National Association for BilingualEducation
Special Interest Group
Indigenous Bilingual Education

Annual Business Meeting

1. Rules and purposes
a. NABE SIGs advise the NABE Executive Board and membership onissues pertaining to the special interests of their respectiveconstituencies in order to ensure that NABE is responsive to allits members. All members of the SIG must be current regular NABEmembers in good standing.
b. Officers
are the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
are elected by a plurality of votes at the SIG business meetingheld at the annual conference.
the Vice Chairperson will assume the position of Chairperson forthe following year.
c. The names, addresses and phone numbers of the newly electedChairperson and Vice Chairperson must be submitted to the NABEOffice Manager before the close of the Annual Conference.
d. To be considered active, a SIG must file a report of annualactivities with the NABE office by May 31 of each year. If a SIGfails to file a report for two consecutive years, the NABE ExecutiveBoard may take action to dissolve the SIG.
e. Responsibilities
to advise the Executive Board on issues relating to the area ofinterest of the SIG
to submit on article per year to the NABE News
to prepare and submit an annual report for the post-conferenceissue of NABE News
to hold a SIG business meeting during the Annual Conference
to coordinate on SIG Academic Session at the Annual Conference
to submit minutes of the Business Meeting to the NABE Office within15 days of the close of the annual conference
to assist the Annual Conference Committee with the review of papersto be presented at the Annual Conference
to submit an annual report on SIG activities by May 31 of eachyear
to send copies of all SIG correspondence to the NABE Office
to establish yearly goals and activities
f. NABE is to be responsive to the issues and interests raisedby the SIG, provide 2 sets of labels of SIG members, scheduleSIG presentations and business meetings during the annual conference.
2. Issues
a. 2001 Conference in Phoenix: Pow Wow, Children's presentations,Vendors, Call for Papers, Title VII issues, etc.
b. Review of Goals and accomplishments
c. Resolutions
3. Election of Council: It is the tradition of the SIG to electa Council of Seven. The council members then elect a chair forthe current year, and a vice chair who will assume the chair nextyear.

Issues of interest in past years' discussions: Organize AmericanIndian Institutes; Language Retention; Loss of Identity in Urbanareas; Youth concerns; Teacher PreService; Tribal organizationsand Public Schools; History of Tribes; Title VII- Title I, TitleIX representatives; Urban issues of American Indians in Schools;Presentations for Future NABE, entertainment and ProfessionalPresentations; Future scheduling for Native concerns, workshopsor issues, including entertainment; Input in NABE scheduling;PAC issues;Talking Circles; MAINTAIN A PRESENCE WITHIN NABE -A NATIVE VOICE