2015-07-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes —July 20, 2015 the ability to exclude any persons who may disrupt the meetings and then the agenda items. What you will have on the agenda and how you place those on the agenda. So, I mean, maybe tonight's not the night to finalize everything but keep that in mind and if you want to put it on the next agenda's meeting and everybody's solicit that, we can do that. Everyone does not need to be in the same place for an Executive session to happen. It could be via video conferencing, audio. Executive sessions could happen in the middle of your regular commission meetings. W. Camara will forward B Castillo Hall the committee list to be added to the binders. BCH suggested that the newly elected Chair Lodge and Vice Chair Camara meet to produce what is needed and disseminate it before the next commission meeting and then everybody can openly discuss all the business has to be done `cause you guys are lobbying each other. Actually you all are trying to convince each other of how to vote. So it has to be open — everybody has to have the ability to participate has to be fair and equitable and it's gonna be incumbent on the Chair to make sure that the meeting — that everybody gets a say— if they want to have a say— and then when you vote — it doesn't have to be unanimous — I know it's nice to have unanimous but if somebody's strongly against voting — because that's what you guys are here for— you can disagree. You can — and then move on from there — so that it just becomes a better commission and everybody has a voice. Chair T. Lodge said that some of our committees are the Legislative and Government Affairs Committee for example. Not everything that we do is a board —the board doesn't have to vote on that— on that particular issue — mainly because of timing. BCH: That has been a big thing in all boards and commissions right now. Not just county-wide but statewide — because of the legislative process and how quickly you have to turn around if you want to testify in front of any of the legislative bodies. You have to be assured that what you —what the committee members are urging is actually the voice of the whole board, OK? So you're gonna have to start discussing if there's a — say for instance — if there's a proposed legislation — you have to come together as a board and say, "What is our position on this." Vote on it and then give that to the committee. And it doesn't have to be like super technical — what do we think about this — yes or no. OK. And then just go down because we do have a legislative — someone in the Mayor's office said — it 15