I Mina’Trentai Kuåttro Na Liheslaturan Guåhan APPOINTMENTS DOCUMENT NUMBER APPOINTEE POSITION AGENCY APPT. DATE TERM LENGTH CMTE REFERRED DATE REFFERED PUBLIC HEARING DATE CMTE REPORT FILED DATE CONFIRMED NOTES 34GL-17-0026 William D. Nault Member Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors 01/10/17 To serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizens 01/17/17 2/1/17 11 A.M. 2/28/17 6:17 p.m. Clerks Office Page 1 of 1 6:52 PM 2/28/2017
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I Mina’Trentai Kuåttro Na Liheslaturan GuåhanAPPOINTMENTS
DOCUMENT NUMBER
APPOINTEE POSITION AGENCY APPT. DATE TERM LENGTH CMTEREFERRED
DATE REFFERED
PUBLIC HEARING DATE
CMTE REPORT FILED
DATE CONFIRMED NOTES
34GL-17-0026 William D. Nault Member Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors 01/10/17
To serve at the pleasureof the Governor.
Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizens
01/17/17 2/1/17 11 A.M.
2/28/176:17 p.m.
Clerks OfficePage 1 of 16:52 PM 2/28/2017
SENATOR DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
February 22, 2017
Honorable Benjamin J.F. Cruz Speaker I Mina'Trentai Kuattro Na Liheslaturan Guahan 155 Hesler Place Hagatfia, Guam 96910
VIA: The Honorable Michael F.Q. San Nicolas <e Chairperson, Committee on Rules
RE: Committee Report-The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
Dear Speaker Cruz:
Transmitted herewith, for your consideration, is the Confirmation Report on The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors as was referred to the Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens. Confirmation hearing was conducted on February 1, 2017.
Committee votes are as follows:
Senseramente,
~TO CONFIRM _li_ NOT TO CONFIRM
-4- ABSTAIN _..;i£ TO REPORT OUT ONLY ~ TO PLACE IN INACTIVE FILE
Senator~. Rodriguez, Jr. Chairman
Attachments
Chairman, Committee on H ealth, Tourism, Military Affairs & Senior Citizens Ufisi11a11 Tod11 G11am • I Mina' Tre11tai K11tittro Na Liheslat11ra11 GHciha11 • 34th G11am Ltgislat11re
761 S. Marine Corps. Drive, Ran Care Bldg., Suite Bl , Tamuning, Guam 96931 /Telephone: 671-649-TODU (8638) / Facsimile: 671-649-0520 E-mail: [email protected] / www.toduguam.com
SENATOR DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
COMMITTEE REPORT ON
The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member,
(To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau
Board of Directors
Chairman, Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs & Senior Citizens Ufisi11a11 Tod11 G11am • I Mi11a' Tre11tai K11tittro N a Lihu/at111'1111 G11tiha11 • 34th G11am Legis/at11re
761 S. Marine Corps. Drive, Ran Care Bldg., Suite B1, Tamuning, G uam 96931 / Telephone: 671 -649-TODU (8638) / Facsimile: 671-649-0520 E-mail: [email protected] / www.toduguam.com
SENATOR DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
February 22, 2017
MEMORANDUM
To: ALL MEMBERS Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens.
From: Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr. ail Subject:
Committee Chairperson
Committee Report on The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
Transmitted herewith, for your consideration, is the Committee Report on The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
This report includes the following:
• Committee Voting Sheet • Committee Report Narrative/Digest • Copy of Appointment packet • Public Hearing Sign-in Sheet • Copies of Submitted Testimony and Supporting Documents • Copy of COR Referral • Notices of Public Hearing (1 st and 2"d) • Copy of the Public Hearing Agenda • Related News Articles (Public hearing publication of public notice)
Please take the appropriate action on the attached voting sheet. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Si Yu 'os Ma 'ase '!
