Molokai Enterprise Community attempting to cancel elections
By David Lichtenstein
5/9/2008 1:31:33 PM
In a closed meeting, the Molokai Enterprise Community board, Ke Aupuni LÅkahi, Inc., voted in favor of changing its bylaws in an effort to cancel public elections to replace four board vacancies.
The EC board is required by federal law to have 55 percent of its members elected to its seats. The board had discussed holding the election in January or February of 2008, when the terms of office for four board members expired — Joshua Pastrana, Shannon Crivello, Sybil Lopez and Russell Kallstrom.
Those hoping to represent Kalaupapa on the EC were Shannon Crivello and Mahie McPherson. For the east, candidates were Russell Kallstrom, Kanoe Davis and Josh Pastrana. West tract candidates were Steve Morgan and Jerry Manning.
In the April 17 closed board meeting, the organization's president and acting executive director, Stacy Helm-Crivello, recommended that the EC's bylaws be amended to eliminate the requirement of an annual election.
According to EC board member Bridget Mowat, Helm-Crivello said...
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