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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.
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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:
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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.
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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).
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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.