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t~~ 5t~ct <br />#~~ ~1L ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ <br />~J'j i JAN 2 '7 2000 <br />~~~ ~' S~ <br />Background: Given the importance of the 2000 Census, Mayor Norman Malone and <br />the La Porte City Council formed the La Porte Complete Count Committee in the <br />Summer of 1999. The Committee consists of 21 members & met for the first time in <br />August 1999. The Committee represents broad cross-section of the community and has <br />members from business and industrial groups, governmental agencies, community <br />groups and other civic organizations. <br />Mission: The mission of the La Porte Complete Count Committee is ensure the most <br />accurate count of the population in La Porte by partnering with the United States Bureau <br />of the Census. The Committee will accomplish its mission by developing and <br />implementing educational outreach strategies to encourage residents to answer the <br />census in April 2000. <br />Goals of the Complete Count Committee: <br />Make everyone in the community aware of Census 2000. <br />Motivate communities to participate by filling out the census form and returning it <br />immediately. <br />Objectives of the Complete Count Committee: <br />• Develop a local targeted plan of action to support Census 2000 operations, <br />recruiting, and promotion. <br />• Use highly visible and well-respected focal figure to increase community support for <br />and response to the census. , <br />• Promote the census to community residents through government departments, <br />particularly those agencies with extensive public contacts. <br />• Implement activities that will improve census participation by all residents, especially <br />historically undercounted segments of the population. <br />• Emphasize the Census Bureau's commitment to confidentiality to further increase <br />participation in the census. <br />• Augment media program, publicity, a~~d promotions conducted by the Census <br />Bureau. <br />Committee Members: <br />Colleen Hicks <br />Linda Barley <br />Beth Rickert <br />Marlin Fenn <br />Tim 0' Connor <br />Debra Kurz <br />James Snider <br />Remembers <br />Lorraine Jeffery <br />Susan Parastar <br />Randy Gilchrist <br />Herman Berges <br />Ada Bowen <br />Vickie Abshire <br />Joeena Davis <br />Jeanne Zemanek <br />Father Tom Rafferty <br />Steve Jacks <br />Kathy Alberts <br />Tom Rawls <br />Dr. Wayne Spears <br />~'~is is ®ur future <br />Don't leave it blank <br />