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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes May 25, 2021 Page 12 Lewis: That's why if we move away from our current model, we'll be welcoming people whether they belong to those organizations or not. Chair Doolittle: Well, it's just whether or not you're interested in resolving some of these veteran issues. Interest is a big part of it. Actually being part of a big organization if you're not really interested in participating and helping us solve some of our problems leads you in the same place. We've kind of exhausted this discussion. Submit Report to Mayor Kim and Thank you for Support Chair Doolittle: Item C on the Old Business thing it's kind of been included in the previous discussion about a report to identify what we've done. Anybody want to discuss Item C on the agenda, Old Business? Lewis: My only statement is we are honoring former Mayor Kim Thursday evening at our VFW State Convention, he's coming to dinner at the Elks Club on the Kona side. If we do come up with a letter, if we want to present it there, we can, or we wait and present it here at a future meeting. I thought you wanted to have the report to thank him. Chair Doolittle: Well, the fact that he reconstituted this committee, and he was the one that signed off on the changes in statutes and codes for this committee, I wanted to thank him for that. As well as kind of give him a little highlight of the issues that we've discussed since we've changed the committee. It was a positive thing for him to do, it took a little bit of prodding, but I was impressed at how fast from suggestion to completion of changing the County Codes, it was less than six months. I never heard of any County government happening in six months in my life. Anyway, I want to thank him personally for that. I've already thanked him personally, but I was just very thankful he was opened to these changes, and we were able to make them. Lewis: How would you like to do that, Michael? Are you thinking a letter? Or were you thinking of inviting him to a meeting, or? Chair Doolittle: Either or, or all, a combination of those things. There's no I in team here. We are a team, I can suggest it, but the team has to help move it forward. Any other suggestions? Seeing none, we can move on here.