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OHA Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment

Date:
Wednesday, 05/03/2023
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Place:
Virtual Meeting

Agenda

    MEETING OF THE
    COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT
    DATE: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
    TIME:
    10:00 a.m.
    PLACE: Virtual Meeting
    560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu, HI 96817
    Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR
    Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,
    Webinar ID: 849 6779 8648
    This virtual meeting 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: 849 6779 8648. A
    physical meeting location open to the general public will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite
    200, Honolulu HI 96817.
    AGENDA
    I.
    Call to Order
    II.
    Unfinished Business
    A. 2023 OHA State Legislative Bill Package – OHA-1 – Matrix 1**
    B. 2023 OHA State Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Naming OHA – Matrix
    2**
    C. 2023 OHA State Legislature Bill Positions Related to Measures Affecting Native
    Hawaiians – Matrix 3**
    III.
    Announcements
    IV.
    Adjournment
    If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett
    Ohta at (808) 594-1988 or by email at everetto@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as
    possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in
    alternate/accessible formats.
    Meeting materials for this meeting will be available for the public to view 48 hours prior to this meeting
    at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Meeting materials
    will also be available to view at OHA’s neighbor island offices and will be 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.
    **Trustees may establish or revise an OHA position on ANY proposed bill/resolution for
    submission to the state legislature. The Trustees, both in Committee and as the Board of Trustees,
    may discuss any and all bills or resolutions before the state legislature in order to discharge their
    statutory and fiduciary obligations to conduct advocacy efforts for Native Hawaiians as Trustees
    of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
    ‡ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.
    †Notice: The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for
    distribution of new committee materials.
    PublicTestimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to those 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 at least two business days priorto the scheduled
    meeting, or (3) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location 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.
    (2)
    Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the virtual meeting
    must first register at:
    https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kWXRyOomRey4UqAHtWTQvw
    You need to register if you would like to orally testify online. 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.
    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 by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time. Once
    your oral testimony is completed, you will be asked to disconnect 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.
    (3)
    Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the
    meeting at the physical meeting location.
    Oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.

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