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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1994)
Vhot Is The Strategic Plon? The Tribe has been working on its strategic plan since the Strategic Futures Conference in October 1993. A lot has been accomplished in the last year. The Tribal Council has evaluated ways it can expand the services offered to all Tribal members. It completed difficult negotiations to keep the gaming center on track. Other means of generating operating revenues expand services have been ex plored as well. The likely success of these activities raised an important for the Tribe: How should the Tribe grow? Should growth emphasize new facilities or new pro grams? Should it focus on the Grand Ronde area? What services should it emphasize? To answer these questions, the Council began the strategic planning process. The strategic plan will provide the Tribal Council, managers, staff, and Tribal members with a map to the fu ture the Tribe is trying to achieve. It will describe general principles to guide decision making, and specific actions to be taken over the next three years. As part of the planning dur ing the last year, Tribal members have had the chance to partici pate in the planning process in several ways including: (1) com pleting the Strategic Issues Sur vey and the Update Survey; (2) attending one of the four community meetings held by the Tribe in June; (3) completing a survey distributed at the Pow Wow in August; and (4) com pleting the survey enclosed in this issue of the Smoke Signals. The Tribe's Strategic flaming Process at a Glance Phase I: October 1993 -March 1994. Phase I began with the 1993 Strategic Futures Con ference and included meetings with Division staff, an evaluation of factors that would likely affect the Tribe's future (e.g., economic trends), and the identification of key issues that will affect the Tribe's future plans. Phase II: April 1994 - June 1994. The focus of Phase II was on directly involving Tribal members in the strategic planning process through participation in the Strategic Issues Survey and community meetings in Eugene, Salem, Portland, and Grand Ronde. The opin ions of Tribal members led to a list of refined issues and potential strategies. Phase III: July 1994 -November 1994, The Tribe refined issues and strategies during Phase III. Information collected during the Pow-Wow and at the 1994 Strategic Futures Conference led to a draft strategic plan. Dis cussion and revising that draft will occur in October and November. Implementation of the strategic plan will begin in early 1995. Vhot Hove Tribol Members 5oid About The Issues The Stro : teqic Plon Vill Address! . Tribal members have had the opportunity to share opinions through the completion of two surveys and attendance at com munity meetings. The first survey, distributed last May, was completed by about 500 Tribal members, 30 percent of all voting members. In June, the Tribe held com munity meetings that generated a cross-section of opinion from Tribal members. The second survey, distrib uted at the Pow-Wow in August, presented the general opinions gathered through the initial sur vey and community meetings. Here are the main results: 2m 1 A ,J The Stroteqlc Plonninq Process Tribal members expressed a desire to be involved and sup ported the planning efforts. They also wanted the process for decision-making to be made more clear. Future Development in Grondnonde While about 80 percent of .participants wanted further de velopment of services and facili ties, two-thirds of participants favored moving ahead cau tiously with development. All types of development were fa vored, but services that generate revenue or jobs, or provide highly desired services (espe cially health care) were strongly favored. Less support was shown for decentralization of services and facilities away from Grand Ronde. Tribal members indi cated that certain key facilities must be in Grand Ronde. WvnMWttiTi.ilM-l,, ri, .,: i.j.v... .i,i:-:..vi:.:, A I: J-.. I-,':,, jmuk bfcSqJrtwfiOcbbo-lStM StatgcFUuesCcrifeoicel Orjersibrtheoii OiijOT3e,fTagitpTOrHfi5tiieHewandcarrrotur piiticullhegapwiI(bmin;irfepdiciespcpOBedae ! GartaranQTcflS3 pifcamnrt ReratrehaaknooniiiB ESS hjmirtkYaAtiinFtnlkSttgcFtaisbGEiBfT bufechaonshFaD Survey respondents supported o number of plonned facilities In Grond FSonde. especlolly heolth core. Distribution of Resources. Services, ond Benefits About 70 percent of partici pants said benefits should not be based on place of residence (that is, that members shouldn't have to live in the Grand Ronde area to get the benefits of membership). Mike lorson (left) ond lohn Mercler look over o mop shovlnq Tribol londs oround Grond nonde. Mix of Services Provided by Tribe Opinions depended in part on what development is desired in Grand Ronde. Less than 10 percent of participants have used Tribal services but most of those who have rate them as good. Hu man and educational services re ceived the most support.
