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OHA Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment

Date:
Tuesday, 01/25/2022
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Place:
Virtual Meeting

Agenda

    MEETING OF THE
    COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT
    DATE:
    Tuesday, January 25, 2022
    TIME:
    10:00 a.m.
    PLACE:
    Virtual Meeting
    Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR
    Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,
    Webinar ID: 898 9176 7910
    Due to COVID-19, the OHA Board of Trustees and its standing committees will hold virtual
    meetings until further notice. Pursuant to Governor Ige’s December 29, 2021 Emergency
    Proclamation Related to Sunshine Law In-Person Meetings, there will be no in-person location
    for this meeting that is open to the general public. The virtual meetings can be viewed and
    observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listen by phone: (213)
    338-8477, Webinar ID: 898 9176 7910
    AGENDA
    I.
    Call to Order
    II.
    Public Testimony on Items Listed on the Agenda* (Please see page 2 on how to submit written
    testimony or provide oral testimony online. Oral testimony by phone will not be accepted)
    III.
    Approval of Minutes
    A.December 8, 2021
    B.December 27, 2021
    IV.
    New Business
    A.Workshop: Policies - Series 2000 – Beneficiary Support and Services: Protect Ceded
    Lands, OHA Water Policy and Water Backgrounder, Policy on Protecting Iwi Kupuna,
    International Engagement,
    Beneficiary Support Services, Advocacy, Collaborations
    with Other Agencies and
    Organizations, Repatriation, Housing, Wai, Iwi Kūpuna,
    Disaster Resourcing; and consideration of a newly drafted Military Engagement Policy.
    V.
    Announcements
    VI.
    Adjournment
     
    If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett Ohta at
    telephone number (808) 594-1988 or by email at: everetto@oha.org no later than three (3) business days
    prior to the date of the meeting. Meeting materials will be available to the public 72 hours prior to the
    meeting and posted to OHA’s website at: www.oha.org/bae.
     
    In the event that the livestream or the audiovisual connection is interrupted and cannot be restored, the
    meeting may continue as an audio-only meeting through the phone and Webinar ID listed at the
    beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings are available upon request
    to BOTmeetings@oha.org until the written meeting minutes are posted to OHA’s website.
     
    †Notice: The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for
    distribution of new committee materials.
    * PublicTestimony on Items Listed on the Agenda must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda.
    Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, prohibits Board members
    from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
    Testimony can be provided to the OHA Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony emailed at least 24
    hours prior to the scheduled meeting, (2)written testimony mailed and received atleasttwo business days prior to the
    scheduled meeting, or (3) live, oral testimony online during the virtual meeting.
    (1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda
    should submit testimony via email to BOTmeetings@oha.org at least 24 hours prior to
    the scheduled meeting or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Meeting
    Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817 to be received at least two
    business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Any testimony received after these
    deadlines will be late testimony and will be distributed
    to the Board members after the scheduled meeting. Due to COVID-19 office closure
    and limited in-office staffing, please do not fax or hand-deliver written testimony.
    (2) Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online
    during the virtual meeting must first register at:
    https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HM21hkhXRt-
    qMFTtwq9XAQ
    You need to register if you would like to orally testify. Once you have completed your
    registration, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to join the virtual meeting,
    along with further instructions on how to provide oral testimony during the virtual meeting.
    The registration page will closed once the PublicTestimony or Community Concerns agenda
    items have concluded.
    To provide oral testimony online, you will need:
    (1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting;
    (2) internet access; and
    (3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.
    Oral testimony online will be limited to five (5) minutes.
    Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.
    Once your oral testimony is completed, you will be asked to disconect from the meeting. If
    you do not sign off on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting.
    You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as
    provided at the beginning of this agenda.
    Please visit OHA’s website for more detailed information on how to submit Public Testimony OR
    Community Concerns at: https://www.oha.org/how-to-submit-testimony-for-oha-bot-meetings/

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