2014-09-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2014 – if they do approve the rules, they will then move back to, I believe, it’s the small business advisory board, that takes one last look at them. If they’re fine with them, then they pass up to – out of the AG’s for final review then to the Lt. Governor’s Office and once they’re out of the Lieutenant Governor’s Office they take in effect ten days after they leave his office or her office \[unclear\]. So at this point, you know, there’s another board that would have to meet after the Board of Land and Natural Resources – that’s the Sunshine’s Board – so I believe there’s Sunshine so that’s – it’ll probably take a couple months after they leave the October meeting. They will be posted on the DLNR Division of Forestry & Wildlife website and we’ll be sure we’ll have the email list of those that were involved in the commenting and we’re hoping to email all those individuals, we won’t be able to attach the file, but we’ll be able to notify them. That’s the idea and I’m very grateful for the staff that I have that’s helping move the process forward. Chair Lodge: So you’re looking at tentatively, if everything went swimmingly – what would be the – like January? L. Hadway: You know, yeah, hopefully by January 2015. K. De Coito: I have one question. Now with all these department positions that you wasn’t filled for whatever reasons or passing on, passing on or what have you – how can you determine with the people and bodies you have the this is what it’s supposed to be – without having the right input from the right departments? L. Hadway: Well, I think we still have – so the individual that was the Program Manager is now the Branch Manager on Maui. So I will have support from him. I will also have support from the Game Biologist on all of the islands, particularly Shane DeMattos from Maui, who’s been assisting with the statewide and then also Jason Misaki from Maui and all the wildlife biologists out on the branches have been around for a long time and they’re all putting input into it, like Joey and Hans on this island. So they’re all involved, but I’m, but, like I said that the originating institutional knowledge is still there. There’s just some folks in different positions but we have been very hopeful to have that Ed Johnson’s position filled. We have to remember we were – we were in a – when the federal sequester – sequestration came about – we were under a hiring freeze as well. Chair Lodge: You know, when it comes out, are the fees and everything going to be immediate – they’re gonna start it… L. Hadway: Everything, as I understand it, will go into play ten days after they after they leave the Lieutenant Governor’s Office. Chair Lodge: Do you know if the fees are like $20.00 or whatever? 19