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CHR. HAITSUKA: How is everybody else with that schedule? MR. NAHALE -A: I made the suggestion, but I will be on the mainland that week. CHR. HAITSUKA: So you are not going to be here for the September 11, 2009 meeting. MR. NAHALE -A: Yes, but it's still a good idea, even if I'm not going to be there. MS. JARMAN: In theory, I think that's an excellent idea. But, how many people can you get in the Kona office? If we are going to do the videoconferencing from Kona, there is not a lot of room. We are looking at the Kona office there on the screen in the upper left. There is not a lot of room if a lot of people show up. Another alternative -- although I don't know how costly this is - -is when the Council holds their meetings in Kona, they hold it in the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa in a huge room. There is a price for that, I don't know what it would be, but we could potentially do that because they have the videoconferencing capabilities. Levi, how much does that cost? MR. HOOKANO: I'm sorry; I don't have the cost estimate on that. I think that would also require the use of the Out of the Sea Media Productions for that. So there might be extra costs associated with that venue. MS. JARMAN: I think they only do the videotaping, but maybe Karen could check on that when we take a recess. CHR. HAITSUKA: If we held the meeting in Kona, would we have to have some kind of a way to videoconference to Hilo, for the regular meeting? MR. HOOKANO: For the regular meeting, it would probably help, but there is no requirement. We would just have to notice it that way. Our rules say that our regular meetings will be held in Hilo, so we would have to make an exception and notice it that way. CHR. HAITSUKA: So, what we can do is have it somewhere else, we're not going to have the video capabilities, and we can have the Hilo meeting at our next meeting, which will be in October, and finish up with that; although it's kind of close to our October deadline. That would be another alternative, having it somewhere like a cafeteria or even at some other facility. Ms. Jarman, do you want to see first if we can get the Sheraton? MS. JARMAN: Maybe when we take a recess, Karen could check with the County Clerk's office about how that works. We would have to make sure that the Sheraton itself is available. CHR. HAITSUKA: As far as the Ka`u and Puna meetings, we can probably do that all in one day on a Saturday. Maybe Saturday, September 26, 2009. I don't know what everybody's schedule looks like. I think I'm clear. Is everybody going to be around on September 26, 2009? IN