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Aloha to all members of the Hawaii Fishing and Boating Association:
The Association's 2012 Annual Meeting will be held on May 9, 2012, Wednesday, at 5 P.M. at the Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club at Honokohau Harbor. This meeting will provide an opportunity for the voting members of the Association to elect directors for two-year terms. This will also be an opportunity for the Association members to hear the President's Report, a Treasurer's Report and a membership report. There will be a comment period for all members to able to express their concerns and to help guide the work of the association through the coming year.
There has been a lot going on during the last year as we dealt with ever-changing politics, inattention to the harbor, the many maintenance issues and the on-going management issues. The agendas for the monthly Board meetings have included water line failures and water pressure issues; rest room repairs; inappropriate language in rules and regulations and recently a state audit of the harbor, assuring financing for Honokohau improvements, and future management options for the harbor.
Issues on the horizon could be internal signage at the harbor; lighting repairs and new solar lighting; a sewage pump out facility; organizing an information network within Honokohau and another of our very popular Swap Meets at Honokohau, later this summer.
Activism and advocacy by members of the harbor community lead to the recent paving of the perimeter road, a new water line, financial commitments for solar lighting and additional paving, and remember, you aren't paying to park at Honokohau. We did all of that by working together for the common good.
This annual meeting is an opportunity to applaud ourselves for the accomplishments of the past year and help plan for new efforts over the next year and the future. It will take everyone contributing to make this work but this is the only statewide private sector harbor advocacy group and everyone agrees it is sorely needed.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Kailua Kona, HI 96745