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Public Meetings <br />WHAT WAS GREAT? <br />• Taishoji Soto Mission — great venue✓✓ <br />• Having the public meeting right in the heart of Downtown Hilo-' <br />• Kanam Aton✓✓ <br />• "shared the culture and followed native Hawaiian protocol" <br />• "gave the events a good Hawaiian cultural feel" <br />• The number of people <br />• Everyone had a chance to speak and that those who like to dominate the conversation <br />were well managed <br />• The number of people that turned out to the public meetings exceeded my expectations <br />given the amount of publicity we had been able to do <br />• The wealth of contributions from LSPs for the public meetings <br />• Liked the concept of downtown "districts" and branding. The suggestion for a trolley or <br />similar to promote a connection to other parts of town, the university, airport, and port <br />of Hilo, was particularly creative and far-thinking. <br />• Wide variety of people who participated <br />• Good work with press releases <br />• Positive atmosphere <br />• Safe to participate <br />• Process was well established <br />• Inspired by ideas <br />• Learned a lot <br />• Great ideas for service projects <br />• Like the branding concept <br />• Pule and oli helped to create the setting <br />WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? <br />• Larger venue <br />o "crowded" <br />• Let general public know expectations <br />• More focus at 2nd public meeting <br />• Not enough kupuna /old-timers — need to share stories — sometimes we need to go to <br />them <br />• Should have had more public meetings and venue locations <br />• Better management of people who came with their own agendas <br />• Not enough outreach — did not see any posters in Downtown Hilo <br />• Include more technology — social networks (web) <br />• Should have had sign-up sheets for public who wanted to volunteer to work on projects <br />(government can't do it all — need community help /support) <br />5 <br />