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If you tuned in to the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) General Finance Committee meeting on April 20 chances are you saw a blank screen. The meeting could not be livestreamed due to technical difficulties Finance Commitee Chair Alaina VanEvery said. Instead, a recording of the meeting was posted April 21. The issues meant the Finance Committee could not present changes made to the Community Investment policy, Councill Alaina VanEvery said. SNEC had directed the committee to have changes back to the council table before the end of April, but it was deferred until the May 4 General Finance meeting. \u201cI was ready to present it today\u2026 I don\u2019t think you could see,\u201d VanEvery said. She also said the draft included \u201chighlighted sections of where there\u2019s commentary and feedback\u201d from… <\/p>\n

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If you tuned in to the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) General Finance Committee meeting on April 20 chances are you saw a blank screen. The meeting could not be livestreamed due to technical difficulties Finance Commitee Chair Alaina VanEvery said. Instead, a recording of the meeting was posted April 21. The issues meant the Finance Committee could not present changes made to the Community Investment policy, Councill Alaina VanEvery said. SNEC had directed the committee to have changes back to the council table before the end of April, but it was deferred until the May 4 General Finance meeting. \u201cI was ready to present it today\u2026 I don\u2019t think you could see,\u201d VanEvery said. She also said the draft included \u201chighlighted sections of where there\u2019s commentary and feedback\u201d from... <\/p>\n

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