Council.Elects 20PS-2008 Nafl JACL Board JACL's E~ecutive Director Announces Resignation Tateisbi: 'Maybe it's time sy. According to for some change.' Tateishi, an individual from the Pacific By LYNDA LIN Southwest District Assistant Editor accused him of influ­ encing the elections. CHANDLER, Ariz.-After Threats were made, he more than six years as JACL said national executive director, John "I don't do well with Tateishi is stepping down. He made threats," said Tateishi the announcement at the June 25 to the Pacific Citizen. FILE PHOTO meeting of the new national board "Ironically at that John Tateishi announced he is stepping down in Chandler, Arizona citing person­ point, I decided not to at a national board meeting June 25. alreasons. resign.'" He was as he "I've been thinking about it for has always been in his long career in In the desert, a confluence of rea­ ELECTION RESULTS-The JACL national council cast their votes quite some time," said Tateishi to the civil rights arena - resolved to sons led to his decision. He thought and the 2006-2008 winners were announced June 24. The new board members the morning after fight. But while standing in the foot­ about camp a lot. He thought about board members are (I-r): Mark Kobayashi, secretary/treasurer; all convention activities concluded. steps of his ancestors at the rededica­ all the moments that have lead up to Heidi Tana~atsubo, v.p. public affairs; Carol Kawamoto, v.p. plan­ He cited the job's stress, worklOlid tion of the Gila River monurnent the t:bls. Then he announced his resig­ ning & development; Larry Oda, president; Kimberly Shintaku, and lack of staff as some of the rea­ morning after the elections, Tateishi nation with an effective date of youth chair; Leilani Savitt, youth rep; Sheldon Arakaki, v.p. general sons, but his decision came amid reflected on a life that has not been whenever a replacement is found. operations; and Edwin Endow, V.p. membership. national board elections controver- his own for quite some time. See TATEISHlIPage 9 NAACP Director Highlights JACL's Civil JACL Sets .New ~ourse with ' Next Biennial Budget . Rights Legacy in Keynote Address By LYNDA LIN 2007-2008 Revenue Sources Assistant Editor back in 1963 and it is a message that Fees & Registration Hilary Shelton, director of the 8.9% Washin~onBrureaumtheNAACp, CHANDLER, Ariz.-The national council adopted a biennial budget that includes brought to the JACL national con­ aggressive measures to curb membership ero­ vention's Sayonara Banquet June sion, fund programs and fill long vacant staff 24. positions. "We're living in a time that is At the June 21-24 national convention, almost as challenging as the era council members examined the risks and ben­ when the JACL was founded ... efits of some proposed fundraising measures. General Support Just as in the past, we are facing for­ Investment The 2007-08 budget includes the following Pacific Citizen 2.2% midable threats to civil rights, civil 9.0% . Income fundraisers: 9.3% liberties," said Shelton. • a $5 dues increase in general (single, cou­ 2007-2008 Program Cosls NAACP Dir. Hilary Shelton ple/family and youth) membership, which gets '-~---------'-En-do-wm-e-nts---------' See BANQUETlPage 4 Public Affairs General rid of the chapter/district insurance premium 13.4% 2.6% Cedar Grove Productions . payment; Education honored with this year's JA JA Officer Makes It • an annual fundraising gala dinner in of the Biennium Award; Washin~on, D.C.; and Sandra Tanamacbi is rec­ Olficial, Refuses • an annual golf tournament. ognized for her efforts to Deployme~t to I~aq In addition, JACL districts and chapters eliminate Texas J -Roads. need to meet aggressive new membership tar- P.e. readers add their voic­ gets. The PSW district will strive to recruit By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM es to the controversy sur­ four new Millennium Club members while the Pacific Citizen Executive Editor rounding 1st Lt. Ehren Leadership . See BUDGETIPage 2 4.7% 19.1% Watada's decision. CHANDLER, Ariz.- "Injustice PRESIDKNT'S CORNER anywhere is a threat to justice By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Mineta Resigns, everywhere." Executive Editor Strong Found'ation, This famous·Martin Luther King, Citing 'Time to Move On' Jr. quote is as fitting today as it was First Lt. Ehren Watada fulfilled Strong Future his pledge to refuse deployment to JACL passes an emergency ByLARRYODA resolution honoriilg his Iraq when his unit was ordered to Nat') JACL President deploy June 22 and the 28-year-old longtime service. Honolulu native refused to accom­ ollowing every biennial con­ By P.e. Staff andAssociated Press panythem. F vention, JACL faces a transi­ Watada is now officially the first . tion of leadership. The CHANDLER, Ariz.-Transpor­ commissioned officer to publicly nat ion a 1 ,-____---, tation Secretary Norman Mineta, refuse deployment to Iraq. He also board fre­ the first Asian Pacific American to quently uses serve as Cabinet secretary, the first meet­ announced June 23 his exit as the AP PHOTO: CARLOS OSORIO ing after con­ Bush administration's transporta­ Sec. Norman Mineta announced vention to tion secretary - a position he held his resignation June 23. survey ' the -----~--- for over five years. The news came as a shock for state of JACL Mineta, 74, became the longest­ many JACLers amidst the flurry of and begin to serving transportation secretary convention activities. JACL take up the since the department was formed in Executive Director John Tateishi baton of leadership passed to them 1967. broke the news during the Youth First Lt. Ehren Watada speaks at a by the outgoing board. "It is time for me to move on to Luncheon to gasps and looks of dis­ press conference· in Tacoma, The recent national board meet­ other challenges," Mineta said in a belief from an audience that has I ing on June 25 was a fine beginning Washington last month. letter to President Bush. His resig­ . See WATADA/Page 9 See ODA/Page 4 nation is effective July 7. See MINETAlPage 8 ' .. 2 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 7-20, 2006 "Compared to past r.. PA(IA( CITIZEN ~ BUDGET JACL 2007-2008 Biennial Budget 2005 WINNERI budgets of my recol- (Continued from. page 1) lection, this one ,.----------------------------------., .MEORIA other districts have the goal of find­ comes the closest in 2007 2008 Total ~ Awards In Writing .A ing one each - a total of six. The my mind to balance Revenue Sources: national board has also committed expenses with as Membership Dues $ 1,021,114 $ 995,736 $ 2,016,850 to reducing the membership attrition realistic revenue General Support $ 47,000 $ 47,000 $ 94,000 PACIFIC CITIZEN rate, which has been in continual sources as possible," Investment Income $ 200,979 $ 200,979 $ 401,958 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, decline over the years. said Nat'l JACL Pacific Citizen $ 195',000 $ 195,000 $ 390,000 Los Angeles, CA. 90012 These measures have been imple­ Secretaryrrreasurer Grants · $ 176,000 $ 135,000 $ 311 ,000 Tel: 213/620-1767, mented in part to fill vacant staff Mark , Kobayashi. Fund Raising $ 267,000 $ 428,641 $ 695,641 800/966-6157 positions, increase membership and 'That isn't to say that Fees & Registration $ 144,200 $ 239,200 $ 383,400 Fax: 2131620-1768 E-mail: [email protected] launch new programs. it doesn't have risk, it Other $ 17,500 $ 17,500 $ 35,000 . www.pacificcitizen.org New staff positions included in certainly does as pointed out in my Executive Editor: the next biennial' budget are: Total Revenues $ 2,068,793 $ 2,259,056 $ 4,327,849 Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom • a PSW regional director to be presentation to the Assistant Editor: hired on January 1, 2007 (moved up national council Lynda Lin from the initial start date of April 1, about the budget Program Costs: Office Manager: 2007); especially in the Brian Tanaka General Operations $ 694,533 $ 947,308 $ 1,641,841 areas of membership, Cfrculation: Eva Lau-Ting • a part-time bookkeeper based in Membership $ 155,004 $ 131,374 $ 286,37'8 national headquarters (80 percent); Legacy Fund distri­ Intem: Stacy iwata Pacific Citizen $ 404,489 $ 421,107 $ 825,596 • a part-time assistant for the bution and the gala Publisher:Japanese American Leadership $ 113,887 $ 90,380 $ 204,267 JACL executive director (80 per­ dinners, but the Citizens League (founded 1929) Fundraising $ 170,770 $ 166,865 $ 337,635 1765 Sutter Street, San cent). national council Education $ 172,722 $ 170,396 $ 343,118 Francisco, CA 94115, tel: The next biennial budget, which weighed these issues 415/921-5225 fax: 415/931- passed the national council with rel­ and felt comfortable Public Affairs $ 302,276 $ 276,374 $ 578,650 4671, www.jacl.org ative ease, was due to the prelimi­ with the risk that we Endowments $ 55,112 $ 55,252 $ 110,364 JACL President: Larry Oda nary work by the national board in know of." Nat'I Director: John Tateishi Total Program Costs $ 2,068,793 $ 2,259,056 $ 4,327,849 Pacific Citizen Board of marathon budget balancing sessions The next biennial Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair­ and in the wo~hops at convention, budget shows a total person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; of $4,319,207 in rev- said newly elected JACL National Midwest District Governor Ron this point forward the board will be Casey China, MDC; Kathy President Larry ada. enue and a total of $4,319,208 in Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, Katsuyama amended the proposed identifying our objectives and 'There were some compromises program costs. NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, biennial budget by increasing the reporting on our progress along the PNWDC; Larry Grant, IDC; in doing this, but in the end, it will After the national council adopted JACL staff's cost of living way." the next biennial budget, it also Sharon Kumagai, PSWDC; be the best for JACL," said ada, allowance (COLA) to 2.5 percent Aggressive goals take hard work, Maya Yamazaki; Youth.