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MR. MELROSE: Are we going to meet other than this during that period in time? Are there other meetings that we are going to have? CHR. SIRACUSA: I think we are going to have our regular meetings. MR. MIDDLESWORTH : We have to have our regular meetings because these are hearings. We canÓt do anything, we are just listening to people. MR. MELROSE: Do we want to wait until we are done with these hearings before we start with our next meeting? LetÓs hear some thoughts. This is a lot of time on our hands, and if you are st putting in other ones---And I want to disclose to Commissioners that starting the 21 of this month, I teach a class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the University from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. So IÓm not going to make the next meeting and I probably wonÓt make other ones if we stay on the Thursday schedule. This doesnÓt bother me because I can do it in the evening time. ItÒs okay. But unless itÓs really critical, I will try not to miss the class. Just so you know my schedule, Tuesdays and Thursdays at this time. MS. POINDEXTER : Is there an option to look at changing our meeting day to Wed feel that Jeff has a lot of input that is very valuable so I would like to see him in attendance as much as possible. MR. KANUHA : I have no problems with Wednesdays. MR. KAHUI : ItÓs not a problem for me either. MR. CARVALHO : Fine with me. MS. UGALDE: Or me. CHR. SIRACUSA: We can deal with that when we get to the end of our meeting. But thatÓs good to know that itÓs okay with everybody to make that move. So letÓs get back to this proposed public hearing dates and venues. Does anybody have any major problems here? MR. CARVALHO: I have a question, maybe directed to Patrick. From the previous talk story meetings, did you guys get a big turn out for each? IÓm checking about the venue now. Waimea Center is a nice center, but we may have to use the gym. MR. KAHAWAIOLAÒA: The venues were pretty well prepared by the Elections Committ year. I think the Kona one was at Hale Halawai, and that was probably our most well attended. We had a lot of people in Kohala by the statue somewhere at the Senior Citizens. We had a lot of people there. But everywhere else, was, as expected, those that have something to say will be there. I think thatÓs basically all we can do as Commissioners, is to take the input of the people. That is why the public hearings are just that. We have it, listen, come back, and make the deliberations after. So I think itÓs important. The way IÓm looking at it is that we have seven days planned out for hearings. A couple of them are double, but itÓs a seven day period. So, I think itÓs important that we allow the public to make their input. They can always come to 8