Port of Entry Advisory Committee elects Jose David Gonzalez chair, names Jorge Cavazos vice chair and sets next meeting

The Port of Entry Advisory Committee conducted nominations and votes on committee leadership and scheduling.

Nominations and election: A committee member nominated Jose David Gonzalez for chair and Jorge Cavazos for vice chair. The committee voted to approve Jose David Gonzalez as chair and to approve Jorge Cavazos as vice chair; votes were taken by voice (ayes) and recorded as approved with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.

Bylaws and eligibility: Committee members reviewed the committee bylaws during the discussion. Staff explained that association presidents are the canonical representatives in the committee’s bylaws, but associations may be represented by other designees when presidents are unavailable. Committee members clarified that nominees from the assembled membership were eligible under the current committee composition.

Scheduling: The committee discussed next meeting dates and moved the recurring meeting cadence to monthly; members set the next meeting for April 23 (the transcript records motions to move to that date and a majority voice vote in favor). The meeting adjournment was approved by voice vote.

No contested ballots or formal recorded vote counts appear in the meeting transcript; actions were approved by voice vote as described on the record.