Please join us for our lunch mtg. at the Plaza Club and save the date! Our topic of discussion - restoring historic buildings!
Local-born and raised LORRAINE MINATOISHI, PH.D., AIA, LEED AP, is the president of Minatoishi Architects, an award-winning architecture firm specializing in historic preservation. Dr. Minatoishi produced an award-winning documentary entitled Aloha Buddha, which covered the history of Japanese immigration, religion and architecture in the Hawaiian Islands.
Business Architecture Firm Minatoishi Architects, Inc. is an award-winning architectural firm, with Secretary of Interiors (SOI) qualified Preservation Architects. We specialize in historic architecture and historic preservation. As dedicated preservationists, we are proud to integrate elements of Hawaii’s diverse history in our design. We work with private homeowners, commercial owners, and state and federal government agencies as preservation experts. Our primary work is building renovation and restoration. We also provide technical assistance by inventorying and assessing buildings at the front end of project design.
OUR MISSION is to work with the highest level of integrity, paying critical attention to detail, and creating works of the highest quality. We value spending significant time on historical and material research to fully and accurately analyze the architectural and cultural resource. We dedicate ourselves to projects that improve the environment of Hawaii and aim to share our findings and historical research with professional colleagues. We advocate for cultural heritage preservation, study, interpretation, and education. Treating our employees, clients, colleagues and our fellow citizens with Aloha is of the utmost importance in order to contribute to our clients’ success. We Specialize In Historic Preservation, Historic Nominations, Permit Processing, Modern Architecture, Renovations, Historic Tax Credits, Master Planning,Japanese Traditional Architecture.
Please join us for our lunch mtg. at the Plaza Club and meet our speaker, Dick Oshima, CPA. He's topic - Tax Reform. His Curriculum Vitae is noted below...
He is currently the owner of Oshima Company CPA, a local Certified Public Accounting firm in Honolulu,Hawaii and operated under other various company names as a principal since July 1975. Formerly employed with Coopers (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in San Francisco and Honolulu from 1970 to 1975, prior to starting h own CPA firm on July 1, 1975. Oshima Company CPA is a currently a 11 employee Honolulu, Hawaii CPA firm with expertise in finding creative solutions to accounting and tax problems as well as in providing traditional accounting, income tax and estate tax preparation and planning services. Among its current and former clients are a number of varied enterprises ranging in annual revenues from less than $100,000 to in excess of $50,000,000. Skill Highlights ᵒ Strategic Planning ᵒ Cross-cultural Communications ᵒ Non-Profit Organizations ᵒ Familiar with international tax issues ᵒ Mergers & Acqusitions ᵒ Income & Estate Tax Preparation ᵒ Creative Solutions to Accounting ᵒ Income & Estate Tax Planning & Tax Issues Professional & Community Participation AICPA Member, American Institure of Certified Public Accountants; 40+ years HAPA Past President of the Oahu Chapter of the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants, member and committee chair, 35+ years HEPC Current Board Member, Hawaii Estate Planning Council HIFF Current Treasurer, Hawaii International Film Festival, 15+ years HSCPA Past President & Former Board Member, Hawaii Society of CPAs HTI Advisory Board Member, Hawaii Tax Institute; 15+ years HWS Former Treasurer & Board Member, Honolulu Waldorf School (10 years) NSA Former State Director for Hawaii, currently the NSA Governor for District XI (Board of Govenors) which includes Hawaii & Guam PCH Currently the Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair & Board member of Palolo Chinese Home PRINCES LEILANI AOAO Current board member; prior Board Member for 8 years and past president for about 5 years, 1998-2006 Education & Other Bachelor of Science : Accounting 1970 University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Attendend UC Berkeley from 1961 to 1963 and from1969 to 1970 Served in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1968 in Japan, Thailand and Okinawa Attended San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California from 1968 to 1969 Attended graduate level classes at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and at University of Hawaii, Manoa Born in Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas (01/09/1944); raised in Stockton, California; a resident Honolulu, Hawaii since February 1973; married to (Chris) Chong-Sun Choi.
The West Honolulu Rotary Club annual installation dinner will be held at Hale Koa Hotel on Saturday, June 30, 2018. All of you and your spouse, family and friends are invited to attend this special elegant sit down dinner to witness the changing hand of our President and Boards, and also network with your rotary fellowship. So please RSVP your attendance by signing up at the link below. Looking forward to see all of you on June 30, 2018.
