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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – June 27, 2017 <br /> <br /> None <br /> <br />4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br /> <br /> None <br /> <br />5. COMMUNICATIONS <br /> <br />A. FINANCIAL (BUDGET) REPORT <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />B. LEGISLATIVE REPORT: State Game Management Advisory Commission <br /> <br />TL: GMAC (County) had been in discussion to form a statewide commission on or <br />about 2014. Anthony “Tony” Sylvester, 2014 Chairman of the Commission, <br />was instrumental in drafting a Bill. Mark Bartell and Colin Onaka both from <br />Kona helped in this effort. In 2016, the Bill made it to the House Judiciary but <br />was tabled. An appreciation of gratitude goes out to Representative Richard <br />Onishi through his negotiation with Senator Karl Rhoads of the House <br />Judiciary, the state commission was formed. On April 2016, a few County <br />GMAC commissioners testified at the State Capitol. Jon Sabati was elected <br />State commission Chair. <br /> <br />C. PRESENTATION: <br /> <br />1. Jon Sabati – Newly elected Chair of the Hawaii State Game <br />Management Advisory Commission. Opening Statements and Goals <br />for the Commission. <br /> <br />JS: John Sabati thanked everybody for working hard and getting the state <br />commission put together. He indicated that there are good people on the <br />State commission board. He further mentioned that there seems to be a lot of <br />issues that need to be prioritized. Every island is different. One goal is to <br />build bridges of communications between the communities and DOFAW. <br />There is a need to work together with the community, hunters and with the <br />county GMAC to achieve positive outcome. Mr. Sabati mentioned that it is <br />important to work with the county GMAC because each district has a <br />representative who can assist in reaching out to the hunters. In the near <br />future, John Sabati plans to set up a Facebook account; he currently has a <br />West Hawaii GMAC gmail account. Prior to the next meeting in August, John <br />Sabati will be networking and getting input from the hunters. He would like to <br />have a meeting with the different districts and would like to invite the County <br />GMAC to attend those meetings. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />