Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 8, 1 August 2005 — OHA's Strategic Plan 2006-2011 update is pending approval [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA's Strategic Plan 2006-2011 update is pending approval

Aloha kākou. In January 2001, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs embarked on the ambitious project to formulate a five-year strategic plan. By August 2002, after a collaborative process involving OHA trustees, OHA staff, beneficiaries and many communities throughout the state, OHA completed the formal document entitled OHA's Strategic Plan 20022007. The principles and values of kākou, aloha kekahi i kekahi, pono pau 'ole, mālama kekahi i kekahi, kuleana, kūlia, po'okela and ho'omau were adopted by the trustees to guide the implementation of initiatives to achieve the vision of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, "Ho'oulu Lāhui Aloha: Raising a Beloved Nation." Fiscal Year 2005, whieh ended June 30, 2005, completed the third year of the OHA Strategic Plan. Mid-term reviews and adjustments are crucial to the success of a strategic plan. At the direction of the Assets and Resource Management

Committee (ARM), in July 2005, OHA's administration presented to the trustees at a workshop an update of OHA's Strategic Plan, and after full discussion the following action was proposed: To approve the amended OHA Strategic Plan 2002-2007 as recommended by the OHA Administrator and detailed in Attachment A, Recommended Changes to the OHA 2002-2007 Strategic Plan Goals and Strategies, July 6, 2005; re-title the existing plan as the "OHA Strategic Plan 2006-2011"; and adopt the Strategic Plan policy: "All goals of the OHA Strategic Plan will list at least one strategy that will promote, protect, and or advocate for Native Hawaiian rights, entitlements and or issues." In essence, the updated strategic plan will be broadened substantially in all goal categories. Budget

implications follow accordingly since all expenditures will be in conjunction with the strategic plan. These recommendations were based on three years of implementation experience and demonstrates the Board of Trustees continued commitment to its strategic plan. The "Summary of Update Information Concerning OHA's Strategic Plan, June 28, 2005" and the "Strategic Plan Update Information, June 2005" provided the details of the successes and obstacles in the implementation of the strategic plan. Highlights included (1) the completion of at least one legal outcome: the partial restoration of ceded land revenues; and (2) the formation of the Native Hawaiian Coalition to determine the process of Native Hawaiian Governance. With the Board of Trustees support of the passage of the Akaka Bill, operational priority has focused on nationhood. Moreover, within the first two years of the strategic plan, the agency was re-structured to support the plan's

implementation. The Board of Trustees approved the first reading of the proposed action at its July 6, 2005, meeting and awaits a second reading of the action in August. Upon approval of the second reading of this proposed action, the administration will proceed with plans to revise and print the OHA Strategic Plan 2006-2011. Keep an eye out for this must read version. If you are interested in a copy of the 21-page "Summary of Update Information Concerning OHA's Strategic Plan, June 28, 2005," please contact my office at 594-1879 or OHA's Office of Board Services at 594-0231. As always, my staff and I invite your comments on the above or any other concerns within our purview. My OHA access numbers are: phone, 594-1854; fax, 594-0210; and e-mail address, dantec@oha.org. A hui hou, mālama pono. U

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Dante Keala Carpenter Trustee, O'ahu