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Show -7- Discussion centered around Title XX monies and the sense of direction of the It was pointed out that there will be a second Council toward proposals. hearing coming up regarding those funds; it has to be decided what group will Mr. Cope said have the option over the monies before funds are released. of the members so to each that he would get a copy of the Title XX. proposal they could read it and find out what it is about. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND REAPPOINTMENT OF FIRST MEMBERS Cope sent a list around the table with the names of the members whose terms expired during August, and they indicated yes or no whether or not they wanted There were also two slots open at that time that needed to to be reappointed. Mr. be fi 11 ed. given by the Nomtnat'inq Commi ttee (E1 s ie Brown and Jess Veasey excused) that they had nominated Marvin Davis and Alberta Henry for chairmanship. Mrs. Brown called in her vote from the hospital, but Mr. Veasey A report were the was A motion was made to accept the out of town and could not be contacted. A motion and carried. seconded was It Committee. tif the Nominating report It was also seconded was then made that nominations for chairmanshi:p be closed. and carried. Voting was done by secret ballot. Absentee voting was discussed, Motion and Mr. Dooley made a motion that absentee voting not be accepted. carried. While the votes were being counted, Mr. Gillespie discussed various boards that have no B1 acks on them, and how the word "mi nori ty" shou 1 d not be Alberta Henry became the new chairwoman. interwined with the Black people. was For vice chairman, the names submitted were Marvin Davis, Bonnie Rogers, and Bobby Ashley. Bonnie Rogers declined the nomination. The feeling was expressed that if the chairman was from one area, the vice chairman should be from the Motion carried. A motion was made that the nominaons be closed. other. an alternate to him need to have Mr. Robinson discussed the fact that they were no present at EEO meetings. There was' concern expressed that there Black representatives from state agencies on the EEO Board. They wanted to request that the Black Advisory Council send a letter to agencies that are· not hiring Blacks. They wanted to ask the NAACP to send a letter concerning the employment of Blacks in those agencies. They want to' request the Black Policy Council to send a letter concerning actions of state agencies in hiring Blacks·to those agencies. It was then announced that Bobby Ashley' is the new vice chairman. A moti on was made that a 1 etter be sent from the Council to the department heads who refuse to hire Blacks and refuse to turn in their Affirmative Action Motion was seconded and carried. Plan stating that they deplore that action. The Council at that time decided to fill the vacancies left by Willie Price, It was decided also that those who were Darnel Haney, and Melvin Hampton. Discussion chosen to replace the members should be from the same areas. centered around the possibility of having a youth representative on the board. A motion was made and seconded that Mose Watkins be the replacement on the board for Darnel Haney. Motion carried. Another motion was made and seconded at Weber State College that the president of the Black Students Association After nother motion was made to to serve on the committee. Motion carried have the president of the Black Students Association at the University of Utah to serve on the committee, it was decided and later became the motion that the Council search out and talk to various youth to find someone who would be committed to serving on the Council, and bring a name back to the Council at The motion was seconded and carried. the next meeting. |
