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A message from Chief and Council Regarding OPEN COUNCIL MEETINGS.
Chief and Council provide regular updates and opportunities for community members to discuss issues and concerns in an open forum. We are proud of our record of transparency and will continue to provide information and updates in a timely manner.
Regular community meetings are held in addition to those which address specific matters such as the Chippewa Tri-Council Coldwater Narrows Land Claim negotiations, Casino Rama Post 2011, Financial Reporting, update meetings and other important matters. We are responsive to community concerns and endeavour to provide timely public consultation/information sessions.
Monthly evening Open Council meetings have been held regularly on the last Monday in the month, except during the summer, over the past ten years but have recorded low participation. These meetings will continue in 2011 with the following changes:
- Open Council meeting will not be held in the same month as a Community Meeting enabling Council to devote the appropriate time and resources to community-wide meeting presentations.
- Agenda items for any Open Council meetings should be submitted in writing to Dan Shilling, First Nation Manager, or Annette Sharpe, Executive Assistant to Chief and Council one-week ahead of an Open Council Meeting. If there are no submissions, a meeting will not be held. Tom communicate notices, we will post written notification at locations in the community, on the website and facebook page.
Members of Chief and Council continue to be available for individual consultations with community members. Please contact us at (705) 325-3611 or 1-866-854-2121.
Why would Chief and Council decide to change the rules when the last Open Council meeting had a record attendance? The Council Chambers was full of Rama members who asked questions non-stop for the entire meeting. What are Chief and Council afraid of? This is just another way Chief and Council don't have to deal with the community concerns. Meetings is Rama are getting fewer and farther between. W all know that. That's not transparency and open government. They run themselves like any other government body and hide behind their policies.
ReplyDeleteThat is the second notice of changes to Open Council meetings. The first notice also said Chief and Council would notify Community members if an Open Council was going to be held. This did not happen in October 2010. There was no notices in the community, nor on their website or on Facebook.
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