NCLR, CNAN SPRING CAUCUS NOTES April 28, 2003 Fred Villasenor called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Introductions were made across the room. Connie Hernandez then opened up the floor to the first item on the agenda. CNAN Business – Elections for a new Affiliate Council Representative were done via mailing/fax from the Los Angeles office to all California affiliates. All had an opportunity to vote before today’s meeting. The new Affiliate Council Representative. to replace Mr. Richard Amador is Mr. Fred Villasenor of the 4C Council. Committees gave their reports for the period following the last caucus in Santa Ana on January 23 and 24 of 2003. Marketing/Public Relations Annette Sanchez of El Concilio presented a brand new website that El Concilio is building which will be able to link all California affiliates. She also mentioned that a newsletter would benefit CNAN. Ideally, CNAN affiliates would send in their pieces for publishing. Another effective tool that Annette brought up was having Tshirts made up with the affiliate’s organization name on one side and the NCLR/CNAN name on the other. Community Development Nelson Oliva of Montebello Housing gave the update stating that economic development and housing are one in the same and people should think of the two as a whole. Their primary concern is the legislation currently in session regarding housing and credit unions. He would like to push for Community Development to have presentations at the NCLR Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. To date
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