DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM (DBEDT)MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION ON THE 13TH FESTIVAL OF
PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE (FESTPAC) MEETINGWEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019, AT 9:00 A.M.
HAWAI‘I CONVENTION CENTER
1801 KALĀKAUA AVE., BOARD ROOM AHONOLULU, HAWAIʻI 96815

Commission Members Present were:
J. Kalani English, Chair
Lynn DeCoite
Māpuana de Silva
Mehana Hind
Kalani Ka‘anā‘anā
Misty Kela‘i
Mike McCartney-Monte McComber-Jacob AkiBonita Bingham
Cheng-Cheng LiDaya (Da-Wei Kuan)
Kapalai‘ula de Silva
James Huang
Will Kane
Hao-Li Lin
Daniel Lin
Beth Lum
Honey Maltin-Wisot
Michael Pili Pang
Jay Rojas
Vicky Takamine
Kanoe Takitani-Puahi-Senate President’s Designee
House Speaker’s Designee
Community Member At-Large
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Designee
City & County of Honolulu Designee
Department of Business, Economic Development
and Tourism (DBEDT)
Governor’s Designee

Guests:Senator English’s Office
Aotearoa, New ZealandCouncil of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) - Taiwan
Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) - Taiwan
Kamehameha Schools
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO)
Strategies 360
Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) - Taiwan
Nia Tero Foundation
Strategies 360
PA‘I Foundation
PA‘I Foundation
PA‘I Foundation
Mayors Office of the Culture and Arts (MOCA)

Staff:Margaret Ahn
Dennis Ling
Jamie Lum
Randy Tanaka
Selma Malcolm (Recording) -Attorney General’s Office
DBEDT
DBEDT
DBEDT
DBEDT

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Apologies:
Snowbird Bento-Commissioner - Community Member At-Large

CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Chair English on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 9:11 a.m.,
who welcomed everyone present. Special welcome was extended to Cheng-Cheng Li, Daya
(Da-Wei Juan) and Hao-Li Lin of the Taiwan Council of Indigenous People (CIP) and also toMs. Bonita Bingham of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
APPROVAL OF APRIL 10, 2019 MEETING MINUTES:Members were provided time to review the Minutes.
Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday, April 10 , 2019, were approved on a motion byMr. Kalani Ka‘anā‘anā and seconded by Ms. Lynn DeCoite.
The motion was passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Update on Legislative Appropriation for FESTPAC (HB116, SD1, CD1 Relating to theState Budget:
Chair English reported that $1 million was put into DBEDT’s budget for FESTPAC aspart of the budget bill, and the Legislature passed the measure.
B. Discussion and decision-making on the Establishment of a ‘festpac.hawaii.gov’ URL:
Ms. Dela Cruz reported that Strategies 360 secured and purchased all the websites
affiliated with FESTPAC and created one main website.
There was a discussion about utilizing a festpac.hawaii.gov URL. DBEDT reported that
there were some limitations to the .gov website in regards to fundraising and posting
advertisements on the site. Chair English suggested that the site be used for government
officials, particularly as a site for Commissioners’ emails, where it could be archived andthat this would be cleaner from an audit standpoint. Mr. Jay Rojas stated that the festpachawaii2020.org site could set up accounts for each Commissioner, and emails could bearchived and turned over to DBEDT if required for any audit. Chair English suggested
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No action was taken on thisFestival Director’s Report:
The Festival Director, Ms. Takamine reported the following:
FundraisingMs. Takamine met with Ms. Misty Kela‘i of the City and County of Honolulu,representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Kamehameha Schools
regarding funding.

The promotional video on FESTPAC, sponsored by Royal Hawaiian Center andMr. Monte McComber aired several times during the Merrie Monarch Festival inApril 2019.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Our Town Grant” and the Instituteof Museum and Library Science (MLS) grants are pending.

Chair English and Mr. McCartney will be meeting with Ms. Beth Lum after theCommission Meeting to discuss fundraising efforts. PA‘I Foundation, Strategies
360 and SMS Research Hawai‘i will also be meeting with Ms. Lum separately todiscuss sponsorship packages.

PA‘I Foundation is working with Strategies 360 to develop a sponsorship package
to present to Ms. Lum. Chair English noted that the Commission had requested
this three months ago.

Mr. Tanaka shared his experience working with Ms. Lum when he coordinatedthe World Conservation Congress Conference in Hawai‘i. He explained that Ms.
Lum would require a Case Statement (financials) from PA‘I Foundation and fromthat, build a deck to present to potential donors. He also suggested that PA‘IFoundation prepare a donor’s list and stressed the importance of a sponsorshippackage and target list of funders.

Special Programs:Ms. Takamine will send the information on the 2nd Pacific Philosophy Conference
via email to the Commissioners.

Taiwan Austronesian Language Conference: Mr. Huang reported that hereceived confirmation from the Taiwan Council of Indigenous People (CIP), that

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Page 4 of 6the 2020 Taiwan Austronesian Language Conference (held every other year), andthe Executive Council Meeting (held in-between) are scheduledto be held at theHawai‘i Convention Center (HCC). The Agenda/Program for the events ispending. Both events are being organized and conducted by CIP. Mr. Huang will
be working closely with PA‘I Foundation on the coordination ofdates/times/booking, etc., of the Hawai‘i Convention Center for the events. Mr.
Ka‘anā‘anā requested to be copied on all e-mails/communications to the Hawai‘iConvention Center. The Convention will last for four (4) days, with two (2) daysof meetings at HCC.
Ms. Takamine presented the official invitation/meeting announcement from Ms.
Leituala Kuiniselani for the 29th Meeting of the Council of Pacific Arts andCulture (CPAC) to be held in Honolulu from September 10-13, 2019. Included inthe packet was the Registration Form to be completed and submitted to CPAC byMay 31, 2019. The forms may either be submitted directly to CPAC and/or toPA‘I Foundation for distribution.

A FESTPAC Planning Committee Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, 2019,at Kaʻiwakīloumoku (Kamehameha Schools Cultural Center). Ms. Takamine invited
Commissioners to attend. It was pointed out that the Commission took action at theOctober 10, 2018 meeting to form a Permitted Interactive Group (PIG) to attend
Planning Committee meetings.
Ms. Takamine thanked Mr. McComber/Royal Hawaiian Center for sponsoring the 30second commercial on FESTPAC that was aired on Hawai‘i News Now during
Merrie Monarch Festival. Chair English thanked Strategies 360 for thecommunication update and good work on the production of the commercial.
NEW BUSINESS:
Commissioners’ Retreat:
The Commissioners’ Retreat is scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2019, from 12:00 noon to
8:00 p.m. at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum Multi-Purpose Room (Ground Floor), 250
South Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Speakers from the Office of Information
Practices, State Ethics Commission and the Department of Taxation will be invited to theretreat. Meals will be provided.

Festival Budget:
Mr. Rojas reported that since the final appropriation amount was $1 million instead of the$4 million originally proposed, he would update the budget and increase the corporate
sponsorship by $3 million and email the information to Commissioners.

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Page 5 of 6Chair English stated that PAʻI should plan on a 10 percent restriction, so Mr. Rojas said
he would increase the corporate sponsorship to $3.1 million.
Delegate Housing:
Ms. Takamine reported that the Housing Department at UH advised that there are only
1,200 rooms or beds (Ms. Takamine to confirm) available and that she will schedule ameeting with them during the week of May 13-17, 2019, regarding thecontract/deposits/rooms, etc. Dorms will be assigned to the countries that have alreadyconfirmed the number of delegates that will be attending FESTPAC, i.e., Tonga 50;
Polynesia Francaise 100; Wallace & Futuna 50; Palau 100; New Zealand 65 (per theirnews release) and Taiwan 50/per Mr. Huang.
Ms. Takamine is communicating with the East-West Center on the availability of dorms.

Biosecurity Plan:
Ms. Takamine reported that they are working on the plan and that a biosecurity meetingfor all delegations will be taking palce at the SPC meeting in September.

Taxes:Taxes were discussed, and it was agreed that Mr. Damien Elefante, Deputy Director ofHawai‘i Department of Taxation (DOTax) should be invited to the Planning Committee
Meeting on May 14, 2019, and also to the Commissions’ Retreat on May 20, 2019.

Pre-Festival Visit – September 9-13, 2019:
The Chair informed the Commissioners that the Senate Chambers at the State Capitol isalready reserved for the meetings with all the facilities needed for simultaneoustranslation, built-in electronics and the ability to livestream if desired. He suggested thata team consisting of Ms. Takamine, Ms. de Silva and Mr. Aki prepare handouts on whatis required for presentation to the Senate Staff.
Ms. Takamine stated that we have to cover the SPC staff housing and transportation.
PAʻI has secured Airbnb apartments and car rental. Mr. Ka‘anā‘anā stated that theHawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) would cover meals and that he would check to see if
HTA would be able to cover transportation and/or any other cost(s) related to themeeting.
Mr. Ling stated that the Reception is scheduled at Washington Place on Thursday,September 12, 2019.

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DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., at the HawaiʻiConvention Center.
Chair English thanked everyone for attending the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:The meeting was adjourned at 10:38 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,June 11, 2019_________________________________
Senator J. Kalani English
Chair________________________
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