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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01141997 - C28 TO: ' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORo 's Costa County �.. DATE: January 6, 1997 SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT TO THE BETTER GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPOINT to the Better Government Task Force as the representative of the Society of Professional Journalists Qournalist's seat): Dan Hatfield Editorial Page Editor Contra Costa Times P.O. Box 8099 Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8099 BACKGROUND: Daniel Borenstein, the representative of the Society of Professional Journalists (journalist's seat), has resigned from the Better Government Task Force and. the Society has nominated Mr. Hatfield to replace Mr. Borenstein (see attached'letter). It is, therefore, appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to appoint Mr. Hatfield to replace Mr. Borenstein. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): � ACTION OF BOARD ON 14 1 QQ7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. County Administrator Peter Y. Sussman, President ATTESTED January 14 , 19 9 7 Contact: Society of Professional Journalists PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: Northern California Chapter SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 2636 Woolsey Street Berkeley, CA 94705 Mr. Dan Hatfield BYj DEPUTY December 14, 1996 Claude Van Marter Assistant County Administrator S O C I F: T Y _n FF� County Administration Building P H ° F F y s ' ° " A 1, 651 Pine Street j " ° " " A 1 ' I Martinez, California 94553-1293 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER President Dear Mr. Van Marter, Peter Y.Sussman Author/Editor President-Elect I understand that Dan Borenstein, one of the SaByl,ehrman Society of Professional Journalists' two nominees on Reporter,San Francisco Ezamintr Contra Costa County' s Better Government Ordinance Vice President T.Grab= advisory committee, will be stepping down from that Editor, The Oakland Tribune position, if he hasn' t already. On behalf of the CharleS�oy Society, I hereby nominate Dan Hatfield to replace him. Director of Programs,The Maynard Mr. Hatfield is editorial page editor of the Contra Institute for journalism Education Costa Times, and I understand he is willing and even T`easufB1 eager to assume this responsibility. He is also Steve Elliott Assistant Chief of Bureau, conversant with the kind of issues that come before the Associated Press committee . Board Members Ingrid Becker Associate Editor,The Recorder Let me know if any further action is needed from Bruce B.Brugmann SPJ. You can reach me at the address on the letterhead Immediate Past President Editor and Publisher, or - for faster delivery - at my home address, 2636 San&anciscoBay Guardian Woolsey Street, Berkeley, Calif. 94705. John Burks Professor,Journalism Department San Francisco State University Yours truly, Pete Danko Managing Editor, Live Programming,Hotwind Richard Harnett Former Bureau Chief,UPI Diane Keaton Peter Y. Sussman Associate Editor,Pulp d Paper Week President Dori Maynard Project Director,The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education cc: Dan Hatfield Anthony Moor Daniel Borenstein Reporter,KRON-TV James F. B r e l s f o r d Raul Ramirez News Director,KQED-FM Jim Risser Director,John S.Knight Fellowship Stanford University COSTA COUNTY"" EyewitnessNewsMh Anchara or/Reporter, RECEIVED f APIX 5 Ricardo P.Sandoval 17 1996 Business Writer, San Jose Mercury News Bill Schiffmann OFFICE OF News Editor,Associated Press [DECCOl9NTY A,( ; t Erna Smith �.� ADMINISTRATOR Chair,Department of Journalism San Francisco State University Tricia Tabom Assistant to the Publisher, San Francisco Bay Guardian Dolores(Dee)Ziegler Staff Writer 520 Hampshire Street,Box 3B,San Francisco,CA 94110■415-487-2589■spj@sfgate.com San Francisco Daily Journal www.sfgate.com/userpages/spj/