Mahalo to all who helped host this event, particularly to Mahealani Cypher of our sister club, Koʻolaupoko HCC, who typically credits everyone else and takes no credit for all her work. Here's how she describes the forum: "Enjoyed a great evening listening to 19 of the candidates for seats on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees at a forum held last night at Windward Community College. Kudos to the candidates, all of whom had interesting mana'o to share, and to moderators Amy Luersen and Melody Mackenzie, who handled a long, 3.5-hour forum smoothly and well. We especially thank the wonderful civic clubs of Windward O'ahu - Ko'olauloa, Ko'olaupoko, Kailua and Waimanalo - whose member volunteers did an excellent job organizing and providing support for the event. Maika'i!" KHCC was represented by the above-mentioned Melody MacKenzie (Pili) and Kaʻolu Luning who, among other duties, ran the sign-in table and provided lei for all candidates.
