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<br /> III. TREASURER'S REPORT <br /> The Treasurer's Report for the month of November 1996 was approved as circulated. <br /> N. REPORTS <br /> A. Executive Committee Reports <br /> Reporting on the approval of the 1997 HSAC Legislative Program Policy Statement. <br /> (Action taken on November 22, 1996) <br /> B. County Reports <br /> There were no County Committee Reports. <br /> C. NACo Reports <br /> Second Vice President Kouchi reported that the two most significant issues at the NACo <br /> Fall Board Meeting were NACo's indebtedness on the NACo Building and discussions <br /> on the successor to NACo Second Vice President Dick Cecil. <br /> About 15 yeazs ago, NACo entered into an agreement for the construction and purchase <br /> of a building in downtown Washington, D. C. and in a nutshell, NACo made a bad deal <br /> and almost went bankrupt. Back then, all of the members were asked to assist in the <br /> form of increased dues and with some belt tightening and two good presidents, NACo <br /> was able to weather the storm. NACo continues to operate in a financially solvent <br /> manner and is applying some of the revenue that we aze taking in towazds the fulfillment <br /> of the indebtedness on the building. It is projected that NACo will shortly be wrapping <br /> up the lawsuit that it is involved in that we will be able to clear the debt within the next <br /> two or three yeazs. <br /> A second significant issue was the discussions on a successor to NACo Second Vice <br /> President Dick Cecil who was not re-elected this past November. Last July, in electing <br /> the new person who would ultimately become the President of NACo, and afrer <br /> interviews with both candidates, it appeared that Dick Cecil of Delaware was much <br /> more in tune to our needs, to our native Hawaiian issues, to our sugaz issues, and was <br /> going to be a better friend to Hawaii than the candidate from Maryland. Hawaii then <br /> supported Republican Dick Cecil over a Democrat in what fumed our to be the closest <br /> election ever in NACo history and where Hawaii s forty-plus votes would have turned <br /> the tide for either candidate. <br /> Afrer much rancorous debate on what to do with the vacancy, the decision was made <br /> by the Board of Directors to wait until the general membership meeting in July and have <br /> an election for the first vice president slot, which would be Mr. Cecil's vacated seat, and <br /> also have an election for the second vice president, which would be the seat that would <br /> naturally would have opened up. A number of possible candidates, including HSAC <br /> President Mansho have already been identified. <br /> <br />