Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 11, 1 November 2011 — Roll Commission holds inaugural meeting [ARTICLE]

Roll Commission holds inaugural meeting

Former Gov. John Waihe'e led the first meeting of the newly established Native Hawaiian Roll Commission Oct. 14 in the OHA boardroom. Among others, Commissioners heard from OHA Corporate Counsel Ernie Kimoto about the Sunshine Law regarding open meetings, as well as OHA CEO Clyde Nāmu'o and Mona Bernardino, a former OHA Deputy Administrator who now oversees OHA's subsidiaries as COO of Hi'ilei Aloha LLC. Bernardino discussed OHA's Kau Inoa registry, whieh has registered 110,000 Native Hawaiians across Hawai'i and the U.S. continent for nation building. Waihe'e is the Chairman of the five-member commission created by Act 195 and charged with preparing and certifying a roll of qualified Native Hawaiians who may choose to participate in facilitating Native Hawaiian selfgovernance. The commission is funded by and administratively housed within OHA. The other commissioners are Robin Danner, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Nā'ālehu Anthony and Lei Kihoi.

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