TREASURER’S REPORT ANDY EBONA Douglas Village
Dear Tribal Leaders, NIGA Member Tribes, and our Associate Members: W elcome to wonderful Southern California and a long-awaited return to San Diego. It is my honor and privilege to serve as your Treasurer for the newly re-branded “Indian Gaming Association” (IGA). As the Treasurer, my primary duty is to ensure the long-term fiscal health of the Association. Under the Association By-Laws, the Treasurer is responsible for the funds and security of all monies received by the Association. These monies are of course, generated from our Tribal Membership, the dedicated and hardworking Tribal Leaders for which the IGA exists. As an initial matter, I am pleased to report that our auditors at WIPFLi LLC, completed their 2022 IGA Audit and the Association received a “non-qualified” opinion from the auditors. This is a strong comeback from the negative impacts the Covid-19 pandemic had on all of Indian Country’s budgets. Due to the postponement of the 2020 Tradeshow scheduled for San Diego, the Association faced enormous budgetary constraints heading into the future. It is hard to believe that it has been four years since that fateful date. However, Association leadership responded and worked collaboratively to implement cost savings and budget cuts that ensured strong revenues through the worst of the pandemic and set the stage for FY 2022. Working with the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and our dedicated staff, we aggressively addressed the Pandemic induced budget challenges by instituting operational cuts and trimming our budget. As you will read in this year’s 2022 Audit Report, the Association not only met these challenges but will be in a strong financial position for fiscal year 2023. Working through the pandemic was truly a cooperative effort and I would be remiss in not acknowledging our long-time sponsors and Tribal partners. Through their continued support during the worst of the pandemic, they helped us maintain operations on behalf of Tribal Governments and Indian
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