******************************************************************************** TNNAC Meeting Oct. 22, 2005 MTSU 17 present Board: John Smith- Chair At-Large Memphis Lynn Clayton- Secretary Vice Chair Jackson Tom kunesh-Chair Chattanooga Cleata Townsend- Vice-Chair Chattanooga Ed Vinson- Chair Memphis Dale Mitchell- Vice Chair Nashville Vicky Garland- At Large Manchester Sandi Perry Chair Nashville Melissa Shelby Chair Manchester Guests: Holly Smartt- Nashville (Baby) Red Doug Kirby- Manchester Chrisie Vogel- Nashville Deborah Rodriguez- Nashville Cecilia Tolley- Nashville Charles Lawson- Nashville Annette Lawson- Nashville Jo Nicholson- Jackson Call to order 10:30 Prayer- John Smith Agenda Approved as Amended Last months minutes to be approved online- APPROVED Treasurer's report APPROVED Discussion of Vicky's conversation with Ed Harris and the Governor's Applications Motion made to stick to Agenda- Approved Motion for commission appointments to be posted to tnnac.org as soon as available, with Press Chairperson doing releases also APPROVED Motion to place TNNAC's Commission nominee packet online at TNNAC.org APPROVED Discussed the Referendum and the Commissioners Approval Their next meeting in December in Memphis Discussed report cards online of all three organizations board members Sent to new business/ New Board (did not get back to it) Motion made to put the letter addressing the 2003 caucus questions requested by Ms Van Lynch and Jimmy Reedy online at tnnac.org APPROVED Lunch Call to Order 12:25 Change over- Vicky read letters from people who wanted to be TNNAC board members and letters from people who declined Motion to accept the 2005-2007 TNNAC board members APPROVED Memphis Helen Wagner-Vinson Ed Vinson Jackson Lynn Clayton Nashville Sandi Perry Dale Mitchell Manchester Red Kirby Vicky Garland Chattanooga Cleata Townsend Tom kunesh Knoxville Greeneville Officer Elections John Smith Chair Vicky Garland vice Chair Tom kunesh Secretary Lynn made a motion to change the Standing rules, To add two alternates from each caucus instead of one APPROVED Motion to change by-laws 2nd vote To separate the Secretary and Treasurer to two positions to give us another officer APPROVED Motion to change by-laws 1st vote To split the vice Chair and have a 1st Vice Chair and a 2nd Vice Chair APPROVED Motion to make the Jackson Alternate Jo Nicholson the Vice-Chair APPROVED Wording for telephone voting- TABLED Motion to move the convention to the 3rd Saturday in September and get it off the 4th Saturday in September the Don Yahola Powwow APPROVED September 15, 2007 Motion to change Standing rule Board members shall be replaced who miss 3 meetings without just cause; they will receive a letter after two missed meetings. Then the third they will be replaced. APPROVED Changed the time period for nominations APPROVED Committees: Protocol and Ethics- Tabled Web Page- tom kunesh and Vicky Garland Attendance committee- Vicky Garland and Doug Kirby Investigation Committee- Tabled Indian Preference Review Committee- Tabled Press Chairperson- Vicky Garland Meetings will be held on rotating Saturday's and Sunday's Saturday January 21, 2006 at 9:30 then the next meeting will be on a Sunday APPROVED ********************************************************************************