02-12-2018, 03:10 PM
There's someone on the Mailbox Committee who was looking into the federal angle of changing our status from a lesser rural area to a higher rural area because of the number of homes we have now. The goal is to see if we can get home mail delivery. I wouldn't discount it until someone confirms that the USPS absolutely won't deliver to our homes. I would bypass the Keaau postmaster and go further up the chain to find out. There were 2 different schools of thought on that Mailbox Committee. And of course Dist 2 rep is the chair, so there you go. It's a board run committee.
One yr ago at the membership mtg, when the mailbox fiasco occurred, a member tried to form a membership mailbox committee bc he wanted a membership committee handling this. One of the board members obstructed that, former Dist 5 rep who had just come in filling a vacancy. He was pretty upset about that. She used her board platform to obstruct his motion to form the committee. This really should be a membership committee in many peoples opinion. The board should be focused on roads.
Why not go to the next Mailbox Committee mtg and ask about this "federal angle"? Their meetings are supposed to be open to the membership.
IF, and that's a big IF, we could get home delivery, it would solve all the problems we're facing as a community. The burden would be on USPS, not us. It upsets me to see elderly people being left w/this burden. Some use their electric wheelchairs to get their mail. It's dangerous. Others have to depend on someone else to get their mail. And w/the aging community in HPP....
Good luck Eric...I understand your frustration. We also were faced w/the same issues for a couple years. For 1 yr we paid for a private mailbox in Hilo. 1 yr later, we got a PO Box at Keaau and were charged $25/mo. We found out some people were charged and others weren't being charged.
Maybe someone can try again at this Feb membership mtg to form a Membership Mailbox committee and do your own research.
One yr ago at the membership mtg, when the mailbox fiasco occurred, a member tried to form a membership mailbox committee bc he wanted a membership committee handling this. One of the board members obstructed that, former Dist 5 rep who had just come in filling a vacancy. He was pretty upset about that. She used her board platform to obstruct his motion to form the committee. This really should be a membership committee in many peoples opinion. The board should be focused on roads.
Why not go to the next Mailbox Committee mtg and ask about this "federal angle"? Their meetings are supposed to be open to the membership.
IF, and that's a big IF, we could get home delivery, it would solve all the problems we're facing as a community. The burden would be on USPS, not us. It upsets me to see elderly people being left w/this burden. Some use their electric wheelchairs to get their mail. It's dangerous. Others have to depend on someone else to get their mail. And w/the aging community in HPP....
Good luck Eric...I understand your frustration. We also were faced w/the same issues for a couple years. For 1 yr we paid for a private mailbox in Hilo. 1 yr later, we got a PO Box at Keaau and were charged $25/mo. We found out some people were charged and others weren't being charged.
Maybe someone can try again at this Feb membership mtg to form a Membership Mailbox committee and do your own research.