Today's Meeting
April 10, 2019
Wailea, Maui
Our meeting was opened by past president Kit Hawkins. Mark Harbison led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Barry Rosenfeld gave us his inspiration for the day. “God has given us life as his gift to us. What we do with our life is our gift to him.”
The Hawaiian Word of the Day is Hana. Ali’i Queens come from here, means to work or rainy land, Ka’ahumanu, Kamehameha’s I favorite wife born in a cave called Pu’u Kauiki in 1768: 1927 Hana Hwy built to bring sugar to Kahului instead of shipping it.
Guests
Joe Mitchell introduced our guests including:
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Frank & Judy Spees from here and Incline Village Nevada
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Dale Presson from Monterey CA
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Paul Brodie from Arlington TX
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Mark & Debby Ambrose from Calgary South Rotary
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Steve & Sherry Austin from Downtown Calgary Rotary
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Al Cieri from Kihei and Oregon perhaps a prospective member here
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Al Gray from Chicago and will join there
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Nicole Fisher from Maui-our speaker
Guests
Maui Minute given by Paul Brodie on his fifth trip to Maui. It is his second home and he feels Haleakala, Hana and the Kenae Peninsula are close to heaven for him. He has written a book about getting the most of your vacation here.
Announcements
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Pineapple Tour testimonials given by Dave Ballaine and Dale Presson. ”This enjoyable tour was about processing pineapples as well as a historical tour. Field machinery utilized by Maui Land & Pineapple were all lined up in a field like a museum photo of a past harvesting scene. Marketing efforts today go in a different direction; with less acreage, had to withdraw from supplying Costco as they didn’t have enough product under cultivation. But after increasing production recently, they can better supply Costco now. When ML&P decided to shut down, senior executives purchased the Maui Gold Trademark and continue to use it today to develop a pineapple that is very desirable in the Maui marketplace.” Thanks to Margie for planning such a wonderful, educational event.
Kihei Dental Days
Dental Hygienists from UHMC provide fun lessons to first graders on the reasons and best practices for brushing and flossing.
8:30 am on April 18 at Kihei Elementary
8:30 am on April 24 at Kamali’i Elementary. See the website for more information.
Rotary Work Day Food Bank Drive
April 13 at the Kihei Safeway with Lokelani Students. See the sign up schedule or go online. Mark Harbison is the Community Activity organizer for this event.
District Conference is in Honolulu May 17 to 19.
Rescue Tube Article
Dennis Bagshaw told us that the Maui News reporter just happened by as they were installing a rescue tube stand and we got a front page article on April 6th as part of the growing awareness of the tubes and their value.
Speaker's Schedule
April
April 17 Dawn Hall, Animal Rescue
April 24 No Speaker
April 30 Pau Hana
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May
May 1 Malia Cahill, Executive Director at Maui Huliau Foundation
May 8 Kim Julen, Feng Shui Intuitive Coach
May 15 Beth Mathias, Pacific Bio-diesel
May 22 No Speaker
May 29 Pau Hana
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June
June 5 Megan DeGaia, Publisher-Neighbors of Wailea and Makena
June 12 Pending
June 19 Pending
June 26 No Speaker
Gloria gave Judy Gray her membership badge and Paul Brodie from Arlington Sunrise club in Texas did a flag exchange with Kit.
Judy Gray passed the Happy Dollars Bowl. Happy were Jay Satenstein, Frank Schuster donating a check for $120 a total of his age and Rotary years, Karin Carlson, Charlotte Smith, Mark Harbison, Fred Fereara on news of his sixth grandchild, Stuart Karlan and Dennis Bagshaw on his upcoming 24th wedding anniversary (tomorrow).
Today's Speaker
Nicole Fisher
Kit Hawkins introduced our speaker, Nicole “Nico” Fisher.
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Nicole works to promote use of media in the community. She does Marketing and Community Outreach through Akakū Public Radio and Television as well as Mobile devices. Akakū has three public television stations, 53 which is a public access station with live, unedited content, 54 which is an all access channel to Sports, Music and can be racy and also unedited, 55 which has live, pre-recorded, and local community events. The radio station is KAKU 88.5. All can be accessed through their website at later dates and times. Funding comes from cable subscriptions at $3.00 each per month and donations. Speak Out is a program all residents can use as a public forum getting 30-minutes of studio time with a single camera, teleprompter, microphone and Studio Tech.
The result will be a 5 minute non-commercial message or a 60-second public service announcement. Nico is committed to her efforts and also has her own business, “Skywriting”, to help clients with marketing their ideas. She has been Market Outreach with AkakÅ« for three years giving access to media for young and old through Twitter right down to radio access. Her goal is to empower our community voice through access to media.
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Check the website for more information. www.akaku.org.
Contact Nicole at (808) 866-0475, nicole@Akaku.org, or at Akaku, 333 Dairy Road Suite 104, Kahului.
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Here's Nicole's slide show.
Magic Marble
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Jay Satenstein held the bag for Jack Brouillard who drew a blue marble. Better luck next week has 20 marbles and a pot of $615.
Closing the Meeting
