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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes February 25, 2020 Page 4 Brinkley: I think it would be nice to have a total list. The third thing is, I have photos of a lot of these places, but I can't get to all of them so when I send the list out if any of you frequent these places or go by there and you're willing to go out and take a current picture that would be helpful but I'll just put that in the email. Does anyone have questions? Debra Lewis: As I look at this sheet, what might be nice is to have some kind of numbering system. For one, Federal building plaques, let's say that's number 6, a through whatever cause how many plaques are well talking about? Brinkley: Yeah, I noticed that didn't get put in there. Lewis: Right, but you could figure out a numbering system and be really definitive and sort out how many we have. What's nice about this because spreadsheets you can sort and what you want with them. The numbering system can change depending how we want them numbered or alphabetically, you can sort them a couple ways. One of the things I was thinking, people go to Normandy, I know it's not the same, but people come and they want to visit, we might be able to get some funding from the Visitor's Bureau. This would be something as a source as well. We do have to say is it on Public land, is it on private land. Brinkley: yeah, I have that for most of them, but some of them are question marks. That brings up another thing, I have a couple columns for location, would it be more helpful to order it by town or region? Lewis: Yes, it's like a mailing address. Maybe even by District will be helpful. Chair Doolittle: Also, give some thought about the PSA that we're going to put out to seek adoptive groups for these monuments. How might we get that information out? Veterans Organizations, Schools, media both radio and newspapers would be good too. Thank you, Marcie, it's a lot of work. Lewis: The idea is to honor/memorialize and to raise the status of veterans of service in uniform. I'm thinking Shipman Armory is that on there. Wery: You have an Armory in Hilo and then you have one in Keaau but that's owned by the state. Lewis: But we still would list it? Brinkley: yeah, the Hilo one I would have to check to see if it still has a plaque or anything on it. Lewis: But historically, it was, even if it doesn't have a plaque on there. It was used for the military. I would think honoring the use of the veterans (inaudible)