User:Jere Krischel
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jere Krischel?
Jere Krischel is the father of Cameron Krischel and Tomi Krischel, and husband of Amani Krischel.
What is Jere Krischel's relationship to Hawaii?
Jere was born at Kapiolani hospital, and raised in Hawaii. Jere has lived in Kaneohe, Red Hill, Makakilo, Wahiawa and Pomoho Camp. Jere attended Playmate on Keeaumoku, and Punahou School from Kindergarten to 11th grade before attending USC on an early admissions program. He worked as a paper boy in Wahiawa from 1985-1987, picked pineapple for Del Monte on summers and weekends throughout high school, and used to take the bus all the time (83 and 93 express, 52, 50 and 4 mostly).
How did Jere Krischel get interested in this project?
Early 2004, while reading the Honolulu Advertiser online, Jere became more and more concerned about the impending Akaka Bill and the hatred preached by some of the more hard core sovereignty activists. In the course of researching the issue, and participating in online forums debating the subject, Jere always reached a blank wall when trying to find digital versions of the Morgan Report, a critical piece of the history around the overthrow.
Unbeknownst to Jere, others interested in opposing the sovereignty movements and race-based programs in Hawaii had come across his posts on various blogs and forums, and after some email dialogue Jere volunteered to use his technical skills to scan, ocr and post the entire Morgan Report online, if someone would get him a copy. Thurston Twigg-Smith sent him a personal copy of a 100+ year old book via fed ex, and the rest is history.
What are Jere Krischel's motives?
First and foremost, as a product of many ethnicities and nationalities, Jere has a strong aversion to any racial categorization. The thought of being defined by one's ancestry is anathema to Jere.
Jere also has a strong interest in Hawaiian history, which has been further sparked by his participation in the debate over the issues of the 1893 overthrow, race-based government programs in Hawaii, and the impending Akaka Bill. His father, Walter Benavitz, was a member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and participated in the 1987 tour of the Hokule'a. His school, Punahou, was a place of history drawing back to 1841 with a strong Hawaiian studies component.
What are Jere Krischel's ethnicities?
Direct descent - Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Filipino, German, Irish, French.
Extended family - Portuguese, Kanaka maoli, Jewish, Russian, African, Lebanese, and Native American.
But if you ask me what my race is, it's human, just like everyone else.
Who does Jere Krischel work for?
Jere has worked at Kaiser Permanente in Information Technology since 1997. Starting as an programmer, he now manages a programming team that does J2EE and web development throughout the organization.
Did Jere Krischel get any money to work on this project?
No. Jere has done work on this project in his free time, and pays for the hosting costs out of his own pocket. Jere has neither asked for compensation, nor been offered compensation for his efforts opposing race-based programs and the various hawaiian sovereignty movements.
What has Jere Krischel done on this project?
Jere installed and configured the mediawiki software as well as various upgrades to it. He also scanned in every page of the Morgan Report, and uploaded both the raw images and the OCR text to the wiki.
As Editor-in-Chief, Jere has worked in conjunction with other contributors in correcting OCR mistakes and formatting the raw text for the wiki, and has helped with some of the detailed analysis of the report.