2 OCTOBER 1,2012
Smoke Signals
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, Oct. 10 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24 5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
Dear Tribal members:
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the membership for their
support over the years in electing me to Tribal Council and the current
Tribal Council for electing me as your new chairman.
On Sept. 12, in addition to my election as chair, Tribal Council voted
Jack Giffen Jr. as your new vice chair and Toby McClary as your new
secretary.
I have held an officer position for several of the 16 years of my service on
Tribal Council and I am looking forward to this opportunity to represent
you and the Tribe as your chair.
I think it is important to note that I do not see this change in leadership
as a reflection on our former Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy. We have
worked side by side for several years, but this is an opportunity I have
wanted to pursue as a Tribal Council member. We, as a Tribe, should be
proud that we have more than one Tribal Council member who is fit to
represent the Tribe and Tribal people.
With this change in leadership, you may be asking yourself, "19 anything
going to change?" I am only one of nine Tribal Council members, and real
ize that any ideas I have for change must be supported by at least four
other Tribal Council members. With that said, I will be presenting ideas
for change that I think will benefit the membership and the Tribe.
The first of those changes will be in regards to scheduling. It is my goal
to have a quorum of Tribal Council members available five days a week.
It is my recommendation to make changes to our policies that would allow
for meetings to be scheduled five days a week. To meet this goal, it will
be necessary to look at the scope of Tribal Council travel and revisit our
travel needs. I personally have ideas about what I believe is necessary
travel and I will be asking the opinion of the other Tribal Council members
as well and hope that we can come to an arrangement that will allow for
a quorum to be available five days a week.
I am a firm believer in having your house in order before you go out. I
would like to see our Tribal Council as a whole prioritize attendance at
Tribal Council and General Council meetings and at local Tribal events.
It is my belief that if we strive for a quorum five days a week and pri
oritize Tribal meetings and events, we will be prioritizing Tribal business
and Tribal members, and that is how I believe it should be.
I believe the membership is ripe for change and I hope that in the months
to come you will hear idea9 from other Tribal Council members as well.
Thank you again for your support. I look forward to the challenges of
this new role and am proud to be on the journey with all of you who have
supported me throughout the years.
I also plan on submitting updates on Tribal Council business and Tribal
progress every two months to Smoke Signals to help keep the Tribal mem
bership informed about and involved in their Tribe.
Tribal Chairman Reyn Leno
Lane CC offering fall
Chinuk Wawa classes
EUGENE Lane Community College is offering Chinuk Wawa
language classes this fall at both the 100 and 200 levels.
Both courses earn four credits and will fulfill the Oregon University
System's language requirement for graduation.
Instructors are Dr. Janne Underriner, director of the Northwest
Indian Language Institute at the University of Oregon; Dr. Henry
Zenk, a consultant and instructor in the Chinuk Wawa Language
Program at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Beth Sheppard
and others. The classes will be taught in Eugene at Lane Community
College and in Grand Ronde and Portland using traditional face-to-face
and video-conferencing teaching methods.
For more information on taking either AIL 101 or 202, call the
college's Language, Literature and Communication Division at
541-463-5419.
The class at Lane Community College will be taught in Building
31 (The Longhouse) in Room 101 from 5 to 6:50 p.m. Monday and
Wednesday. B
Correction An article in the Sept. 15 issue of Smoke Signals mis
stated how many years newly elected Tribal Council member Jon A. George
has worked for the Tribe. The correct number of years is 21. Smoke Signals
regrets the error.
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