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1. ACT 126
RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS
THE FUTURE FOR MAUI AND HAWAII
Governor David Y. Ige signed GM 1228 on June 27, 2016. The full text of the
Governor’s Message,
Dear President Kouchi, Speaker Souki, and Members of the
Legislature:
This is to inform you that on June 27, 2016, the following bill was
signed into law:
HB2501 HD2 SD2 CDl RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS
ACT 126 (16)
Sincerely,
-Signed-
DAVID Y. IGE
Governor, State
Marti Townsend, Director for the Sierra of Hawaii, June 27, 2016,
“His [Governor David Y. Ige] decision unnecessarily favors profit-driven
water diversions above the best interests of the public. Our laws are written
to ensure that our water is held in TRUST for everyone’s benefit.
[Emphasis Supplied]

2. The Ige Administration should follow those laws, not change them to
benefit those that divert public water for private gain, while harming
the people and environment.”
Source: Kaylan, Suzanne, and Anthony Pignataro. "Gov. Ige Lets
A&B Continue to Divert East Maui Water." Maui Time [Wailuku, HI]
30 June 2016, Vol 20 Issue 03 ed., MauiSphere page 7. Print.
The advocacy surrounding HB2501 HD2 SD2 CDl Relating to Water Rights
has been contentious and hostile. Act 126 without remedial steps will continue the
adversarial process and the conflict will be protracted. There is hope,
“When trust is broken, it does not need to be the end of a relationship.
Much can be learned from staying in a relationship and learning from
the conflict situation.”
--- Margaret Paul Ph.D.
Dennis W. Groh, currently, Chief Marketing Officer, Engineering Services
Network (ESN), Arlington, Virginia, formerly, Director, Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA), Scott AFB, IL utilized the Total Quality Management
(TQM) management approach to rebuild the organization during a period when
Department of Defense (DOD) restructured, reorganized and closed installations.
“Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management approach that
originated in the 1950s and has steadily become more popular since
the early 1980s. Total quality is a description of the culture, attitude
and organization of a company that strives to provide customers with
products and services that satisfy their needs. The culture requires
quality in all aspects of the company’s operations, with processes
being done right the first time and defects and waste eradicated from
operations.

3. To be successful implementing TQM, an organization must
concentrate on the eight key elements:
1. Ethics
2. Integrity
3. Trust
4. Training
5. Teamwork
6. Leadership
7. Recognition
8. Communications”
Source: Padhi, Nayantara, Ph.D. "The Eight Elements of TQM." iSixSigma.
Web https://www.isixsigma.com/methodology/total-quality-management-
tqm/eight-elements-tqm/
Web Accessed 02 July 2016.
TQM is recommended to restore public confidence and trust and to reshape
the process that has been assailed and damaged on grounds of integrity, honesty,
ethical conduct and transparency.
We strongly recommend that the TQM process be utilized interactively by
the State of Hawaii, Alexander & Baldwin, Maui County, environmental and
conservation groups, and civic groups to change the landscape of mutual
collaboration to build for the future.
We have faith that with hard work, planning, collaboration and full
participation by concerned parties, stakeholders and the public that a secure,
strengthened and empowered foundation for transitioning the agricultural model
for Maui will achieve excellence attain success and will rebuild and restore bridges
that were damaged and destroyed.
Aloha …