Attachments
Chairman, Committee on H ealth, Tourism, Military Affairs & Senior Citizens Ujisina11 Tod11 G11am • I Mina' Trmtai K11rittro Na Uheslat11ra11 G11riha11 • 34th G11am Ltgislat11re
761 S. Marine Corps. D rive, Ran Care Bldg., Suite Bl , Tamuning, Guam 96931 /Telephone: 67 1-649-TODU (8638) / Facsimile: 671-649-0520 E-mail: [email protected] / www.toduguam.com
DOCUMENT NUMBER
34GL-17-0026
Clerks Office Page1of1 3:36 PM 1/17/2017
APPOINTEE
William D. Nault
POSITION AGENCY
Member Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
I Mina'Trentai Kudttro Na Liheslaturan Gudhan
APPOINTMENTS
APPT.DATE TERM LENGTH CMTE DATE PUBLIC CMTEREPORT DATE
NOTES REFERRED REFFERED llEARING DATE FILED CONFJRMED
To serve at the pleasure ol Committee on Health, Tourism,
1/1012017 the Governor. Military Affairs, and Senior
1/17/2017 Citizens
COMMITTEE ON RULES Senator Michael F.Q. San Nicolas, Chairman
I Mina'Trentai Kuiittro na Liheslaturan Guahan • 341h Guam Legislature
MEMO To:
From:
Date:
Re:
Rennae Meno Clerk of the Legislature
Attorney Julian Aguon Legislative Legal Counsel
Senator Michael F.Q. San Nicolas Chairman of the Committee on Rules
January 17, 2017
Referral of Appointment
Buenas yan Hata adai.
As Chairman of the Committee on Rules, I am forwarding the referral of the following appointment:
Appointee:
Position:
Term Length:
William D. Nault
Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga) Guam Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors
To serve at the pleasure of the Governor
The appointee's nomination packet may be referenced in the Guam Legislature's website at http://guamlegislature.com/34th mess comms.htm. Please refer to the following document:
"34GL·17·0026 • Office of the Governor of Guam - Appointment and Supporting Documents; William D. Nault; Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors."
Please ensure that the aforementioned appointment is referred to Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr. , Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizens.
Should you have questions or concerns please feel free to contact our office at 472-6453. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
s icolas n Rules
Guam Congress Building • 163 Chalan Santo Papa • Hagaff1a, Gu am 96910 (671) 472-6453 • [email protected]
COR MEMO A-1-011717
JAN 1 0 2017 Honorable Benjamin J.F. Cruz Speaker
EDDIE BAZA CALVO Governor
RAY TENORIO LieuJenant Governor
Speaker Benjamin J.F. Cruz [Mina 'trentai Kw!tro Na Lilzeslatrmm Gwihnn 155 Hesler Street JAN 1 0 2017
Tlme:.!iil (]AM~ file No.
Received By- ~~=7'-¥----Hagatfia, Guam 96910
RE: Board Appointment
Dear Speaker Cruz: GL * 3'1-\7 - Q"'J{,t; By virtue of the authority vested in me pursuant to the Organic Act of Guam and the local laws applicable to the following position, I am pleased to transmit the following appointment and supporting documents for:
APPOINTEE:
POSITION:
TERM LENGTH:
William D. Nault
Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
To serve at the pleasure of the Governor
The appointment is subject to the consent of I Liileslaturnn Gwilum. Please schedule a hearing at your earliest convenience.
I M11g11'h1/te11 G111'/ha11, para pa'go Acting Governor of Guam
Office of the Governor of Guam• 513 West Marine Drive· Ricardo J. Bor<lallo Complex• Hagati\a, Guam 96910 Tel: (671) 472-8931 •Fax: (671) 477-4826 • govemor.guam.gov • calendar.guam.gov
~ r:"i ,-, {I Eddie Baza Calvo l.IY @eddiebazacalvo \;;;,I @governorcalvo ~\ govemorofguam
(_~ o/-rk :?JuU?-~41Q#< ~~UM~ JAN 1 0 2017
Mr. William D. Nault
Dear Mr. Nault:
EDDIE BAZA CALVO Governor
RAY TENORIO LieutenanJ Governor
Thank you for your commitment to serve the people of Guam. The Calvo-Tenorio administration continues to face challenges, both near and long-term. Facing these challenges requires the collective efforts of the best minds who have the courage to make tough decisions for the good of all our people. I hereby appoint you to serve in the Calvo-Tenorio administration as:
Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
Length: To serve at the pleasure of the Governor
This appointment is subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guilhan. Please contact the Office of the Governor at 472-8931 should you have any questions.
