February 2013 Open Meeting Summary 02012013
Tribal Open Meeting Summary 2/1/2013 held at the Tribal Office in Aynor, SC
1. CoC Scott, and CM's Neal, Susan, Dalton, Richia, Robert, and Homer, present.
2. Richia and Robert sworn-in to office
3. January Minutes Read
a. Change 5e: redirecting to waccamaw.org site- not doing away with
1. Neal motioned to accept with change; Robert seconded
a. Neal-yes, Susan-yes, Richia-yes, Robert-yes, Homer-yes, Dalton-yes, Scott-yes
4. Financial Report: Michelle
a. General Fund: $5379.22
b. Building Fund: $1622.29
5. Unfinished Business
a. Online Votes
a. 1/17 Authorize $150 to make feathers, necklaces, chokers, for Austria
1. Neal-yes, Susan-abstain, Dalton-yes, Homer-yes, Neal-yes
b. 1/19 Authorize purchase of 250 pieces of letterhead/ envelopes
1. Susan-yes, Neal-yes, Dalton-yes, Homer-yes, Scott-yes
6. New Business
a. Committee Reports
1. Grants: Michelle
a. NCAI: 10 $2500 cash prizes to high school students
1. Details on Facebook & G+ pages
b. AgDiscovery Program: Agricultural Science
1. 1. Details on Facebook & G+ pages
c. SCAC 3/15
d. Lowe's Community & Education Grants in March
2. Buildings & Grounds: Neal
a. Roof: took 8 buckets to do roof
b. Work Day: Sunday 12pm
3. Arts & Crafts: Susan
a. Nothing to report
b. Chief Hatcher: something needs to happen
1. A&C used to make all feathers for rank & tribal
c. Dalton: on phone calls: people talk over each over
d. Chief Hatcher: Make it so voting member of committee are from here
e. Susan: get with CoC Scott & Dalton to work it out
4. Pauwau: Michelle
a. Meeting 2/13: Coastal Ale House: Conway: 6:30pm
b. Suggestions after Aug 1 will be considered for 2014
b. CoC Scott
1. Members Donald, Esther, Patricia Bryant
a. discovered dual membership
b. Letter signed by all of Council, signed & sent to them
2. Putting Dalton in charge of Tribal Roll Book (Inactive status)
3. Council Work Day- Feb.- TBA
4. Website: Susan/ Gary
5. Going to meet with people about files & move files back to office
6. Neal: work day in Feb to inventory what we have & don't have to avoid excess spending
7. People are not doing what they said they would do in office & will be spoken to
c. 2nd Chief Cheryl
1. Grand Strand Magazine: 4pg article with photos
a. Come out for follow-up in Sept/ Oct
2. Logo for T-shorts- solid white T's
a. John to get with Michelle or CoC Scott for guidelines
1. Present guidelines to Council for approval
3. Flash Mob Round Dance 2/2: Colonial Mall
a. Idle No More Event
d. CoC Scott
1. Closing TRB with exceptions
2. Elder Frank: Close now; reopen on necessity/ benefit of tribe
3. Homer: like interview idea (applicant comes before Council)
4. Chief Hatcher: have to define what closing TRB means first
a. Ex: does it mean that no apps go out anymore?
5. Susan: Also need to look at %'s first after Dalton scrubs TRB
6. Paul Fisk: No consequence for no participation
7. Neal: get them interested at age 18
8. Chief Hatcher: set ground rules
9. 2nd Chief Cheryl: usually 10% people doing 90% work
a. Mohegan: prerequisite for stipend was work
b. reward is better than penalty for motivation
10. Chief Hatcher: membership fee
11. Homer: bring up at gathering
a. Also: where does it say kids are auto-members at 18?
1. Chief Hatcher: it doesn't
12. John: Prison system requires anyone he serves/ works with to be members
1. Chief Hatcher: need to work with prison system to change law for all Native Americans
e. Chief Hatcher
1. Met with Finance Minister & Prime Minister from Austria
a: Question is How, not If on business deal
b. High school/ College Exchange Student Program
2. Met with:
a. Dr. Franz Wohlfahrt of Novomatic
b. Dr. Karl Stoss & Herr Richard Lehrner
c. Prof. Gerhard Skoff of Stage4Solutions
d. Herr Gunter Haidenbauer
3. Estimated price on Federal Recognition: $500,000
4. Tom Rice: have to make another trip to DC to meet with him to put bill in
5. Committee to discuss ways to help people once recognition goes through
a. Johnnie Marie: set standards
b. 2nd Chief Cheryl: social programs can lead to an increase in handouts
c. John: reward education; pre-roll like Catawba
6. Once people from Austria come here, want people with suggestions & involved
7. We should take care of Natives, not just ourselves
8. TRB & Website Maintenance
9. Set Council Work Day each month: routine
a. Put in newsletter
10. Need to plan better
11. Would like to retire: those interested- start planning
Homer motioned to close the meeting; Neal seconded.
Meeting adjourned 8:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Michelle Hatcher on 2/23/13 at 11:04 am.