Missing Ballots NOT Missing?

With the usual 6 to 8 board members controlling the tribe could this be what happened to the
missing ballots? Not missing....just never mailed by order of Dennis McKelvie and 6 unidentified board members?


Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:36:27 -0500
From: "Aaron Payment"
To:
Subject: Re: Video Clip Regarding Claim that Mackinac Band
Descendants Cannot Vote in Secretarial Election
If it is going to be claimed that what was said was not said, how is placing it verbatim and the video clip on the web politicizing the issue?

In Dennis' statement, he clearly identifies that he met with (and I assume worked out an arrangement with six other Board members) where by he felt confident enough to claim that the Mackinac Band desdendants would not be permitted to vote. If what he said was true, that six others had already decided this (in a secret meeting outside of a duly called Board member per our Constitution?) then I felt it necessary to write about it and to inform the Members. Were you one of the Board six members who concurred with his flawed analysis? Remember, we granted him and Richard Mastaw the requisite authority to conduct this election. McKelvie was clearly saying, unless the Board votes to overturn his decision, these Members (all 15,000?!) not be allowed to vote. McKelvie would actually deny them?!

You asked me who I blind copied my message to. That, quite frankly is none of your business - really who do you think you are?

If these Members want you to have their email, addresses, they'll give it to you. Don't you recall the elder at the Okemos meeting clarifying that when they give me their emails addresses, that they are not consenting to you having it? Blind copying my updates allows for the Members to see what is going on without the fear of reprisal from Board members who seem to be insisting that they have these emails that were not given to these Board members.



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>>> 02/15/07 10:45 AM >>>
You did not answer my question as to who you bcc'd....

I object to you politicizing this, and placing it out on the web


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-----Original Message-----
From: "Aaron Payment"
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:26:53
To:,, ,, "Aaron Payment" ,"Cathy Abramson" ,"Denise Chase" ,"Hope Collia" ,"Lana Causley" ,"Todd Gravelle" ,, ,
Cc:"Cory Wilson"
Subject: Video Clip Regarding Claim that Mackinac Band Descendants
Cannot Vote in Secretarial Election

As promised, attached is a video clip that shows what was said regarding
whether or not the Mackinac Band Descendants can vote in the up coming
secretarial election. Yesterday, I sent a verbatim transcript, but to
avoid any accusations that words were misrepresented, you can click on
the attached and see for yourself.

Also, I am submitting this to the Sault Tribe Communications Department
to attach this video clip as a link to the Tribal Web page in the
section regarding the secretarial election. There was no objection from
the Tribal Board of Directors yesterday when I asked if there was any
objection. I will try to have the video clip on the web page by the end
of the day today. Again, by 5pm today, if the Board objects, they need
to do so in writing to me and copied in reply all to this message.

Thank you.

For the record, Director DJ Hoffman asked how many Tribal Members
received this message. The response is well over 600 Members.
Additionally, I am aware that a half dozen recipients forward the Chair
updates to another 400 or so members.