[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50028-50029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20817]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Workforce Investment Act; Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker 
Employment and Training Advisory Committee: Solicitation of Nominees To 
Fill Vacancies on the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Employment and 
Training Advisory Committee (the Committee)

    Pursuant to the Committee Charter and the Federal Register Notice 
dated October 23, 1998, notice is hereby given to fill nine vacancies 
on the Committee.

Background: On October 23, 1998, notice was given in the Federal 
Register listing the membership of the Committee. These appointments 
became effective on October 19, 1998. The Committee charter provides 
for two year staggered terms. The Secretary of Labor appointed the 
following persons to a two year term which will expire on October 18, 
2000: (1) Mr. Robert Ozuna, Washington State Migrant Council-Resigned-
Replaced by Mr. Gilberto Alaniz, Program Director, Opportunities 
Industrialization Center, Yakima, Washington; (2) Ms. Ella Ochoa, 
Executive Director, NAF Multicultural Human Development Corporation, 
North Platte, Nebraska; (3) Ms. Terry Meek, Executive Director, 
Proteus, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; (4) Mr. Clevon Young, Executive 
Director, Arkansas Human Development Corporation, Little Rock, 
Arkansas; (5) Mr. Carlos R. Saavedra, Director, Adult Migrant Program 
and Services, Florida Department of Education, Tampa, Florida; (6) Ms. 
Barbara Coleman, State Director, Telamon Corporation; Columbia, South 
Carolina; (7) Mr. Baldemar Valasquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee-
Resigned-Replaced by-Mr. Lupe Martinez, Executive Director, United 
Migrant Opportunity Services. Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (8) Cipriano Garza, 
Director Migrant Education Program, Miami/Dade County Public Schools, 
Homestead, Florida; and (9) Ms. L. Diane Mull, Executive Director, 
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Arlington, Virginia. 
These nine appointments consist of six representatives from the 
National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantee community and three 
representatives from organizations, associations and other Federal 
agencies with expertise relative to Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

Policy: The Secretary of Labor is authorized to appoint approximately 
fifteen initial members to establish the Committee. Twelve of the 
members must be representatives from the NFJP grantee community with 
field experience in the daily operation and administration of migrant 
and seasonal farmworker programs. The remaining three representatives 
from organizations, associations, or other Federal agencies, with 
expertise relative to migrant and seasonal farmworkers, will be 
appointed directly by the Secretary of Labor. For the purpose of this 
Solicitation, six individuals will be selected from nominations from 
the NFJP grantee community; and up to three individuals will be 
appointed directly by the Secretary. The Committee currently consists 
of eighteen members, of which thirteen are representatives from the 
NFJP grantee community and five representatives from organizations, 
associations, or other Federal Agencies, with expertise relative to 
migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

Requested Action: NFJP grantees are requested to nominate individuals 
associated with a NFJP program who possess knowledge of the daily 
operation and administration of such programs and is representative of 
the regional area where the up-coming vacancies will occur. 
Additionally, nominations are requested for individuals outside of the 
NFJP grantee community from organizations, associations, or Federal 
agencies, with expertise relative to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. 
Those members listed above, whose terms expire in October, 2000, may be 
nominated in consideration for reappointment. In submitting 
nominations, nominators should consider the willingness of the nominee 
to attend and participate actively in Committee meetings, seek NFJP 
grantee input on critical issues,

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serve on Committee workgroups, and provide feedback to the NFJP grantee 
community. Effectiveness at communications between the Committee 
members and the NFJP grantee community and its constituency is vital to 
the continued development of the NFJP partnership under the Federal 
Advisory Committee structure. Nominations must provide the following 
information: Nominee's Name, Affiliation and Address; Nominator's Name, 
Affiliation and Address.
    Committee nominations must be submitted in writing to: James 
Deluca, Acting Director, Office of National Programs, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW. Room N-4641, Washington, DC 20210. All nominations 
submitted must be U.S. postmarked no later than August 31, 2000.

For Further Information Contact: Alicia Fernandez-Mott, Chief, Division 
of Seasonal Farmworker Programs, Office of National Programs, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW. Room N-4641, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: 
(202) 219-5500.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 7th Day of August, 2000.
James Deluca,
Acting Director, Office of National Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-20817 Filed 8-15-00; 8:45 am]
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