Vol. 13, #1, January 2004
ANNUAL MEETING REPORT
Once again there was plenty of food at the potluck, so not one of the 50 attendees went hungry. Being well fed makes any meeting a success. We were pleased that City Councilmembers Charles Djou and Gary Okina also attended. Four other Council members had sent their regrets.
The Treasurer indicated that we had an income of $2,861.90 and expenses of $5,273.04 to give a balance of $7,435.43. Larry Winnik presented President Norris with a check of $312 from the sale of his CD's in the Gift Shop.
President John Norris indicated that 2003 was a good year overall for the FOHB. With the new facilities in place, we are now looking to the future. Highlights for the year include: Members (1) testifying for the increase of the fee to $5 and against the move to shift the concession fees from the Bay, (2) developing an award application to the Smithsonian Magazine (turned down), (3) conducting quarterly cleanups of the Bay and Hwy, (4) awarding a research travel grant to Ms. Ling Ong to study techniques being used to track Parrotfish that can be used in the Bay, (5) financing the newly designed T-shirts for the HBEP Volunteers, (6) assisting in the testimony on the evaluation of the HBEP program, (7) supporting the Thursday Night lecture and film series, (8) adding Cynthia Bond and Bryn Kaufman to the Board with David Livingston and Geoffrey Haywood leaving, (9) developing the beautiful and new FOHB Website, and (10) reexamining the Mission Statement and goals of the FOHB. The Board pledges to continue to work to the support of the Bay and the education of the public.
The following were elected to the Board for 2004-2005 on motion: Laurel Anderson, Cynthia Bond, Bryn Kaufman and Barbara Nowak.
DUES ARE DUE
You can now pay your 2004 dues and buy promotional materials via snail-mail, see other side, or electronic-mail and a credit card, see our new Website:
www.friendsofhanaumabay.orgMEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
___$100 Supporter (includes FOHB
T-shirt) Circle Size/Color
WHITE or GRAY
CHILD S M L XL XXL
___$50 Contributer
___$25 Individual/Family
___$10 Senior (over 60)e-mail address:_____________________
(For any rapid communication need.)FOHB Fund-Raising Items:
___$22 T-shirt ___Number
Circle Size(s)/Color(s):
CHILD S M L XL XXL
WHITE OR GRAY
___$2 Bumper Sticker
___$20 H-Bay Video
___$6 Coloring Book
___$5 Mailing/Shipping Costs$____________ Total Order
Friends of Hanauma Bay
100 Hanauma Bay Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96825BOARD REPORT
The Board voted on motion to retain the same officers for 2004, John Norris, President; Micki Stash, Vice-President; Roy Gritter, Secretary and Laurel Anderson, Treasurer.
The Board voted to give a $50 cash award and a copy of the John Hoover book "The Fish of Hanauma Bay" to a Junior High student and $100 plus the book to a Senior High student at the Hawaii Regional Science Fair that have awardable projects in Marine Science.The FOHB will be a co-sponsor of the HBEP's Volunteer Appreciation Banquet by making a $500 grant.
To be able to use the new method of dues paying described above, the Board voted to approve using the Website and PayPal to carry this out.
Are You Looking at Me?While "cruising" the reed flats just a wee bit into the outer reef recently I saw some seriously unusual behavior exhibited between a couple of Redlip Parrotfish. They caught my attention (Not any easy thing to do to a mature snorkeler who is off-times literally "zoned-out" in Zone 2!) because of their antics.
A "terminal phase" Redlip was chasing an "initial phase" member and every so often the "chase" would stop and both critters would initiate a stare-down contest, nose-to-nose, while occasionally shaking their respective heads three times in quick succession. They would do this for 15-seconds and then the chase would continue once again only to be terminated in a subsequent stare-down and head shaking routine.
