MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION ON THE 13TH FESTIVAL OF
PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE (FestPAC) MEETINGMONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022, AT 3:00 PM
VIA VIRTUAL APPLICATION ZOOM: VIDEO / AUDIO CONFERENCE
Commission Members Present were:
Kalani Kaʻanāʻanā
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Designee
Maenette Ah Nee-Benham Governor’s Designee
Snowbird Bento
Community Member At-Large Designee
Māpuana de Silva
Community Member At-Large Designee
Sylvia Hussey
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Designee
Jarrett Keohokālole
Senate President’s Designee
Jamie Lum
Department of Business, Economic Development andTourism (DBEDT) Designee
Richard Onishi
House Speaker’s Designee
Kēhaulani PuʻuCity and County of Honolulu Designee
Guests:Jackie Burke
Mamiko Caroll
Terava Casey
Maka Casson-Fisher
Lynn J. Martin Graton
Ngahiraka Mason
June Matsumoto
Aaron Salā
Mālia SandersKaʻiulani Spencer
Kanoe Takitani-Puahi
Miki-tae Tapara
Pris Texeira-

Public Member
Public Member
Intern – Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authoritiy
Public Member
Public Member
Public Member
Festival Director
Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
Public Member
Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
Public Member
Public Member

Staff:
Elise Amemiya
Timothy Tiu
Scott Tome
Selma Malcolm-

Office of the Attorney General
DBEDT
DBEDT
DBEDT

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CALL TO ORDER
Chair Kalani Ka‘anā‘anā called the meeting to order at 3:00pm and welcomed all present. Chairthen conducted roll call of Commissioners: Chair, Ms. Ah Nee-Benham, Ms. Bento, Ms. deSilva, Ms. Hussey, Mr. Keohokālole, Ms. Lum, Mr. Onishi, Ms. Puʻu. Chair introduced
Commissioner de Silva to present the wehena (opening) for the meeting.
Ms. de Silva stated that she was excited to share a compilation of slide shows from past festivals
she has attended to give the commissioners an idea of the “feel” of each of these events, as each
one is different. She also stated she tried to select slides that show the different types of venues
and also some of the unexpected things that happened at the festivals.
The first set of slides featured New Caledonia in 2000. This was the first festival Commissioner
de Silva attended. She shared that the Hawaiʻi delegation went to a satellite venue located on the
Northeastern coast. Their liaison shared that there were people who walked for many days to see
the Hawaiian delegation as many had heard of Hawaiians but had never seen any in person.
Commissioner de Silva shared this was an interesting point. Another event that took place, wasthe planting of pine trees, which is culturally significant in New Caledonia as it commemorates
special events so that generations to come will remember them. She shared that the Hawaiʻidelegation followed Eddie Ka‘anā‘anā’s lead and got down on their hands and knees and planted
the trees with their hands instead of using the shovels provided. The people wept as they did this,so moved by this gesture. Sometimes the smallest gesture can have the largest impact.
The second slide show video featured the Solomon Islands in 2012. Of the five festivals Ms. deSilva attended, this one was the most extensive because of the large oceanic footprint theSolomon Islands have with about 1,000 islands in the Pacific. The Hawaiʻi delegation visitedfour different satellite venues. Also the Solomon Islands provided the largest and most ornate
hale (structure) for each of the delegations and spent months building them. Their Festival
Village was quite large, and performances were done on a coral stage. At the Opening
Ceremony, the children were seated in the stands and held up colors forming the Hawaiian flag
which was a “chicken skin” moment. Each of the delegations were presented with gifts of fruits,
vegetables, and a live puaʻa (pig). At the end of the festival, the delegation cooked everything
and shared it with their liaisons, those who assisted them and their families. Nothing went towaste. Ms. de Silva emphasized how important the liaisons were to the delegations, guiding themin where they needed to be and providing help with everything.
The final slide show featured Guam in 2016 which was entirely different in terms of venues.
The hale in Guam were cement structures, which Guam has since re-purposed by their visitor
industry to host artisans and hold demonstrations.
Ms. de Silva stated that she hoped the slide show helped to expand the Commissioners’
perception of the Festival, the potential and possibilities of what we can do with our limitations
and the understanding of how we have been hosted by all of those countries for the last 40 years.

