2013-04-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawaii Minutes Via Video Conferencing (Hilo – Kona) Meeting Date: April 15, 2013 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Hawaii County Building Puna Conference Room 25 Aupuni St., Suite 1501 . Hilo, HI 96720 West Hawaii Civic Center Council Conference Room A 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona HI 96740 CALL TO ORDER : At 6:30pm by Chair Anthony "Tony" Sylvester. Quorum Established ROLL CALL: Tom Lodge, Willie-Joe Camara, Dwayne Yoshina, Rob White, Paul Bueltmann, Mark Bartell, Cleon Bailey, Tony Sylvester, and we have one vacancy to fill, eight of nine present. Also present, Bobby Command, Mayor’s Executive Assistant and Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida. INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSION MEMBERS Thomas “Tom” Lodge, District 5, 1 - year term, here to preserve, to promote and protect public hunting. Willie-Joe Camara, District 1 - 5-year term, same as everyone, here for the duration. Dwayne “Ike” Yoshina, District 2 - 5 year term, I’m here to serve, thank you. Mark Bartell, District 8, 2 - year term- this is all about game management, couple things, we have game animals, and the state got to recognize it to manage it. We need a place for them to live. We need a plan to manage them. We need people to execute that and we need funds to make that happen. That’s why I'm on this board. Cleon Bailey, District 9, 3-year term I concur with the commission's consensus. Robert "Rob" White, District 7, 5 - year term - I'm here to promote our natural resources being water and land, being hunted land, actually. Paul Bueltmann, District 4, 4 - year term - I'm here like everyone else to promote the use of our land for food and game ability.