by Leimana DaMate on 13 December 2008
WHAT:
Aha Moku Advisory Council Meeting
WHEN:
Tuedsday, 16 December, 2008, 5:00pm-8:00pm
WHERE:
Kekaha Neigborhood Center
CONTACT:
Leimana DaMate, Community Coordinator
Aha Kiole Advisory Committee
Phone: 808-497-0800
Email: leimana@fastnethi.com
On behalf of the Aha Kiole Advisory Committee, Kauai Kiole Sharon Pomroy, Niihau Kiole Ilei Beniamina, and Kona Hema Moku Representative Billy Kaohelaulii, we invite you to attend a public community Aha Moku Advisory Concil meeting on Tueday, December 16, 2008 at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center. The meeting will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to give the people of Kauai and Niihau, the Hawaiian organizations and the general public a status report on the Aha Moku system for Kauai and Niihau; to get acceptance for this grassroots community consultation process; to identify moku issues and concerns; and to finalize the process on the moku structure. The results of this meeting will be part of the Final Legislative Report on the Aha Moku Systems that will be submitted to the Hawaii
State Legislature in December 2008.
Please let as many people as possible know about this meeting. All of Kauai’s legislators, County Council, Planning Depts., and Hawaiian organizations have received notices of this meeting so we have to have our Hawaiians and locals there too.
Act 212 – the Aha Moku System
"The purpose of this Act is to initiate the process to create a system of best practices that is based upon the indigenous resource management practices of moku (regional) boundaries, which acknowledges that natural contours of land, the specific resources located within those areas, and the methodology necessary to sustain resources and the community.
The 'Aha Moku System will foster understanding and practical uses of knowledge, including native Hawaiian methodology and expertise, to assure responsible stewardship and awareness of the interconnectedness of the clouds, forest, valleys, land, streams, fishponds and seas.
The System will include the use of community expertise and establish programs and projects to improve communication, education, provide training on stewardship issues through out the region (moku), and increase education."
Please feel free to contact Kauai Kiole, Sharon Pomroy at 808-346-6725, email: pomroys001@hawaii.rr.com; or Niihau Kiole, Ilei Beniamina at 808-639-0437, email: jeanilei@yahoo.com; Billy Kaohelaulii, Kona Akau Moku Representative, at 742-9575, email: terrihayes@gmail.com; or myself, Leimana
DaMate at leimana@fastnethi.com, the Aha Kiole Community Coordinator should you have any questions or visit our website, www.ahakiole.org
We truly hope you can join us.
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