Quick Links: SAIGE NTP Registration, Hotel and Justification Letter

 Quick Links

• Registration Website for the 2013 SAIGE Annual National Training Program:
  https://www.etouches.com/SAIGE%202013

•  Be sure to make your hotel reservation by May 10 to receive the government per diem rate of $87 per night, for all SAIGE registrants – Northern Quest Hotel Online Registration in SAIGE Block – Group Code is 5525:

   http://booking.ihotelier.com/istay/istay.jsp?groupID=976381&hotelID=77064

  or you may call the Hotel at 877.871.6772 – give them the Group Code #

(This and other hotel information is also available on the Registration Website)

Draft Editable Justification letter

• SEND A STUDENT TO SAIGE!  ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE

  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-send-a-native-student-to-saige/x/2837508%5Don

Updated Training Program Flyer

Here is the newly updated SAIGE 2013 Training Program Flyer –

Right click to download full sized pdf. Please circulate widely!
Thank you –

Click for full-size

Help Send a Native Student to SAIGE!

How can I Help?

The sequestration has impacted most of our agencies, training and travel have been curtailed and funds formerly dedicated to supporting diversity efforts have been trimmed. SAIGE is feeling the effects of these cutbacks; one of the critical areas affected is our Youth Track.

Additionally, the Youth Track is growing and we have applications for students to attend this year’s training program. The American Indian Higher Education Consortium will be sending an additional group of students to the training program. However, we do not yet have full funding for the regular applicants.
In response to this situation, SAIGE has launched a crowdsourcing site on Indiegogo.com to help fund our Youth Track this year. The website is now live and available to you for your use and for you to share this opportunity with your friends and contacts who may support this student initiative.

You may refer people to the link:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-send-a-native-student-to-saige/x/2837508]on
or the SAIGE website at www.saige.org. Please do not send any email from your government email account or to other government email addresses to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

Please DO use any personal social media tools you use, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, GovLoop or any others to spread the word about this effort. We need as wide a coverage as possible so that SAIGE  does not have to turn any student away!

The site will be open for the next 8 weeks, so tweets, etc. every week or so are appreciated, to continue to put it on people’s minds, and ask them to spread the word as well. Indiegogo has the potential of providing the exceptional experience of the SAIGE Youth Track for at least ten students and your participation in flooding the web with this information is greatly appreciated!

Tomee Brown and Willy Bass, former SAIGE Youth Track participants/leaders helped create this site for future SAIGE Youth Track participants.  Let’s show and share our support for them for creating the site!

SAIGE is a registered 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization, any donations are tax-deductible.

Sue Marcus, SAIGE Board of Directors

Updated Training Program Agenda Available Now

Great news –

we have the updated agenda for the 2013 SAIGE National Training Program now available.

Please click on the link below to download the PDF.

SAIGE NTP Agenda 4-4-13

Register for the 2013 SAIGE Training Program Now! Updated –

https://www.etouches.com/SAIGE2013

Message from SAIGE Chair about 2013 NTP

SAIGE Chair, Susan Johnson, has issued a letter to address concerns about the sequestration and its effects on our 2013 National Training Program, June 3 – 7.

Please click on the link below to download the letter in PDF:

Chair Letter 2013 NTP

OPM Letter on SAIGE Training Program

Please see letter from the Office of Personnel Management which affirms that the 2013 SAIGE Training Program qualifies as Training in compliance with 5 U.S.C. chapter 41. Please use this letter in requesting training approval with your agency. Click on the link below. Thank you!

OPM Letter

Draft Agenda for 2013 Now Available

The Draft Agenda for the 2013 Training Program at the Northern Quest Hotel in Spokane, WA, June 3 -7, is now available!  Click on image below for full agenda (PDF).

Online registration for the Annual National Training Program is anticipated to be operational in early March. An announcement will be made at that time.

Thank you for your interest and please start getting those training approvals ready as soon as you can!

SAIGE Awards Application now available

Society of American Indian Government Employees
Annual Recognition Awards

The purpose of these awards is to recognize agencies and individuals who through their personal commitment, and  professional initiative, have made contributions in recruiting, retaining, and providing career advancement opportunities to American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) employees in the Federal workforce, and who have assisted with the advancement of AI/AN professionals.
Awardees will be recognized and presented the award by SAIGE at the Tenth Annual SAIGE National Training Program in Spokane, Washington, June 3 -7, 2013.

The following are the categories for the SAIGE Achievement Awards.  One award will be awarded for each of the categories:

1. Agency
2. Supervisory
3. Leadership (General Schedule Grades 11-15)
4. General Schedule Grades 10 and below
5. American Indian /Alaskan Native (A/AN) Committee member

SAIGE Award Committee
1340 So. Ventura Rd.
Oxnard, CA 93033

Or by email to:  vvmed4d@yahoo.com

For additional information,  please contact Veronica Vasquez, vvmed4d@yahoo.com or (805) 889-2866. Application can be found at link below.

 2013 SAIGE Recognition Awards Application

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