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general overview and I highlight the gifts provision, the fair <br />treatment section, the conflict of interest provision because those <br />are the big ones and then I give them general information about the <br />Board and the process before the Board. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Are they aware that people can come in for a… <br /> <br />Ms. Schoen: They’re aware, but also you guys don’t do hypotheticals. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks: Not yet, I don’t want to get involved in that. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: That’s a really good point, I wrote it down, it’s a really good point. <br />What I’m trying to talk about is really just drawing attention to <br />what is on the books. That people have this ability to come to us in <br />these various situations. Right now I don’t know if we could do <br />anything election wise because there isn’t anything on the books <br />that supports our ability to manage it. Lobbying is a little different <br />because there’s actually a phrase in there, but when I look at the <br />lobbying rules and I look at what the Code says about lobbying, to <br />be honest with you, we have little to do with it. It identifies what <br />lobbyists are supposed to do and then if they don’t do that, it’s <br />brought to our attention. If it’s not brought to our attention, unless <br />we’re going out and doing an investigation of it, we don’t know <br />about it. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: I can see if you made a distinguishment about making people <br />aware of availability. I can see what you’re talking about <br />education, but if you’re talking about going ahead and telling them <br />we can do this in certain situations, my feeling is that it’s hard <br />enough to interpret this thing when we got facts in controversy <br />without going in a general kind of situation and say okay, we can <br />interpret things this way or that way without having the facts and <br />the controversy. It’s hard enough because we struggle with it <br />when we have the facts. <br /> <br />Ms. Schoen: And the analysis changes if one fact changes. That’s what I try to <br />educate the people about. Me standing here talking to you about <br />the Code of Ethics, you cannot plug this situation in every <br />situation. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: There’s no general application in the Code of Ethics, exactly what <br />you’re trying to say, there’s no general application. Must be <br />specific in every situation, that’s what we’re trying to do. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: The availability, the record of a hearing according to our rules, it’s <br />only available upon request and in transcript form only. We’re <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />