SBH Sunrise
Sept. 27, 2007
Darwin Ching
Monday, Sept. 17
SBH Board Meeting
SBH Office | 12 noon
Thursday, Sept. 27
SBH Sunrise Networking
Darwin Ching
Macy¹s Pineapple Room
7 - 8:30 am
Wed., Jan. 9, 2008
32nd Annual
SBH Conference
Ala Moana Hotel
8 am - 2 pm
SBH TV
Sundays 4:30 pm
Channel 54
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Debi Halcro is New Board Member
Labor Director is Sunrise Speaker
Supreme Court Rules Against Taxpayers
Small Business Views
Superferry & Hawaii's Economic Future
State ERS "Skimming"
The "Hawaii Dala"
ONLINE EXTRAS
Ruling Setback for Unions
2007 Legislative Ratings
Ayn Rand's Novel Still Radical
No Business or Tax Reform
No to Streamline Tax
Streamline Tax Good for Hawaii
Capitol Improvements
SBH Conference Wrap-up
SBH Conference Awardees
Milton Friedman
SBH Online Directory
SBH Books & Publications
SBH Member Benefits
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HAWAII SUPERFERRY
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September 2007 | Top of the News
Debi Halcro Latest Member
to Join SBH Board of Directors
Small Business Hawaii (SBH) continues a major reorganization and the introduction of new board members. SBH board adopts policy positions and activties for the 2,000 business member group, founded in 1976 by Lex Brodie. Board members are volunteers and unpaid.
Latest member appointed to the Board is Debi Halcro. Halcro is President of Valenti Print Group, one of the top commercial print companies in Honolulu. She has been with Valenti since 1991. Currently Halcro serves on the board of managers for the Central YMCA and she is the president of the Kahala Elementary School PTO and active in the community.
Other members of the SBH Board include; Ed Case, Attorney, Bays Deaver Lung Rose Holma; Joyce Edwards, The Systemcenter, Inc.; Walt Harvey, East Oahu Realty; Matt Longfellow, ValPak of Hawaii; Andrew Mertz, Andy's Pool Service; Matt Muccio, Techniques Hawaii, Inc.; Jack Schneider of JS Services, Bob Sigall, Creative-1/The Companies We Keep; Sam Slom, SMS Consultants, and Geal Talbert, Legacy Group Hawaii. Each Director is an experienced small business owner or partner, and serves as an unpaid volunteer (except for the executive director) helping to operate the association for the benefit of the membership.
New Labor Director Darwin Ching
to Speak at September 27 SBH Sunrise
The next monthly Small Business Hawaii Networking Sunrise Breakfast is, 7:00 am, Thursday, September 27, in the Pineapple Room, Macy's, Ala Moana Shopping Center.
Our special guest speaker is newly appointed interim State Labor Director, Darwin Ching. He will speak on, "State Labor Initiatives & Their Impact on Small Business."
Ching is an attorney and a former member of the State Board of Education. He was also a member of Governor Linda Lingle's executive team. He succeeds Nelson Befitel who has re-entered private practice with ProService Hawaii.
This month's event sponsor is: Northstar Alliance.
Members enjoy a free exhibit area and introductions to boost their business.
The public is welcome.
Parking is free. Cost: remains only $20 for members and their guests who pay in advance; $30 for non-members and at the door.
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All Gassed Up and Nowhere to Go
It's been rough sailing for the Hawaii Superferry as SBH President Sam Slom writes about the woes and awful history surrounding this and other private ventures in "Hawaii Superferry: Tipping Point for Hawaii's Economic Future." The Superferry currently sits idle at Honolulu's Pier 19 awaiting the outcome of court rulings.
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