Senscrn11lente,
1 Maga'/iilten Guiihim, p11m pa'gu Acting Governor of Guam
Office of the Governor of Guam• 513 West Marine Drive• Ricardo J. Bordallo Complex• Hagatfia, Guam 96910 Tel: (671) 472-8931 •Fax: (671) 477-4826 • govemor.guam.gov • calendar.guam.gov
U Eddie Baza Calvo tS @eddiebazacalvo f" @governorcalvo · 11! governorofguam Doc. No. 34G~-0026.
JAN 1 O 2017
Mr. William D. Nault
Dear Mr. Nault:
EDDIE BAZA CALVO Govenwr
RAY TENORIO Lieutenant Goven1nr
Thank you for your commitment to serve the people of Guam. The Calvo-Tenorio administration continues to face challenges, both near and long-term. Facing these challenges requires the collective efforts of the best minds who have the courage to make tough decisions for the good of all our people. I hereby appoint you to serve in the Calvo-Tenorio administration as:
Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
Length: To serve at the pleasure of the Governor
This appointment is subject to the advice and consent of I Lihes/nturnn Gufl!ttm. Please contact the Office of the Governor at 472-8931 should you have any
questions.
Se11Rera111e11 te,
I Mngn'/lihen Gualrnn, pnrn pn'go Acting Governor of Gu am
Office of the Governor of Guam • 513 West Marine Drive • Ricardo J. Bordallo Complex • Hagatila, Guam 96910 Tel: (67!j 472-8931 •Fax: (671) 477-4826 • govcrnor.guam.gov • calendar.guam.gov
i.j Eddie Baza Calvo ~ @eddiebazaca/vo l~_. .~ @governorcalvo ~· governorofgua1n
Doc. No. 34GL-17-0026.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GUAM
Boards & Commissions Nomination Information
The following infonnation is required for submission to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guahan in accordance with Title 4, Guam Code Annotated Sectiorr 2103.5 arrd Section 13104.1:
NQMi~~§ 1N~98!1.1~t!oi.f -·--· Last Name Nault First William M.I. D Date 01/02/2017 Address Apartment/Unit#
City
Phone
iso~i:~: to which Appointment Board Member, Guam Visitors Bureau Are you a citizen of the United States?
YES iii_-.· NO ~ If no, are you authorized to work in - -- the U.S.? YES :~: NO
Highschoo1 John F. Kennedy High School c;tytstate Tamuning, Guam From 1983 To 1 986 ~:~/u0a~e? YES.
College
From To
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Did you graduate?
City/State
YES
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NO Degree General
NO .. Degree
-g_i:).i,JC:fl.TIPN Graduate School
From
Other Degree
From
To
To
Did you graduate?
Did you graduate?
City/State
YES ::::
City/State
YES
,gr~fi:>.H2i:M~~i:1-11~19g_t ~ : ,:.,.~;_ _ _,__ .. - -~~~;;;:rnt Rakuten Travel Guam Inc. Position
Address
(2) Previous Employer
Address
(3) Previous Employer
Address
(4) Previous Employer
Address
(5) Previous Employer
Address
Dates Ste 241 1270 Pare San Vltores Ad., Tamuning, Guam 96913 Held
BGI Media (Baldyga Group) Position
clo Baldyga Group Inc. Oates Held
R&C Hawaii Tours Inc Position
1722 Kalakaua St. Honolulu HI. Dates Held
R&C Tours Guam, Inc. Position
Tumon, Guam Dates Held
Position
Dates Held
PRIOR GOVERNMENT 61= GUAM SERVICE ,_-.__. ____ _
Agency Phone
Address
Job Title From:
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--~ - ,_
j -- ··--· '- . ---· -- __ ,. -·----·- -. '
NO Degree
NO Degree
Director/Secretary & General Manager
Feb 2007 - present
Executive Vice President
Mar 2006-Jan 2007
Executive Managing Director/ General Manager
February 2005 - February 2006
Assistant General Manager
Nov 1987 - February 2005
To
: Address !----------··-----·--------·--- ---------- -------------------------- --------------·--- -i Job Title , From: To
I 1
1
Agency Phone
1 Address
, Job Title From: To I ' ' ,--------------------·--------- -~---- --·-------------------·------ -_____ ,, ___________________ , I
i Agency , Phone
1 Address
: Job Title From: To
1 lnstitute/Sem lnars/On-the-Job, Training: Date
Feb 2012 • Internet marketing (Rakuten Seminar, Tokyo Japan) . Feb 2010 ;_ ______________________ ,, ___________________ -·---·-------- ---~:-- - ··------- ···-- ··- -------·-----------·-----------
!. .. ---
, List all educational, professional, civic awards, and recognition for public service:
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List involvement on a local/national/international level, list organization, activities participated in, offices held:
List organizations, activities, participated in, offices held
Tamuning, Tumon, Harmon Mayors Council Member
Guam Visitor's Bureau, Japan Marketing Committee Member
Guam Environmental Protection Agency, Board Member
List any published articles, papers delivered at professional meetings, etc.:
Branch From To
Rank at Discharge Type of Discharge
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OTHE~ INFORMATION ( 1) Have you ever been found guilty of a felony in any court, whether within or without the United States?
