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6 <br /> voost c pfP'h <br /> P@ <br /> �sx <br /> G Y + <br /> 1r <br /> Orange County <br /> Housing, Human Rights and Community Development <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> From: Colin Austin, Chair <br /> Human Relation Commission <br /> Date: October 1, 2012 <br /> Subject: Commission Membership Size <br /> This memorandum is written in response to your request for a recommendation from the <br /> Human Relations Commission (HRC) regarding the current size of this advisory board. <br /> Currently, the Commission has the ability to have 24 total members. I don't believe in <br /> recent memory has the Commission operated at full membership capacity. At this time, <br /> due to term limits and resignations, there are 12 active members- one-half the <br /> designated number. <br /> At our September 12, 2012 monthly meeting we discussed the optimal desired number <br /> of Commission members. Of course, integral to that conversation was expressed <br /> interest in diversity and geographical representation among the HRC. In addition, given <br /> our current Building Integrated Communities Initiative we may want to add members <br /> from the immigrant population to the Commission with your approval. And,we also <br /> continue to include women's issues on our agenda and thus continue to try to recruit <br /> interested women for the Commission. Thus, the Commission unanimously agreed that <br /> 18 instead of 24 would be the optimal size for its membership. <br /> Thank you for the opportunity to discuss this question and make a recommendation. <br /> Should you need additional information please feel free to contact me at <br /> colinaus(c�gmaiLcom. Thank you for the opportunity to serve. <br />