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Chair thanked Ms. de Silva for the presentation and asked if there were any questions. There
were no questions. Ms. Hussey also thanked Ms. de Silva for sharing and expressed that that itreally helped to see the images.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEMS
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā invited members of the public to testify on the agenda items. Hearing none, heproceeded with the rest of the agenda items.
APPROVAL OF JULY 11, 2022, MEETING MINUTESThe July 11, 2022, minutes were distributed and reviewed by Commissioners. Chair asked if
there were any comments or changes to the minutes. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to bemade and it was made by Ms. Ah Nee-Benham and seconded by Mr. Onishi. Ms. Sanders
pointed out that there was a typographical error on Mr. Keohokālole first name, but it will becorrected. A roll call vote was requested and the following Commissioners approving the motion
to approve the minutes of July 11, 2022, with a non-substantive change: Chair, Ms. Ah NeeBenham, Ms. de Silva, Ms. Hussey, Mr. Keohokālole, Ms. Lum, Mr. Onishi, approved the July11, 2022, minutes with a non-substantial spelling correction.
Motion was made to adopt the July 11, 2022, minutes, amended with a non-substantiative typo
for spelling.
REPORT ON PERMITTED INTERACTIONS, PURSUANT TO ACT 103, SESSIONLAWS OF HAWAIʻI 2021
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā reported that three meetings were held. The Administrative Committee (AC)met on July 25, 2022, and on August 11, 2022, and the Venues and Programming Committee(VC) met on August 8, 2022. Details of these permitted interaction meetings and their
discussions will be covered later in the agenda items.
PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVECOMMITTEE UPDATE
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā turned over this portion of the meeting to Ms. Ah Nee-Benham, Chair of theAC. Ms. Ah Nee-Benham reported that copies of the minutes of the two AC meetings held on
7/25/22 and 8/11/22 were circulated to the commissioners earlier that morning.
Ms. Ah Nee-Benham reported that on the meeting of 7/25/22, the Festival Director (FD), Mr.
Aaron Salā, provided an overview of his recent meetings with the Council for Pacific Arts andCulture (CPAC) which gave them a broader perspective on some of the expectations that CPAC
and the Festival of the Pacific Committee (SPC) have for our work here in Hawaiʻi. Ms. Ah NeeBenham also reported that the AC discussed a wide-range of tasks including timeline,
organizational structure, the festival budget, fund development/friend development and raising
the resources that they would need to successfully put on the festival in 2024. The committee
requested several documents from the FD for the 8/11/22 meeting.
Ms. Ah Nee-Benham reported that at the AC meeting on 8/11/22, the FD provided the AC withthree very important documents. One was a project timeline/overview of major tasks. The AC

