By kekepana.com
I gotta tell you about a great new website. I’m biased, of course, because I have a bit to do with it. It’s the newly-launched site of the Hawaii Pacific Export Council – an organization that I currently chair. It’s an exclusive bunch because we are all appointed to by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for our expertise in international business and our dedication to helping small companies break into international marketing. The Hawaii Pacific Export Council (HPEC) is only one of 56 such councils around the United States, and 30 out of about 1800 volunteers that serve on these councils to help their communities. Collectively, the export councils are known as DECs, or District Export Councils, a hangover from long ago when they were founded and the U.S. Department of Commerce was organized nationally into districts. The districts no longer exist, but the acronym sticks.
