Seventh Annual Aboriginal Membership Conference

Membership is more important to a First Nation, Tribe, Band, Native Hawaiians, and today, Aboriginal Communities in Australia, than ever before. All over the world, membership is becoming the most fundamentally important issue with native peoples; a necessity in order to protect not just their rights, but their cultural identity as well.

Canadian First Nations still have many roadblocks preventing them from true membership sovereignty, but there are ways to utilize the tools available today to mitigate those roadblocks and develop a fair and balanced membership system. The first step is to understand what the issues are, and what may be done about them.

DCIAmerica has developed this new agenda to help face some of those realities and to develop a membership code and a membership and enrollment system that promotes fairness, while emphasizing tribal sovereignty.

Topics to Include: See Individual Downloadable Agendas and Registration Forms to the Right

Day 1: 9:00am to 4:30pm
General Session

The Successful Membership Team: How to Make it Work

Chief and Council, Membership Committee, and Membership Staff: How and why these groups make up the team

Developing And Enacting A First Nation Membership Code

Appeals

Band Transfers and Loss of Membership

Organized Review of Your Membership Code

Reconciling Interpretations and a Completed Policy Paper

The Role of The Chief and Council

The Role of the Membership Committee

The Role of the Membership Staff

Who Qualifies?

Written Interpretations of What Your Governing Documents Mean to Each Group

How to Audit Membership Records Successfully

Documenting Findings in a Summary Report

Establishing the Membership Audit Team

Examining Files for Proper Documentation

Rendering a Final Report to the Council

Policies and Procedures

Band Transfers and Loss of Membership

Emergency Applications

ID Card Policies

Membership File Maintenance and Ownership

Day 2: 9:00am to 4:30pm
General Session

The Indian Act of Canada and Its Amendments

Should You Opt-Out of The Indian Act?

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages?

What are the Dangers?

Membership Records Management

The Benefits of Records and File Management for Everyone

The Methods of Filing Membership Records

Vital Records: Your Membership Department's "Lifeblood"

What Are Vital Records? Identifying Your Most Important Records

Membership Supervisor's Workshop: Making the Most of it All

Developing a Managerial Attitude

Exercises for Active & Aspiring Supervisors

Supervision: A Definition

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