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Outstanding Performances of Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Students during the Speech Competitions
During these last 10 years, I have volunteered to help judge speeches during LKSD’s annual speech competitions. I have had the opportunity to see the talent from many of our students bring to the competition, and I would like to thank the hard work of those students including their coaches.
One of my best experiences occurred in November of 2009 when I had the opportunity to see the talent from the 6th graders from the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik School.
In the category I was judging in, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik students placed from 2nd through 5th. I have not seen this many students from one school placing in one category. I had the opportunity to speak with the coach from that school, and I learned that all 6th graders, including former students, from Ayaprun Elitnaurvik are required to participate in speech competition.
As part of the Academic Policy Committee for the school, I give my thanks to the LKSD Regional Board for their confidence and support to the immersion program. As parents who have kids at Ayaprun Elitnaurvik, the Board deserves a big thank you from us. Without their support to the program, I would not have had the opportunity to see the talented performances the students gave during the meet. Quyana.
Norman Ayagalria
Academic Policy Committee Member
Bethel, AK
Calista Shareholders
The shareholders of the Calista Corporation have no power or authority to make an initiative to make changes in the Corporation with the current discretionary voting system in place. The present discretionary system must be reformed to give the power back to the shareholders. The shareholders and the directors are at the beck and mercy of the President, and any director who gets out of line as the President deems and arbitrarily decides will be voted out of office. We have seen this injustice happen several times with several directors. The shareholders in the meantime have no say or power on anything which happens in the Corporation and are not allowed to make any inputs of their own except for letters to the editor. Any system designed for inputs from shareholders must have an accountability system and publicity system assigned to it.
With the current discretionary system and no shareholder power, the salary of the President and the daily stipends of the directors will go skyward and skyhigh into the seventh heaven and ozone layer. The shareholders have no power to cap the salary of the President nor the stipends of the directors because of the current discretionary voting system. The board and President are permitted to spend any money for their personal benefit at will and without any accountability.
If the bonus of the President is continued, the bonus must be based on income from Corporate investments excluding 7i monies being shared by the other eleven other regional corporations mandated by the ANCSA law. The president did absolutely nothing to generate this 7i income and therefore should not be getting a bonus based on this 7i income. This last point is another point why the discretionary voting system must be reformed to give the power back to the shareholders.
The shareholders demand and are asking that this discretionary voting system be placed on the main topic of agenda for the spring shareholders convention because we, the shareholders, can do absolutely nothing with any of our concerns with the Calista Corporation at this point. The village corporations with delegations to represent them at the shareholders convention can pass resolutions requesting this same objective.
Gilbert Keywehak
Fairbanks, AK
Re: Suggested Terminology for Village Corporation Resolutions
WHEREAS, the deciding vote of the Calista Corporation shareholder has been pre-empted and taken away by the discretionary voting system of the Calista Corporation at the annual shareholders convention without shareholder input or consent; and
WHEREAS, the discretionary voting system allocates and assigns this swing and deciding vote to the Calista proxy committee controlled by the President, board of directors, and management of the Calista Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the deciding vote rightfully belongs to the Calista Corporation shareholder and not to the President, board of directors and management of the Calista Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Calista Corporation shareholder want the shareholder voting power assigned and allocated to them taken and pre-empted by the President, board of directors, and management of the Calista Corporation without shareholder input.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED that a review, restructuring, and revamping of the discretionary voting system become the main topic of the agenda for the 2010 annual shareholders meeting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 2010 discretionary vote be distributed on a pro-rata share of the real shareholder vote on a trial basis to honor the shareholder vote.
Ending with the usual legal terminology and signatures. P. S. Shareholders, take back your corporation which does not belong to the President, board, and management of the Calista Corporation but only to the shareholders. Option 2 is to count what would have come in as a discretionary vote for quorum and door prize purposes only.
Gilbert Keywehak
Fairbanks, AK
Public Health Center Closure
The Bethel Public Health Center will be closed Tuesday, March 9th through Thursday, March 11 as Bethel’s public health nurses will be in Anchorage for updated training. The next open clinic will be on Friday, March 12, 2010 from 1 to 4pm. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please call the health center at 543-2110.
Bethel Public Health Center
Bethel, AK
