TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Business and You!
hy Rosie Sufficool, STBC Business
Information Counselor and
ST. A.N. Coordinator
Business Partnerships:
Are They Right for You?
S.T.A.N. Offers
Workshops
for 2007
At the beginning of each new year,
people often make resolutions and lists
of goals they would like to accomplish.
If one of your goals is to learn more
about technology or to improve your
skills either for your job or as a busi
ness owner, the Siletz Tribal Action
Network (S.T.A.N.) is here to help you.
The S.T.A.N. program provides a
variety of workshops offering the op
portunity for people to learn new skills
or “brush up” on ones they may al
ready have.
Workshops planned for the first
three months of 2007 include:
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January
Goal Setting
Computer I (for people
with basic computer skills)
Customer Service
Excel I
Communication Skills
Jan. 29
Jan. 30
Jan. 31
February
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
12
13
26
27
28
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Telephone Skills
Excel II
Basic Computers
Excel III
Computer I (for people
with basic computer skills)
March
March
March
March
March
March
12
13
26
27
28
Publisher
Organizing Computer Files
Power Point
Marketing Your Business
Using the Internet and E-mail
S.T.A.N. workshops are free to
Siletz Tribal members, their spouses,
and children age 16 and older.
There is a $10 fee per workshop
for non-tribal CTSI and Chinook Winds
Casino Resort employees.
There is a $20 fee per workshop
for all other participants.
All classes begin at 6 p.m. and are
held at the S.T.A.N. Training Center,
located in the Siletz Tribal Business
Corporation office at 2120 NW 44th St.,
Suite D, in Lincoln City.
For more information or to regis
ter for S.T.A.N. workshops, contact
Rosie Sufficool at 541-994-2142 or
1-877-564-7298 (toll free).
Be the “best you can be”
with S.T.A.N.!
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Siletz News
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The charts below are more results
of the survey called the Tribal Under
age Drinking Community Profile that
was given to the parents of middle and
high school students and to non
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Will the partners each hold the same
percentage of business ownership?
Will each partner have equal au
thority when a business decision
needs to be made?
How will business profits be divided?
Who will handle day-to-day busi
ness operations?
Who will be in charge of handling
business problems and resolving
them?
What will happen if one partner
wants out of the business? Is there
a procedure in place that will keep
this change from negatively affect
ing the business?
It’s important that potential partners
discuss and write down exactly how
they want the partnership to work be
fore they go into business together. It's
just as important to have a legal part
nership agreement written up so that
any questions, concerns, and proce
dures that have been agreed on already
will be in place.
Developing partnerships can be
more complicated if the partners are
family members. Although many fam
ily business partners work really well
together, others often have difficulty
separating the business from their fam
ily relationships.
Another potentially difficult part
nership can be between friends. No mat
ter how strong you think your friendship
is, being in business together often can
cause your relationship to suffer.
So whether you are thinking about
taking friends or family members as
partners, make sure you spend a lot of
time discussing your agreement before
you formalize it.
Remember, it’s better to resolve
any partnership issues before you start
your business!
If you have a business question or
a topic you would like to see covered
in this column, please contact me at
541-994-2142 or 1-877-564-7298
(toll free) or e-mail to rsufficool@
stbcorp.net.
January 2007
parents. The students themselves also
completed them.
Surveys were given out in the fall of
2005 and the spring of 2006. Look for
more survey information in February!
Parents allow children to have alcohol at parties in their homes
If you are planning to start your
own business, you may find yourself
intimidated by the thought of assum
ing all of that responsibility on your
own and may be considering taking on
a business partner.
For many business owners, having
partners can be a positive thing, but for
others, business partnerships can cause
relationships to disintegrate and busi
nesses to fail.
Potential business owners need to
think about several things if they are
considering a partnership, including:
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Jan. 17
Underage Drinking Survey Results
a Middle School
■ High School
□ Adult Non-parent
□ Parent
■ Grand Parent
□ Not Identified
■ Total
Agree
Disagree
Not Marked
Minors steal alcohol from homes
□ Middle School
■ Highschool
□ Adult Non-paront
□ Parent
■ Grand Parent
□ Not Identified
■ Total
Older siblings/relatives provide alcohol to minors
□ Middle School
■ High School
□ Adult Non-parent
□ Parent
■ Grand Parent
□ Not Identified
■ Total
Disagree
Not Marked