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DISCLAIMER: AAIWV does not have formal Federal or State Recognition as an Indian Tribe, we have WV State Senate acknowledgement as a tribal group from the passage of Senate Resolution 25, on March 1, 1996. Followed by an identical resolution ( House Resolution 23 ) passed by the House of Delegates on March 3, 1998.

Membership in Appalachian American Indians of WV does not entitle
members to sell crafts as "Indian Made".

Council meeting June 21 2008...

at the Unitarian Church on South Kanawha St in Becley WV

Council meeting will be held immediately following final electorial count

ELECTIONS! June 21, 2008

Come vote for your Tribal Officers and Council Members
Ballots may be submitted between 10am and 2pm
at the Unitarian Church, S. Kanawha St, Beckley WV

IMPORTANT!

We have been trying for several years to figure out how to afford to send the newsletter out the way we used to. The Voice used to be sent FREE to all families every month and we paid for the postage, copying, etc out of the General Fund. With the increase in costs for everything, including postage, we no longer have the financial ability to do this. We have been posting the Voice on the AAIWV website where it can be downloaded for free. Council has considered the costs and has decided that we will continue to publish the Voice on the internet but that we have no choice but to ask for subscriptions from those who want to receive a paper copy by mail.
The question then considered was “How much we should ask for a subscription?”
Looking at the actual costs we see that:

Postage is 41 cents (going up to 42 cents later this summer)	41 cents per copy
Photocopying is typically 10 cents per side we usually produce a 4 page newsletter	40 cents per copy
Envelopes cost 4-5 cents each	4 cents per copy
Computer generated labels cost about 1 cent each	1 cent per copy

This comes out to $0.86 per copy each month—87 cents later this Summer—not counting any costs to transport the copies here and there, etc. Considering that we have over 1000 addresses that the Voice could be mailed to—this is over $10,000 a year—Money that we don’t have now and that could be spent on better uses. Considering this, Council voted to ask for a Subscription Fee of $12 a year per household—but only for those who request that the Voice be sent to them by US Postal Service. The Voice will still be available on-line for a free download. We will send paper copies only to those who pay the subscription fee.
Council Elections are in June and we will have a new Treasurer. We will send the information on subscribing to the Postal Service version of the Voice after the elections.

Mel Charlton-Smith
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Last Updated: 06/10/08 - mcs