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we do then we may have to start all over again. I think our experience with our calendar has shown us that very thing. I think we should wait until our hearings are all over. Then we will be in a. . .we may be in a good position to make a decision now but we can ' t, because we ha: en ' t had our , hearings. At those hearings our minds are supposed to be open as to what testimony will come before and I 'm afraid that if we make a decision now, preliminarily, we may get ourselves boxed in and find that we will have to do this whole thing over again. Since we feel that we have enough time if we follow the schedule as we have it, I think we should stick with it. I know that the commissioners don ' t want to come here and sit and feel as if they are not accomplishing anything but since we are working under certain rules and regulations, I think we should not be--too anxious and jump the gun. Maybe nothing will come out of these hearings but, still , I feel we shouldn ' t jump the gun but follow our schedule as we have set it. MR. CADINHA: Mr. Chairman , a point well taken. And because of that then our calendar is invalid and we shouldn ' t even meet until April 17 when we start taking public input--we can ' t cross any bridge. MR. SCHUTTE: Mr. Chairman . I was just talking to our counsel here, on the side, and he would like to relate a little bit as to what we are able to do without drawing any final conclusions relative to this. MR. ODA: I don ' t think the fact that we have a calendar precludes discussions of charter provisions, you know, or discussions for the sake of discussions and clarifi- cations. But not decision making, preliminary, or otherwise. If any kind of preliminary decision is going to be made at all, certainly it has to wait until all , so-called, all evidence is in. But this doesn ' t mean that studies cannot be made in the meantime. MR. OMONAKA: Mr. Chairman. Along those lines there are different areas of the charter which will have no input from anyone. If there are any of these particular articles in the charter that need to be reviewed now that we might under- stand what it means--maybe we can work in that area. Certain articles like Transitional Provisions we need to consider -do we understand what they are so that when the time comes we will know what to do? MR. ODA: In other words, Mr. Chairman, educa- tional discussion and background discussion of the various provisions is certainly not prohibited. RECESS: At 4: 31 p.m. the Chair called for a short recess. - 9 -