As I am wont to do, I couldn't help reflect on their aberrant (to me) behavior and wonder how it would play out in a homo sapiens erectus world. Assuming that their activity had a basis in a two-guy one-girl scenario or alternatively in establishing who was more macho, I could picture a mid-20's studly guy, looking for love in all the right places, walking into a "club" and doing the nose-to-nose head shake routine with his competition to win the heart of a lady at the bar. No fist fights, no wrestling match, no small arms fire, just some close-in head shaking while staring down your opponent.
I decided to test out my theory with a buddy at my last poker game. Trying to bluff him during a hand of "Texas hold 'em (I had 3,7), I stared at him and shook my head violently to the left and right! Seeing that we were otherwise engaged, one of the other poker players raked in the "pot." I suspect that the same thing happens in the fish world as well. A couple of male fish "duke" it out with the stare and head shake routine and an opportunistic third fish steals the lady! Oh yeah! My neck brace comes off next Thursday! Aloha to all, Larry Winnik
FOHB WEBSITE
Features of the Website now include: (1) Information on the purpose of the FOHB, (2) Information on the history of the FOHB, (3) Read about research the FOHB has sponsored, (4) A copy of this Newsletter, (5) A listing of Current Events of the Bay, (6) A Membership Sign-up Form, (7) Links to other Websites of interest and (8) a contact page with the e-mail address of all the Board Members. This latter information will facilitate your contacting a Board Member regarding any special concern.
A new feature that we are working on is the ability to take donations and yearly dues on-line via a credit card! Our Website has already helped to prompt a generous gift for a Membership for a couple here from a couple on the Mainland! We are looking at the possibility of selling items from our Website as well.
Our Website will continually be updated and improved as we move forward. It will serve as a central place for everyone to get information about the FOHB. If you have any suggestions, contact Bryn Kaufman at bryn@bwkc.com.
Bay and Hwy Cleanup
Sixty persons turned out for the cleanup at the Bay and Highway on Sunday, January 18. A good turnout from just the notice in the newspapers. Mahalo to everyone that came out and supported the FOHB!
The next cleanup will be in April, and that will be a nationwide effort.
BAY EDUCATION PROGRAM
We have spent a full year in the new Education Facility and we still love it!
Now 2003 in Review!
The HBEP now has a program every Thursday night-videos, films or speakers on current marine related topics; we trained 51 new Volunteers to give >100 of them; the Volunteers donated over 12,800 hours, and increase of 1,100 over 2002; approximately 340 Education Tour groups, with about 10,000 participants came to the Bay last year, a 50% increase over 2002; we hosted distinguished groups from Indonesia, People's Republic of China and Brazil as well as the President of Taiwan; we added our Outreach Coordinator Dr. Valerie Franck and part-time Program Assistants Malealani Kaneshiro and Paulo Maurin to our Staff; we ran a joint program with the Waikiki Aquarium this past summer; we said goodbye to Jeffrey Kuwabara, Kimberly Artita and Wendy Baucham, we are still working on our contract with the City for 2003-2004; and it has been wonderful working with the FOHB this past year.
Peter Rappa, Director, Hanauma Bay Education Program.The Outreach Program has scheduled:
1/22/04 "Underwater Wonders: Underwater Photography Showcase," Underwater Photography Society of Hawaii.
1/29/04 "Current Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales in the Hawaiian Islands," Dr. Adam Pack, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory.
2/5/04 "Humpback Whales" film documentary by BBC/PBS.
2/12/04 "An Update on Opah and Monchong Life History and Ecology Studies," Don Hawn, NOAA Fisheries.
2/19/04 "Ocean Drifters" film from Monterey Aquarium.
2/26/04 "Currents, Constellations and a Canoe: Polynesian Voyaging," Dr. Bernie Kilonsky, Polynesian Voyaging Society.
Remember all talks/FILMS are in the Bay Education Center on Thursdays at 6:30 pm.
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NANAMOANA is published bimonthly by the Friends of Hanauma Bay,
100 Hanauma Bay Road, Honolulu, HI 96825
Roy Gritter, Editor.
