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Mr. Saito: As far as the process. You know it did go for an out of state travel <br />approval with budget and finance. <br />Mr. Wiseman: <br />Mr. Saito: <br />Ms. Sumner -Mack: <br />Mr. Saito: <br />Ms. Sumner -Mack: <br />Mr. Saito: <br />Mr. Robinson: <br />Mr. Saito: <br />Ms. Sumner -Mack: <br />Mr. Saito: <br />Yeah. <br />And so we did not deposit the check because there is budget for <br />my travel that would be covered...by the County...if we're <br />advised not to accept the funding. <br />Is it fair to ask what the purpose is of this organization...or <br />Ulupono means breadfruit...something...good breadfruit. <br />Right and good breadfruit right...that's a literal. <br />But is there some sort of stake that they're...or goal or their... <br />Well this is my... When people ask me...what about...Ulupono <br />Initiatives...is the full name. And they are...cause I did look at <br />this. They are registered as a for profit entity in the state because <br />they have invested in like a dairy farm on Kauai...which <br />eventually failed...they've...they also are funding some type of <br />initiative with Parker Ranch to elevate the production of grass fed <br />beef. Their ultimate funder... source of fund is through Pierre <br />Omidyar, which is one of the Silicon Valley millionaire or... <br />He's the founder of EBay. <br />Right. So he's. His vision is to use and fund projects and <br />initiatives that would result in reduction in greenhouse gas toward <br />renewable energy. So they've been...they have a department in <br />Honolulu...an office that must be staffing...I don't know how <br />many in their staff but. Quite a bit of people that he is funding and <br />working on...they're in all the PUC dockets. They're in all of the <br />legislative bills toward renewable energy. They're one of the key <br />partners which filed that Act 144...resulted in Act 144. They <br />introduced the bill. <br />Was there any quid pro quo that you were supposed to do in <br />receiving this? For example...were you supposed to report about <br />the meeting to the grantor or anything of that kind? <br />Well they were participating in the workshop. So me <br />personally...no...it came from actually Rocky Mountain Institute. <br />I have the actual outcome or the follow meetings...meeting notes <br />and so that report came from Rocky Mountain Institute itself. Via <br />the facilitator. <br />7 <br />