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May 2009 Open Meeting Summary 05012009


Tribal Open Meeting Summary 5/1/2009 held at the Tribal Office in Aynor

  1. April minutes read

  3. Change to be made- make it clear that Will Goings is the one wanting the review, not Chief Hatcher

  4. Dalton motioned to accept the minutes with the change; Homer seconded

  5. Jeanie-yes, Susan (Wayne)-yes, Dalton-yes, Homer-yes, Scott-yes (Passed unanimously)

  6. Financial Report

  8. $2840.17 in bank

  9. GK Residence: $3571 to date

  10. Attorney: $2000 to date

  11. Deposit around 4/20 of $65 but unsure of where it came from

  12. Donnie Agreement was signed, officially giving the grounds a caretaker

  14. CoC should be the liaison to the caretaker

  15. Sprint Phone Bill has been paid in full

  16. Committee Reports

  18. PauWau: Linda: committee has not met. Meeting scheduled for 5/9 at 11

  20. Buster & Linda calculated having Rick Bird and John Blackfeather both

  22. $5000 total for both for all 4 days (School day and Pau Wau)

  23. Rick Bird as Drum; John Blackfeather as Emcee

  24. Still need an arena director

  26. Events: Linda: Yard Sale: tribe made $110; Linda will do them once per month

  28. Donnie would like to do them once per week once he is set up

  29. Scott mentioned having a yard sale committee for Donnie to work with and Buster to be a point-of-contact

  30. Tabled till next month

  32. Buildings & Grounds: Neal: Donnie still needs AC & Hot water heater

  34. Dalton- check for heat pump on Craigs List; Susan- check FreeCycle

  35. Chief Hatcher offered Doug’s AC since he is not using it

  37. Dalton motioned to accept Doug’s AC and continue looking for another; hook the better one up at Donnie’s location; Richia seconded

  39. Jeanie-yes, Robert-yes, Susan-yes, Homer-yes, Richia-yes, Scott-yes (passed unanimously)

  41. Owe Jeff appreciation

  43. Grants: Michelle: SCAC grant review was Tuesday 4/28

  45. Strong grant; they loved the narrative

  46. Believe the grant will be funded

  47. Reminded everyone that it is a 1:1 grant

  49. If you’re granted $7500, but only turn in receipts for $4000, you only get $4000

  51. Full review copy available upon request

  52. Apprenticeship program- Earl Manyskins and Robert while training for Firekeeper

  54. Arts: Needs meeting for new chairperson

  56. Dalton made a motion to strike section D2 sentence stating that the person had to be of Indian blood (D3 only requires them to be of the tribe)

  58. Susan seconded

  59. Jeanie-yes, Robert-yes, Susan-yes, Dalton-yes, Homer-yes, Scott-yes, Richia-yes (passed unanimously)

  61. 8 certifications to give out tonight

  62. Reaffirm Online Votes

  64. Yard Sale: yes

  65. AC Pump replaced: yes

  66. Tents: yes (were returned)

  67. Motor: yes

  68. Donnie Agreement: yes

  69. Donations: Jerry

  71. February: over $1300

  72. March $1285

  73. April $350

  74. Yard Sale $110

  75. Donnie’s Trailer $100

  76. Keys to stamp: need an anvil to put keys on

  77. Chief Hatcher

  79. We were allocated $3000 for Donnie’s trailer; 2nd Chief Iris Ewing gave $500 and another (Rev. Ammons?) gave $100

  80. Bathhouse plans drawn up by Charles Creech

  82. Need a PERK test done

  83. Needs septic tank and must be out of flood zone

  84. Tabled till Council work meeting in June

  86. “Prospective Member” letter read with the changes from April

  88. Susan motioned to accept the letter with two changes- adding page 4 back in and changing the PO Box number

  89. Dalton motioned; Homer seconded

  90. Jeanie-yes, Robert-yes, Susan-yes, Richia-yes, Dalton-yes, Homer-yes, Scott-yes (passed unanimously)

  92. Arts Committee used to give Certificates of Compliance; wanted to give current artists new certificates

  94. Dalton motioned; Susan seconded

  95. Jeanie-yes, Robert-yes, Susan-yes, Dalton-yes, Richia-yes, Homer-yes, Scott-yes (passed unanimously)

  96. Artist Certification given to:

  98. Susan Mack

  99. Robert Benton

  100. Brian Evans

  101. Neal Richard

  103. May 23rd Unity PauWau in Columbia- all who can attend, please go

  104. Those Who Remain by Gene Crediford- possible new textbook- $30, including disc

  105. New tribal role book cover crafted by Charles Creech

  106. Susan

  108. Census 2010- block 9 is where you put your tribal affiliation

  109. Parents of Special Needs Children- help from NIPIC

  110. June 19 (Friday) Children’s Museum- presentation 6-8pm; free

  111. Craig Talbot

  113. Made the paper 3 times for SC Cares (Coastal Observer, Waccamaw Times, Georgetown Times)

  114. Doing a Bike Week Event

  115. Attending the Unity PauWau

  116. 9th-15th- Inlet Adventure

  117. June 20- Harborwalk Stage Presentation

  118. CoC Scott Beaver: received a thank-you note from the family of Andy Anderson

  119. American Indian activist Eddie Hatcher (Lumbee) passed away today

Rev. Elwood Ammons gave the closing prayer.

Homer Motioned and Richia seconded for the meeting to end.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50pm

Respectfully submitted by Michelle Hatcher on 5/02/2009 at 3:30am

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