Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 9, 1 September 1991 — Nominees sought for HHC panel [ARTICLE]

Nominees sought for HHC panel

Gov. John Waihe'e is asking native Hawaiian organizations for nominees to serve as members of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Individual Claims Review Panel. The panel's five members will hear and review claims of actual damages suffered by individual beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, whieh occurred from 1959 to 1988, and issue findings and advisory opinions on the merits of eaeh elaim. The panel was established by Act 323 (SLH 1991), and will report its recommendations on probable compensation amounts or corrective

actions for claims to the 1993 and 1994 legislative sessions. Members will serve until December 1995, and will be compensated for days they attend to panel duties. Native Hawaiian organizations interested in nominating panel members should contact Heidi Meeker at 587-2835 for applications and nomination procedures. Neighbor islands eall 1-800-468-4644 and ask the operator for Heidi Meeker in the Office of State Planning. Nominations and application materials must be postmarked Sept. 9, 1991.