Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 1, 1 January 1998 — BOP reaches out to Hawaiians [ARTICLE]

BOP reaches out to Hawaiians

-v> >«w- awaiian people on eaeh island will soon have the opportunity to I communicate with JL i^L staff and trustees of ,<%Jv ■ the Office of Hawaiian Affairs during the 1998 Beneficiary Outreach |pS Project. This project, known as BOP, is set up to allow all beneficiaries a direct link with trustees and members of the OHA staff during informal community meetings on eaeh island throughout the next three months. Bring all of your 'ohana and listen as discussions take plaee on issues that will affect our future and the futures of generations of Hawaiians. Key issues to be explained and discussed with you may include the following: 8tM LANDS . f ■ □ the inventory and mapping of ceded lands, their disposition S | and current use of lands ceded in ■ 1898, □ the potential transfer of %r'

; lands from the state to OHA to ful- ; fill payment of past due revenue ; amounts, ; □ a DLNR proposal to change ; the way public trust lands are manj aged, REVENUES TO OHA ; □ the $10 million still due to j OHA from airport revenues, ; □ the extension of the $15.1 i million eap on OHA revenues, i □ changes to beneficiary entii tlements LEQtSLATlVE ACTIONS ; □ proposed amendments to ; the law that established OHA, ; □ efforts to rewrite Act 304, ; whieh clarified OHA's share of ; ceded land revenues, ; □ legislative intentto circum- ; vent the decision of Judge Heely j regarding additional revenues ; owed to OHA, ; □ the deliberations and recom- • 1%

■ mendations of the Joint Committee ; established by Act 329, ; □ the pending vote on whether i or not to hold a state constitutional ; convention, whieh could prove ; detrimental if held before Hawai- ; ians have made a decision on sov- ; ereignty, and ; □ legislation (PASH) whieh ; might limit traditional and custom- ; ary rights and practices of Hawai- ; ians. v % i HH NOW IS THE TIME for action. OHA's trustees are seeking input as well as sharing their vision of what is right- ; fully owed Hawaiians. It is the ben- ; eficiaries who are affected and it is ■ j the beneficiaries who now have the t L - ■ ; opportunity to take part in shaping j their future. ; While the meetings will be priI marily for explanation of these j issues, there will be time after eaeh ; subject area for people to share i J ; their questions. h j jSI i p ^ ,. ■