BUSINESS
Alu Like Inc.: sponsors financial workshop for owners and prospective owners of small businesses. Learn how to organize financial paperwork and prepare basic financial statements. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Alu Like Business Development Center, Kawaiahao Plaza. Free. Call 524-1225.
Australian American Chamber of Commerce luncheon with Pamela Gilberd, author of "The Eleven Commandments of Wildly Successful Women" and "Everything My Father Told Me About Business." 11:30 a.m. March 19, Pacific Club, 1451 Queen Emma St. Cost for members $20, nonmembers $22. Call 526-2242.
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii: Business After Hours presents "City Lights," a business networking event with food and entertainment. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, clubhouse of Schuler Homes' Country Club Villages, makai of the Honolulu Country Club. Cost for members $15, nonmembers $20. Call 545-4329.
Hawaii Developers Council semiannual seminar, "Jump Start Hawaii." Learn what could be done to stimulate Hawaii's economy and create jobs. Speakers include City Councilman Mufi Hannemann; Sen. Sam Slom; Walter Kupau of the Hawaii Carpenter's Union; William J. Wilson, chief executive officer of Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co.; and Richard Kelley, chairman of of Outrigger Enterprises. 7:30 a.m. to noon March 19, Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Ballroom No. 1. Advance cost: members $10, nonmembers $20. At the door: members $15, nonmembers $25. Call 593-5517.
Institute of Real Estate Management luncheon. "Stop the Insanity of Hawaii's Economy," with Bank of Hawaii vice chairman Thomas C. Leppert. Noon March 19, Ala Moana Hotel. Cost for members $18, nonmembers $23. Call 737-4000.
COMMUNITY
American Savings Bank workshops, "Saving for Your Dream Home." Learn money management skills. 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. "Dreaming of Home Ownership: How To Get Started." Learn about property decisions, down payment costs, closing, and establishing and maintaining good credit. 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. March 18. Both workshops held at Pearl City Elementary School cafeteria. Free, but for reservations call 846-4641 or 846-4622.
Association of Information Technology Professionals, Honolulu chapter, monthly meeting. "GIS - Geographic Information Systems," Ken Schmidt, city Department of Land Utilization, speaks. 11:30 a.m. March 19, Ala Moana Hotel. Cost $15 members and students, $25 nonmembers. Call 546-2084 by March 17 for reservations.
Edward Jones seminar on Long Term Care Insurance. Topics include Medicare, Medicaid, Nursing Home and Home Care Insurance. 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 19, Windward Mall, 2nd floor. Call 247-2072.
Fulbright Association, Hawaii chapter: Fulbright Forum, "Intellectual Property Rights xxx Within and Beyond the University." Panelists: Jay Dratler, Jr., University of Hawaii-Manoa law school; Martin E. Hsia, Cades Schutte Fleming and Wright; Sumner J. La Croix, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department of Economics. Moderated by Meheroo Jussawalla of the East-West Center. 4:15-6 p.m. March 18, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Executive Dining Room, Campus Center. Cost $5. Registration deadline Saturday. Call 395-0825 to register.
Hawaii Counseling Association, annual conference, "Minding Our Image: Promoting Professionalism and Preserving Integrity." Speakers are: Gail Robinson, president of the American Counseling Association; researcher and author Dee Grayson; and comedian Frank Delima. 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, East-West Center, Jefferson Hall. Call 956-9264 or 956-4849.
Honolulu District School Advisory Council Meeting and study session by the Technology Youth Academy, a program training students to be peer mentors and technology facilitators at their home schools. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Liliuokalani Elementary School.
Vegetarian Society of Hawaii, Mililani Branch monthly meeting features author and radio talk-show host Ruth Heidrich. "Exposing Nutritional and Exercise Myths." 7 p.m. next Monday, Christ Lutheran Church, Meheula Parkway, Mililani. Free. Call 621-0017 or 944-8344.