2011-06-08 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. O’HARA: My comment would be that I like the last paragraph. It has a punch to it. And maybe end with basically an action statement. I kind of like that. MR. MATSUDA: Okay. How about the second to the last paragraph. MS. NICHOLSON: Other discussion on that? So, after, you’re talking about now has been the intention of the work of this COGC and the leadership of the Hawai‘i County government system. And then do the Mahalo? MR. MATSUDA: Yes. MS. O’HARA: I’m sorry, I kind of like it where it is at the beginning.Otherwise that first paragraph becomes a very long sentence, and it just kind of wraps up that first paragraph. MR. MATSUDA: Just because we were talking about the commissions and boards. MS. O’HARA: Yeah, and all the departments and stuff. I think it has more relevance in that paragraph. MS. NICHOLSON: Other feelings about that? Gloria? MS. WONG: I wrote it. I like it. MR. MATSUDA: Let’s go with however you say. Let’s go with that. MS. O’HARA: Okay. Very nice Gloria, thank you. MS. NICHOLSON: Thank you. MR. MATSUDA: Thank you, Gloria. MR. ARMOUR: Thank you. MS. NICHOLSON: Anything else on the conclusion? MS. GARSON: So this is the old conclusion. So I’m taking this entire thing out and just putting that in so that whole thing is being replaced by Gloria’s conclusion. MS. NICHOLSON: We started on last time and didn’t get finished, which was the further elaborations in the Executive Summary and just to be clear, we have in front of us three different versions. And for those of you that didn’t submit, you probably have your own notes on this. So if you will flip to the Executive Summary part and we will I think, take it one by one. So, for the Executive Summary, you’ve got three versions in front of you and maybe you have four if you have one to submit. So, for the first paragraph, Eileen has some suggested changes for the first paragraph. Would you like to discuss that Eileen? 8