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About Siletz news letter. (Siletz, Oregon) 1989-1997 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1994)
General Council Minutes May 7, 1994 * MEETING: General Council DATE: Saturday-, May 7, 1994 TIME: 1:00 p.m. PLACE: Keizer City Hall COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Delores Pigsley, Chairman Jessie Davis, Vice-Chairman Mary Fisher, Secretary/Treasurer Bensell Breon Lillie Butler Mike Darcy JoAnn Miller Phil Rilatos Rosemary Landis Chairman, Delores Pigsley call the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Invocation by Elouise Case. Roll Call was taken with 9 Present 0 Absent. MOTION #1 - Frank Simmons moved to approve the Agenda as Amended. Seconded by Gladys Bolton. Motion Carried. MOTION #2 - Frank Simmons moved to approve the February 5, 1994 General Council Minutes. Seconded by Mary Fisher. Motion Carried. Mike Darcy presented Employee Incentive Awards. OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD: Angela Martin /1 /2 time JTPA -1 /2 time High Ed. - nominated by Mike Elwood for consistently high level of service delivery. She. recently filled ip for the ? t JTPA Counselor, filling 1 1/2 positions with minimal supervision. She was very instrumental in developing job sites and opening opportunities for program participants. Eugene Hudson I USDA Clerk in Salem - Ron Hudson accepted for his father Eugene. Eugene was nominated by Margo Norton for going beyond the servicing of clients. When clients were unable to pick up food, he would deliver it to their homes on his own time, pick up food and deliver food to peoples homes. Connie James I Portland Area Office Secretary - She was nominated for consistently performing above the job standards. She insures that the Portland Area office runs very smoothly and she is a very good trouble shooter. She provides valuable clerical support and is a superior reference resource. She is capable of representing the Tribe and was nominated a second time by Nelsen Witt for her professional attitude, she goes out of her way to be helpful and courteous and willing to assist. She projects a positive image for her Tribe and is a wealth of information as a referral source. Her presence has a stabilizing affect in the Portland Office. Bev Owen I Salem Area Office CHR - She was nominated for bringing a wide depth of experience and professionalism to the Salem Area Office. She has taken a leadership role in organizing programs and meeting and developing new and unusual programs. She has implemented a safety kit workshop, personalized Health Calendars that are tailored to Tribal Members, she has requested safety equipment for the van and is always finding ways to improve services for the Salem Area. Bev Youngman / Siletz Health Clinic Administrative Officer - She immediately assumed a leadership role as she does in most of the things she does. She has responsibility for recruiting people at the Clinic and guidance once they are recruited and on the job. She has shown dedication and leadership far above the requirements of her job. In addition to her job she serves on one of our committees and has always been very active. The first three years were not without problems, recruitment for medical staff is always difficult. Most of the non-medical staff were completely new to a clinic setting and Bev had to be responsible for orienting them to work in the clinical field. Without Bev's dedication and guidance the clinic would not be the success it is today. Mike Elwood / Fifeld Supervisor - He always finds the best in people, encourages them to grow and meet their highest potential. He has a lot of skills and the staff at all three Area Offices really appreciate that and his outstanding effort. SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Andrew Dobmeier / Tribal Forester - He was nominated by his supervisor, Mike Kennedy for designing and building a surveying aid that has effectively cut in half the man power hours needed to diverse the new road locations and the survey pole allows him to complete road surveys all by himself, so he does not need an additional person to assist him. The cost savings for one small project in 1993 amounted to over $500.00. John Massanuga I Siletz Health Clinic Pharmacist - He was nominated by Randy Fisher for going way beyond what his job description calls for. He always works way beyond closing time, and if you drop in on his lunch time he always drops it to fill prescriptions. He is always really courteous and does all he can for tribal patients and people from the community and he is not satisfied with just doing his job, he enjoys doing it at a much higher level. He was nominated by two other people in the Clinic Staff. EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER: Nancy Simmons / Siletz Social Worker - Nancy is always a hard worker for our Tribe. Setting up Community