MPI Aloha Chapter : June 2008 Presidents Message

Mid-Year Community Update
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date against our Mission,
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President's Message

By Edie Hafdahl CMP, CTC

Aloha kakou,

It's hard to believe that a year has past since I began my term as President. Thanks to all of you, it has been an amazing ride!

The final quarter of the year began with an entertaining educational luncheon with Music Motivational speaker Neil Pflum, held at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio. Please click here for the recap and photos.

The Hawai'i Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association (HHSMA) held a luncheon in April at Ruth's Chris in Waikiki to honor the Aloha Airlines sales & marketing executives. The MPI Aloha Chapter showed their appreciation for the tremendous support given by Aloha Airlines over the years with gift cards from Ala Moana Center for each of the former Aloha Airlines sales executives.

We joined the world of E-bay earlier this quarter and to date we have raised over $1,000. Mahalo to Cherryl Cunanan, MPI Aloha Chapter Director, Fundraising who worked diligently to get this project up and running and a special mahalo to our members for their generous donations. The success of all of our fundraising efforts this past year will allow us to present a check to Lokahi at our upcoming educational luncheon on June 17 to benefit the four major islands, making this a great statewide effort.

Edie Hafdahl, CMP, CTC, MPI
Aloha Chapter President, Gail
Glushenko, Aloha Airlines, Kainoa Daines, HHSMA President

I am delighted to see our membership roster growing close to the 100 mark and pleased to welcome our new members. Click here to meet the new members.

Speaking of new members and membership in general, I was pleased to see that over a third of our membership completed the member satisfaction survey conducted earlier this quarter. I am even more pleased with the results. The overall satisfaction rate of our MPI Aloha Chapter was in the upper 3%, both regionally, (48 chapters in the United States) and globally, (68 chapters). We will continue moving forward next year by increasing member involvement, enhancing chapter communications, and creating more business opportunities for our members.

We are ending the year in grand style with our highly successful first annual awards gala under our belt. Mahalo nui loa to the Awards Gala Committee who worked tirelessly to provide a first class event. It was a proud night for the MPI Aloha Chapter. The human connections were strong and the member conversation and experience was elevated to an all new high. Congratulations to Cherryl Cunanan, Planner of the Year, Don Chock, CMP, Supplier of the Year, Merrissa Uchimura, Rising Star, Lisa Mock, recipient of the President's Award and of course to our founding president, Cheryl Williams.

Edie Hafdahl, CMP, CTC, MPI Aloha Chapter President, Cheryl Williams, MPI Aloha Chapter Founding President, Randy Clark, MPI Aloha Chapter President-Elect

Edie Hafdahl, CMP, CTC, MPI Aloha Chapter President, Donald Chock, CMP, Supplier of the Year, Cherryl Cunanan, Planner of the Year, Lisa Mock, Recipient of the President's Award, Merrissa Uchimura, Rising Star, Randy Clark, MPI Aloha Chapter President-Elect.

I have been honored and privileged to have served as your MPI Aloha Chapter president and so proud to have lead the organization during these exciting times with MPI's shift in direction - to Build a Rich Global Meeting Industry Community. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a sincere mahalo to the Hawai'i Visitors & Convention Bureau and to Sue Kanoho, Executive Director of the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau for their tremendous support this past year during my term as President.

As I bid a fond aloha, I am delighted to be passing the gavel on to your incoming President, Randy Clark, with Four Seasons Resorts Lana'i. Randy's enthusiastic and "let's do it" attitude will carry us on to next year as we continue to Build a Strong Aloha Chapter, with all of us working together with Aloha and Lokahi.

With heartfelt aloha,

Edie Hafdahl, CMP, CTC
Senior Director of Sales
Kaua�i Visitors Bureau


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