Today I met with Hawai‘i State Representative Scott Saiki at the capitol and shared with him the goal of creating a social-network for members of the Mō‘ili‘ili neighborhood and expanding to McCully. The ultimate goal is to help make Mō‘ili‘ili more neighborly. I think it is possible to make Mō‘ili‘ili more neighborly through the use of online social networks.
Mō‘ili‘ili is a nice small town with thousands of residents. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of opportunities for Mō‘ili‘ili residents together and meet each other. However, if Mō‘ili‘ili actively participate on something, like an online social-network and post their individual photos, then I believe that in itself will contribute greatly to the area becoming more neighborly. When my girlfriend and go eat at places like Aki-No No, or Kit N Kitchen, etc., maybe we will recognize a few faces in those places because those neighbors posted their pictures. Now, neither they nor I need to drop everything and start a conversation, but at least we will have a better idea as to who our neighbors are. All that just from adding photographs of ourselves to the network. That does not yet include participating with online discussion forums.
Mahalo nui to Representative Scott Saiki for joining and for his support.
