2015-07-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes —July 20, 2015 or anything that going get any member of this council in trouble if you're a member and you going be allowed to go hunting there. Like I said, this is kind of vague so I just kinda like saying what I need to say. Well, I don't know what kind of rules that you folks going look at but, you know, we the public should also know what kind of rules this council is thinking about, yeah? Committee reports - you need more than just to say just committee reports. You need to say what committee, who the chair, what's the substance of the report so that we know what's happening on the committees. Also, it says number X — Commissioners Report by District. This one I cannot figure out. OK? If the commissioners are gonna do a report from their districts — I have not heard of any district information gathering meeting that the public could attend to have this council address our concerns. When we grumble with the County Council, we grumble with our legislators and all of that kind of thing, we tell `em, "Eh! We're here! Come to us. Come get our concerns. Take it back." I also saying this to the council. You know, I'm in District 5 so I'm your constituent, whoever's in District 2, District, I mean, this council needs to come to their constituents and have an open meeting, I mean, this would be a good forum, you know, just bring the guys in and have them sit down and voice their concerns to this council. We're — this committee — can have substance. You can become a formidable force because the bag of cookies was taken away from the hunters. OK, let's use the hunting as a bag of cookies. So, if you want your bag of cookies back from the guy that took your bag of cookies — are you gonna ask, "Oh, please may I have a cookie?" Or are you gonna say, "Eh, give me my bag of cookies back." And take your bag of cookies back. Nothing will be given back to the hunters that was taken. The hunters and the commissioners, you guys, have to fight for it because there is nothing new that is happening now that we didn't fight 25 years ago. You guys are in the same place we was 25 years ago, nothing resolved. I can guide you to become that formidable force. I can assist you in finding the avenues and the roads that you need to go and where you can get your information from so that you can become knowledgeable in the subject that you are fighting for us and become that formidable force. There a lot of us older guys that have a lot of wealth and knowledge because we've been there. So with that— and if this council would take this -just taking advice — I'd also like to mention this little book. It's called Robert's Rules of Order. I think maybe if you all haven't read it— you should read it, carry it with you, bring it to the meetings, also carry a copy of the Sunshine Law, bring the Sunshine Law with you — everybody carry one of these. You can reference these, which will make your meeting have more meat. It will get your agenda done and you'll have some kind of resolution. Oh, also — on your agenda — you do not have a space for Old Business. I for one, would have liked to testify on the meeting that was held in this building last month with Suzanne Case. 3