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CHR. SIRACUSA: Yes, right, by adding two more points. And there was another point that I was considering throwing into the pot as well. So I was wondering if we should just do one at a time to make it less confusing. It had to do with actually amending point number two which talks about the redistricting software be made available as soon as possible to allow Commissioners more time to become familiar with the program. In that regard the County might consider purchasing its own redistricting software tailored specifically to Hawaii County. I was thinking about throwing in another possible way of dealing with that and that is any of us individually or as a unit contacting the Lieutenant Governor and the State Office of Elections asking them, telling them how it really tied our hands and put a significant amount of strain on Commissioners and staff because we didn't have much time; and asking them to do what they could to expedite, to begin way ahead of time in their negotiations with the software company, whoever it may be at that time; and to expedite the process. MR. UDOVIC: I don't disagree that that's probably not a wise idea, but I don't know if its - --I'm sorry, I'm imposing my views now. MR. MIDDLESWORTH: Based on my experience with software, which is part of the way I made my living. Ten years from now the software and the hardware are going to be incredibly different; nothing is going to be on your own computer; it's all going to be on a cloud someplace, and all this sort of thing. The software will be much better. The issue is the one of acquisition and availability. And I think we pressed that point. I think where we made a mistake early on, was in our decision not to pay Royce Jones for the support, and to get the training we should have had. It took me several months to figure out how to put the census block information on the maps. It took a while to be able to really be able to understand that software, and if we had had a couple of really good sessions with Royce, explaining all that software stuff, we would have been a whole lot better off even under the time constraints that we had. The training stuff ought to be stressed strongly. MR.UDOVIC: Are you making a suggestion that we make an additional comment that - - -Or is this just general discussion? MR. MIDDLESWORTH: It's just general discussion; if anybody pays any attention to what we have done. CHR. SIRACUSA: It could be added to number two. MR. MIDDLESWORTH: Yeah. The training is important. MR. UDOVIC: We need a motion to do that, because I need to blow we are doing. MR. KAHUL Madam Chair, this is Kona; Bo from Kona. CHR. SIRACUSA: Go ahead, Bo. 12