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ARTICLE I BY-LAWS

Section 1, Par. d

From the duties of the Recording Secretary we should eliminate the "safekeeping of corporate records of the organization." The Recording Secretary's duties should be restricted to convention affairs and, as previously recommended, to service as an interim scribe. Corporate and other permanent records of the organization should be in the custody of the Executive Director at headquarters. As a general rule, the Recording Secretary would not have the facilities at his home for safeguarding valuable papers from fire, theft or loss with any degree of assurance to us. We do not want records of this kind lost. there is no sound reason in management why some of the NCAI's records should be kept in Washington, D.C., and others far afield. 

Section 1. Par. f.

The NCAI is mature enough, we should think, to place the employment of its Executive Director on a permanent basis. This would make for continuity of basic policies and for carrying out convention mandates and NCAI objectives to the best advantage possible. The Executive Director should not be placed in the awkward position of looking after NCAI interests and at the same time of trying to build up popularity in the Executive Council perhaps sometimes against his better judgement. An indefinite term of office would give him the leeway of independent action necessary to make the good of NCAI his primary concern and to plan and carry on work with target dates for completion going beyond a one-year term of office.

For example, public relations and sound planning on a long range basis are essential to an organization like ours. We deal with the public, Congress and the government. The NCAI must become widely known and must project itself into situations and circles to gain and maintain the power to carry on its mission. It must establish and maintain the relationships with people and organization necessary to make its influence felt where it will do best.

We must have in the Executive Director's office someone who can increase his usefulness over a term of years by a widening circle of acquaintances in and out of givernment [[government]] and in and out of Congress; by acquiring knowledge not only of the substantive law relating to Indiana but, more importantly, of how to do things from a public relations standpoint and how to get around in official Washington; and through long association by gaining a practical insight into the capabilities and personalities of tribal leaders -- who are who and where and why - as well as the legal and financial status of the tribes they represent so that a proper marshalling of resources and talent for action may be made whenever their interests are at stake.