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AWWA Director’s Report by Susan Uyesugi Director, Hawaii Section More than half the year has gone by and there are some changes pending for AWWA. I attended the AWWA Winter Board of Directors Meeting in Austin where the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance presented proposed changes. One of the major changes is the addition of a sixth Vice-President to the organization. This will take effect next year. And speaking of elections, Nilaksh Kothari, Wisconsin Section Director as well AWWA Vice-President, was elected to serve as President for 2007-2008. Nilaksh will also be the visiting officer at our conference in May so congratulate him on being elected president! There were five vice-presidents elected: Janice Skadsen (re-elected), Glenda Dunn, Luis Aguiar, Joe Mantua and Craig Woolard. The last four are fellow "classmates" of my director group so I was very pleased to see them all get elected. Trina Mastran was elected as Director-At-Large. You can read more about all of them on the AWWA website at www.awwa.org. Clifford Lum, Manager and Chief Engineer at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, will be attending the AWWA Fly-in with me in March where we will meet with our congressional delegates to urge them to support water related issues. I want to encourage anyone who wants to get involved with AWWA to volunteer to serve on either section committees or association committees. You can find a list of association committees on the AWWA website. I've been a member of the Diversity and Member Involvement Committee for the past two years and have been privileged to work with some very dedicated individuals from other sections. Eddie Doi, our membership chair, is on the AWWA Membership Committee. Royce Fukunaga is an active member of the International Council, Elson Gushiken is a semi-permanent fixture on the Water Reuse committee, Paul Kemp serves on various standards committees, and Donna Kiyosaki is on the Competitive Practices Committee to just name a few of the local people involved on the Association level. If you're at least curious about getting involved, please contact me and we can talk story! Calendar of Events March 17, 2006 Executive Committee Meeting 10:00 AM Honolulu Board of Water Supply April 21, 2006 Executive Committee Meeting May 8 - 9, 2006 2006 Desalination Symposium Ilikai Renaissance Hotel - Waikiki, Hawaii May 9 - 12, 2006 32nd Annual AWWA Hawaii Section Conference Ilikai Renaissance Hotel - Waikiki, Hawaii June 11 - 15, 2006 AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition San Antonio, Texas September 2006 AWWA Hawaii Section Workshop Date and Location To Be Announced 4 AWWA/Hawaii Section Winter 2006
YPs See “Green” By Lianna Chang On Tuesday, January 24th, 2006, the Young Professionals joined together for a "Green Building Alternatives" Presentation by Laurence Kometani of Exacta Sales. For those of you who aren't familiar with Laurence, he is one of the leaders of the Makiki Stream Stewards, a community group dedicated to the care and preservation of Makiki Stream. He is also a member of Exacta Sales, a locally-owned company that provides "green" solutions and alternative, environment-friendly building materials. Exacta Sales has also contributed to award-winning LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) structures including Punahou's Case Middle School. Laurence gave us a presentation about various environmentallyfriendly alternatives and showed us examples of several green structures in Hawaii. He also explained that LEED Certification is a rating system which identifies how "green" a structure is. Thanks to Laurence’s informative presentation, the Young Professionals have some new green building materials in their tool belts as well as some new ideas for sustainable design. Thank you to all the Young Professionals who joined us for the presentation. We look forward to seeing you at our next event! Hawaii Section Mission Statement The Hawaii Section AWWA is dedicated to the promotion of public health and welfare in the provision cient quantity. The Hawaii Section AWWA must be proactive and effective in advancing the technology, science, management, and government policies relative to the stewardship of water. continued from page 3 GOVERNMENT TRUSTEE Ed Tschupp Kauai Public Works Department Wastewater Division 4444 Rice Street, Suite 500 Lihue, HI 96766 Phone: (808) 241-6610 FAX: (808) 241-6589 WATER UTILITY TRUSTEE Keith K. Okamoto Hawaii Department of Water 889 Leilani Street Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 961-8670 FAX: (808) 961-8759 E-mail: kokamoto@hawaiidws.org ADMIN. & POLICY COUNCIL TRUSTEE Elson C. Gushiken ITC Water Management 66-079 Kamehameha Highway Haleiwa, HI 96712 Phone: (808) 637-5078 FAX: (808) 637-4779 E-mail: egushiken@aol.com ANNUAL CONFERENCE TRUSTEE Dawn Barsana CH2M Hill 1585 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1420 Honolulu, HI 96814-4530 Phone: (808) 943-7135 ext.254 FAX: (808) 941-8225 E-mail: dbarsana@ch2m.com MANUFACTURER TRUSTEE Wesley Saki US Pipe 2134 St. Louis Drive Honolulu, HI 96816 Phone: (808) 734-2282 FAX: (808) 735-3914 E-mail: wsaki@uspipe.com CONSULTANT TRUSTEE Jason Y. Kage Sato and Associates 2046 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96826 Phone: (808) 955-4441 FAX: (808) 942-2027 E-mail: jkage@satoandassociates.com BWS TRUSTEE Daryl Hiromoto Water Utility/Government Affairs Council Honolulu Board of Water Supply 2442 Kini Place Honolulu, HI 96819 Phone: (808) 748-5551 FAX: (808) 550-5079 Email: dhiromoto@hbws.org Winter 2006 AWWA/Hawaii Section 5
Page 1 and 2: AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ~
Page 3: Kauai Workshop Review By Roy Silva
Page 7 and 8: Special Recognition Honoring Outsta
Page 9 and 10: HAWAII SECTION AWWA 2006 Scholarshi
Page 11 and 12: Committee Chairs 2005-2006 Diversit
Page 13 and 14: New Officers For 2006 -2007 Chair:
Page 15 and 16: Membership Committee By Edward Doi

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