Hawaiian Shores -- October Board Meeting

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Greetings Watchdog Readers,

This is a reminder to schedule into your busy life the upcoming Regular Meeting of the Board! You can scoot over to the official website and print a copy of the Agenda. OH WAIT! You can't! As of this morning it still is not posted.

LATE BREAKING: It is 1139 Wednesday the 5th of October -- 2 days before the next Board Mtg and the COMMUNITY'S information source reflects the following: 

Taken at 11A 10.5.11

The community passes this on the way in and out and it still reflects a meeting that happened 5 days ago but not the one coming up this Saturday; 2 days from now. Is this oversight or  ???? If you follow directions 'SEE CALENDAR' then you get the 'scoops' on what is coming up. -- Is this the disclaimer? 

UPDATE: Watchdog is pleased to announce the Marquee and the official website have been updated to reflect that which was not there prior to posting this notice here. Of course, the day of the week and the time of the meeting is incorrect on the website but the date is correct. Perhaps someone was in a hurry to correct something that had been brought to their attention...For a copy of the Agenda for Saturday's meeting please go here.


Up for discussion this month:

1. Finance Committee will be discussing draft budget for next Fiscal Year -- the fiscal year begins November 1, 2011. 
2. Survey Results will be discussed. Interestingly, as I understand it, they are still arriving and with no deadline date they may still be coming.
3. Status update on the work on the Stables. 
4. Status report on the work at Maikoiko St park

And FYI, Executive Session has the following items:

1. Board member rights, cooperation, and etiquette. Why do you suppose this is being done in executive session? Or, as some of our members refer to it --SECRET MEETING?
2. Member complaint -- Why is this in Secret? Will it lead to litigation?
3. Human Resource matters
4. Status of Contract for the Preliminary Engineers Report
5. Status of agreement for solar farm lease. Why do you suppose this is being done in a SECRET MEETING after discussing it in the open? The motion was to enter into contract negotiations -- if it is just a status report on the agreement why the secrecy?

As a matter of information, there are only a few things that can be covered in executive session and frankly they do not cover all the topics this Board has shoved into that forum. Hawaii Revised Statutes defines the matters for executive session as follows: "The board of directors, with the approval of a majority of a quorum of its members, may adjourn any meeting and reconvene in executive session to discuss and vote upon matters concerning personnel, litigation in which the association is or may become involved, or as may be necessary to protect the attorney-client privilege of the association...." Not all Human Resources discussion relates to 'personnel' and if it doesn't should not be in executive session; Board training on proper decorum should not be in executive session; Status updates should not be in executive session.

You are invited to speak about Agenda items at the beginning of the Board Meeting. You may wish to inquire as to the reason such topics are being listed as executive session topics.