June 23 2008

Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw

Comprehensive Community Plan

Questionnaire for Band Manager

June 23 2008

Yo,

Recently the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw First Nation received funding to complete a

Comprehensive Community Plan, or CCP. This is a planning process being undertaken

by many other First Nations in Canada, with a great deal of success.

A CCP is meant to include the voices of all community members in a unified plan for the

community which covers many areas, including history & culture, social systems,

infrastructure, health, governance, economy, and lands & resources. By trying to include

as many community members as possible in the planning process it is hoped that this

CCP will help give community members a sense of inclusion in GN administration, as

well as giving GN staff a good sense of community members’ issues, gifts, wishes, and

goals for the future. One of the outcomes will be a Vision Statement for the community,

as well as action plans for the areas of concern that arise from the community

consultation.

Currently the GN First Nation is in the information gathering stage of the Comprehensive

Community Plan (please see attached brochure for a timeline of the various stages in the

CCP). The information gathering stage involves finding out what resources, plans and

systems the band already has in place, so that some or all of this information can be

communicated to community members during the community consultation & information

sharing portion of the Comprehensive Community Plan. This stage will also give the

CCP staff (myself and Doug Johnny) a good idea of what planning has been done in the

past, and what systems/protocol are already in place for when we get to the planning

phase of the CCP.

Please help with the information-gathering by answering the following

questionnaire about your department. You can answer on this document or in a

separate one, either by bringing the answered questionnaire to my office (upstairs in

the band office) or by e-mailing it to ccp@gwanak.info. I will be putting hard copies

in staff mailboxes as well as e-mailing copies to each staff member. If you would like

me to pick the questionnaire up after you have filled it out, or if you have any

questions, please call me at 902-2306.

Gila’kasla,

Jessie Hemphill

Comprehensive Community Planning Research Coordinator

June 23 2008

CCP Questionnaire

For Band Manager (Feel free to answer on a separate piece of paper)

1. Do you have any Strategic Plans (5 yr), Operating Plans (1 yr) or other type of

plan on file for your department?

2. Are there Job Descriptions on file for any of the positions within your

department?

3. Is there Policy in place for your department?

4. If you answered ‘no’ for any of the above questions, would you benefit from

having plans, job descriptions, or policy for your department?

5. Do you know of any existing ‘outside’ plans (i.e. from INAC or any other

departments within the government) that affect the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw First

Nation?

6. What are the programs & services offered by your department?

7. How many staff members, including yourself, work for your department?

8. Describe the interaction between INAC and the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw First

Nation (i.e. what kinds of funding the band receives/could receive, what kind of

information we have to give back to INAC, etc.)

9. Are you aware of any community-based groups that get together for a specific

purpose or activity? (i.e. a singing group)

10. Do you have or are you aware of any existing ‘timelines’ for this community,

with dates & information about milestones within the community? (i.e. the date

that the Receiving Home opened)

11. If you answered ‘no’ to question 10, do you know where to find this kind of

information?

12. Do you have any major concerns about your department? (i.e. not enough

funding, too much work for the number of staff, etc.)

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13. What is your ‘wish list’ for your department? (i.e. specialized equipment, an

assistant to help you, more interaction with community members) Please rank

your wish list items from most important to least important

14. Would you like to sit on the Comprehensive Community Plan Advisory

Committee? (draft terms of reference are attached, short meetings would be held

once per month over dinner)

15. Do you know of anybody, such as an elder or youth, who might want to sit on the

Advisory Committee?

16. Do you have any additional comments or concerns? (i.e. questions about the

Comprehensive Community Plan)