02-21-2018, 04:14 PM
"If you look at the balance of the proposed 7 person Mauna Kea Authority panel doesn't it seem a bit biased?"
You can compare the proposed membership of the new management authority with the one that currently exists. At the end of this post is the proposed membership from SB3090 SD1, the current management (OMKM) is listed here:
http://www.malamamaunakea.org/management
Note that OMKM also takes input from Kahu Ku Mauna, the membership of whom is listed here:
http://www.malamamaunakea.org/management/kahu-ku-mauna
As I mentioned a little earlier, the bill seems to be quite blatantly trying to remove any input from the observatories. It's also unclear to me if the bill is just for the science reserve or the whole of Mauna Kea including the areas managed by the DLNR, but it is clear they are trying to remove free access to the mountain unless you are a native Hawaiian cultural practitioner.
SB3090 SD1 proposed membership:
"(1) An expert in astronomy who is not currently employed at an astronomy facility or the University of Hawaii's institute for astronomy;
(2) A land management expert;
(3) Two business experts whose expertise is in real estate, property appraisal, accounting, finance, economics, or innovation;
(4) An environmental expert whose expertise is in environmental sciences of relevance to the natural resources and ecological attributes of Mauna Kea, as evidenced by a college or post-graduate degree in biology, ecology, or other relevant field, or work history that demonstrates an appropriate level of knowledge in Mauna Kea's natural resources and ecological attributes;
(5) A practitioner or lineal descendant of practitioners of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices associated with Mauna Kea; provided that such representative shall have been appointed from a list of nominees submitted to the governor by the office of Hawaiian affairs; and
(6) An individual with demonstrated expertise in Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices or Hawaiian history, [...]"
You can compare the proposed membership of the new management authority with the one that currently exists. At the end of this post is the proposed membership from SB3090 SD1, the current management (OMKM) is listed here:
http://www.malamamaunakea.org/management
Note that OMKM also takes input from Kahu Ku Mauna, the membership of whom is listed here:
http://www.malamamaunakea.org/management/kahu-ku-mauna
As I mentioned a little earlier, the bill seems to be quite blatantly trying to remove any input from the observatories. It's also unclear to me if the bill is just for the science reserve or the whole of Mauna Kea including the areas managed by the DLNR, but it is clear they are trying to remove free access to the mountain unless you are a native Hawaiian cultural practitioner.
SB3090 SD1 proposed membership:
"(1) An expert in astronomy who is not currently employed at an astronomy facility or the University of Hawaii's institute for astronomy;
(2) A land management expert;
(3) Two business experts whose expertise is in real estate, property appraisal, accounting, finance, economics, or innovation;
(4) An environmental expert whose expertise is in environmental sciences of relevance to the natural resources and ecological attributes of Mauna Kea, as evidenced by a college or post-graduate degree in biology, ecology, or other relevant field, or work history that demonstrates an appropriate level of knowledge in Mauna Kea's natural resources and ecological attributes;
(5) A practitioner or lineal descendant of practitioners of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices associated with Mauna Kea; provided that such representative shall have been appointed from a list of nominees submitted to the governor by the office of Hawaiian affairs; and
(6) An individual with demonstrated expertise in Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices or Hawaiian history, [...]"