If so, please specify in detail:
YES
Address of the court:--------------------------------
NO II
Date of Conviction:---------------------------------
Specific infraction committed:
(2) Have you ever been declared mentally incompetent by any court, whether within or without the United States?
If so, please specify in detail the reasons and facts related to such declaration:
(3) Have you ever been found not guilty or not punishable in any criminal proceedings by reason of insanity?
(4) Have you ever been confined to a mental institution for any reason?
YES
YES .. NO~
YES NO.~
If so, please specify in why the appointing authority believes you that you are not suffering from any mental illness or affliction:
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TO:
FROM:
Statement of Financial Interests (Required by 4 G.C.A. § 13104.1)
Governor Eddie Baza Calvo Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor's Complex Adelup, Guam 969 l 0
William D. Nault
0 1 have no financial interest in any business
~ 1 do have intcrest(s) in the following business( es):
Name and address of business interest: Type and amount of interest
Link Assist (Consulting) Sole Proorietor 100°10 Sole Proprietor 100°10 Sole Proorietor 100°10 Sole Proprietor 100°/o Sole Proprietor 100°10 Sole Proprietor 100°10 Sole Proprietor 100°10 Sole Proprietor 100°10 Sole Pronrietor 100°/o ~ole Proprietor 100°10
(~ /
01/03/2017 Signa~ ~ Date
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- .• ... -·. I, the undersigned, do hereby depose and say that: (1) I have read and reviewed the information contained in
the attached AppointmenUNomination letter from the Governor of Guam; (2) that the matters contained in the
AppointmenUNomination letter, together with all attachments thereto, are true and correct and that I am
competent to testify to said matters; and (3) that this Declaration is made for the purpose of complying with
the requirements of 4 G.C.A. Section 2103.5.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of Guam (4 G.C.A. Section 4308) that the foregoing is true
and correct.
----------- 01/03/2017 Signature Date
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Government of Guam GUAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECORDS & IDENTIFICATION SECTION P.O. Box 23909
Guam Main Facility, Guam 96921
November 18, 2016
SUBJECT: CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
NAME: William D NAULT
ATE OF BIRTH: FINGERPRINT#: -11111 he individual has no record of criminal conviction(s) in GPD files that ar
object to Guam law and rules and regulations of the Department.
****************NOTHING FOLLOWS*****************
THIS INFORMATION MAY BE LIMITED TO A LOCAL CRIMINAL OFFENSE ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE: FOR ANY LOCAL, STATE. OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
The absence of an original GUAM POLICE
seal invulidates this police d~rance. R£V!SJ'l) lKIOJIJA
Doc. No. 34GL-17-0026.
By Direction: angela
~ JOSEPH I. CRUZ Chief of Police
SUPERIOR COURT OF GUAM Guam Judicial Center • 120 West O'Brien Drive • Hagatiia, Guam 96910
DANIELLE T. ROSETE Clerk of Courts
Name: WILLIAM D NAULT
SS#: ID# GDL#: Date of Birth:
Telephone (671) 475-3370 Fax (671) 472-2856
CERTIFICATE OF SEARCH
The undersigned Clerk hereby certifies the following res lilts of a diligent search of the records of this Court:
Criminal Cases: Civil Cases:
A. M No Case Pound A. [ l No Case Found
B. I. Criminal Case No. B. I. Civil Case No.
2. Criminal Case No. 2. Civil Case No.
3. Crin1inal Case No. 3. Civil Case No.
4. Criminal Ca'e No. 4. Civil Case No.
5. Criminal Case No. 5. Civil Case No.
Criminal Record: Page 1 of 1 Civil Record: Page 1 of 1
Request for further information may be addressed at the Records Division of the Superior Cou11 of Guam, Guam Judicial
Center, 120 West O'Brien Drive, Hagatfla, Guam. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Sunday and local/federal holidays. Court Clearances are Non-Refundable.
