Coming Events
Advertiser Staff
ONGOING
• THE HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, which provides networking opportunities for small-business owners and professionals, meets noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at The Wisteria restaurant. Call: Emy Yamauchi-Wong, 591-4940.
• The Building Industry Association Of Hawai'i has extended the entry deadline, and announced a new name and new categories, for the 2001 BIA Renaissance Building and Remodeling Awards. The deadline for submitting entry forms and fees has been extended to June 15; awards for quality construction and design will include new, as well as remodeled, residential and commercial projects. Winners of the newly named competition will be announced Aug. 17 at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
JUNE 14
• Drake Beil, president of Solutions Inc. and author of the weekly "60 Seconds on Business" newspaper feature, will lead a seminar June 14 on conflict management. The discussion, part of "The Leadership Series" sponsored by Hawai'i Employers Council, will be held 8:30 to 11 a.m. (registration 8 a.m. ) in the Kahili conference room at the council's 2682 Waiwai Loop headquarters. The discussion will include basic causes of conflict, the five approaches to its resolution, and identification of "typical troublemakers." Fee; nonmembers welcome. Early registration deadline: June 7. Information, Vicky Kakazu, 440-8888.
JUNE 20
• The Kapi'olani branch of Raymond James Financial Services will offer its second in a series of free seminars, "THE 10 BIGGEST MISTAKES RETIREES MAKE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM," 10 to 11:30 a.m. June 20 at 1221 Kapi'olani Blvd. The discussion will focus on how one's spouse can continue an IRA without terminating the contact. RSVP: 591-9088.
• "THE VANISHING $" will be the title of a speech planned June 20 by Lowell Kalapa, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawai'i, to the monthly buffet luncheon meeting of the Hawai'i Economic Association: 11:45 a.m. registration; 12:30 p.m. speech and question-and-answer period, The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Fee; nonmembers welcome. RSVP by noon June 19: Sterling Nakano, 538-4761.
JUNE 21
• "Grow Smart, Smart Growth: An OnGoing Discussion on Hawai'i's Transition to the New Global Economy," part of a luncheon series sponsored by the Hawai'i Society of Corporate Planners, is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. sign-in to 1:30 p.m. June 21 at the Hawai'i Prince Hotel Waikiki, Mauna Kea Ballroom. Hawaiian community leader Beadie Kanahele Dawson, a former state deputy attorney general, will be the speaker. Dawson, also chief executive officer and general counsel of Dawson International and Dawson Group, played a significant part in developments following publication of the "Broken Trust" essay on Bishop Estate trustees. Fee (late fee after June 15); guests welcome. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.
JUNE 29-30
• Eight prominent speakers from the medical field will discuss disease-management protocols within their areas of expertise at an upcoming Maui conference sponsored by American Health Care Administrative Services Inc. The conference, "The Value of Quality Care," is planned June 29 and 30 at the Westin Maui Hotel. Information: (916) 773-7227.
COMING UP
• New legislation that requires mediation of condominium disputes between owner and association, even if only one party requests it, will be among topics discussed at an upcoming seminar on mediation and alternative dispute resolution. The luncheon event, sponsored by the local chapter of the Community Associations Institute, is scheduled 11:30 a.m. (registration) to 1:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel, Fort DeRussy. Participants will be a professional mediator, arbitrator and facilitator; an attorney; and Tracey Wiltgen, head of The Mediation Center, formerly known as the Neighborhood Justice Center. Fee; some subsidizations available. RSVP by noon June 15. Information: 488-1133.