Meetings, putting out the Siletz Community News Letter, coordinating potlucks, setting up buffets, helping at funerals, and making sure there is always enough food and volunteers. Her most recent audit for her GA files was outstanding for being in compliance and she is always willing to transport clients and make medical appointments to other social agencies. She has a wide understanding of community resources. She works over-time on many occasions and never asks for flex-time. In the absence of the Social Services Manager she is the lead worker or person in charge and we all appreciate her. VOLUNTEER SERVICES: Ken Love / TLC Transportation in Portland - He was nominated by Rose Kunkel for his generous contribution of free taxi rides in the Portland Area, his unselfishness and spending many hours and money transporting our elders and members to and from appointments. Many times he has transported on short notice and emergencies. He is a very much appreciated volunteer. Dee stated that the awards are all well deserved. She made a special presentation to Gladys Staggs and Jane John. Jane has served on the Council for many years. She always runs and when she does not make it she always comes back and works on committees. She has always had the best interests of the membership at heart. She worked very hard while she served as a Tribal Council member. She has been there on the early issues of the gaming and continues to serve on the Gaming Committee. For her service to die Tribe, a plaque was presented to her in appreciation for her time and dedication to her Tribe. Gladys was not able to attend. She received the same award for her time and dedication to her Tribe for her six years of service as a Tribal Council member. Dee presented an award to Joe DelaCruz of the Quinault Tribe. He has been in tribal business probably 30 years plus. He served as the President of the National Congress of American Indians, as President of the Affiliated Tribes, the Northwest Indian Health Board, The Intertribal Timber Policy Council and The National Tribal Chairman's Association. Throughout the years that Joe has been in Tribal affairs, he has served in high level jobs that led the Tribes to some of the accomplishments that tribes have made and some of the battle scars. He has always been there for die Siletz Tribe, particularly when our Tribe was being restored. It was not an easy job and sometimes we forget the tough battles that our Tribe has had to overcome. The Quinault Tribe has had to do some of the same things and we have come to appreciate people like Joe particularly when we have to attend meetings that are long and hard and not particularly interesting. We want to recognize someone who has been able to get things on track, to put tilings in perspective and someone who has served his tribe very well. Just this year he chose not to run for Tribal Chairman and for the first time the Quinault Tribe has a lady Chairman, Pearle Bailer and Joe came out in support of her. When Dee attended the White House last year, Joe was working to» organize the meeting., the task, the presentations and how we wanted the tribes to present the stories that we had to tell. One of the difficult things about that is that there are 540 plus federally recognized tribes and everyone wants to tell their own story and it is a very difficult to boil down in an 1 1/2 hour presentation what it took 200 years to form and what the government calls policy , but it was all possible with the help of Joe. Dee presented Joe with a plaque for all his time and assistance he has given to his tribe and all other tribes. Dee stated that behind every hard working man there is a woman who keeps them on track and cooks meals and we have a gift for his wife. Joe DelaCruz stated that his mother's father was James Lane, whose father was Chief Joe, whose father was Washington and so he has something very common with the Siletz people. In the 70's it was very hard getting the other federally recognized tribes to recognize the tribes that weren't recognized and the tribes that were trying to get reinstated. He worked very hard helping our Council people at that time to get the support of the NCAI and a resolution supported by the NCAI and later on the National Tribal Chairman Association. There were a lot of the tribes across the Country supporting us especially those tribes that got terminated that were federally recognized and the tribes that had signed treaties that were not ratified. He has followed the development of Siletz a lot of years before the Tribe was terminated. At one time he filed for enrollment with the Siletz Tribe, but paperwork was missing and he was unable to follow through with it. He shared some of his experiences with those at General Council because he feels that it is important that people understand the struggles that our Indian people have had. We need the friendship and understanding of
