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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1993)
Help Council Make Future Decisions Youth Help Mickey Celebrate His Birthday During the next year, Tribal Council will be making important decisions that will affect all tribal members for a long time: Help the Council make those decisions. What is different about the decisions Tribal Council will be making this year? A lot First, every year since restoration enrollment has increased and the services offered to the General Council have increased in size and complexity. Second, as the programs and facilities in Grand Ronde expand, the need to plan the development of those facilities grows also. Third, the Tribe is moving into important economic development projects, which will require many decisions about how best to get tribal people involved, how to provide support services, how to accommodate growth in Grand Ronde, and how to use revenues to benefit the people and the community. How will Tribal Council make those decisions? Through a Strategic Planning Process. Put more simply, the Council is going to evaluate: Where it is now What things it and the General Council would like to accomplish in the long run What factors affect its ability to accomplish these goals How much of these factors can be influenced by Council's actions What strategy for the long run actions get the Tribe toward its goals most efficiently, and what actions can be taken now How does this process work? The Strategic Planning Process occurs in three phases. Phase 1, in the Fall of 1993, assembles information about existing and likely future conditions. It includes information collected at the Strategic Futures Conference in October. A report summarizing that information will be presented to the Tribal Council in January. Phase 2, in the Winter of 1994, develops policies based on the information collected in Phase 1. Phase 3, in the Spring of 1994, facilitates discussion about potential policies, and selection of a preferred package of policies (a plan). Thus, the plan splits roughly into three phases of about three months each; gather information, evaluate alternative policies, discuss and agree on a set of policies that, when adopted, will constitute a Strategic Plan. What kindsof decisions will theTribal Council be making? The decisions range from the big and general to the small and specific. For example, if economic development generates the expected revenues, the Council will be making decisions about where to invest and spend those revenues, on which programs; on capital or operations; when, and so on. It could be making decisions about land acquisitions, funding of tribal endowments, the location of programs, the development of Grand Ronde, and the extension of certain services to all members of the General Council. When will decisions be made? The schedule is to have the Tribal Council adopt a plan in June of 1994. How can I make sure the Tribal Council considers my ideas and concerns? First, feel free to call anytime you like to talk to members of the Tribal Council or staff about your concerns. To make those call easier for you, Dakota Whitecloud is the staff person to talk to first (1-800-422-0232). If she cannot help you, she will make sure you get someone who can. Second, at the end of Phase 2, when alternative policies will be listed for the Council's consideration, you will be notified in the newsletter and given a means to send your comments back on the ideas the Council is considering. Finally, you will be notified of times of workshops, Council meetings, and which policies will be discussed. Til v ' . - il if- J r : Do you know any of the people in this photo? This picture was taken in 1921 by Esther Gatewood Her husband, Jesse, is in the back row, second from the left. Please mail the names of the people you recognize into the Smoke Signals office. i VW It': . y': fete & r 4 Splash Mountain! From top: Wesley Dilling, Dale DeCoteau, Diana Robertson, Amelia Haug, Krystal Schmid, and Andrea Childers. Tribal members Margo Mercier and Debby Childers chaperoned Grand Ronde youth on a trip to Disneyland for three days in November. In honor of Mickey Mouse's 65th birthday and National Children's Day, Walt Disney, Inc., Delta Airlines, and the Children's Defense Fund sponsored an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland for about 6,500 children across the United States, and children in Grand Ronde were among those in attendance. Many of the children had never been on an airplane before and had always wanted to go to Disneyland. The youth and their chaperones stayed at the Sheraton Inn, and attended a birthday party for Mickey at the Disneyland Hotel. The participants said that by the end of the trip they were very tired from trying to do everything in three days. Roy Disney, Walt's nephew, gave a speech about Mickey, Walt, and the children. All applicants were screened and nominated by the Education Committee. The kids were: Tashina Kennedy, Valerie Haller, Andrea Childers, Miranda Cloud, Diana Robertson, Teresa Henry, Krystal Schmid, Amelia Haug, Tana Ainsworth, Vanessa Logan, Samson George, Nicole Isbell, Dale DeCoteau, Mickey Hoopingarner, Wesley Dilling, and Isaiah Morris.
