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Committee accepts $3,000 IAVM registration gift to send Department of Enterprise Services staffer to training
Summary
The council committee accepted a $3,000 gift of registration fees from the International Association of Venue Managers Region 7 to send a Department of Enterprise Services staff member to a June 7–12 training in Palm Springs; the gift covers a portion of fees and DES will cover remaining costs, travel and lodging not specified.
The Honolulu City Council Committee on Innovation, Technology and Entertainment on May 29 accepted a $3,000 gift of registration fees from the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Region 7 to send one Department of Enterprise Services staff member to the IAVM annual venue management school in Palm Springs, June 7–12, 2025.
The gift, introduced as Resolution 25-161 and described in the declaration attached to the resolution, covers “a portion of the IAVM registration fees,” and committee members heard that DES will pay the balance and other travel-related costs. "It's about 50% of the registrations," said Dita Hollyfield, director, Department of Enterprise Services, when asked how much the gift covers. Hollyfield said DES has not sent staff to the training since she began as director and described the scholarship as a workforce-development opportunity for the auditorium division.
Angela Melody Young, testifying on behalf of CARES, urged the committee to approve the measure and said the training bolsters local capacity for staging, sound and lighting at city venues such as the Blaisdell Center. "It's very important to have good teachers who are equipped. So I think this scholarship program is a really good idea," Young said.
Chair recommendations to "report out for adoption" were made during the meeting, and the chair noted no objections; the chair ordered the resolution reported out for adoption. The chair did not record a formal roll-call vote on the record during the item.
The declaration of gift lists the donor and a $3,000 value; the exact dollar amount of travel and lodging that DES will pay was not specified in the meeting record. The committee treated the item as a routine acceptance of a departmental training gift and moved on to scheduled briefings.
