Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 9, 1 September 2006 — Kālā: Where is it from and where is it going? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kālā: Where is it from and where is it going?

Dante Keala Carpenter TrustEE, O'ahu

Aloha mai kākou. The OHA Assets & Resource Management Committee (ARM) is planning conununity workshops from Sept. 14 to Oct. 2 to discuss OHA's 2008-2009 Biennium (two year) Budget by categories of revenues and expenditures. ARM committee members, comprised of all nine OHA tmstees, look forward to meeting with the major island Hawaiian coimnunities to hear your mana'o and concems. Here is the schedule of meetings. All the meetings will start at 6:30 p.m.: HAWAI'I Thurs. Sept. 14 King Kamehameha Hotel, Kailua-Kona Fri. Sept. 15 UH Hilo Agricultural Complex O'AHU Tues. Sept. 19 Nānākuli Elementary Cafeteria Mon. Sept. 25 Key Project, Kahalu'u Wed. Sept. 27 Papakōlea Community Park MAUI Fri. Sept. 22 Cameron Center, Wailuku KAUA'I Fri. Sept. 29 Llhu'e Puhlie Library MOLOKA'I Mon. Oct. 2 Kūlana 'Ōiwi Complex, Kalama'ula

An integral part of attaining our goal, "Ho'oulu Lāhui Aloha," (To Raise a Beloved Nation), is to hear first-hand the needs of our Hawaiian beneficiaries. We need to know your priorities, (i.e., 'āina, education, health, housing, eeonomie development, culture, nationhood, native rights or social services). A PowerPoint presentation of the 2008/2009 Biennium Budget will explain OHA's anticipated revenues (sources of kālā, or money, from the Legislature, grants and earnings from portfolio and other investments). Further, program expenditures (grants, loans, 'āina purchases, and operating expenses) will be projected as well. Following the budget presentation will be the best part of the meeting . . . your participation in dialogue for the advancement of ka po'e Hawai'i! To ensure eomplianee with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Strategic Plan Mission Statement: "To mālama Hawai'i's people and environmental resources, and OHA's assets, toward ensuring the perpetuation of the eulture, the enhancement of life-style and the protection of entitlements of Native Hawaiians, while enabling the building of a strong and healthy Hawaiian people and nation, recognized nationally and internationally," your mana'o is humbly requested. Should you have any projects, programs or community concerns whieh could empower ka po'e Hawai'i for happier and healthier keiki and kūpuna, please write these ideas down and bring them with you to share at the OHA-ARM community meetings. See you there! As always, my staff and I invite your comments on the above or any other concerns within our purview. Phone 594-1854, fax 594-0210 and e-mail dantec@oha.org. A hui hou, mālama pono. S

LEO 'ELELE • TRUSTEE M ESSAG ES