Hello,
The next Ulster Project Cincinnati general meeting will be Thursday, April 18th, 7:00-8:30, at the North Central
Library, 11109 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.

On Monday, May 6th, we have a unique opportunity to hear Xavier University’s Dr. Timothy White speak about
the peace process in Northern Ireland. Dr. White has generously offered to give this talk just for us. His bio is
below. The talk will be given at 7:00 pm on campus at XU, Conaton Learning Commons Room 406. Please
RSVP to Jennifer King by May 1st if you’d like to attend, with the total number of people you will be bringing.
You may bring guests. jennifer@jkflute.com 513-255-4817

Dr. Timothy White teaches an array of courses including: Irish Politics, International Relations, Irish Political
Culture, the Politics of War and Peace, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Irish Historical Sociology. This last class is
taught as part of the Xavier Summer Study Abroad Program in Ireland that Dr. White founded. For his efforts,
White has won the Sigma Alpha Nu Award as Teacher of the Year on Xavier’s campus and has been nominated
for the Carnegie National Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. White’s more than forty publications have focused
mostly on Irish politics and have appeared in Éire-Ireland, New Hibernian Review, Irish Journal of Sociology,
Études Irlandaises, Irish Journal of Public Policy, Irish Studies in International Affairs, and in a number of edited
collections. Dr. White’s research has also appeared in journals in the fields of Comparative Politics and
International Relations including The European Legacy,Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Peace
Review,International Journal on World Peace, and International Studies Perspectives. Dr. White has also
edited a forthcoming volume, Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process,which will appear in 2013
published by the University of Wisconsin Press. In addition, Dr. White has published twenty-five book reviews
and presented nearly seventy papers at conferences. He has been awarded three major external grants from
the Irish American Cultural Institute, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Foundation, and the Moore Institute at
the National University of Ireland-Galway. Dr. White has been a visiting faculty member at the University of
Missouri and the National University of Ireland-Galway twice. He was also served two terms as the Social
Science Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. White has been named by the Irish
Voice as one of the top 100 Irish educators in the United States.

The next General Meeting for the Ulster Project Cincinnati will be held this Thursday, February 21st, from 7:00-8:30pm at the Madeira Public Library Branch (7200 Miami Ave., Madeira, OH 45243). Officers and committee members are expected to attend, and everyone else is encouraged to attend.

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner! This year, we will be walking in the parade downtown on Saturday, March 16th. Please join us for the fun and festivities!
Schedule for the morning o’ the 16th:
10:00am: Participants meet in the parade assembly area near Eggleston and Reedy streets
11:00am Parade assembly area closes
11:50am Lead band plays the National Anthem
12:00 Parade step off
For more information, contact Becky Altenau at altenausixpack@fuse.net or check out the parade site at http://www.cincystpatsparade.com/

Minutes from Ulster Project General Meeting, January 24, 2013

Members present: Andy Tepe, Jennifer King, Joe Hardiman, Julie Klensch, Lorrie Hodge, and Beth Hollis
Meeting called to order at 7:05
Call to order and prayer by Jennifer King

Financials
1. Financials were handed out by treasurer
2. Joe & Andy will work on finalizing the budge, to give to the Friendly sons for yearly donation request by deadline of January 31.

Fundraising
1. Per our contact, the calendar for Party in the Park & Live at Five events to be worked on in the next week. We will then know dates for the events and will have an idea of how many we can work.
2. It was discussed that we need to work a minimum of 3 but would like to work 6 or 7 to help build up the general fund
3. Parking for Peace is on Sunday March 17th. Lowrys are in charge of coordinating volunteers for this event.
4. Jennifer has mentioned we should try to incorporate 3 shifts because of missing out in the past on the “Kegs & Eggs” crowd. It was decided to add the morning shift.
5. Ulster Project Cincinnati will also walk in the St Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday the 16th. This is not a money maker, however good exposure for us.

Airfare for NI Teens
1. Tentative dates were originally Arrive 6/28 & Depart 7/28
2. Jennifer has tried numerous times to get a confirmation from Katie & or Linda of the Ulster Project in Ireland, but has gotten no responses back. She will however, continue to try.
3. Andy also was going to contact Linda in Ireland to see if he could get a response about the airfare.
4. Andy has suggested we give it 2 or 3 more weeks to evaluate the travel situation. If no progress is made, then Ulster Project Cincinnati has decided to split from Madison & use our own travel agent. We would get the airfare for the Cincinnati Irish teens booked and not wait any longer for the others to respond. We will possibly call Brian Hubers for the contact info for his travel agent.

Calendar
1. Dates have been set for the following: Opening Ceremony 6/29; Winton Woods Adventure Outpost 6/30-7/1; Ulster Irish night – 7/20; Thanksgiving 7/23; Closing Ceremony 7/27.
2. Discovery will change this year to be more intense and meaning full. Julie & Jennifer are revamping the curriculum and additional hours will be spent on Discovery.
3. We are going to try to tie in the service projects and Discovery to each other. And possibly have longer sessions with the teens arriving at 4 and working until 6 then breaking for dinner and resuming at 6:30 or 7, and parents having their logistics session at that time.

Host Family Committee
1. To date there have been 14 applicants and all interviews will be finished by next week. (Jan 28 th)
2. Beth Hollis has asked that possibly in the future a “recruiting packet” or folder be created to hand out at open houses and other events to peak interest.
3. Still looking for Counselors. Have a Protestant & Catholic Female applicant, still looking for Protestant & Catholic Male.

Next General Assembly Meeting 2/21/2013, 7:00 pm, Madeira Public Library

Last call for board positions nominations for 2012-2013! We are especially in need of a secretary, since our wonderful volunteer, Clare Fox, who has faithfully served as secretary, is ready to move on to new things. If you’d like to make a nomination of yourself or someone else, please reply by this Thursday.

The next board meeting is this Thursday, Aug. 16th, 7pm, at the Groesbeck Public Library. At this meeting we will vote on new and/or returning board members. All are invited to attend in order to vote.