Dated: 11/18/2016
The absence of an original Court Seal
invalidates this docurnent
DANIELLE T. ROSETE Clerk of Courts
~· BY: ROMAN
Deputy Clerk
Prepared By: JLO
Doc. No. 34GL-17-0026.
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Subject: First Notice of Confirmation Hearing on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Hafa Adail
Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:33 PM
The Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens will conduct a Confirmation Hearing on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 11:00 AM in the Legislature's Public Hearing Room.
The Committee will hear and accept testimonies on the:
• Executive Appointment of Mr. Ray C. Tajalle, to serve as Physician Assistant Representative, Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners.
• Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault, to serve as Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mr. Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors.
Individuals who wish to submit written testimony may address Sen. Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr., and send it to: via email: [email protected], mail or hand deliver to: 761 S. Marine Corps Drive, Tamuning, Guam or 155 Hesler Place, Hagatna, Guam.
Individuals who may require assistance are asked to contact the office of Sen. Rodriguez at 649-8638/0511 no later than 48 hours prior to the hearing.
Si Yu'os Ma'ase'!
Si Yu 'os Ma 'ase '!
John Derek A. Luces
-Policy Analyst
Oflicc of Senator Dc-nnis (;.Rodriguez, .Jr. I Mina' Trentai Kuattro Na Liheslaturan Guahan Chairman,
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Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens
34th Gua1n Legislature Ran Care Bldg.,Suitc B1, 761 S. Marine Corps Drive Ta1nuning, Guam 96931
Tel: (671) 649-TODU 8638/0511
Office Hours: M~F S:OO A.M. R 5:00 P.M,
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Subject: Second Notice of Confinmation Hearing on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Hafa Adai!
The Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens will conduct a Confirmation Hearing on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 11 :00 AM in the Legislature's Public Hearing Room.
The Committee will hear and accept testimonies on the:
• f!"eee!ive .~~~eiA!meAt ef MF. Ray G. Tajalle, ta seFve as Pl'lysieiaA AssistaA! Re~FeseA!ative, Geam Beaffi ef Allies I lealtl'l 8mmiAeFs.
• Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault, to serve as Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mr. Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors.
Individuals who wish to submit written testimony may address Sen. Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr., and send it to: via email: [email protected], mail or hand deliver to: 761 S. Marine Corps Drive, Tamuning, Guam or 155 Hesler Place, Hagatna, Guam.
Individuals who may require assistance are asked to contact the office of Sen. Rodriguez at 649-8638/0511 no later than 48 hours prior to the hearing.
Si Yu'os Ma'ase'!
Si Yu 'os Ma 'ase '!
John Derek A. Luces
-Policy Analyst
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34th Gua1n Legislature Ran Care Bldg.,Suite Bl, 761 S. Marine Corps Drive Ta1nuning, Guam 96931
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• SENATOR DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, JR. I Mina' TrentaiKuattronaLiheslaturanGuahan
Chainnan, Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs & Senior Citizens
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at ll:OOam Public Hearing Room, I Liheslatura
I. Call to order
II. Items for public consideration:
• Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault, to serve as Member (To fill the seat vacated by Mr. Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors.
III. Adjournment
Thank you for your participation in today's hearing.
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S EN AT 0 R D EN N I S G. R 0 D RI GUE Z, Jr., Chairman COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, TOURISM, MILLITARY AFFAIRS & SENIOR CITIZENS Mina 'trentai Kuatro Na Liheslaturan Guahan • 34rdGuam Legislature
PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday, February 1, 2017 ll:OOam Legislature Public Hearing Room Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault, to serve as Member {To fill the seat vacated by Mr. Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau, Board of Directors.
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Self Testimony, William Nault
Honorable Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez
Chairman, Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens.
