Starting Over...

FYI

The BIA conducted "Grand Ronde Constitutional Election" will be starting all over again - this time with three Amendments. New Voter Packets with new Registration forms will eventually be mailed out by the BIA to all known Grand Ronde General Council Members, once the new election date and timeline is set. The above information and more was obtained during a phone conversation on Thursday afternoon, September 27, 2007, with Ron Kortlever, Superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - Siletz Agency in Siletz, Oregon, concerning the Grand Ronde Constitutional Election.

The interesting thing is that the majority of our General Council Membership does not even know that the BIA conducted "Grand Ronde Constitutional Election" scheduled for October 31, 2007 was discontinued by our Tribal Council through an approved Resolution on September 14, 2007. The recorded message at the special 800 number for questions about that election is still saying the election will be held on October 31, 2007. I think it is "past time" that someone change the recorded message.

As the saying goes - Stay tuned!Leroy Good