2026 AIA Honolulu Annual
Business Meeting & Elections
Wednesday Oct 21 | 10am-11am
Neal S. Blaisdell Center | Room TBA
Our Annual Business Meeting is held during PBX Hawaii.
~ And add our Annual Business Meeting to Your Agenda ~
All active AIA Honolulu members for 2026 are encouraged to attend.
10% of the membership must be present to vote.
COME HEAR CHAPTER UPDATES FROM OUR LEADERSHIP
& VOTE FOR OPEN BOARD & STATE COUNCIL POSITION.
Stay tuned for Business Meeting Notice and Candidate Information.
Meeting Agenda: 10:00 am: Annual Business Meeting Begins
- Call to Order & Welcome
- Verification of Quorum
- Approval of Agenda & 2025 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Proposed Amendments of Chapter Bylaws
- Election of Officers & Directors
- AIA Honolulu
- AIA Hawaii State Council
- Treasurer’s Report: Laura Crane, AIA, 2026 Treasurer
- Presidents’ Reports
- AIA Honolulu: Lance Hirai, AIA
- AIA Hawaii State Council: Melanie Islam, AIA
- Incoming President’s Remarks: Sheryl Seaman, AIA, 2027 President
- Committee Spotlight
- Closing & Adjournment
Candidate Statements: Stay tuned for our packet with written candidate statements from the advanced slate prepared by this year's Nominating Committee. We will distribute this information by email and link on our website.
Section 4.7.1. of the Chapter Bylaws also specifies that Nominating of officers and directors of this Chapter about to become vacant, excluding public director vacancies as noted in section 6.2, shall be made at the annual meeting from the floor.
Who Can Vote During Our Annual Business Meeting? As stated in the Bylaws, all AIA members and Associate AIA members in good standing for 2026, and assigned by the Institute to this Chapter as their primary membership, are eligible to vote at this meeting. Local allied members may attend but may not vote at this meeting.
Vote by Limited Proxy: An eligible member may vote by proxy for the limited purpose of the election of directors and officers, provided that the members certify he/she will not be in a 25-mile radius of the meeting location at the date of the meeting. The proxy shall be executed in writing and sent to the Secretary of the Chapter prior to the meeting on October 21. You can email AIA Honolulu at contact@aiahonolulu.org and upon request you will be provided with instructions to execute your vote.
