Byron "Buck" McVeigh, Vice Chair
State Economic Analysis Division
Phone: 307-777-7504



Task Force Members

Don Basko (307-235-6449)
Geological Consultant

Pat Bergie (307-332-3084)
Eastern Shoshone Nation

Prof Audie L Blevins (307-766-5241)
UW Sociology Department

C.J. Brown (307-777-4179)
Wy Department of Transportation

Kim Capron (307-587-6205)
Park County Library System

Bgen Hank Castillon (307-875-4295)

Nora Oldman and Karen Chingman
Northern Arapahoe Tribe

Maj Kathleen A Cook (307-773-3381)
90SW/PA Public Affairs

Carol Crump (307-234-0123)

Jim Davis (307-789-9690)

Chuck Eberhard (307-245-3738)
Laramie County School District 2

John Faunce (307-635-2823)
AFL-CIO Wyoming

Rev Janet Forbes (307-632-1410)
First United Methodist Church

Lindi Kirkbride (307-246-3205)
Wy League of Women Voters

David Lerner (307-772-4466)
Wyoming Network Inc

Rick Memmel (307-777-5103)
Wy Dept. of A & I, GIS Coordinator

Rick Miller (307-777-7881)
Legislative Service Office

Marirose Morris (307-777-7723)
Wyoming Arts Council

Jolene Moulton (307-335-8801)
ARC of Lander/Riverton

Pam Nowak (307-632-3174)
COMEA Shelter

Leo Pando (307-637-6300)
Mayor, City of Cheyenne

George Parks (307-632-0398)
Wy Association of Municipalities

John Peacock (307-777-3412)
Wyoming Business Council

Carole Perkins (800-453-3670)
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce

Ann Redman (307-632-4667)
Hispanic Org for Progress & Education

Jesus Rios (307-766-5204)
Student Body President-UW

Jacque Skog (307-789-3464)
Wyoming State Hospital

Paulette Thompson (307-746-4744)
Weston County Clerk

Doyle Vaughan (307-733-6480)

Glen Whipple (307-766-2386)
UW Coop Extension Service



George A. Martelon
Media Specialist
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Denver Regional Census Center
11177 West 8th Avenue
Denver, CO 80215
Phone: (303) 231-5029
Fax: (303) 231-5079

Jim White
Government Partnership Specialist
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Denver Regional Census Center
11177 West 8th Avenue
Denver, CO 80215
Phone: (303) 231-5029
Fax: (303) 231-5086

Census 2000 Timeline

1998-1999: Developing the address list
for Census 2000 and recruiting workers
for census jobs

Mid-March 2000: Census questionaires
delivered

APRIL 1, 2000: CENSUS DAY

March-May 2000 Census takers visit
housing units in rural and remote areas
to drop off and/or pick up filled forms

April-June 2000: All field work
completed

December 31, 2000: Apportionment
counts delivered to the President

April 1, 2001: All states receive
redistricting counts, and the detailed
demographic, economic, and social
data for all geographic levels will be
gradually released to the public

The Task Force is comprised of key influential community leaders from state and local government, education, business, community and religious organizations. The Task Force embodies the importance of cooperative effort between local governments and U.S. Census Bureau to enhance efforts in data collection, recruiting, and promotional activities.

1. Goal of the Task Force
• Make everyone in the community aware of Census 2000.
• Motivate communities to participate by filling out the census form and returning it immediately.
2. Objectives of the Task Force
• Develop a local targeted plan of action to support Census 2000 operation, recruiting, and promotion.
• Use highly visible and well-respected local figures to increase community support for and response to the census.
• Promote the census to community residents through government departments, particularly those agencies with extensive public contacts.
• Implement activities that will improve census participation by all residents, especially historically undercounted segments of the population.
• Emphasize the Census Bureau's commitment to confidentiality to further increase participation in the census.
• Augment media programs, publicity, and promotions conducted by the Census Bureau.
• Provide local knowledge and intelligence that will assist Census Bureau's operational activities and programs.
• Support Census Bureau's programs and activities that promote and improve the census.
• Support Census Bureau's recruitment of employees needed to conduct the census.

To further focus on specific activities, following committees were established by the Task Force:

Business and Industry Committee John Peacock, Chair Carole Perkins Don Basko Jim Davis	Community Organization Committee Lindi Kirkbride, Chair Kim Kapron Carol Crump Glen Whipple
Higher Education Outreach Committee Jesus Rios, Chair Glen Whipple	K-12 Education Committee Chuck Eberhard, Chair
Local Government Committee George Parks, Chair Leo Pando Paulette Thompson	Millitary Community Committee Mag. Kathleen Cook, Chair
Public Relations/Media Cimmittee Dave Lerner, Chair Carole Perkins	Religious Community Committee Rev. Janet Forbes, Chair John Peacock
Special Housing Committee Pam Nowak, Chair Jacque Skog	Special Population Outreach Committee Marirose Morris, Chair Jesus Rios

The Task Force had three meetings so far in 1999:

• April 7, 1999 in Cheyenne
• June 24, 1999 in Lander
• September 21, 1999 in Sheridan
• December 3, 1999 in Cheyenne
• January 20, 2000 in Casper
• February 10, 2000 in Cheyenne
• March 7, 2000 in Cheyenne
• April 13, 2000 in Casper

Public is welcome to participate in the meetings and activities.

Recently, 2 Local Census Offices in Wyoming have been established by the U.S. Census Bureau to handle the census affair in the state:

Sharon Hahn, Manager U.S. Bureau of the Census Local Census Office, Cheyenne 2120 Capitol Avenue, 1st fl, rm 1304 Cheyenne, WY 82001 Phone: (307) 772-2849 Job: (888) 325-7733

Dave Westling, Manager U.S. Bureau of the Census Local Census Office, Casper 152 N Durbin Casper, WY 82601 Phone: (307) 261-5111 Fax: (307) 261-5138

Ways for the Wyoming Public to Use Census Data Products
--business and market decision making; budget planning; urban planning and rural development; transportation planning; land use planning; track family tree; trend analysis

Use of Census Counts in Wyoming Statutes
--description of specific statutes regarding the distribution of state shared revenue to local governments and districts based on the decennial census counts

United States Census 2000 Homepage
--further information about Census 2000 details such as undercount, response rates, questionaire, employment opportunity, partnerships, and operations

Wyoming Division of Economic Analysis
--historical census data products for Wyoming