Hafa Adai Honorable Chairman, Senator Dennis Rodriguez, and other distinguished
committee members, Senators:
Thank you very much for allowing me to be here today. It is with great honor
that I have this opportunity to speak on my behalf to be on the board of Directors for the
Guam Visitors Bureau. My name is William Nault; I was born on December 18, 1967 in
Okinawa Japan where I lived until my relocation to Guam in the summer of 1974. I
have been a resident since then. It was due to my father, who was a retired Marine, who
had moved to Guam to work for civil services at the formal NAS (Naval Air Station)
base, which was next to the Guam International Airport. Of the course of my childhood,
I'd attended LBJ Elementary and Tam uning Elementary, both in the village of
Tamuning and attended Dededo Jr. High and I am also proud to say that I am a
graduate of John F. Kennedy High School.
Like many of my friends, I had participated in playing local sports, such as
baseball, and football. Most enjoyed years were when I had spent playing little league
for a team in Tamuning, and Tuman, and had opportunities to represent our island
twice, in 1980 for Little League All-stars and in 1984 for the Guam Big Leagues
All-stars. I also enjoyed playing football for one of our islands favorite team, The Guam
Eagles, as well as playing varsity football for John F. Kennedy High School in school
year 1983-4 in which our team won the championship with a record of 10-0. Be it for
good or not, I am, as anyone who was born and raised on our beautiful island, the
making of our island. Besides sports I enjoy computer programming and system
integrations as well as web designing and web creation which I had the chance to study
during and after high school. I have been married now for 24 years and have one son
who just graduated last May in Boston, Massachusetts and continues to live and work
in Boston. He too graduated from one of our island's High School, and had his share of
playing sports for youth teams, his high school team as well was blessed to have been
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part of the Guam National soccer team, the Ma tao. I do wish that someday he too will
return to Guam so that he too may use his experiences to assist in any way which may
be of help to our island, our economy, and to people of Guam.
My first tourism experience was when I turned 16 (years old), I had started my
first job at a local duty free shop called CarlRose Duty Free where I worked as a
customer service staff and a delivery staff of merchandise purchased by customers. This
was my start in tourism. During weekends, I worked at a Rent A Car Agency until one
year later, I had moved on to a new job at Western frontier Village, a gun shooting range
and a gift shop catering to the visitors from off island. When I turned 18, I made another
moved to a different Gun Range to work as a Range Master, instructing tourists in how
to safely and properly hanclle and shoot a real live gun, which was and still is a popular
activity for many tourists that come to Guam. Soon later, I had moved to Pacific Daily
News to work as a District Sales Manager, but later found that tourism was much
suited for me and I left PDN to joined a Duty Free Retail company, called TOP
Enterprises as a Supervisor for their Hilton Duty Free Shop, and soon after started to
work on a second job during my spare time at a Tour Agency called R&C Tours as a part
time employee, until my resignation from the Duty Free Shop and started to work at
R&C Tours as a full time employee in 1987. With R&C Tours, I had the opportunity to
see the company grow to become one of the largest local tour companies on Guam. Over
the years, I worked as their Operation and Schedule staff and quickly moved up to
become a supervisor, then Assistant Manager, then Senior Manager then Assistant
General Manager until the later months of 2003. During the late 1980's and early
1990's I had the pleasure of creating the first Local Area Network system on Guam
which extended the point of sales capabilities to all of the hotel offices that the company
had as well as the implementation of the Accounting software. We also connected om·
office network in Guam to our headquarters in Japan, and were the first agency to place
PC's on each employee's desk. R&C Tours became a company which truly got their
employees involved and worked hard to win the satisfaction of the many tourists it
brought in from Japan. Until my transfer to Hawaii in 2003 as the company's Executive
Managing Director and General Manager, It gave me more opportunities to learn how
other destinations work to strive for more visitors and improving their destinations. It
has also given me the time to create new systems for our International offices which
connected all international offices using wide area network and helped me to explore
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ways to use the internet to further expand opportunities available by using the
strengths of the internet. I moved back to Guam and joined the Baldyga Group as their
Vice president in media until leaving to join Rakuten Travel, my current job, which I
helped open its office here on Guam and started to work as their General Manager. I
currently am also the Secretary and Director of the corporation. Rakuten Travel is part
of Rakuten Inc., which is a Japanese Internet Service company which had expanded
globally and around the word. When I talk about Rakuten, most people have not heard
about our company.
