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CHEHALIS TRIBAL
NEWSLETTER
The Confederated Tribes
of the Chehalis Reservation,
‘People of the Sands’
Articles and opinions expressed
are not necessarily those of this
publication or the Chehalis Tribal
Business Committee.
SUBMISSIONS
We encourage tribal members to
submit letters, articles, photos
and drawings to be considered
for publication (subject to
editing). Contributing writers,
artists and photographers
include Chehalis tribal
community members and staff.
Submission deadline is the
first of each month (printed
monthly).
TRIBAL CENTER
Main line: 360-273-5911
Address: 420 Howanut Road
Oakville, WA 98568
Office: 360-709-1726
Fax: 360-273-5914
CHEHALIS TRIBE’S
VISION STATEMENT
To be a thriving, self-sufficient,
sovereign people, honoring our
past and serving current and
future generations.
BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Harry Pickernell Sr.: Chairman
Jessie Goddard: Vice Chairman
Shoni Pannkuk: Treasurer
David Burnett: Secretary
Leroy Boyd Sr.:
Fifth Council Member
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Fred Shortman, Frazier Myer,
Audra J. Hill and the Information
Technology Team
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT STAFF – From left: Fred Shortman, Kamran Naini, Scott
Hansen, Star Thomas, Long Liu, Theresa Youckton and Hun Park.
IT Department keeps tribe
connected, informed, secure
New positions added sss changes that come with
expansion. A helpdesk group
this fall will enhance and helpdesk manager
service to employees RESPONSIBILITIES position has been created to
n Manage the servers meet the needs of staff and the
and the community and network for tribal tribal community.
government To provide new-age
The Chehalis Tribal
Information Technologies n Help desk system technologies and to better serve
Department (IT) is comprised n Tribal announcements the Chehalis tribal community
of seven staff members who n Installation, programming with internet service, IT is
work collaboratively to provide and setup of infrastructure working with the Planning
technological services to such as phone system, Department to potentially start
hundreds of employees for the email and wifi a program for those who are
under-served or unserved in
Confederated Tribes of the
Chehalis Reservation. n Secure tribal data and regards to internet services.
facilitate the exchange of
A survey is being conducted
The IT team is responsible information on the internet and statistics gathered
for the networking n Operate tribal website to ascertain how well the
infrastructure of the Chehalis
tribal government and provides at chehalistribe.org reservation is being served,
comprehensive customer n Create and distribute whether there are internet
service to the organization. monthly newsletter provider concerns and why
Working behind the scenes, Contact the help desk: some tribal members lack
IT performs essential daily 360-709-1899 or helpdesk@ home internet access.
Surveys have been handed
operations of all electronics and chehalistribe.org out at tribal events and to those
makes it possible for employees
to do their jobs. Most tribal older than 18. Residents that
employees are provided with a everyone’s internet connection live within the reservation
work cellphone, and a majority is secure and working properly. boundaries who fill out a
of the tribe’s employees have a In addition to those survey will be entered into a
work station and computer to basic functions, one of the drawing for a chance to win a
perform their duties. department’s essential $100 gift card. There will be
The Chehalis Tribe is responsibilities is to ensure three winners. Surveys must be
returned by Sept. 12, and the
that the tribe’s network
continuously growing and and critical information is drawing will be held Sept. 14.
now has more than 20
separate departments. Every protected from potential As times rapidly change, the
department from Early outside threats such as hackers Chehalis Tribe’s IT department
Learning to Public Safety and malware/ransom ware. will continue to adjust and
utilizes IT’s services. The tribe’s constant growth best accommodate all of its
For the most part, has also led to expansion customers. The department
individuals are aware of some of the IT staff. This fall, the also plans to add a new section
to the newsletter to better
department is adding new
of the more common tasks IT
performs such as setting up positions and reconstructing inform tribal employees and
work stations and installing to help boost productivity the community on technology
crucial software or ensuring and keep up with demanding news and notifications.