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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – May 23, 2016
<br />we are – what would I do different and what would I do the same? That, I
<br />guess, you know, just, for all of us to learn.
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<br />TL: I agree, um, on that note, um, some of the things that I’m beginning to
<br />assimilate as to preparation is that some of the things that we do, um, we
<br />should have ready to go ahead of time – for different things – not just the
<br />Heritage Day, but we’ve had events in Kona, we’ve had events other
<br />places as well. Some went well, some not so well – some there were more
<br />presenters than there were, ah, participants, you know, from the public
<br />that was there, so, you know, we’ve all been to those, um, but the
<br />legislature, you know, Nani and I – you’d be surprised how many people,
<br />um, drug us into their office and talked to us and asked us, you know,
<br />what is some this about – I don’t know anything about hunting – tell me
<br />about this, um, that happened frequently and, ah, even in some of those
<br />like, ah, Thielen, who wouldn’t take any meat from us, um, you know,
<br />actually was quite supportive of the effort that we were involved with there
<br />and there’s a senator there – Agarand \[spelling\] is another one, um, not
<br />really a pro-hunter guy – that took us into his office, sat us down and
<br />asked us questions about - McKelvey \[spelling\] was another one that said
<br />tell me about this, you know, I’m a pro-gun guy, tell me about hunting and,
<br />ah, and we got this – and Cliff Tsuji, by the way – any of you who know
<br />Cliff Tsuji – he did something I did not expect whatsoever. He was not in
<br />his office and he – his staff said oh, you know, where are you going – did
<br />we leave or did we wait for him?
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<br />NP: Um, he caught up with us…
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<br />TL: Yeah…
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<br />NP: ….and he invited us in and he really spent the time of day hearing
<br />everything we had to say and he was really supportive.
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<br />TL: He was in another meeting and, ah, he said, eh, boys, I gotta go, ah, I’ve
<br />got some people from the Big Island and he left that meeting – came
<br />upstairs, ah, I was really surprised by that – you don’t expect that too
<br />often, um, and any of you guys that know Cliff Tsuji, you know, anything
<br />else about Cliff Tsuji – the guy is definitely a gentleman, ah, you know,
<br />and he doesn’t and he’s been supportive of our stuff so, but, that’s, no, I
<br />agree with your Mark – I think we need to get prepared now, um, you
<br />know. You’d be surprised – six months till the next legislative season and
<br />we said that last year – we said that the year before – and we still didn’t
<br />get started till November and, um, you know, so we need to start grooming
<br />some of these people – we need to start getting these bills done, ah, early
<br />on and trying to find people to support these bills. I think that’s another
<br />thing that, gee, if people – and Kauai did that, um, on Kauai these guys
<br />walked in, ah, to some of these meetings telling us straight out we’re
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