept. 19
Olga Pliner and Craig Hullinger will speak on Using Facebook, Blogs, Linkedin and other social media for your Organization, Family, or Business. Register to attend online at www.sarasotasistercities.org. You can RSVP by email to craighullinger@
A CUBAN TALKS ON CUBA BC-AC
Sister Cities member Eladio Amores will provide an insiders look at Cuba before and after Castro. This promises to be a fascinating talk……..
September 29, 4pm, Selby Library
After Eladio´s talk, we will adjourn to Louie´s Modern on Palm Avenue for our Meet & Greet at 5pm. If you can´t get there for Eladio´s talk, just come to the Meet &
Greet. We’ll be glad to see you.
OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH LAWN BOWLING
What is it? New member Daniel Jittu knows all about it and would like for Sister Cities folk to get to know it as well.
On November 5-19, and November 4-18, 2017, The City of Sarasota will be holding the US Lawn Bowling Open. The 2017 Open marks the Club’s 90th anniversary in Sarasota. Few clubs have been in our community as long as the bowling club.
The Club is located just north of the Memorial Auditorium.
Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green which may be flat or convex or uneven. It is normally played outdoors and the outdoor surface is either natural grass or artificial turf. Today the sport is played in over 40 countries with more than 50 member national authorities. The home of the modern game is still Scotland with the World Bowls center in Edinborough.
We are exploring ways to help the Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club with its US Open.
For more information:
--How to play the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
--How lawn bowling balls are made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
--Bowls England: http://www.heraldtribune.com/
NEW OFFICERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Olga Pliner, City Director for Vladimir
Olga was born in Moscow and took her degree at Moscow Sate Pedagogical University in Special Education. She soon moved to Germany where she earned an MBA at Hagen University where she majored in Marketing. She worked in companies managing sales, customer care, acquisitions, and account management.
In May, 2012, she moved to the US and founded P&P Media Partners in Venice. This trilingual lady is the publisher and manager of the German-language newspaper in Florida. Pick up a copy at Geier’s and other fine stores. Welcome Olga!
Isabelle Eidet, Assistant City Director for Treviso Province
Isabelle grew up in Seattle, WA, and was employed by the State Department and the US Agency for International Development. She worked overseas for more than 30 years. She was also an Executive Director with R.H. Macy & Co. She has lived and worked in Manila, Nairobi, New Delhi, Jakarta, Rome, Geneva, Vienna and has had several stints in Washington, DC in between foreign assignments. She has also served as a Board member with several NGO’s overseas. Isabelle has lived in Rome for five years and traveled extensively throughout Italy.
Isabelle moved to Sarasota with her husband Gary from Vienna, Austria, in 2011. They have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Welcome Isabelle¡
August 14, 2016
All the summer news that’s fit to print about Sarasota Sister Cities…….
OUR MEET AND GREET FOR WEDNEDAY, AUGUST 17
Our August Meet and Greet will be at the Sarasota Vineyard Wine Bar and Bistro in downtown Sarasota:
1528 Main Street
Sarasota Florida
5:00 - 7:00 pm
sarasotawinebar.com
Sarasota Florida
5:00 - 7:00 pm
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SARASOTA CONTINGENT RETURNS FROM DUNFERMLINE SCOTLAND
Our fellow Sister Cities colleagues seem to have had a good time, based on the pictures of Edinburg Castle, the Tattoo, and single-malt distilleries that are now trickling onto Facebook and other places. Wish we all had been with you, but you represented us well! Thanks Pauline Mitchell for planning a super trip.
“AND THEN THERE WAS QUIET—NEW YORK AFTER 9/11” PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT BY DAVID GORDON
In 2017, Sarasota Sister Cities and many of its twin cities are sponsoring a poignant photographic exhibit about lower Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell.
To generate interest for the 2017 exhibit, David wanted to have a showing outside of Sarasota but close that would be available to local media—and he succeeded.
The show will be mounted at the Manatee County Public Library at 1301 Barcarrota Ave., right by the water.
Wednesday, September 7
Opening Reception at 5:30pm
Artist’s Talk at 6:30pm
Saturday, September 10 – Community 9/11 Memorial Event from 2-4:30pm
(sharing thoughts…….writing remembrances)
September 30 – Show closes
Opening Reception at 5:30pm
Artist’s Talk at 6:30pm
Saturday, September 10 – Community 9/11 Memorial Event from 2-4:30pm
(sharing thoughts…….writing remembrances)
September 30 – Show closes
INFO ON NEW SISTER CITIES LEADERS
As I mentioned in the last info@sarasotasistercities, we have several NEW CDs and VCDs THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT. In the past I have just announced their appointments. But you should know what high-quality people are leading our efforts.
NELLY CAMARDO, FRIENDSHIP CITY DIRECTOR, RAPPERSWIL-JONA, SWITZERLAND
Nelly is a Zurich native who is not bi- or tri- but quatro-lingual. She pursued a career in information technology. She worked for GE and the Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal where she travelled across Canada training bank personnel. She later transferred to RBC New York City and retired after 30 years of service. All the while she vacationed in Sarasota.
Here in Sarasota she has worked for Intertape Polymer Group and the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Her work here allows her to meet people from all walks of life and parts of the globe, thus helping keep her language skills sharp. We are sure she will serve well as CD for the City of Roses on the northern shore of Lake Zurich.
CHARLOTTE HULL, FRIENDSHIP ASSISTANT CITY DIRECTOR, RAPPERSWIL-JONA, SWITZERLAND
Charlotte was born in Schmerikon, a small village five miles east of Rapperswil-Jona. After school in Schmerikon, she attended the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Fribourg. She honed her English language skills with a year of study at Oxford, UK. Charlotte was then a flight attendant for Swissair.
From 1976 to 2003, she was co-owner and manager of Hotel Bellevue in Rapperswil. In 2009 she emigrated to Florida. We are happy to have her here, helping establish Rapperswil as our next sister city. Thanks Charlotte.
NANCY TSEKOU, ASSISTANT CITY DIRECTOR FOR VLADIMIR, RUSSIA
Nancy left the US when 30 and lived both in Greece and Italy for 27 years. Her husband was Greek, and their daughter is a bilingual, cross-cultural American diplomat who has lived in many countries. Nancy taught American children at our military bases for 27 years before returning to the US in 2002. Missing overseas life, she returned to Cairo to teach Egyptian children at an independent international school. She retired in 2007 and moved to Sarasota in 2011.
Nancy has travelled Europe extensively and visited Korea, India, Venezuela and Ghana, often for months at a time. She will soon be going to Cuba and Zimbabwe. Welcome Nancy! You bring a wealth of international experience to your work with Vladimir.
READ ABOUT OLGA PLINER, NEW CITY DIRECTOR FOR VLADIMIR, RUSSIA, AND ISABELLE EIDET, NEW ASSISTANT CITY DIRECTOR FOR TREVISO, ITALY, IN OUR NEXT ISSUE.
Questions and Comments to
DAVE HARRALSON
Yr Faithful Editor and Olympics watcher
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