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Merit Appeals Board August 26, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning. It is 9:01 and the Merit Appeals Board meeting is called to <br />order. We have quorum with three Board members present. I’m Gabriella Cabanas, Chair of the <br />Merit Appeals Board, and with me are—Vice-Chair, Ms. Suzi Bond, to my immediate left. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: And to my far left is Mr. Gilbert Aguinaldo. <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning. Mr. Daniel “Niel” Thomas is not present today, so he is <br />excused. We have also, our Assistant Corporation Counsel, Mr. J Yoshimoto. <br /> <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning, everyone. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning. And our Secretary-Reporter, Ms. Glynis Yamada. <br /> <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Also, present is our Director of Human Resources, Ms. Sommer Tokihiro. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning. And your staff is present, so if you’d like to introduce them? <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Sure. So, today, I brought our Personnel and Organizational Development <br />Division staff. So, the Manager of the division is Jennifer Sakamoto and then her staff includes <br />Junko Calma, who is a Trainee; and then Nawai Higa, who’s an Assistant. <br /> <br />We’ll have them give a brief presentation in a few minutes. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Thank you. Well, welcome, everyone, to our meeting. We have no <br />attorney general representation today because we do not have any hearings. <br /> <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Any addendum to the agenda—no. Glynis says, “no” there isn’t any. <br /> <br />Statements from the Public (Item 3) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Any “Statements from the Public”—no. <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />