The 80th Annual Meeting of the members of Aloha Pacic
Federal Credit Union was held on Wednesday March 14, 2018 at
McCoy Pavilion, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Board of Directors Chair Gary Iwai called the meeting to order at
5:02 p.m. and requested that Board Secretary Darwin Hamamoto
declare a quorum. Darwin Hamamoto declared a quorum with
396 registered.
Chair Iwai welcomed the guest speaker, City Managing Director
Roy Amemiya, who addressed the members for a few minutes
about the city’s current projects. Chair Iwai thanked Managing
Director Amemiya for his informative comments.
Chair Iwai stated that the Board of Directors is responsible for
the interests of all members by setting limits and establishing the
strategic direction for management. He recognized the following
Board members, all volunteers, who were in attendance:
• Stanley Inamasu, 1st vice chair
• Allan Fujimoto, 2nd vice chair
• Darwin Hamamoto, secretary
• Robert Morita, director
• Geminiano “Toy” Arre Jr., director
Director Sam Moku was unable to attend.
Chair Iwai also introduced the following Supervisory Committee
members who were in attendance:
• Howard Okamoto
• Ben Dimond
Chair Ann Sakurao, secretary Diane Murata and committee
member Jonathan Tamanaha were unable to attend. The role
of the Supervisory Committee is to ensure the credit union’s
nancial condition is accurately represented in our nancial
statements and is in compliance with NCUA regulations.
CUSO Board members in attendance were:
• Daniel Tully, Vice Chair
• Ann Gima, Secretary
• Geminiano “Toy” Arre Jr., director
• Stanley Inamasu, director
• Allan Fujimoto, director
Chair Stanley Wachi and treasurer David Takiguchi were unable
to attend.
Chair Iwai expressed his appreciation for these honorable
volunteers, and said that he is proud to serve with these fellow
members who generously give their time and expertise with no
special benets.
Chair Iwai announced that the minutes of the 2017 Annual
Meeting are in our current Annual Report. The report is posted
online and is available at the branches and at the Registration
Desk of this meeting. He asked for a motion to approve. Allan
Fujimoto made the motion and Howard Okamoto seconded. The
2017 Annual Meeting minutes were approved as presented by
the membership.
Chair Iwai shared his thoughts on 2017’s accomplishments:
• Our assets exceeded $820 million dollars.
• Our loans had a recorded growth of $66.1 million dollars
or an increase of 16.2% for the year.
• Our dividends remained in line with other large credit
unions and are above the banks’.
• We added new products and services.
• We participated in community events, conducted nancial
education seminars, and hosted an 80th Anniversary
Celebration for members at the water park.
• Waimalu branch was successfully relocated and launched
the new face-to-face teller pod design.
• Our income increased to $5.2 million dollars.
Chair Iwai stated that looking forward we will re-invest some of
our earnings into branch renovations that will feature face-to-face
teller transactions and sta training.
• We are looking for growth in our membership and deposit
base.
• Management will actively pursue credit union partnership
mergers that will help the industry and our long-term
nancial position.
• We will focus on increasing usage of our online and mobile
channels. He encouraged the members to start using their
smartphones and devices to do banking transactions.
Chair Iwai expressed his appreciation of the members’ support
and allowing APFCU to be their primary source for nancial
advice and solutions.
Chair Iwai then introduced Vince Otsuka, president and CEO.
Otsuka welcomed the members and guests and introduced his
executive team in attendance:
• Thomas Santos, vice president of sales
• Norman Goo, vice president of lending & collections
• Kristopher Kono, vice president of risk management
• Scott Nishimura, vice president of commercial lending
• Barbara Carvalho, vice president of operations &
e-channel (later, vice president of retail operations)
Randy Shinagawa, vice president & controller, was unable to
attend.
Otsuka provided highlights on our 2017 accomplishments:
• Our Home Equity Line of Credit products were revamped
with several xed-rate tiers and continue to be the lowest
rate in town.
• Instant-issue ATM and check cards are now available at all
branches.
• Mobile application allows members to transfer funds to
other APFCU members, transfer funds among all your
APFCU accounts and make your APFCU credit card
payments.
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2018 Annual Meeting Minutes
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