2016-03-21 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – March 21, 2016 representatives that want to talk to us and tell us what it is about the rules that concern them right now and what kind of changes we want then… ?: That’s exactly what we did the last time… ?: Let’s do that. ?: \[not speaking in mic\] ?: ….changes for the rules and you did nothing with it. You just sat on ‘em and you did exactly what Tom, ah, indicated, ah, there, nobody wanted to make any significant changes. The, the… ?: They got bogged down for years in other things not having to do with the fees – it had nothing to do with the fees and the other thing is a lot of the hunters don’t agree – so sometimes they’ll say, “Hey, you shouldn’t have more than three pigs and another guy’s going, eh, yeah, I like take twelve pigs,” and then we’re talking about how many pigs, ah, dogs, you know, so then we talk about how many dogs, but the – there’s not unanimity amongst the hunter community so, you know, we do want to work with the hunter community but, as you probably know, there’s not unanimity on a lot of these things so, you know, maybe we could start like an informal community – can we start talking about what is it that – I don’t know what you’re talking about specifically Richard so, for instance, what is it that you wanted in the rules that didn’t get in the rules and let’s start talking about that – maybe not tonight, we can’t fix it tonight – but… ?: It isn’t what we want “in” it’s what we want “out.” ?: OK. What do you want out? ?: \[not speaking in mic\] ?: OK. \[Unclear\] fix it tonight, but let’s start talking about those and Jim’s gonna be in charge of that. Jim: Yeah, I think, ah, we kinda get bogged down with talking about what happened in the past and what happened in the past and what happened in the past. Ah, I haven’t been there. I wasn’t there… TL: No, I know and… Jim: ….and I’m here now and I’m and I think that we can get this ball rolling… TL: Right… 23