MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION ON THE 13TH FESTIVAL OF
PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE (FestPAC) MEETINGMONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 AT 1:30PM
VIA VIRTUAL APPLICATION ZOOM: VIDEO / AUDIO CONFERENCE
Commission Members Present were:
J. Kalani English, Chair
Kalani Ka‘anā‘anā
Māpuana de Silva
Monte McComber
Makanani Salā
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Jamie Lum-Senate President’s Designee
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority (HTA) Designee
Community Member At-Large
Governor’s Designee
City and County of Honolulu Designee
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Designee
Department of Business, Economic Developmentand Tourism (DBEDT)

Jacob Aki-Lawson Fernandes
Alan Texeira
Lynn Martin Graton
Maka Casson-Fisher
Malia Sanders
T. Ilihia Gionson
Dede Howa
June Matsumoto
Jackie Burke
June Matsumoto
Jean-Emmamuel Frantz
Ngahiraka Mason
Amber Jacroux Bixel
Ian Custino
Hailama Farden-

Director of Communications, Hawai‘i State
SenateMayor’s Office of Culture and Arts (MOCA)
Senator English’s OfficePublic Member
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
Pacific Islands Institute
Kahookele Art
Pacific Islands InstitutePublic MemberAotearoa Representative
Bishop Museum
Kamehameha Schools
Kamehameha Schools

Margaret Ahn
Marlene Hiraoka
Timothy Tiu
Scott Tome
Selma Malcolm-Attorney General
DBEDT
DBEDT
DBEDT
DBEDT

Guests:Staff:

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Apologies:
Richard Onishi
Snowbird Bento-

House Speaker’s Designee
Community Member At-Large

Call to OrderCall to order: The meeting was called to order by Chair English at 1:34pm., who welcomed
everyone present via Zoom.
Chair English called upon Mr. Casson-Fisher for the wehena (opening).
Public Testimony On Agenda Items
Chair English invited members of the public to testify on the agenda items. Hearing none, hecontinued with agenda items.
Approval of December 1, 2020 Meeting Minutes
Chair English requested a motion to approve the minutes of December 1, 2020 with nonsubstantive corrections to include ʻokina and corrected spelling of Hawaiian words. Motion toapprove with non-substantive corrections was made by Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā and seconded by Ms. deSilva. No further discussion.
A roll call vote was requested with the following Commissioners approving the motion:
Chair English, Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā, Ms. Lum, Ms. Wong-Kalu, Ms. Salā, Ms. de Silva. Noneopposed.
Roll Call Vote: Unanimous
Council of Pacific Arts and Culture (CPAC) Working Group Update
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: request commission consider its plans for a mid-point event in 2022 and suggest
a virtual youth summit of representatives from various countries and give them questions
addressing climate change and other important questions of the day such as how do we remain
culturally relevant in a digital space or what does a virtual festival look like.
Chair English: perhaps we should not be picking up the cost for two events. We should ask
CPAC about spreading the costs amongst member states and share the burden.
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: not sure if the working group released the request for proposal for a contractor
to support the work. By next meeting we will have more details from Mr. McComber.
Festival Logo
Mr. Gionson displayed slides of the logos.
Option #1 Iowan font – serifs included
a. Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā likes this option
b. Chair English likes this option- prefers this because letters are thinner and easierto seec. Mr. McComber likes this option

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f. Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā likes this option- feels more weightedd
Option #2 Angie font – more stylized
a. Chair English does not like this optionb. Ms. Lum likes this optionc. Ms. Wong-Kalu likes this option
Option #3 Archivo font – no serifis included
a. Chair English no Serif and more modern
b. Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā likes this optionc. Ms. de Silva does not like this optiond. Ms. Lum does not like this option
Chair English: the majority likes #1 and we’ve had discussion on the logo. Let’s consider voting
on the logo.
Chair English requested a motion to approve logo. Motion to approve logo #1 by Ms. de Sliva
and seconded by Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā.
A roll call vote was requested with the following Commissioners approving the motion:
Ms. de Silva, Ms. Wong-Kalu, Ms. Lum, Ms. Salā, Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā, Mr. McComber, Chair
English. None oppose.
Roll Call Vote: Unanimous
Chair English: Commission expresses mahalo to Uncle Kīhei for the original design and Mr.
Gionson for formatting this logo for our festival. Uncle Kīhei first designed it in 2000.
Ms. de Silva shares the history of the logo.