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had requested a Generalized Activity Normalization Time Table (GANTT). The FD provided
something similar which satisfied the AC as it provided highlights of what would beaccomplished over the next several months in 2022. The AC also learned more about aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) that needs to be done between Hawaiʻi and the
SPC/CPAC to confirm Hawaiʻi’s responsibilities with respect to hosting the 13th FestPAC. The
FD will report on the MOU later in the meeting.
Ms. Ah Nee-Benham reported on the Festival fund development plan; the necessity to have acore administrative team to assist the FD. Ms. Ah Nee-Benham also reported that the Festival
fund development plan was an opportunity for the AC to review the commitments that had beenmade. They also discussed the necessity to have a core administrative team assist the FD. The
FD will bring us up-to-date on where he is in pulling together a team that will help him to initiate
a fund development strategic plan. The AC discussed a repository for the monies which will be
discussed further at the next AC meeting. She advised that there is an approved Festival budgetthat will be revised and distributed to the commissioners. Also, that the FD will discuss elementsof the timeline during his presentation.
PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION REGARDING VENUES AND
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE UPDATE
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā turned over this portion of the meeting to Ms. Lum, Chair of the VC. Ms. Lum
reported that the VC met on August 8, 2022. She mentioned that many of the topics discussed inthe VC meeting will be covered in more detail as part of the FD’s report.
Ms. Lum reported that at the outset of the meeting, the FD stated the SPC/CPAC expects our
Festival programming to reflect their 2050 strategy which he is trying to get a better
understanding of as he continues to participate in their Working Group meetings. These
expectations would probably be reflected in the MOU that Commissioner Ah Nee-Benham
mentioned in her report. The VC also discussed preparing a FestPAC calendar which will becovered during FD’s report.
Ms. Lum also reported that the VC discussed whether the FestPAC Parade of Nations should beincorporated with the King Kamehameha Day Parade since both events occur in the same time
period. This was the arrangement when the Festival was going to be held in 2020. The FD
confirmed that the King Kamehameha Day Commission is still amenable to this if theCommission still desires it. However, after further discussion, the VC felt that the Parade of
Nations should be a separate event from the King Kamehameha Day Parade and held at the
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM) campus stadium. The VC will add the use of the stadium
to our list of requests to UHM.
Regarding housing, Ms. Lum stated the agreement currently in place with UHM is for 1,800
rooms with (2) meals per day. The FD believes we may need to arrange for another 500 rooms,
depending on the delegation size the Commission approves for each country. Further discussions
will be held during the FD’s report.

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Ms. Lum noted the VC had a brief discussion about the Festival budget – whether it was driving
the programming or vice versa. Mr. Onishi commented that he believes as the 2024 Festival
host, the state and federal government need to contribute funding and agreed to liaise with boththe state and the federal governments in this regard.
PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION REGARDING THE FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR REPORT
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā called upon FD Salā for his report.
The FD reported that he attended the Pacific Islands Forum, July 11-14, 2022, in Suva, Fiji. The
SPC invited him to several meetings which he attended in collaboration with the Pacific Islands
Development Program from the East West Center. During the course of the week, he met several
agencies, executive directors and the SPC staff. The FD indicated that one primary purpose of
the forum was to have all 18 leaders throughout the Pacific endorse the strategy for the Blue
Pacific Continent 2050. He mentioned there was a dynamic series of events including an exhibit
showcasing the 50-year history of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture hosted by the SPC andpresented by Dr. Frances Koya-Vakaʻuta and Ms. de Silva, who welcomed everyone and invitedthem to attend FestPAC 2024 in Hawai‘i. The FD reported that he met with SPC and arranged aseries of standing meetings with them.
The FD reported that he attended his first FestPAC Working Group meeting on 8/8/22 and thegoal of that meeting was to look at the feasibility of the Festival over time and to assure that
FestPAC is integrated with the 2020-2030 Pacific Regional Culture Strategy. The FestPAC
Working Group is taking a more active role in the Festival but made it clear that Hawai‘i is thelead. SPC has resources they are willing to use, and which Hawai‘i needs. The FD acknowledged
Mikki-tae Tapara and Paula Kerr of Autearoa who are heading up the effort with the FestPAC
working group. Representing the commission on the Working Group are Ms de Silva and Mr.
Monte McComber.
The FD also reported that the SPC has invited him back to Suva in October 2022 to attend aseries of meetings including the Public Health Department, Land Resources Department for
Biosecurity, and the Communications team.
Regarding the MOU between Hawaiʻi and the SPC that Commissioner Ah Nee-Benham broughtup earlier in the meeting, the FD indicated that currently, we do not have a proper MOU between
Hawaiʻi and SPC for the hosting of the Festival. However, he is hoping that today, we can bringall of our decision making into this meeting so that the August 15, 2022, meeting of theCommission represents our level set, and that everything comes back to this point rather than
discussing things from previous meetings.
The FD presented the FestPAC calendar from August through December 2022 and then aquarterly calendar from January 2023 through the end of the Festival in June 2024.
August 2022 – The FD asked the Commission to recommit to the following decisions including
Festival Village location, ancillary venues, and delegation numbers. With respect to the limit on

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Housing at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (UHM) is confirmed for 1,800 delegates. Thereis potential supplementary housing at the East West Center in Lincoln Hall and Hale Mānoa.
The FD is in touch with hotel partners once again to hold hotel blocks. The FD requests a recommitment to programming buckets and venues.
September 2022 - The Pacific Island Development Program will be hosting the Pacific Island
Conference of Leaders (PICL), September 12-14, 2022. Twenty (20) member countries wereinvited to the event and so far, nine (9) confirmed their attendance in person. The PICL
producers have asked the FD to speak on several occasions during the PICL. Also in September,
the FD will begin to convene committee leads for the following committees as outlined in the
FestPAC Host Manual: Artistic/Creative (programming); Administrative (finance,
administrative/secretariat/human resources/delegations); Festival Coordination (liaison withgovernments, NGOs, municipal gov’t, etc.); Venues and Facilities; Support Services; Media
Marketing and Sponsorship; and Residential. Marketing collateral needs to be created such assave the dates, posters, postards etc.
October 2022 – The FD will be attending a SPC meeting in Fiji and also the Moso‘oi Festival in
American Sāmoa. The FD recommended that we begin the process of making our invitations to
Secretary Haaland, the Hawaiʻi Congressional Delegation, the National Endowment – Arts andHumanities, Western Arts Federation, Smithsonian Institute, Senator Hirono, the Asian/PacificMuseum and other organizations as appropriate. Also, in October the AC will look at FestPAC
legal structure, liability insurances, intellectual property (IP) rights, and copyright discussions areto commence, etc. FD thanked Commissioner de Silva for making sure that IP that is shared
during the Festival are protected. FD also noted that the Festival Secretariat needs to beestablished which will require an MOU with East West Center.
November 2022 - The FD goal is to solidify the MOU between Hawaiʻi and the SPC/CPAC,
have the sponsorship structure and policy established including the marketing strategy, financeguidelines, and all the “handshake agreements” with ancillary venues and UHM should beestablished. Aotearoa will be doing their SPC tech visit because their fund mechanism isdifferent from most others.
December 2022 – A new set of press releases will go out for FestPAC 2024, the website will be
relaunched and and social media strategy will be in place. Distribution will go through SPC,
Cultural Talkers, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, WestAF, Meet Hawaiʻi, etc. Data
preparation for the delegation dossier (hard and soft copy binders) will be commenced in
preparation for the February 2023 SPC/CPAC tech visit. Delegate information will be incoming
during this timing.
The FD also reviewed the FestPAC quarterly calendar from January 2023 through the end of theFestivals in June 2024. A copy of the 2023 quarterly calendar along with the 2022 calendar from
August to December was included in the meeting packet.

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At this point, the FD paused to acknowledge and thank Ms. Terava Casey, the Department ofHistory at UHM who has been assisting the FD. Ms. Casey then thanked the Commission for
inviting her to the meeting.
Festival Programming Pillars
Include Hōʻikeʻike (Performing Arts), Hōʻike Kiʻi (Visual Arts), Hana Noʻeau (Applied Arts),
Meaʻai (Culinary Arts), ʻAha Moananuiākea (Conference, Symposium), Nā Hana Pāku‘i(Fringe Complimenary Activities), Na Hana Kūikawā Kūhelu (Special Events). The FD reported
that the Commission had already approved the details of these programs in previous meetings.
Chair Kaʻanāʻanā clarified that the expectation is to re-affirm the committments the commission
has already made regarding this programming. A resolution of this commission was suggested by
the Chair to mark the decisions made during this meeting to be presented in the next meeting for
approval by the commission.
The FD conveyed that in order to bring us to a level set and providing a foundation from which
the FD can work with the SPC, CPAC, FestPAC Working Group, the Commission, and theNative Hawaiian Pacific community regarding FestPAC, he asked that all programmatic andvenue-related decision-making come into the August 15, 2022 meeting minutes.
Chair Kaʻanāʻanā noted that at the April 5, 2021, meeting “fringe” was changed to“complimentary” the Commission approved Nā Hana Kūhelu for the translation of Special
Events. These names are to reflected properly in the minutes of this meeting (see what is crossed
out in the Festival Programming Pillars above and replaced with the correct names). Chair
proposed that the commission make a motion to reaffirm decision making that was made prior on
Programming Pillars and that those reflected on the screen today on August 15, 2022, be theProgramming Pillars as approved, moving forward.
Motion was made by Ms. Ah Nee-Benham and seconded by Mr. Onishi to reaffirm the decisionthat the Commission made today, August 15, 2022, for the Festival Programming Pillars with theamendment noted to change from “fringe” to “complimentary” and from Nā Hana Kūikawā to
Nā Hana Kūhelu (Special Events). A roll call vote was requested and the following
Commissioners approving the motion: Chair, Ms. Ah Nee-Benham, Ms. Bento, Ms. de Silva,
Ms. Hussey, Mr. Keohokālole, Ms. Lum, Mr. Onishi approved the motion.
Motion was adopted with amendments that Na Hana Kūikawā be changed to Nā Hana Kūhelu.
Nā Hana Kūhelu (Special Events)
Chair Kaʻanāʻanā made a motion, and it was seconded by Mr. Onishi that the Commission
reaffirming its decision for Special Events to include: ‘Awa Ceremony/Protocol & Opening andClosing Ceremony, Wa‘a Welcome, Parade of Nations, Ecumenical Services, Youth
Ambassador Program and Traditional Games.
In discussion, Ms. de Silva asked that Traditional Games be moved out from Nā Hana Kūhelu to
Nā Hana Pākui. Chair also advised that in his April 5, 2022 meeting notes that the Youth
Ambassador Program should be in Nā Hana Pākui.

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After discussion, Chair Kaʻanāʻanā revised his motion to re-affirm the commissions previous
decision that the following be included in Nā Hana Kūhelu (Special Events): ‘Awa
Ceremony/Protocol & Opening and Closing Ceremony, Wa‘a Welcome, Parade of Nations, andEcumenical Services. It as seconded by Rep. Onishi. A roll call vote was requested and thefollowing Commissioners approving the motion: Chair, Ms. Ah Nee-Benham, Ms. Bento, Ms.
de Silva, Ms. Hussey, Mr. Keohokālole, Ms. Lum, Mr. Onishi approved the motion.
Motion was adopted.
VenuesThe FD reported that the current Festival Village venue is pending a proper MOU between UHM
and the East West Center. Discussion was held regarding the venues presented in FD’s report.
Staff will research the dates and decisions already made by the commission, including the
primary and secondary venues, and will prepare a resolution for approval by the commission.
Voting was deferred to the next commission meeting.
Delegation Count
Commissioners shared their thoughts and concerns on the delegation count.
Chair Kaʻanāʻanā made a motion, and it was seconded by Mr. Onishi that the Commission
approve today, August 15, 2022, a Delegation maximum size of 100. A roll call vote wasrequested and the following Commissioners approving the motion: Chair, Ms. Ah Nee-Benham,
Ms. Bento, Ms. de Silva, Ms. Hussey, Mr. Keohokālole, Ms. Lum, Mr. Onishi, Ms. Puʻu.
The motion was passed to increase the delegation size to 100.
Commissioner Hussey asked that the FD prepare a one pager with the operating assumptions,venues, programming, etc., for each meeting. Chair asked that the FD to open each meeting withthe commission affirmed decisions. Also, that all resolutions should be agenized and voted onwith a proper resolution.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEMS
Chair invited the public to again offer comments. Hearing none, he moved into announcements.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Kaʻanāʻanā announced that all commissioners are required to take the State Ethics
Training for the Board and Commission and this training can be found online. It’s a 33-minuteonline certificate course and at the end of the training he asked that they forward their certificate
to Mr. Scott Tome.
NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The next FestPAC Commission meeting is confirmed for September 26, 2022, at 3:00 pm, this isa quarterly meeting.

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ADJOURNMENT
Chair Ka‘anā‘anā adjourned meeting at 4:54 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,_______________________________
Kalani Kaʻanāʻanā
Chair________________________
Date

Commission on the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture

Resolution No. 2022 – 01
Date: September 26, 2022
Title: AFFIRMING THE SELECTION OF THE VENUES FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE 13TH FESTIVAL
OF PACIFIC ARTS AND CULTURE
Whereas, the commission (Act 104 SLH 2017) shall serve as the coordinating agency for all state
sponsored and other celebration events staged during the celebration period as designated by
the chairperson to assure activities planned are timely and appropriate to commemorate the13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture;
Whereas, the commission took action in their September 7, 2021 meeting to unanimously
approve the primary and secondary venues for the Waʻa Ceremony as Ala Moana – Magic Island
and Keʻehi Lagoon respectively; andWhereas, the commission took action in their September 7, 2021 meeting to unanimously
approve the primary and secondary venues for the ʻAwa Ceremony as Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum and Kūkaniloko respectively; andWhereas, the commission took action in their September 7, 2021 meeting to unanimously
approve the primary and secondary venues for the Opening ceremony as ʻIolani Palace andHawaiʻi Convention Center respectively; andWhereas, the commission took action in their September 7, 2021 meeting to unanimously
approve the primary and secondary venues for the Closing ceremony as Kapiʻolani Park and
Hawaiʻi Convention Center respectively; andWhereas, the commission took action in their October 25, 2021 meeting to unanimously
approve the primary and secondary venues for the Festival Village as University of Hawaiʻi at
Mānoa and Ala Moana - Magic Island respectively; andNow, therefore be it resolved by the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture at its September 26,
2022 commission meeting held via zoom on this day the 26th of September 2022, affirming theprevious actions taken by the commission regarding venue selection for the execution of the2024 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture; andBe it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be uploaded to the Meeting Materials packet
and a reference to it be mentioned in the meeting minutes of the September 26, 2022 FestPAC
Commission. This resolution should be transmitted to Department of Busieness, Economic
Development, and Toursim (DBEDT).

FestPAC Venues & Programming Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
10:00 a.m. via Zoom
Minutes
Attendees: Jamie Lum (Chair), Representative Richard Onishi; Festival Director Aaron Salā,
Mālia Sanders
Commissioners Bento and Puʻu were unable to attend.
Ms. Lum asked FD Salā for an update on items related to this committee:
Festival Programming:
FD Salā has developed a basic daily schedule that includes, for example, Festival Village hours,
Main Stage hours, etc. He will be sharing this shortly.
Venues:FD Salā reported that we are almost ready to finalize a MOU with UH for the Festival Village andother activities and programming on campus.
He also reported that we are almost ready to finalize a MOU with the Polynesian Cultural
Center as a satellite venue.
It was noted that there is a Commission Resolution scheduled for discussion/action on the next
agenda. The purpose of the resolution is to affirm all the Commission’s past decisions withregard to venues for the various FestPAC events. Rep. Onishi expressed concern about using a
resolution for this purpose and will bring it up for discussion in the Commission meeting on
September 26th.
Other Discussion Topics:
Funding/Budget:
While funding is not the primary kuleana of this Committee, Rep. Onishi did report thatlegislation to appropriate funds for the 13th FestPAC will be introduced in both the House andthe Senate during the 2023 legislative session.

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