Tribal Ventures Board Meets May 16th 2014

The roll of this board is to review, approve, disapprove applications for funding.  As well as to provide oversight and program direction for Tribal Ventures.  The board is made up of community members from various backgrounds and one member from tribal council.  The council appointed me to this board last year so far we had three meetings that I have been a part of.  A more comprehensive report will be provide in the future.. For now it will be this meeting.

12:10 pm Tribal Ventures Board meeting called to order.

At this meeting we had about $75,000 of which $50k was for business and $25k for communities.  We had about six proposals.  Three got funded. Two were tabled. And one got disapproved.

$50,000 was approved for the the Cultural Center business upgrades to help promote/secure its Gift Shop.

$5,000 was approved for the LaPlant community for the Powwow and softball events.

$5,000 was approved for the Iron Lightning community for the July 4th powwow and events.

We ran out of Business money after approving the Cultural Center's proposal.  We only had Community projects money left.  The board had discussed getting into next years money.

Tabled - were a "Mni" project $15,000, to build a shade, outhouse, and fund a camp this summer.  Mni Projects is to build small scale dams to slow rain water down.  Also Tabled the Cheyenne River Youth Projects proposal until we get more money in the accounts.

Disapproved - was the Dog Shelter $50,000 proposal from CRST Game, Fish, Parks.

Previously funded business Good River construction - put in a request to reprogram their grant.

I left the meeting 12:45 pm to go to the CEB High School Senior Honoring.
Hechetu welo.