2005 PRiMO Meeting

The 2005 PRiMO Meeting was held March 15 to 17, 2005 at the Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast of the Island of Hawai‘i. Local, national, and regional agencies, institutions, and organizations were in attendance. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Oceania Regional Response Team (ORRT).

The objectives of the meeting were:

• To deepen understanding of and commitment to PRiMO, issues of regional importance, and doing things in a particularly Pacific way;
• To mobilize 2005-2006 effort on a set of strategic initiatives that will breed success, deepen trust, and demonstrate accomplishment;
• To advance a long-term strategic vision that will facilitate the development of budget initiatives for appropriate PRiMO-related projects for Fiscal Years 2006-2011;
• To adopt a structure for shared leadership of PRiMO; and
• To support and extend the work of each of the hui o hana (working groups).

At the meeting, participants agreed that the effectiveness of the seven hui o hana could be improved by reorganizing the hui structure to six hui listed below. The PRiMO listserves are updated to reflect these changes.

• Observations and Data Management
• Training and Education
• Communications, Education, and Outreach
• Risk Reduction and Post-Disaster Evaluation
• Data Analysis and Decision Support Tools
• Traditional Knowledge and Practices