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Veterans Advisory Committee November 19, 2025 Page 5 Vice -Chair Brinkley: May create quorum issues. J Hiduchick-Nakayama: Making in -person meetings would be impossible. B Billingsley: Happy to engage with County DIT and serve as the watchdog for meetings if that would be helpful. C Honma: Can revisit conversion to in -person meetings. c. Discussion regardingguidelines on public testimony. J Yoshimoto: Generally follow three minutes per item on public testimony. Been standard practice. Currently don't have any rules that would address that. Chair M Doolittle: Haven't had a problem with that. Should be an assumed standard. J Yoshimoto: Chair has discretion to allow latitude, depending on subject matter. d. Presentation by J Sze: Opening of the Veterans Support Center at University of Hawaii Hilo. J Sze: Went back to school in 2023 and realized there really is nothing for Veterans. Wanted to get Veterans on campus together, create a community. Came up with Hawaii Island Veterans Club. One of the main goals of the club is to fill in the gaps that the VA leaves and to support the transition to civilian life. What seeing is non -profits and organization all just doing their own thing. Get grants and try to tackle issues. Trying to bring non -profits and organizations together to attack the issues, together. Sees Hawaii Island Veterans Club as a community. A club to build community. e. Presentation by M Brinkley: Windphone Proposal. Vice -Chair M Brinkley: Was referred by DPR. Asked to pass on to Veterans groups. Healing of grief site. 1000 around the country, none in Hawaii. If on public land, raises concerns about security. Chair M Doolittle: Personally don't think something this committee would undertake. Interesting idea.