HAAB Minutes 11/18/2010
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Members Present: Chairman Manuel Gonzalez; Vice-Chairman,; David Correa; Alejandro Balan; F,
Williams Forbes, Renato Fernandez; Zetty Rivera; Mario Ortiz.
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
November 18, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Golden Gate Community Center
Auditorium
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Members Absent-Excused: Valarie Maxwell; Ileana Ramos.
Others Present: Tatiana Gust, HAAB staff liaison.
Call to Order: Chairman Manuel Gonzalez called the meeting to order at 6:00, noting that a quorum was
established.
Approve the Meeting Agenda: Mario Ortiz motioned to approve the agenda, Alejandro Balan
seconded. The motion was carried 7-0.
Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of October 30, 2010: Manuel Gonzalez motioned to approve
the minutes, David Correa seconded. The motion carried 7-0.
Discussion:
William Forbes, would like that commissioners participate and stay in touch with the board.
David Correa will contact Jennifer Edwards to obtain statistics about population and maybe census
information.
Old Business
Volunteerism Report
Manny Gonzalez reinforced that the HAAB is here to listen the concerns of the Hispanic population.
Manny also indicate that the Hispanic population returns to work quickly because the jobs that these
persons are taking are entry level, which demonstrates the lack of education.
Manny shared news extracts related to the Hispanic community.
Census information will be shared by April. Bill Forbes would like to have someone to share the census
information and the district distribution based in the census.
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Members encourage volunteering. Take food to and collect toys, and deliver them to others. Work with
young children. It feels really good to volunteer. There are multiple needs for volunteerism for juvenile
justice.
New Business:
Election of Chair and Vice-Chair: Manuel Gonzalez brought a voting method to select chair and the
vice-chair for the group.
This voting method consists of a ballot vote. Question was raised by David in regards why it has to be
done in this way. Manny doesn't think the current method of the Vice-Chair automatically becoming the
Chair for the next year is necessarily the best method.
Manny explained that each member would get two votes, one for each seat, and the liaison would tally
the votes. A person could vote for themselves, and any ofthe persons that is nominated could decline.
Per ballots the selected chairman is Mario Ortiz. Mario accepted to be the chair.
Per ballots the selected vice -chair is Bill Forbes. Bill accepted to be the vice-chair.
HAAB next meetings: This will be held in the boardroom in the main complex.
Member Comments:
Discussion:
Manny remind that if the board has an action item, you can submit it to the BCC.
A question was raised in regards to ask the BCC board if there is anything that the HAAB can focus on.
Members discussed that the Hispanic community is mainly interested in immigration issues and the BCC
does not get involved with it. This is a Federal subject, if someone commits a crime, they will be
deported.
Renato remind everyone that the sheriff's department does not stop anyone for how they look; they
stop people for violations to the law.
Bill Forbes informed the board that the newspaper Vista Semanal was shut down.
Manny indicated that there is a community liaison for each area in the county. You can call them
directly; this is a great area to learn about your community and ways to volunteer.
Mario Ortiz, and in name of the entire board, presented Manny his appreciation for all the work done
this year.
Manny reminded the board that if they understand what the board's responsibility is, they will be fine.
When they step out of the line is when they get in trouble. In the past a letter to each member was sent,
to place them back in line.
Mario invited the members to reach out to the community to help in an non activist way and to find out
specific topic that are of interest for the Hispanic community.
Mario's personal goal is that at the end of his terms, the HAAB board has sent at least one
recommendation to the BCC.
Members had a discussion in regards of differences within the Hispanic community. The Hispanic
community includes everyone that speaks Spanish; it should not be a difference by what country each
one comes from.
Manny presented the situation of Hispanic population as follows:
Lack of education -+ no good jobs -+ no good income -+ no good house
Adjourn: Manny Gonzalez motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:33 p.m. and Renato Fernandez
seconded. The motioned carried by a group vote of 7-0.
Next Meeting: The next meeting of the HAAB will be held on January 27,2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Board
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