To explain briefly about Rakuten, Rakuten headquarters is in Japan and is a
membership company, meaning every person that uses our services is a member of
Rakuten. Rakuten is considered as the largest internet service company in Japan.
Rakuten has over 116 million members in Japan, and over 900 million users around the
world, as of late 2016. Rakuten operates many internet service companies within its
"eco system''. Such as online retail, online banking, online stock brokerage, fintech,
wedding, Credit Card, Travel and many other services. In the US and other countries,
Rakuten owns companies such as Viber, Ebates, Link Share, Viki, Kobo, PriceMinister,
fits.me, Wuaki.tv, and invested heavily in businesses such as LYFT which is a direct
competition with share ride app called Uber. Some services we own, such as OverDrive,
which is an online library book lease and rental company, specializing in leasing ebooks
to libraries throughout the nation. Someday we may have opportunities to provide such
services to our public and school libraries. Rakuten has offices in Japan, Taiwan, Korea,
China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries as well as in Europe, such as
France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. And in the Americas, our offices
expand from Brazil to Canada, and throughout the United States with offices in New
York, Boston, La Vegas, Los Angeles, and the US Headquarters being in the Bay Area in
Silicon Valley. Rakuten Travel is a Travel division of Rakuten Inc., and operates in
many cities in Japan as well as 20 international offices worldwide. Besides all of the
services it provides, Rakuten is also known for the first "Englishnization Project" which
made English the main language for our entire corporation in Japan and around the
world. Rakuten also owns and runs two professional sports teams in Japan. A baseball
team called the, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with a home field in Sendai, Japan and
a Jl soccer team called, Vissel Kobe, based in Kobe, Japan.
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For the past 10 years, I have spent my years with Rakuten Travel Guam, Inc.
which was incorporated in 2007. I was the only employee when started our office, and
grew our employees to 3 employees, then to 5, and now we are a company of 9 employees
which handles approximately 50,000 travelers to Guam annually through our services.
We are the first company to successfully provide Extranet portals to the hotels as well
as the first company to allow the hotels to successfully sell their rooms online and grow
their business within the Japanese market. Currently the company sells not just room
only but also package tours which include rooms, airlines and transportation, as well as
just airline tickets. On Guam, we provide assistance to our travelers by providing
service lounge 7 days a week. We provide offline and online tour activities, restaurant
and other tour related consultations and reservation booking services. Our dealing with
the many tour related companies helps me to understand the weakness and strengths of
the industry. I directly talk to many of our partners such as retail businesses, optional
tour operators, transportation companies, rent a car companies, hotels, restaurants and
other businesses directly and indirectly related to tourism.
For the past 6 years, I also had the privilege in serving on the board of directors
for the Guam Environmental Protection agency. It had been a great pleasure and an
honor to have done so. The hard working employees of EPA have made my interest in
protecting our environment a very important part of my life. I hope to continue the
watch of protecting the environment even after my move to G.V.B., not as a board
member, but as a concern citizen. I truly enjoy spending my time to help out within the
community in where it is possible. I currently am honored with the opportunity to be
serving on the Municipal Planning Council for Tamuning, Tuman and Harmon, for
which I have served for the past 2 years and plan to continue to serve until possible.
Lastly, during my spare time, I play baseball and soccer for a local team which I
truly enjoy spending time and having the opportunity to talk to other members of the
team who works at different industries and different work places. It provides different
insight in how others outside tourism see and feels about how our number one industry,
tourism. As our biggest inbound destination, Japan has decreased over the years; I am
hoping to use my experience and knowledge in increasing this market. I will have the
opportunity to work with the hard working and dedicated employees of GVB, to help
other markets and committees. I have been active for the past year in the Japan
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marketing committee in which I hope to continue, as well as Russia and explore other
new destinations that we can add to our diversifying visitors. To really become truly a
global destination, we will need to invite many other visitors from other countries that
we currently do not have. I will also have the opportunity to work with our Sports &
Events Tourism team, which I am hoping to assist in any and all ways possible to boost
this segment to grow our sports locally and also visiting sports teams and matches and
to create more events for not just our visitors but for both visitors and locals to enjoy.
