Anyway, folks in Hawaii seem to be specialists in delaying problems until they - maybe - go away. So somewhat separate from the telescope is the question of the governance of the mountaintop on which it would reside (along with others that are already there). The University of Hawaii seems to have been the custodian. But there are moves afoot to change that arrangement (or not).
From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald:
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents once again postponed action on a proposed new internal management structure for governance of Maunakea. The proposed plan would combine the Office of Maunakea Management and Maunakea Support Services into a single entity called the Center for Maunakea Stewardship, in an effort to streamline the management structure of the UH-managed lands on Maunakea.
While the plan was first brought to the Board of Regents in May, the board voted at that meeting to postpone the decision until the board’s June meeting, which was held last Thursday. However, Chairman Benjamin Kudo said at Thursday’s meeting that a determination about the plan would once again be delayed to give affected parties more time to discuss its ramifications, moving the matter to the board’s August meeting...
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