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Performance Measures
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| History |
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The Commission on Asian Affairs was established in 1995 by SB 342. Originally, the Commission had a trade and economic development focus. Then later in 1999, the Oregon Legislature amended the commission’s primary function with SB 951, and placed a greater emphasis on advocacy.
The core function of the Commission on Asian Affairs, much like the Hispanic Affairs and Black Affairs Commission, is to facilitate communication and dissemination of information between state government and a particular segment of Oregon’s minority community. This function not only benefits the Asian Americans in our communities, it also provides the state with information on how best to provide services to all its citizens.
The State accomplishes this by asking volunteers who are already leaders in their communities to lend their knowledge and relationships to Oregon’s effort to reach out to all its citizens fully.
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The OCAA is comprised of eleven members. Nine are appointed by the Governor, one by the Senate President and one by the Speaker of the House. We strive for ethnic diversity as well as geographic diversity in our commission appointments.
In addition to the eleven members, two representatives are appointed from the Legislature and serve as non-voting ex officio members.
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