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KUBOTA:Oh, yes. May I ask, may I ask -? <br />FUJIKAWA:Commissioner Kubota, you have a -. <br />KUBOTA:May I ask you a question just to clarify. So youÓre sugg <br />youÓre coming from the point that although these people were appointed as <br />Commissioners, they were reconfirmed before they became non-Comm <br />saying that at this point they should be replaced by someone else? Is that where youÓre <br />coming from? <br />DAVID:No. IÓm here because thereÓs a question in my mind, at th <br />public hearing when they were nominated, and they volunteered, they werenÓt nominated, <br />they volunteered to serve -. <br />KUBOTA:Right, right, they volunteered. <br />DAVID:And it was decided, there was some discussion at that hearing <br />whether to procure -. <br />KUBOTA:Hire. <br />DAVID:Yeah, to hire or not to hire. And it was decided at the hearing that <br />the Commissioners, whoever could serve would, you know, serve. So thatÓs how these <br />three Commissioners were appointed. Basically, because you were -. <br />KUBOTA:Yes, IÓm cognizant of that because I was in that discussion. <br />DAVID:Okay. <br />KUBOTA:Okay, thank you. <br />DAVID:Right. Okay. Then, in December, their terms expired but they still <br />could, basically, they still could -. <br />KUBOTA:They still have 90 days, yeah. <br />DAVID:Right. And they were confirmed prior, after the confirmation in <br />January, the replacement for Mr. Togashi was appointed. <br />KUBOTA:Wait, wait. We reconfirmed them, according to my recolle <br />and the notes here, in January. Their 90 days had not been up so they hadnÓt expired yet; <br />and their successors had not been named, either. <br />DAVID:At that point, yes. <br />KUBOTA:So, theoretically, they were still Commissioners. <br />4 <br /> <br />