Hawaii Innovation Alliance calls isle techies to action

By Jay Fidell

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 28, 2012

~~<p>Social networking has created groups on just about everything, so why not a tech Facebook group in Hawaii? It's therefore no surprise that the month-old Hawaii Innovation Alliance already has signed up more than 500 members.</p>
<p>A few stalwarts — Peter Kay, Dan Leuck, Burt Lum, Jared Kuroiwa and Ryan Hew — well familiar with social media, the tech community and the legislative process, became alarmed about some bad bills in this session and organized the Alliance to vet and deal with them. The rest was wildfire.</p>
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Social networking has created groups on just about everything, so why not a tech Facebook group in Hawaii? It's therefore no surprise that the month-old Hawaii Innovation Alliance already has signed up more than 500 members.

A few stalwarts — Peter Kay, Dan Leuck, Burt Lum, Jared Kuroiwa and Ryan Hew — well familiar with social media, the tech community and the legislative process, became alarmed about some bad bills in this session and organized the Alliance to vet and deal with them. The rest was wildfire. Login for more...