In November, the interim report was distributed to every community and posted on the Legislative Assembly's Web site. Several of the committee members met with a representative group of community government administrators -- local government administrators of the Northwest Territories -- to review the report. The group of community government representatives generally supported the recommendations. However, they were not optimistic that the GNWT would make the recommended changes.

In December, several committee members met with representatives of the Akaitcho First Territory to discuss the committee's work. In February 2003, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation wrote to the committee to emphasize the need to treat Ndilo as a separate community from the City of Yellowknife for funding and program purposes.

There were additional letters, including correspondence from the City of Yellowknife, the NWT Association of Communities and an individual from Fort Providence.

The discussions revealed concerns about the treatment of band council governments compared to municipal governments, especially when the band councils are near or part of a large municipality, such as N'dilo or West Point; education; property taxation; and, housing.