On the 26th of December there was a meeting of the US exchange program alumni in Novosibirsk. The meeting was organized at the American Corner at 5 pm. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the project “Photo exhibition of Minneapolis and Novosibirsk” and select specific photos. The alumni had different ideas regarding the themes of the photos. On the one hand, they thought that there should be photos of parallel views in Minneapolis and Novosibirsk. On the other hand, they were sure that the theme of the photos is not very important, the main thing is to express the mood of the cities. The alumni also planned the future steps of the project and made a list of the things they would need to arrange. At the end of the meeting the alumni had a little tea party. They talked about Christmas and the upcoming New Year. Everybody was full of positive emotions and new interesting ideas.