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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1996)
i .p.i ju Mii,ir-.iAimAWwwi-&hV-&''wlii'l'!iil'n 1 wtwwhiwi imp Jt'jjmiin'm. iU''ni""ir-or,i,""Trm'ii1 i"Tri7iim nf"T i mi--r-',--y t"t"" tn w 1 J m n v1-. f ... s i aw : Benefit Fund; Legal Service topics of meeting By Kim Mueller The October General Meeting was held on Sunday, October 13. (The October meeting is always held on the second Sun day, due to the opening of hunting season.) A full Council was present with Kathryn Harrison chairing her first General meet ing as the newly elected Chairperson. TRIBAL MEMBER BENEFIT UPDATE A presentation was given by Francis Somday, Executive Officer; Pat Mercier, Financial Officer, Greg Archuleta, Admin istrative Officer; and Chris Leno, Execu tive Assistant. The Benefit Fund is divided into two categories: 1. Members Benefit Fund for adults over 2 1 years old. Withdrawal requests will be issued on the 10th day of the month fol lowing the request. 2. Minors Trust Fund is available for members under 21 years of age. This fund is divided into three different portfolios for financial gain ages 0 to 10; ages 1 1 to 16;andagesl7to21. After a member turns 21 years old, their money is transferred from Minors Trust Fund to the Members Benefit Fund. Tranfers occur on the 1st day of the second month of each calendar quarter (February 1, May 1, August 1, and Novem ber 1). After the money is transferred, with drawal requests will be issued on the 10th day of the month following the request. To be eligible for either fund (Members Benefit or Minors Trust): you must des ignate a beneficiary on the application form within one year or the money will go back into the Fund. Also on the application form you are requested to supply a reason that you would like to withdraw your money. This is to help administration determine if enough members are using the Tribal Pro grams to full capacity education, hous ing, medical, etc. Here are some facts and statistics accu mulated from the September 25, 1996 dis tribution. 1377 enrolled tribal members under 21. 2038 enrolled tribal members over 21. 3415 total enrolled tribal members. 5 1 of enrolled population requested full withdrawal. 7 of enrolled population requested par tial withdrawal. 42 of enrolled population requested no withdrawal at this time. If you have any questions regarding the Tribal Investment Benefit Fund, please con tact Chris Leno at 879-2340 or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2340. GRAND RONDE LEGAL SERVICES On May 1, Tribal Council contracted for one year a service for all tribal members to use for legal representation. At this Gen eral meeting Gaylc Patterson, an attorney with Oregon Legal Services (OLS) shared information on provided services. "Since May, 140 tribal members have used this le gal service. Most of these clients have had these issues and problems for seven to ten years," Gayle indicated. "They have just lived with these difficulties. Some arc scri continued on page 2 i "Cr 1 1C. vv( . I H niiii'i.iiMiiii7iv au . . . uii'wi.iiiwiiM'ii'"i'iiiijttii!i"wwwi..i1111 "i11 iiiii.',wWir"'www'trwnn'rtnn nui'iiriinif iir i """t 't if ly off
