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2022 Virtual Tribal Council Candidates Fair The CTSI Election Board will host the 2022 Tribal Council Candidates Fair virtu- ally due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s our objective to protect the health and safety of the Tribal membership and candidates while also encouraging participation in the election process. Date: Jan. 8, 2022 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: Zoom Question Deadline: Jan. 5, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. The Candidates Fair will be held on the Zoom platform. For access to the meeting link and code, email Elections@ctsi.nsn.us. Please include your name and roll number in the email. The meeting link and access code will be distributed on Jan. 7, 2022, by 5 p.m. Election rules approved by the Siletz Tribal Council (Res. 2020-345 and amended November 2021) state that the Election Board will not accept live questions from attendees. If you have questions for the candidates to be read by the moderator, please email the Election Board by the end of business on Jan. 5, 2022. Questions received after this date will not be considered or asked of the candidates. A recording of the fair will be available on the CTSI Tribal Member section of the website Jan. 10 – Feb. 5, 2022. Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us. Voter Registration Save the date! Planning Community Meetings If you are not registered to vote in Siletz Tribal elections or need to update your signature card, please contact the Election Board as soon as possible by emailing Elec- tions@ctsi.nsn.us or by calling 800-922-1399, ext. 1256, or 541-444-8256. The Salem Community Meeting is scheduled for Jan. 27. It will be similar to the meetings we’ve had in the past and will be dedicated to primarily LISTENING to member concerns and bringing updates. Special items for this meeting will be a discussion of the Head Start program led by DeAnn Brown and a presentation by the Health Department. We will be listening to you and your comments, criticisms, expectations and your priorities for our future planning. Due to COVID restrictions, this will be a Zoom meeting. Election Deadlines Days of: Days of: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Dec. 13-14 2021 Dec. 16-17 2021 Jan. 8, 2022 4 p.m. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Jan. 28, 2022 Feb. 5, 2022 4 p.m. Feb. 5, 2022 Voter’s Pamphlet mailed out Absentee ballots mailed out Candidates Fair – Zoom (email for link and access code) Deadline to request a mail-in ballot In-person Voting – Tribal Elections, Tribal Community Center, Siletz Deadline for returning absentee ballots USDA distribution dates for January Siletz Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Salem Community Meeting Jan. 27, 2022 • 5 p.m. Pacific Time (U.S. and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82043684273 Meeting ID: 820 4368 4273 Bring your voices and questions to the meeting. Salem 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sammy Hall, Warehouseman/Clerk 541-444-8279; sammyh@ctsi.nsn.us Fax: 541-444-8306 or 503-391-4296 Tuesday Jan. 18 1:30 – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 19 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Thursday Jan. 20 By appt only LIKE us on Facebook at Siletz Tribal FDPIR. We would like to see more people sharing their recipes on our FB page. Save the date! Community meetings scheduled Because of the positive feedback the Planning Department has re- ceived from previous meetings – especially the out-of-the-area meet- ing – it has been suggested that we increase the number of meetings. In addition to the four traditional meetings for the four service areas, we will add an annual fifth meeting focused on the out-of-ser- vice-area members. Further, we plan to hold an additional three quar- terly meetings by Zoom open to all members (a request generated by our first out-of-area community Zoom meeting). The meetings for each of the five areas will be similar to the meetings we’ve had in the past and will be dedicated primarily to listening to member concerns and bringing updates. The three new quarterly meetings will be focused on a single topic, such as housing, education and medical, or an important event, such as changes in COVID-19 protocols. It is anticipated that the community meetings would be about two hours long and the quarterly meetings would last about one hour. A structured meeting with a host and a Zoom technical support person seemed to help the meetings run smoothly. We are planning the following tentative dates for 2022: Community outreach meetings Jan. 27 – Salem Feb. 10 – Eugene Feb. 24 – Siletz March 3 – Portland March 17 – Out-of-service-area (by Zoom) Quarterly meetings by Zoom April 21 July 14 Nov. 13 Tentative agenda format Community concerns Announcements (i.e., required FTA civil rights declaration for transit) Grant development/stakeholder outreach Department of focus (by quarter, i.e., Housing, Natural Resources) January 2022 • Siletz News • 3
