Here is the response received from Kiwanis International regarding the question that came up at the Board of Trustees meeting last week about traveling to Paris.

Mark W. McDonald
California, Nevada, Hawaii District of Kiwanis
District Secretary/Executive Director
8360 Red Oak St., Suite 201
Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. 91730
909-736-1703 Direct Dial
909-989-1500 Ext.103
909-989-7779 Fax
mailto:xxxxxx@cnhkiwanis.org

From: Jeff Oatess [mailto:xxxxxx@kiwanis.org]
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 1:01 PM
To: Mark McDonald <mailto:xxxxxx@cnhkiwanis.org>; Michael Downs <mailto:xxxxxx@kiwanis.org>
Cc: Stan Soderstrom <mailto:xxxxxx@kiwanis.org>; Fabienne April <mailto:xxxxxx@kiwanis.org>
Subject: Re: Paris

Mark,

The EU parliament passed a non-binding motion to introduce visa requirements for US citizens "within two months" (basically to poke us because we require visas for four or five EU countries) but to date no country in the bloc has announced they will adopt it. 

If they choose to adopt it we'll communicate something to our members but for now it's merely noise.

Jeff Oatess . Chief Operating Officer
Kiwanis International
Worldwide: +1-317-217-6181 . USA and Canada: 800-KIWANIS
http://www.kiwanis.org/ . joatessmailto:xxxxxx@kiwanis.org

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From: Mark McDonald <mailto:xxxxxx@cnhkiwanis.org>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 11:41:04 AM
To: Michael Downs
Cc: Jeff Oatess; Stan Soderstrom
Subject: Paris
 
Mike at our District mid-year meeting south this past weekend It was reported by a number of Kiwanis members that a new Visa will be required to travel to Paris from the USA not just a passport.  This happened last Thursday at the French Parliament.
Is this true and will we get information soon on how to get this done in time to travel
 
Mark W. McDonald
California, Nevada, Hawaii District of Kiwanis
District Secretary/Executive Director
8360 Red Oak St., Suite 201
Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. 91730
909-736-1703 Direct Dial
909-989-1500 Ext.103
909-989-7779 Fax
mailto:xxxxxx@cnhkiwanis.org