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........... ,- COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS s~c~?.~Y :.., ,' ..... !'0:,~ ?~: IC~ ~,.-: ,d,;u ONE CHARLOT'r~TOWN CENTER ~rfnF~t_'~ ~L. r~ '~' ~ 1300 BAXTER B'f. 7i)4/'372-2416 J MEMORANDUM TO: County ManaEers in Re§ion F FROM: Karen Buckle, AglnE ProEram CoordinatorV~ DATE: September 19, 1978 SUB3ECT: Re§ional Aging Advisory Committee Membership The purpose of this memorandum is [o solicit from the County Commissioners the name of the person who will represent Cabarrus County on the Regional Ag/ng Advisory Committee of Centralina Council of Governments from October 1, 1978 throu§h October 1, 1980. Miss Ninnie ~alker is cnrreatly servin~ /n this capacity and may be reappointed should you so desire. Your Title III Project Director, Mrs. Frances B. LonE, and Title VII Project Director, Ms. Sue Archer, are also good sources to tap for suggestions of persons who might make good representatives. ~ny person nominated should be contacted first to assure that they are willing to serve in this important role. As you may know, the Region F Aging Advisory Committee consists of eighteen members who meet bi-monthly to advise the Area Agency on AgfnE staff and the Executive Board of the Centraltna Council of Governments on matters relating to services for older persons in ~abarrus, Gaston~ Iredell~ Lincoln, MecklenburE~ Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties. The A§ing Advisory Committee is involved in Area Agency activities in many ways as depicted in the attached Exhibit from the Area Plan for Fiscal Year 1979. Four persons from MecklenburE County and two persons from the remaininE seven counties are: appointed to the Committee for two year terms. The County Commissioners and the Council on Aging each make one appointment. In Mecklenbur§ County~ however, they each make two appointments. Terms run concurrent with the fiscal year heginnin§ October 1. The two year terms of County Co~mlssioner's appointees begin in October of even numbered years. The two year terms of Council on Agin§ appointees begin in October of odd The Advisory Committee was established to comply with Federal Regulations which requires that 50% (nine members) o~ the Committee be actual older ($0+) consumers of services. Furthermore, older (60+) minority older persons must be represented on the Committee in the same proportion as they exist in the general population. In ReEion F this re§ulation means that three Ag/ng Advisory Committee members must be minority older persons. In this regard~ your nomination of 60+ and minority persons is especially encouraged.