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The purpose of the Ethnic Diversity Committee is to increase the presence of people
of color in the MAC membership to better reflect the local community. Members of
the committee are, from left, Membership Manager Dave Hanna, Jeff Yarne, Scott
Sakamoto, Bill Crist, Shobha Jetmalani, Chad Paulson, Mike Falkenstein, Rhett C
Murfitt, Barbara ueltschi, Chris Smith, Nelson Lam and Member Services Director
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Linda ornelas. Not pictured: Ilane Cohen, Judy Kobbervig and Christine Viveros.
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embers of the Ethnic Diversity may nominate an individual in the ethnic
Committee are visiting all other diversity program by filling out a form
MAC committees to increase aware- that is available on theMAC.com. The
ness and understanding of the club’s Ethnic Diversity Committee reviews
ethnic diversity program and to generate each nominee to determine if he or she
prospective candidates of color for MAC meets the criteria for the category. If so,
membership. the committee recommends the nominee
In 1995, the Board of Trustees exam- to the Board of Trustees, which must
ined membership policy and determined unanimously approve the nominee for
that membership selection solely by an invitation to apply for membership. If
lottery limits the club’s ability to reflect the nominee accepts the invitation, he or
the character and diversity of the city and she is subject to the regular membership
the region. It created the ethnic diversity approval process.
program as part of the civic membership Ethnic diversity refers to race or place
initiative to promote membership among of origin, including African-American,
“… business leaders, community leaders Asian, Pacific Islanders, Native American
and leaders from various ethnic minority and Hispanic. The nominee must also
categories in the metropolitan area.” Since demonstrate a history of active community
1996 the program has been part of the involvement.
club’s overall membership strategy to keep For more information, call Member
the club dynamic and relevant within the Services at 503-223-6251, ext. 281, or go
ever-changing community. to theMAC.com.
Any senior member in good standing –Scott Sakamoto WM
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