06-06-2008, 07:25 PM
The only comments Mr Singer made were his interrupting the first panelist to to ask what his qualifications were, and then continued interruptions asking why he cannot make any comments & asking why this meeting was being controlled, and that it was a travesty, and that everyone should just leave.... (I think he interupted with that statement/question 5 or 6 times, and was warned on each outburst - they overpowered the miked panelists- that this was not the time for comments, and to please allow the panelist to continue). His lack of Kuleana towards the audience & the panelist was not appreciated by most audience members. I honestly have no idea what point Mr. Singer was trying to make, other than he wanted to control the meeting. After Mr Singer left, there were no other outbursts like that.
Considering his lack of a PhD, which he seemed to require of the first panelist, it is amazing he even felt the need to contribute...
Mind you the meeting had over 100 people, standing room only, we had been told they would try to have as much time as they could for Q&A, his repeated interruptions cut that down to less than 30 mins.
It was obvious that a 2 hour meeting could not answer the questions of over 100... gotta admit, many of my questions were answered during the presentation....
Do I think that the scale is the best answer in a perfect world? NO! Did I get the impression that the panelists would have chosen the scale if they had any hope of having the manpower and money to control the exponential & unchecked growth of the Strawberry guava? NO!
Most of the panelist did bring up their concerns, about both the growth rate that the strawberry guava is exhibiting on the islands & the introduction of any species to control....
Considering his lack of a PhD, which he seemed to require of the first panelist, it is amazing he even felt the need to contribute...
Mind you the meeting had over 100 people, standing room only, we had been told they would try to have as much time as they could for Q&A, his repeated interruptions cut that down to less than 30 mins.
It was obvious that a 2 hour meeting could not answer the questions of over 100... gotta admit, many of my questions were answered during the presentation....
Do I think that the scale is the best answer in a perfect world? NO! Did I get the impression that the panelists would have chosen the scale if they had any hope of having the manpower and money to control the exponential & unchecked growth of the Strawberry guava? NO!
Most of the panelist did bring up their concerns, about both the growth rate that the strawberry guava is exhibiting on the islands & the introduction of any species to control....