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<br /> Dear Mayor Roth, <br /> <br /> After a motion that was passed, I am writing you in regards to the Mayor’s <br />Office changing of the Hawaii County Game Management Advisory <br />Commission’s meeting time and format. <br /> <br />Beginning two months ago, the meeting was changed to 2 to 4 p.m. with <br />no ability of the public to attend or testify in person. Testimony is now only <br />via Zoom. Since 2014 GMAC has been meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. usually in <br />the County Council Chambers. Evening public attendance and testimony <br />has been a cornerstone of GMAC’s mission and meetings. <br /> <br /> Many fishers, hunters and gatherers and their ohana tell us that the <br />daytime working hours meeting time is impossible to attend. Kupuna tell <br />us that they are not computer savvy and in-person attendance is a must. <br /> <br /> Still not understanding why the meetings were changed can you give us <br />specifics reasons for the new format? <br /> <br /> Also, do you have alternatives for in-person meetings and evening time <br />slots that help us serve our mission? <br /> <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Abraham Antonio <br /> GMAC Chairperson <br /> <br />AA: Abraham, District – 5 – I think you should add on top of that letter the recent events <br />that the Office of Management has gave powers or have given more powers to have <br />control over these Zoom meetings when I’ve asked in previous meetings, after previous <br />meetings, for us to have, for the Chair and the Vice-Chair to have training on these and <br />one have been and now, magically, the last two meetings that they have taken control <br />to the daytime, um, now they have, all of sudden they have powers to mute people and, <br />yeah, basically to mute people and they have more control now, versus how prior we <br />never had that control. <br /> <br />SW: Deputy Corporation Counsel – Sylvia Wan. I think Chair is confused about the powers… <br /> <br />AA: No, I’m not, Abraham, District – 5. I am not confused about the powers. <br /> <br />SW: The application has always been able to do that. It was a matter of staff. <br /> <br />AA: It’s still I’m not confused about it. They always had staff even our night times meeting. <br />The staff were always there. <br /> <br />SW: Yeah, but the person who is doing it right now… <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />