BUSINESS

Association for Information and Image Management International: "Trends in the Imaging and Information Management Industry: A Report of the 1997 AIIM Annual Show," with James Breuer, senior vice president of marketing at AIIM. 7:45 to 10 a.m. Friday, Plaza Club, 20th floor. Cost: $12 for members, $17 nonmembers, includes breakfast. Fax reservations to 531-7585.

National Association of Industrial & Office Properties, Hawaii Chapter, April meeting: "Commercial and Industrial Development Planning Issues," with Patrick Onishi, chief planning officer for the city Planning Department, 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Pacific Club. Prepaid cost: $17 for members, $24 nonmembers. Cost at the door: $20 for members, $29 nonmembers. Includes breakfast. Call 262-0909.

Pacific Asia Travel Association, Hawaii Chapter: "Marketing the Hawaii Convention Center," with Randall Tanaka, director of sales and marketing for the Hawaii Convention Center, and Janet Yoshida Brown, director of sales - meetings, conventions and incentive at the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau. 11:30 a.m. April 30, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Hanohano Room. Cost: $25 for members, $30 nonmembers. Registration deadline: Friday. Call 832-0140.

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COMMUNITY

Ala Moana Jaycees together with the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts will stage a public forum. Learn why some of your paycheck funds the Social Security program and why it may run out in the next few decades. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Honolulu Hale courtyard. Call 528-9695.

Industrial Relations Research Association, Hawaii Chapter meeting: "Booze, Drugs and the Evil Weed." James Merrick will speak about the Hawaii Operating Engineers Local 3 labor-based peer program for treatment and prevention of chemical dependency in Hawaii. 11:30 a.m. April 30, Ala Moana Hotel, Carnation Room. Cost: $18.50 members, $20.50 nonmembers. Registration deadline: Wednesday. Call 956-8132 or 956-8165.

Lee & Associates: training session for nonprofit organizations to learn about advanced estate-planning methods to help the taxpayer understand benefits of charitable gift-giving and how charities can educate potential donors. 9 to 11 a.m Wednesday, Central YMCA. Call 591-4824.

Parents and Children Together (PACT): Community leaders read to children in Head Start programs to emphasize the importance of reading:

Wednesday: Laura Thompson, 9:30 to 10 a.m. Kalihi-Waena.

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ENVIRONMENT

Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council: Meeting focuses on U.S. Pacific islands' rights to establish fishing agreements with foreign nations' vessels, foreign fishing limits and Essential Fish Habitat amendments to Fisheries Management Plans. Meeting will also address gear conflicts between long-line and hand-line fishermen. 8 a.m. Wednesday to Friday, Ala Moana Hotel, Garden Lanai Room. Call 522-8220.