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Absent: Commissioners Fuertes, Kawauchi, and Nahale -a. <br />COMMUNICATIONS <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Let's move on to Communications. <br />COMM. 26: From Frances Wong, dated August 5, 2009, regarding guidelines governing <br />Council Member attendance at council meetings. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Is there any discussion on this communication? <br />MS. JARMAN: Excuse me, Mr. Chair. Do you know if she's expecting a response to her <br />questions from the Commission? Has anyone spoken to her personally? <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: It's couched as questions to us, I don't know if it's appropriate for us to <br />send back some kind of written response. Mr. Hookano, is that something that we can and <br />should do? <br />MR. HOOKANO: Well, the "should" is not my place to answer, whether you should or not. <br />But, if the Commission is going to provide a response, I think it should be a consensus of the <br />majority on what to send. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Is there any discussion on whether we should send back a response to Ms. <br />Wong? <br />MR. SHUMWAY: I guess if we are going to respond, I would like to invite her to come to one <br />of our meetings, and we could address her personally. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Should we send out an invitation to her? We could always defer this <br />Communication to the next meeting, and invite her to attend. We could ask our Secretary to <br />contact her and perhaps we can answer her questions. Is there any discussion on that? <br />MR. KAULUKUKUI: Mr. Chair, in going back over her memo dated August 5, 2009, there is <br />no specific request. It reads more like a letter to the editor. She has not asked for anything in <br />particular. I would think the most we could do is suggest she come in person to one of our <br />public hearings with a suggestion that a specific action come along with her; a request for <br />action. <br />MS. OSBORNE: I'm just concerned whether this is the appropriate venue for her questions, <br />and I'm wondering if this is the place where these kinds of questions would be answered. I'm <br />not really sure where her concerns would be addressed, but I don't think it is with this body. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Is there any further discussion or thoughts? If we don't have any strong <br />feelings one way or another about whether or not we should invite her to the next meeting or <br />defer, we can always move to file. <br />7 <br />