Getting ready for December 1st & 8th...

Aloha Everyone,

Two of our most crucial days of MAMDRP Pathways are coming up and there's a few announcements that we'd like to share with all of you.

First off are the announcements of the groups for each of these dates.  At our last November 17th meeting date, students and alaka'i ranked on a scale of 1-4 ("1" for first preference choice, 4 for last preference choice) of which opportunities they wanted to be a part of.  The groups have been formulated today and are listed below.  Students and alaka'i were assigned and ranked accordingly based on their attendance and how they ranked their choices.  The groups are as follows

Group A: 
December 1st: Kapuamae'ole to launch wooden floaters on Windward, O'ahu
December 8th: Ka Mo'i to go paddling/onshore presentation
Lelemia
Natasha
Noah
Vanessa
Kristynn
Justice
Keikilani
Mahina

Group B:
December 1st: Kanehunamoku sailing/onshore presentation
December 8th: Kapuamae'ole to launch wooden floaters on Leeward, O'ahu 
Jordan
Aliah
Kim Hee
Kaua
Hoaliku
Fili
James
Koa

Group C:
December 1st: Kanehunamoku sailing/onshore presentation
December 8th: Ka Mo'i to go paddling/onshore presentation
Kamuela
Dana
Ilikea
Rochelle
Leila
Hope
Rhys

Group D:
December 1st: Kanehunamoku sailing/onshore presentation
December 8th: Ka Mo'i to go paddling
Kali
Samson
'Anela
Kekai
Nanea
Camryn

Here's the agenda for December 1st* (Please note the extended time in schedule):
8:30-8:45am Bus departing from UH Manoa Varney Circle at ma kai side of Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services Building and heading to He'eia Boat Harbor/Pier
*For those students who would like to meet us at He'eia Boat Harbor/Pier, please meet us there on time at 9:15am
9:15-10:00am Briefing, protocol and pule
10:00-3:00pm Group A launching wooden floaters, and Groups B, C & D at the sandbar for onshore presentation and sailing with Kanehunamoku
*Lunch and snacks will be provided by Na Pua No'eau
3:00pm Everyone meets back at He'eia Boat Harbor/Pier
3:00-3:15pm Closing protocol and evaluations
3:15pm Head back to UH
4:00pm Return to UH

Here's the agenda for December 8th
8:30-8:45am Bus departing from UH Manoa Varney Circle at ma kai side of Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services Building and heading to Wai'anae Boat Harbor
*For those students who would like to meet us at Wai'anae Boat Harbor, please meet us there on time at 9:45am
9:45-10:15am Briefing, protocol and pule
10:15-2:00pm Group B heads out to launch wooden floaters, and Groups A, C & D head to Poka'i Bay for paddling with Ka Mo'i and onshore presentation with E Ala
*Lunch and snacks will be provided by Na Pua No'eau
2:00pm Everyone meets back at Poka'i Bay
2:00-2:15pm Closing protocol and evaluations
2:15pm Head back to UH
3:30pm Return to UH

*VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ BELOW CAREFULLY!

For everyone going on Kapuamae'ole to launch wooden floaters on either the Windward side of O'ahu (December 1st) or on the Leeward side of O'ahu (December 8th), please prepare for the following:
1.  If you think that you might be getting motion sickness on Kapuamae'ole (to launch wooden floaters), Kanehunamoku (sailing canoe) or Ka Mo'i (paddling canoe), bonine or dramamine medication is strongly recommended.  Please be sure to follow instructions to either of these medications very carefully and be sure to do a "test run" prior to the Saturday dates.
2.  To minimize sea sickness it is highly recommended that you do not eat greasy foods or oatmeal the morning of December 1st and December 8th.
3.  To also minimize sea sickness it is highly recommended that you get a good night's rest.
4.  Everyone will be required to wear life vests on both Kapuamae'ole and Kanehunamoku
5.  All females are required to wear swim shorts for both dates
6.  Pack/bring the following with you:
-Water bottles THIS IS A MUST!
-Light jacket (Not required, but strongly recommended)
-Sunglasses (Not required, but strongly recommended)
-Long sleeve shirt or long sleeve rash guard (Not required, but strongly recommended)
-Sunscreen
-Hat
-Tabis or slippers
-Change of clothes
-Towel
*Please pack very lightly and preferably in a backpack or bag that can be zippered up, do not bring "extra stuff" like money, makeup, food, etc.
7.  There might be press people there for either of our December 1st or December 8th dates, please defer all reporters to Aunty Ku'umeaaloha, do not answer questions by any of the media unless instructed to do so by Aunty Ku'umeaaloha.

If you have any further questions, please call Uncle Kinohi at 956-0939.

Getting ready for November 17th...

Aloha Everyone,

Our 5th MAMDRP meeting is coming up quick this Saturday!  We have quite an agenda mapped out for all of you.  In the morning we'll be practicing our oli that we've learned thus far.  Please be sure to have all of these oli memorized, we will be using them for our December 1st and December 8th launching dates.  The words to the oli we've learned thus far can be found here: http://mamdrp.blogspot.com/search/label/Oli

Also, we have a few very special guests who will speaking to all of you.  Mehanaokala Hind, a former NPN employee, NPN advisory member and now a member of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' executive team with Chief Executive Officer Kamana'opono Crabbe.  Her many talents are rooted in hula, oli, education, Native Hawaiian advocacy, composition and Native intelligence in nearly all facets, just to name a few.  She is a well-respected and contributing member of our community and we are very blessed to have her share her views on "Papaku Makawalu" a Hawaiian way of learning, knowing, investigating and being.  Here's a wonderful video that was done on Mehana by Aha'i 'Olelo:

Also scheduled for the day, Aunty Noe will be sharing her 'ike on Hawaiian navigation, which will then transition into another special guest Dr. Tomoaki, who will be speaking to everyone on GIS or Geographic Information Systems.  With these two very special opportunities we will experience both traditional and western "mapping" and how we can see its similarities and then draw from its strengths as an overall benefit for our MAMDRP research project.

Finally, in preparation for our December 1st and December 8th launching dates, we will be meeting with Captain John "LJ" Benson who will be providing orientation to everyone on what to expect:
-Safety precautions
-What to prepare for
-What to expect

NOTE: Because of orientation, we will be getting out at approximately 3:45pm, please inform your families about this schedule change.