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YUEN:Well, if there's going to be compensation, then we have to go through the procurement process and we have to go through our list. We have a list of people that have applied. I do think as far as, there is one former Commissioner who is on our list, and he does get compensated. I think that there -. And I would ask Ivan to check this, and I don't know if he knows it off the top of the head, I think that there would be a problem with a Commissioner who had been involved in a matter while they were a Commissioner then becoming a compenr`sdcGd`qhmfNeehbdqnmsg`s-Sg`s&ri- KUBOTA:So for the two of them, it's a no-win situation as far as time is concerned and expenditure of energy is concerned. They'll just be giving it a pro bono kind of thing. YUEN:For love and aloha and -. KUBOTA:Aloha. YUEN:Community service. KUBOTA:With lots of love. YUEN:That's -. KUBOTA:Okay, guys, it's up to you. YUEN:That's true. And so the first, I think the first question is their willingness to do so. And then if they are willing to do so, then I think the Commission has to ratify that they can continue to do so after their term of service is pau. Because I think it is quite likely that there will be new Commissioners on board by the time the contested case is ready, by the time it certainly goes to full hearing with the Hearings Officers. KUBOTA:Mr. Chair? GALDONES:Commissioner Kubota. KUBOTA:Just to continue on that point. What's the flip side of that? What if they refuse -? What are the alternatives if not them? YUEN:Then I think the Commission needs to decide -. I can't remember when the vote was taken, the Commission voted to go to Hearings Officers. Then there was a call for volunteers, and there were three volunteers. And the Commission -. Or am I wrong, or did -? I think there were -, I think you guys, the three of you volunteered or were your arms twisted somehow? Am I mistaken here? And the 6