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New Strategic Plan Adopted at December Meeting

In it's December 2009 meeting, NmTC's Board of Directors approved a new Strategic Plan to guide the Tribal Council's administration over the next year. The Strategic Plan builds on the success of previous plans, focusing on bringing certainty to long-term funding stability, providing increased governance tools to our nation's leaders, increasing our support of financial management initiatives and developing a strategy to improve our support in the areas of land management skill sets and overall communications and information sharing.

Specifically, the goals of the 2010-2011 Strategic Plan are:

Goal 1: Funding
The NmTC Board and staff will work collaboratively in order to address funding issues and challenges. The objectives of this goal are to increase funding levels, to deliver increased service to meet our communities' needs and to ensure stability in the funding stream.

Goal 2: Tools for Leaders
NmTC staff will work to develop a strategy and provide an update on tool development by the first quarter of 2010. The objectives of this goal are to develop an improved governance model for our member nations and to provide a detailed evaluation of the learned outcomes of our development strategy. Specifically, tools will be created in the following areas: new councillor orientation, clearly defined roles and responsibilities for elected leaders, governance policy development, administrative operational procedures development, leadership skill development, communication skills development, other workshops and enforcement option development.

Goal 3: Increased Role in Financial Management and Capacity Building
NmTC staff will strive to increase their role and existing support in the areas of financial management and capacity building. Staff are charged with playing a greater role in identifying financial tools that are useful for member nations and with providing additional financial management workshops.

Goal 4: Review Land Management and Information Sharing amongst Members
NmTC staff will review land management successes/skill sets and information sharing among its member nations. The objectives of this goal are to identify opportunities and resources that deal effectively with land management, to offer workshops to members that highlight the skills of other member nations and to open an effective dialogue among NmTC members about Land Management practices and procedures.

Goal 5: Communications Strategy
NmTC staff will develop and implement an effective communication plan in order to communicate the progress of the organization in achieving the goals set for it. Additionally, it will detail the progress and  support mechanisms in place which support the five areas of service delivery proved to member nations. The objectives of this goal are to define a clear communications strategy and deliver a balanced message to NmTC members, leaders and our own Board of Directors. Specifically, staff are asked to identify interactive mechanisms such as digital media and video technologies which can bring together varied timelines and schedules, allow all member nations to network collectively and to offer additional options for participation at meetings and workshops.

Staff and the Executive Committee will be developing workplans in detail to evaluate the success of the organization in meeting and achieving these goals over the next couple of years.
 
Welcome

Ichawa'el . . . Greetings . . .   and welcome to the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council website.

Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council ("NmTC") includes the First Nations of Halalt, Homalco, Klahoose, Malahat, Nanoose, Sliammon, Snuneymuxw, Stz'uminus, Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh and T'Sou-ke.

According to it's Role Statement, NmTC’s role is to advise its members in a sustainable, adaptive and accountable manner in the areas of economic development, financial management, community planning, technical services and governance. The Tribal Council also expresses the political views of its members to all levels of government and other First Nation organizations. It is an ambassador for its members. It respects the cultures of all individual communities. It is also challenged to provide a forum for information and resource sharing among its members through strategic planning, individual nation capacity building, workshops and conferences and development of a resource library.

The chiefs in Naut'sa mawt's 11 member communities often hear the questions "What is the Tribal Council?" and "What does the Tribal Council do?" That is the main reason for this website — to tell you what NmTC is up to, why we are doing what we’re doing and how it benefits our people.

Maybe the best way to describe NmTC is to compare it to the regional districts that surround our communities. For example, the Greater Vancouver Regional District is made up of 21 communities, small and large, from the City of Vancouver to the Village of Anmore. It is a collective voice and a decision-making organization on a variety of issues with each member having an equal say. NmTC is similar because it brings together ten Coast Salish communities for a common cause. Although we may be separated by the waters of the Strait of Georgia, we are also connected through common language, heritage and traditions as well as the common challenges and opportunities that face First Nations people in the 21st Century.

As you navigate through this website, you will get a better idea of why NmTC exists and how we can gain strength in our communities by working together to achieve common goals. Let us know what you think – and what you would like to see added to the site. Just click on Contact Us in the menu on the left. We would love to hear from you.

Hychqua Siem
Thank You