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COTTA TA Workshop 9 (July 12th, 2008) Oklahoma Open Meetings Act - Last Updated on - Thursday, June 05, 2008

The Next TA Workshop is scheduled for JULY. On JULY 12th, 2008 COTTA will hold TA Workshop 9.

This month's topic is the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act

SEATING IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 THAT RSVP

Advancement of Communities in the Cherokee Nation's 14 county jurisdictional area is Important for the future of the Cherokee Nation. COTTA, Community Organization Training and Technical Assistance, is designed to strengthen Cherokee communities. The primary purpose of the Cherokee Nation COTTA Program is to help faith based and community based organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance the ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, enhance the organizational capacity of each organization, diversify funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those in Cherokee Communities

The COTTA program has been designed to facilitate opportunities for partnerships between Cherokee Nation and it's communities within the 14 county TJSA. It is a self-help catalyst to educate and provide technical assistance to those organizations within the communities in utilizing their own talents and wisdom to secure and administer federal and other funding opportunities. The foundation for COTTA is the understanding that individual communities know and understand most about the needs and visions for their members.

Cherokee Nation has committed to build one-hundred cohesive communities within ten years. Building a strong community requires that it be economically capable of supporting the community members comfortably, ensuring that families are stable and that it's population are both mentally and physically healthy as well as revitalizing the spirit of Ga-Du-Gi, neighbors helping neighbors.

April Workshop

On Saturday, April 26^th, twenty-seven community organizations attended the 7^th monthly COTTA workshop. While the main focus was on strategic planning, a wide variety of topics were discussed. The COTTA staff presented information about why and how to develop a mission statement, how to develop a plan for sustainability of an organization, website development, and what to include in the organizational newsletters. The financial reports and programmatic activity reports for the sub-award applicants were also broken down and thoroughly explained. The COTTA staff would like to thank each community member for attending and participating in the workshop. The anticipated date for the 8^th monthly workshop is May 31^st, with the topic to be determined. The expectation is that as the community organizations continue to grow the COTTA staff will be able to adapt to a diverse assortment of needs.