Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 12, 1 December 1996 — Hawaiian Civic Club resolutions and officers [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiian Civic Club resolutions and officers

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs (AHCC) by a near unanimous vote passed Resolution 96-21, at the 1996 Annual AHCC Conferenee. That resolution uged funding of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council and its continuanee after its Dec. 31 sunset. Bruss Keppler, the AHCC immediate past president, said that when the vote was counted he heard only one voiee say 'a'ole. , The convention brings all the civic clubs in the state and from the mainland together. The clubs work on resolutions in areas of eoneem to them. Some areas include sovereignty,

Kaho'olawe, the acknowledgement of contributors to the community and issues of blood quantum successorship for future generations seeking Hawaiian homelands. The resolutions are amended in a plenary session. Delegates vote on the resolutions and the those that pass are routed out to where they ean be acted upon. "What the resolution advocated determines how it's handled after the convention," Keppler said.

The resolution pertaining to an increase in lease rent for military ranges were routed to the Hawai'i Congressional Delegation, the Governor, the Legislature, DHHL and the Department of Land and Natural Resources. "Many of our resolutions are now law," Keppler said. All the resolutions proposed this year passed with the exception of one. Resolution 96-14 urg-

ing improvements for the area surrounding the Ulupo Heiau in Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu was withdrawn because action had been taken shortly after submitting it. "This year's convention went very well. There was a lot of campaigning going on," Keppler said. Four new officers were elected on the last day of the convention. Arthur Hoke, the new AHCC president, is a member of the Ka'ū Hawaiian Civic Club and was AHCC first vice president the past two years. Charles Rose, president of the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club, was elected as the new AHCC first

vice president. Rose also is the AHCC ' community relations chairman and directed the AHCC newsletter, Ka Nūhou. Antoinette 'Toni' Lee, the former associate director of AHCC is now the second vice president. Patrick Sniffen is the new treasurer. Both Sniffen and Lee are from the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club. Hawaiians will flourish and endure in the 21st century. "E Mōhala Mau Ana Nā Pua 'Oiwi," "Native blossoms continue to bloom forth" was the theme of this year's 37th annual convention.

Next year's conference will be in San Diego. The challenge of finding a historic site for the many Hawaiian civic clubs planning to attend the conference isn't so hard. Keppler explained that the city of San Diego was laid out and developed by a man of Hawaiian descent named William Heath Davis. "His house will probably be one of the sites," Keppler said.

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