2024_08_20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawai’i Minutes Meeting Date: August 20, 2024 Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 pm Place: Zoom and In-Person at 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. #1501, Hilo HI 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: At 9:02 am by Chair Turalde the following. District 1 - Robert Duerr, Present, in person District 2 – Vacant District 3 – Rhon Leomana Turalde, Present, in person District 4 – Brian Ley – Present, in person District 5 - Vacant District 6 – Vacant District 7 – Natalie Reynolds, Absent District 8 – Cortney Okumura – Present via Zoom District 9 – Justin Ackerman – Present via Zoom Quorum Established with 5 in attendance. STAFF: Inha Kandatsu Kang, Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel – in person Barbara Kossow, Administrative Specialist – via Zoom LT: Aloha. A couple of housekeeping rules I’d like to make sure all the cell phones are turned off or put to silent – to all of us attending in person please remember to speak into the microphone. Under HRS. 92-3 – the Sunshine Law – GMAC may remove any person willfully disrupting a meeting to prevent or compromise the conduct of all meetings. All persons appearing before GMAC Commission are reminded to conduct themselves in a courteous manner. Testimony – those in person, if you would like to testify, please fill out the public statement registration form. Mahalo. And if you have Zoom, please write in the Chat the agenda item that you would like to testify on. For questions from the public, the Commission doesn’t really allow questions from the public but because we are a Game Management Advisory Commission and our Commission is responsible for inter-acting with a lot of our hunters, we might take questions at the discretion of the Chair. If you would like to pose a question – you can put it in the Chat and depending on how the meeting is going, we may or may not answer that question. Thank you. For those of you on Zoom – remember the Chat is not being recorded so please put your statements in there and we’ll allow you to speak. If you would like to speak or have a comment, please raise your hand on top of Zoom. And just a reminder to all the GMAC Commission members – when you wish to speak, please acknowledge the district you come from and your first and last name. Mahalo. 1