Don't forget to pre-register for our Tuesday lunch meeting featuring guest speaker, Ian Lind! Then click on the button to sign up for Restaurant Week. Three locations still have openings!
We also have some other amazing events lined up, so check it them out!
Sincerely, Lee
Administrator for The Rotary Club of Honolulu
July 23:Hybrid Lunch Meeting
with Guest Speaker Ian Lind
Lunch with Ian Lind,
Investigative Reporter and Blogger
"The Michael Miske Trial and
Organized Crime in Hawaii"
Ian Lind is an award-winning investigative reporter, columnist, and blogger who has been writing about Hawaii politics, government, and media for over 30 years.
He has written extensively about the racketeering case of former Kamaaina Termite owner, Michael J. Miske, both for his own blog (www.iLind.net) and for Civil Beat, the online news organization. His coverage of the case, going back more than five years, has been second to none.
Parking at the Outrigger is limited to Outrigger Canoe Club members with decals only as of June 10.
Please be patient and kind with the Outrigger staff. We will continue to keep you updated as Outrigger gives us information.
Alternate Parking: There is usually ample parking around Kapiolani Park on Kalākaua Avenue at only 25 cents per half hour (coin meters - so bring quarters!) For those who can walk a little further, Paki Avenue on the mauka side of the park has free parking with no time limit.
Please let President Tom Coyne know if you have mobility issues or need assistance with parking and he will connect you with members who can provide assistance.
Twinkle Borge is the leader of Pu’uhonua O Wai’anae (POW), a village of 250 people living unhoused on state land adjacent to the Waianae Boat Harbor. POW residents serve Waianae in various ways: conducting regular cleanups all across the Waianae Coast, feeding and clothing residents of other houseless encampments, and distributing back-to-school supplies each year to both houseless and housed families. In 2018, Borge and others led an effort to defend the village from eviction. In 2020, Borge and the village completed the purchase of 20 acres in Waianae Valley for their permanent home, and they are now working on construction. Borge is also on the Steering Committee of Hui Aloha.
August 20: Hybrid Lunch Meeting with Guest Speaker
The Honorable Patrick Koon Sinn Lono Yim
THE HONORABLE PATRICK KOON SINN LONO YIM, RETIRED
The Honorable Patrick K.S.L. Yim is a highly respected retired judge who has served our community in many important ways. After retiring from the bench, he has taken on many important roles including as the court appointed fact finder in the Bishop Estate controversy, as board president of IHS, and as a trustee of the Queen Lili'uokalani Trust. Most recently, he has been selected as the Board Chair of the Princess Kawananakoa Foundation which has received $100 million from her estate. He will be discussing her life and legacy.
Official visit from our Rotary District Governor, Ted Faigle
&
Guest Speaker Kim Coco Iwamoto
“My Life as a Successful Transgender Person in Hawaii.”
In 2006, when Kim Coco Iwamoto was elected to the Board of Education, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to elect an openly transgender person to a statewide office; she was re-elected in 2010 with 25% more votes. Iwamoto went on to serve as a Commissioner on the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission. In 2013, the Obama White House honored her as a Champion of Change. Iwamoto is an attorney, small business owner and Co-Founder of the Chamber of Sustainable Commerce, which now has over 500 members statewide. Iwamoto lives in Kakaako with her 11-year-old daughter Rory, a proud student of Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School.
What do YOU want to get out of your Rotary Membership?
Are you a new member or someone interested in learning about opportunities to engage with Rotary? Please join us for a New Member Orientation 2.0 session via Zoom to ask all the questions you have about Rotary and learn more about our teams and service projects.
Your friendly Club Administrator here with a few housekeeping requests.
PLEASE preregister to attend if at all possible. We are required to give a headcount to the venue.
ALL WALK-INS - member or not - pay $50.
Do NOT assume I know you are attending. Exception is for Members who have opted for the Prepaid Lunch Plans.
Prepaid Member Lunches: One of the perks of prepaying for your lunches is automatic registration for the meeting, even if you do not attend.
Make Up Meetings: Please email me the date and location/Club you attended. If you do not alert me, I cannot give you Attendance Credit. Many of us like to patron other clubs, so please inform me when you do so I can credit you. This also helps with our overall attendance record.
President Tom Coyne worked closely with our Club Treasurer Lucci Pinoliad, and with Past President Joanna Amberger to finalize our budget for 2025. With membership staying steady at 117 members and with inflation increasing the cost of operating the club, we have little choice but to implement an increase for our membership dues. The chart shows the current dues rate and the new dues rate effective July 1, 2024.
