DFW meeting this morning

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TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FORCE RESCHEDULING OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MEETING ON CLOSING/DELAYING FISHING SEASON IN SOME AREAS

Form the DFW:

Today’s emergency meeting of the Fish and Game Commission is being rescheduled. While the time and platform has yet to be determined, it will be delayed until next week.

Commission President Eric Sklar and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham made the following joint statement:

“We are very appreciative of the passion we heard from those that were able to join this morning’s call. It is clear that the call volume was overwhelming and the technology wasn’t ready. We acknowledge that this is a challenge as we attempt to navigate new technology for meetings. We are frustrated by what happened today and are looking for a remedy now. We understand that many members of the public and media were unable to join the call and because we also understand the importance to many of you, we need to ensure that you have an opportunity to provide input.

“We want to make sure you know that we have received a great deal of input from counties and tribes, and we are grateful for that. You can always make comment for the record at [email protected].

“We also want to make it crystal clear that today’s proposed decision was not about banning fishing statewide or locally. We are not contemplating statewide closure. The decision is to help prepare us to work with counties and tribes to make those decisions based on their requests. We are working on a tailored and surgical approach based on local needs and knowledge. We have already received some of these requests. Today’s proposed action was an effort to become more nimble and ready to react when asked by a local entity to act.”

When the meeting is rescheduled, it will be posted on the Commission’s website, sent out via listserv and advised to media.

Meeting Agenda:

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission was set to discuss whether or not to temporarily grant authority to CDFW to decide whether to delay, restrict, or suspend sport or recreational fishing in order to prevent and mitigate public health risks that may arise when people travel for fishing trips or congregate while participating in available fishing opportunities. CDFW and the Commission have received requests from county representatives and local health authorities requesting delays to sport or recreational fish openers such as the Eastern Sierra trout opener scheduled for April 25, 2020. Because of overwhelming call volume, the call will be rescheduled.
 
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Damn, no TO? Was really looking forward to a run up the hill to Crowley and the Loop.....
 
CA,s fearless leaders..hillarious!! What a shit show...and these morons get paid ...oh my..
 
Disturbing stevo for sure..how goes the longbeard hunting? Whats the body count? Been raining crazy on the central coast...birds not coming out of the brush and not talking..was gonna try to get back before closer..but looking like its not gonna happen..
 
CA,s fearless leaders..hillarious!! What a shit show...and these morons get paid ...oh my..
how can you say CA and it's fearless leaders? As long as this state has "BLUE" in office it does not have leaders but it sure has a lot of dumb ass followers.
 
how can you say CA and it's fearless leaders? As long as this state has "BLUE" in office it does not have leaders but it sure has a lot of dumb ass followers.
Must suck to live in Ca ..
 
Matt,

We got 3 longs on the opener...Then passed on a number of jakes the 1st couple of days...Now, it's rained for 5 straight...Will get back after them soon.

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people want to act like that on an important call there will never be another call. try to act a little civilized and more can get accomplished
 
It appears to me that the call was open to the public.

Government agencies in many cases do not have or use more sophisticated ways to handle much more than face to face meetings.

First, you set expectations with the public from the start. Explain how the call will go and what participants can and can not do.

You can NOT allow all participants to have access to the mic at any time period. People in general, are too stupid to understand and respect that a conference call like this one is meant for informational purposes or to be an open discussion among principals and representatives.

If the public wants (and the should be allowed) to contribute their feedback or have questions, they need to digitally raise their hand and a list of the requests in proper order gets populated on the screen for everyone to see. The questions should only be related to the subject in hand at that instance.

You need a moderator who limits the time of a question and answers who can mute a caller who exceeds his time. Written questions can be submitted during the call for everyone to see to avoid asking the same question more than once, and they can be addressed during the call time permitting.
I have participated in many conference calls with a high number of attendees and I have never seen such a poorly handle process.

I will do it for $10,000 :kissing:
 
Of course the lowest common denominators of the public got though and acted like complete morons.
Stupid system to allow that to happen though.
 

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