Festival Program Updates
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: there are some areas that still need to be worked on, and I think we can workwith our individual committees.
Chair English: briefly went over the kuleana of the commission and the commissioners. For ournew commissioners if you’re stuck or if you need a resource regarding the festival, please seek
guidance from Ms. de Silva.
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: establish own working committees to coordinate your work. Kuleana matrix
will have overlap, for instance, commissioners should work together for various events to do one
procurement of supplies (e.g., chair orders etc.)
Ms. Wong-Kalu reads an email sent to the commission chair on behalf of the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs (OHA) requesting a status of financial and planning information on the Festival.
Chair English: We are in extraordinary circumstances. FestPAC was the first major event inHawaiʻi to cancel due to the pandemic. The commission originally voted to postpone theMinutes of the Commission on the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture
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Festival to 2021 but realized even that was too soon. We had funding lined up from the State aswell as private funding. Some funding has since lapsed. Recognizing that the region would notbe ready to travel or be safe until perhaps 2022, the commission looked to 2024. We are startingfrom ground zero again to reauthorize the FestPAC comission and extend it beyond June 30,
2021, to move it ahead and seek funding with new budgets and new projections.
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: Regarding the status of the budget, when we postponed the event twice itallowed us to rethink the festival. We have made changes to the program offerings, so now eachof us needs to do our work based on these revisions, and work with our individual committees todevelop the budget again. In terms of funding status, the Legislature appropriated $2.45 million
in total between 2017-2019; there were $110,000 in federal grants awarded but the grantapplications were withdrawn upon recommendation of the funding agency due to the 2020
Festival cancellation; the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts committed $15,000; HTA has
earmarked $50,000 in its FY21 budget, and there were $200,000 in private donations. Due to theeconomic conditions resulting from Covid-19, most of those private donations have beenreturned. FestPAC Host Country Manual and the guided facilitation of these meetings are themechanisms that have helped the commission. Tasks taken from the manual have been coverted
to a checklist. Regarding financial status, DBEDT will put that information together. In termsof need, the commission has discussed in the past whether any of our individual organizations
can provide other types of support such as administrative or legal support. This is another way
the OHA can lend support to the event, perhaps in the areas of legal support, graphics, digitalmarketing, or if there is staff time to support the festival. Our next meeting will be important aswe will finalize the programs offerings so that we can inform the countries of what those are, andthey in turn can confirm their intent to participate. This is an overview of the situation, and awritten response will be provided to the OHA Chair.
Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā: Regarding the status of Strategies 360, a puchase order has been issued to pay
for the hosting of the website for the next 6 months. For public relations support they are nolonger the contractor. Director of Senate Communications, Jacob Aki and Senator English willbe providing support in this area for the time being.
Ms. Wong-Kalu: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi has to be at the forefront as our anchor. Face forward asKanaka to the rest of the world to be this anchor.
Chair English: Officially our languages have to be at least English and French for FestPAC
however, but we want to ensure that ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is represented first. The standard for
production of documents in all three languages was affirmed by the commission in the December
1, 2020 meeting under Festival Program Offerings.
Public Comments
Chair English asked for public testimony.
Jackie Burke: Welcome to Ms. Wong-Kalu and Ms. Salā, and glad to see that we are quickly
moving forward. Will be trying to stay with all of you for the next 4 years.

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Chair recognized that written testimony was submitted and included in the meeting materials.
No further public testimony.
Next Meeting
Commission will try meeting every other Monday at 2:30pm beginning with Monday, January25, 2021. We will try to keep it to an hour. Send out a schedule for everyone and that will be
the standing schedule.
Next meeting date: January 25, 2021 (Monday)
Time: 2:30pm
Adjournment
Chair English adjourned meeting at 2:47pm

Respectfully Submitted,Senator J. Kalani English
Chair

2/13/21
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