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MR. KAHAWAIOLAÒA: I do, madam Chair. I would tend to--this is how I read last meeting also, the first meet that we had--and thatÓs why my question to Mr. Rosenbrock was just that--all I wanted to be sure is what we did here would not run afoul of what the State was going to do. If the State excluded just military, I had a problem with military and its dependents. Not everybody in the military is married to somebody who live outside of HawaiÒi; who is born and raised outside of HawaiÒi. So I had a problem with dependents. But, based on what Mr. Rosenbrock represented; was just that we couldnÓt say we wanted to include the military, but the State said they wasnÓt going to do it. But after that, we couldnÓt get the student body population, so thatÓs why they were included the last time. CHR. SIRACUSA: It was my understanding by reading what we would be provided by the County ClerkÓs office was that among other things, we would be provided with the population numbers. And I would hope that they will provide us with the population numbers that are the right numbers that we are supposed to be taking into consideration. JAMAE KAWAUCHI (At this time Jamae Kawauchi, County Clerk, came forward to address members of the Commission.) CHR. SIRACUSA: I see that Jamae has come up to the table and I assume that s something to contribute to this discussion. MS. KAWAUCHI: Good afternoon Chair and Commissioners; Jamae Kawauchi, County Clerk. I apologize for the delay in attending. I just wanted to make sure that per the communication that I submitted, that all of you are aware of all of your options in terms of the provision of technical assistance; and if you are all clear in formulating a plan or trying to at least come to an idea of the way in which you would like to proceed to utilize software and other tools that are available to you. I do apologize for the delay in terms of the State providing the software to us, and some of the information that you are asking for. I know that you are very anxious on proceeding, but because of the cost factor and the way it was done in the past, the Counties have relied on the State to provide us with the information after they have gone through and looked at the Census and information, then work with the software developers to come up with the appropriate programming tool to help you draw your maps. Now, your question--I donÓt want to lose sight of what your question is--which is are we going to help you and give you information so that you can identify your populations; we can do that. If you give us questions that you have, the ClerkÓs office can then transmit that to the State. What we can also do for you during your meetings is ask if the State, David Rosenbrock, who was here, can be made available for you during your Commission meetings. Perhaps he can answer some of your questions as you ask them. In fact, IÓm not sure if it was explained earlier, David Rosenbrock, who was here the last time, is available today if you would like to give him a telephone call. We can do that for you, to answer any questions that you have that concern technical assistance. IÓm not quite sure where to go from here; my offer in terms of the communication was just to try and help you come up with some ideas on the process that you will be using, using the diagnostic tools, the drawing software; and then get feedback from you on how you might want to proceed. 20