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Majority of Delegates Named to White House
Conference on Aging
Deadline tomorrow to apply as at-large delegate for
December conference
June 2, 2005 – The names of the majority of the
delegates to the White House Conference on Aging were released today and
the opportunity to apply to become an at-large delegate has been
extended until tomorrow. The conference, originally scheduled for
October, will now convene Dec. 11 – 14.
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At-Large
Delegate Application Form |
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To be considered by the
WHCoA Policy Committee to be an “At-Large” Delegate to the 2005
WHCoA, please fill out the “At-Large”
Delegate Application Form (click) and submit it
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Delegates named yesterday were nominated by the
governors of all 50 states, the U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, the Mayor
of the District of Columbia, members of the 109th Congress, and the
National Congress of American Indians.
There will be a total of 1200 delegates
participating in the 2005 WHCoA in Washington, DC. These delegates will
vote on resolutions and develop implementation strategies to be
presented to the President and Congress to help guide national aging
policies for the next decade and beyond.
The balance of the delegates will be selected by
the WHCoA Policy Committee. These “At-Large” delegates will represent
national aging and other allied organizations, baby boomers, academic
institutions, business and industry, disability, non-profit and
veterans’ organizations and others with a stake in the aging of America.
“Because of the tremendous opportunity that the
WHCoA presents for the future of aging policies in our nation, the 2005
WHCoA is seeking visionary and thoughtful delegates who will make
significant and tangible contributions to this historic event. The WHCoA
wishes to ensure that the delegates represent a broad cross section of
the U.S. population so that the concerns and issues of current as well
as future seniors receive appropriate attention,” says the announcement
by the WHCoA.
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WHCoA
State Delegations as Selected by Governors, Members of
Congress and the National Congress of American Indians (June
1, 2005)
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on state to see list. If links do not open, go
HERE.
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The 2005 WHCoA is authorized by the Older Americans
Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-501). Specifically with regard to
delegates, P.L.106-501 states that “the delegates shall be selected
without regard to political affiliation or past partisan activity and
shall, to the best of the appointing authority’s ability, be
representative of the spectrum of thought in the field of aging.
Delegates shall include individuals who are professionals, individuals
who are non-professionals, minority individuals, individuals from
low-income families, representatives of federal, state and local
governments and individuals from rural areas. A majority of the
delegates shall be 55 or older.”
The WHCoA is also authorized to focus on issues
related to the aging of today and tomorrow, including the 78 million
baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964.
The Policy Committee will seek to achieve an
appropriate balance by selecting delegates to fill gaps that may exist
after gubernatorial, congressional and the National Congress of American
Indians delegate and alternate selections are made. Delegates should
anticipate that their time spent in Washington, D.C. will be extremely
busy, and that their individual and collective efforts will result in a
significant contribution to help shape U.S. aging policies for the next
decade and beyond.
To be considered by the WHCoA Policy Committee to
be an “At-Large” Delegate to the 2005 WHCoA, please fill out the
“At-Large”
Delegate Application Form and submit it electronically by Friday,
June 3, 2005.
The committee noted that the information requested
will be used to select persons to serve as delegates to the 2005 WHCoA.
Furnishing of the information is voluntary. Failure to do so, however,
may result in the denial of delegate status. Access to the submitted
information is limited to Policy Committee to the WHCoA. The legal
authority for the collection of this information is Public Law 106-501,
Title II, November 13, 2000 (Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000) and
5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)
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