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September 27, 2018 Minutes
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1. Call to order: the meeting was called to order at 7:12 p.m.
Vice-President Chilcott called the meeting to order. Cheryl Harawitz, the newest member of the Board, introduced herself and shared her background in social work and her interests. Board members introduced themselves and each provided a brief overview of their background.
Roll Call: Audrey Hyman (President), Christine Chilcott (Vice-President), Cheryl Harawitz, Jennifer Hastings, Kale Jenks, Claudia Medina
Absent: Mark Sorensen
2. Approval of minutes
Jenks made the motion to approve the June 28, 2018 meeting minutes. Hastings seconded. The June 28, 2018 minutes were approved 5-1 as presented. Harawitz abstained given that she was not a member of the Board during that meeting.
3. Agenda Items
3-A Presentation Establishing a local Census 2020 Complete Count Committee
Lia Bolden, Partnership Specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, provided a brief overview of the history and purpose of the Census. Bolden said that the Census has always had a hard time counting the 313 million people in the United States living in approximately 100 million housing units. She explained the mission of the Census and the mandate to count the population every 10 years. Several million dollars in funds go back to local communities due to the Census.
Bolden said that the Census has been challenged with declining response rate and distrust in government. With increased diversity and continued mobility of the population, it makes it harder to count, and the goal is to "count only once and in the right place." There are lots of job opportunities currently available with the Census, and there is a great need to hire local residents, especially those that speak the languages in their communities. The census is available in 12 major languages and is translated in a total of 59 languages. The official count is the one submitted to the President on December 31.
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