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<br />Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – November 25, 2013 <br /> <br />PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br />None <br /> <br /> <br />REPORTS/SPECIAL COMMITTEE/PRESENTATOIN: <br /> <br />A. UPDATE ON THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SPORTSMAN’S CAUCUSES <br />TH <br />(NASC) 10 ANNUAL SPORTSMAN-LEGISLATOR SUMMIT NOVEMBER <br />18-21, 2013 BY WILLIE-JOE CAMARA AND MARK BARTELL <br /> <br />Willie-Joe Camara and Mark Bartell attended along with Rep. Cindy Evans. <br />th <br />Summit was held in Whittington Illinois. This was the 10 Annual Summit and the <br />first for anyone from Hawaii. The summit provided a national forum for state <br />legislators, conservation organizations, state and federal fish and wildlife <br />agencies and outdoor industry partners to discuss conservation policy and <br />management issues and accomplishments. What is important about this event, it <br />brings the state legislative sportsmen’s caucus members and partners together <br />to collaborate and devise strategies to advance a sportsmen’s agenda in state <br />legislatures across the country. <br /> <br />W. Camara: Lately the biggest battle has been gun control with all the new gun <br />laws that are coming up. The other issue is with the Humane Society of the <br />United States (HSUS) with their whole anti-pet movement which includes dogs <br />for hunting. <br /> <br />M. Bartell: We were truly welcomed. I thought Rep. Evans was very engaged in <br />the meetings. A tremendous resource, lots of bills that they’ve generated; lots of <br />things we can learn from other states; lots of legal opinions. <br /> <br />We need to recruit members from both the house and senate to move forward. <br />A caucus takes 2 which should be bi-partisan. We plan to meet with Rep. Evans <br />who was very enthusiastic about forming a caucus, before the next legislative <br />session to develop a plan. <br /> <br />\[Discussion\] <br /> <br /> <br />B. UPDATE ON HAR 124 LETTER TO BLNR BY B. COMMAND <br /> <br />The letter was sent out. No response, but I wasn’t necessarily expecting a <br />response. I did talk to Lisa regarding an update on the process. It’s still within the <br />Attorney General’s office. It’s still being vetted. I asked her if there was any idea <br />when that might emerge from there and she said she had no idea. But it still is in <br />the Attorney General’s office for vetting. <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br />