From Eva Lee, Former President of Hawaii Tea Society
April 10, 2008
Aloha Folks,
Hawaii
Tea Society is now going on it's 6th year since we first started as a
handful of artists and tea enthusiast gathered in Volcano Village
experiencing tea with leading horticulturist and research scientist Dr.
Francis Zee. Since that time our organization has reached a membership
of 100 with numerous tea growers that has created a strong foundation
in developing a small-scale tea industry for the state of Hawaii. I
would like to thank the following organizations for their generous
support over the years. USDA Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hilo College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources, Hawaii County Office of Research & Development and
the Hawaii Farm Bureau. Their guidance and support has enabled us to
facilitate numerous educational programs, workshops, field propagation,
seminars and hosting of industry professionals providing a rich
resource for Hawaii's tea growing community.
It
has been my pleasure to serve the Hawaii Tea Society as President for
the past 3 years. I look forward to focusing on the HTS expanded
propagation program and will continue as a board member to speak on
behalf of the Hawaii Tea Society organization.
Please
join me in welcoming our new officers and board of directors of 2008.
They all have much to offer our organization and with your support will
bring Hawaii's unique tea industry into the future.
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From Sherri Miller, President, Hawaii Tea Society
April 10, 2008
Aloha Hawaii Tea Society,
I am thrilled to be the president for HTS for 2008. Some of you I know, and the rest of you I hope to get to know. This is an exciting year for our society and an exciting time for our industry.
We
have new board members this year, and some hard-working returning board
members, and we are all looking forward to transforming our enthusiasm
into exciting ways to benefit you, our membership. The Hawaii Tea Society is for you, and if you have any suggestions or would like to get involved, please let us know. I would like to thank Eva Lee, our past president, and all board members for 2007 and past years for their tireless efforts. A
big mahalo to our advisors, Dwight Sato and Jim Wilson, and all the
countless people who have made the Hawaii Tea Society what it is.
Hawaii Grown Tea is entering an exciting phase as we are getting to be known worldwide. Buyers and consumers alike are anticipating the availability of Hawaii Grown Tea. Growers are bringing our unique product to market and availability is increasing. Thanks to the hard work of our propagation committee, we will be getting more plants in to ground to meet the growing need.
I look forward to 2008 and working with all of you.
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Hawaii Tea Society is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization composed of tea-enthusiasts and tea-growers in
the State of Hawai'i. Our goal is to institute the reputable brand names and premium quality Hawaii naturally grown tea and tea products and to assist the establishment of Hawaii Tea Industry.
In helping us to achive this goal, we have this website which is interactive and has been designed to allow registered users to participate in the entering of content and communications. Please use our Contact links to get in touch with us. If you woulkd like to join the Hawaii tea Society pleas fill out our On-Line Membership Application Form. We will keep you updated on upcoming HTS events as well as maintaining a record of past events. The above links are all accessible from the links at the top of the pages and in the left column.
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