GMAC November 21 2023 Minutes Final draft

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Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawai’i Minutes – Final Draft Meeting Date: November 21, 2023 Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 pm Place: Zoom and In-Person 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. #1501, Hilo HI 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: District 1 - Robert Duerr, Present, in person District 2 – Vacant District 3 – Rhon Leomana Turalde, Present, in person District 4 – Brian Ley – Present, in person District 5 - Abraham Antonio, Present in person District 6 – Austin Griffey, Excused District 7 – Natalie Reynolds, Excused District 8 – Cortney Okumura – Present via Zoom District 9 – Justin Ackerman – Present via Zoom Quorum Established with 6 in attendance. STAFF: Sylvia Wan, Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel – in person Barbara Kossow, Administrative Specialist – via Zoom AA: OK. Let’s begin the November 21 Game Management Advisory Commission – right now it’s 9:19a, um, taking roll call. Actually I’d like to take a housekeeping from our Vice Chair, Leomana Turalde… LT: Aloha kakou – my name is Leomana, District – 3, Vice Chair – let’s take a – get everybody up to speed on the housekeeping – please make sure your cell phones are turned off or on stun – to all of us who are attending at first \[unclear\] remember to speak loudly into the microphone so that all your statements can be recorded and everyone online can hear you. Under the Sunshine Law GMAC may remove any person who willfully obstructs a meeting – or compromise the conduct of the actual meeting. All persons appearing before the GMAC Commission are reminded to conduct themselves in a courteous manner - for testimonies – those in person – if you would like to testify – please fill out a public statement registration form. For everyone on Zoom, if you’d like to testify on any agenda item please provide your name and identify which items you would like to testify on behalf of or questions. The public – for those on Zoom you may post all the questions in the Zoom Chat. For all of us remember that the Zoom Chat is not the actual recording statements of the meeting. For those in person you may write your questions on the public statement registration form right here on the end of the table – please know that your questions may be asked out loud or may be asked at the discretion of the chair – 1