While I am aware of the other issues such as the TA Fund, and the G.VB
budget, I am hoping with you allowing me to be on the board, I may, as the motto of my
company Rakuten is "to empower" the agency with my resources so that we may grow
our intake in the TA Fund through higher average rates and increased room nights so
that we may increase the funds to market our island entirely. As other destinations
such as Hawaii, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and many other destinations have
bigger budget than Guam in marketing themselves, we will make our money count
where it should, and work with all businesses and entities that may help as to be second
to none. Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Russia, China, neighboring islands and all
other destinations are all important destinations that needs to be focused on and we will
need to work with all the airlines that serve om· island. We will adapt when needed and
be flexible when required so that we may reach our goals which has already been set for
the year 2020. I thank you Mr. Chairman and distinguished senators, members for
allowing me to speak. I can only say to you now that I will do my best to fulfill my role if
you will allow me to be part of this great organization and industry that I truly care for.
Thank you.
William Nault
January 30, 2017
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.
Chairman for Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizen
7 41 S Marine Corps Drive
Suite Bl
Tamuning, Guam 96931
Honorable Chairman, Senator Dennis Rodriguez
Hafa Adai and Happy New Year to you! My name is Akiko Futakami, Sales and
Marketing Director of Outrigger Guam Beach Resort. I first came to Guam in 1990, and
had worked at the Sandcastle as their Sales Manager, dealing with many tourists and
tour companies throughout my career with SandCastle Guam and Outrigger Guam
Beach Resort. Bill was very supportive of not just the Sandcastle, but of myself who was
very new to Guam's Tourism Industry. When most people would not deal with you
because of your lack of experience, he would always make time for me and my
colleagues whenever we visited his office. He would explain to us the situations of the
market and how and when we should make our strategies to help us grow our business.
Whenever we needed help, he was always there to help not just me but everyone that
went to him. He had always said that to make Guam a better destination, we cannot do
it alone. We need everyone to understand, and everyone to help make Guam the best
destination for our tourists and for us to live in.
When I had moved to Outrigger Beach Resort Guam, in 2007, I was completely lost in
the new work place as well as how we work with the guests compared to my previous
work at Sandcastle Guam. Again, Bill had extended his arms and explained what the
differences were between the two, and he had explained in detail our market and what I
must do to help my company succeed while helping others as well as travelers that stays
at the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort. It has truly helped me and knows of others that
he have helped to better their business so that we can all work hard to do our parts in
helping our industry grow.
When Bill started his role as the General manager of Rakuten Travel, many of the
people in the industry did not understand how we should work with OTA (online Travel
Agencies), but quickly he had worked with many hotels on Guam to explain the
similarities and the differences so that we may all benefit from the strengths of using
the internet to help our business grow. When others were decreasing, we were growing.
We were growing our numbers of travelers that had booked online, and helped to see
how travelers were booking and helped us to understand how we, as an hotel must do to
win the confidence of travelers that book directly to our hotel.
I highly recommend Bill to be on the board of Directors for the Guam Visitors Bureau
for I know that he will do his best and work with everyone that comes in contact with
him to better not just in tourism but our island. He has from time to time talked about
how important it is for us to not just concentrate on tourism but also other areas such as
our environment and schools and our infrastructures so that we may better our future
on Guam. I respect him and know that he will outdo everyone's expectations.
Yours Truly
Director of Sales & Marketing
Outrigger Guam Beach Resort
ISLAND GIRL January 17, 2017
Hor:orable Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.
CHAIRPERSON
SPORT FISHING
Con1mittee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizen
Suire Bl 761 S. Marine Corps Drive
Tamuning, Guam 96931
Re: Teslimony for Vv'illiam Nault, GVB Board of Directors
Dea.r Honorable Chairman, Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr:
It is with great pleasure and confidence that I submit this testimony for Mr. William Nault, (Bill), who is
currently seeking your confirmation of his appointment to the Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
! have kno\vn Bill for over thirty years. Throughout those years, as a businessperson involved in the fishing,
ooating and tourism industry, I have found him to be highly professional while possessing a great knowledge of
the tourisn1 industry. His dedication, honesty and leadership have always impressed me. He does not hesitate
to cffer his expertise in the industry ta whoever ask or requires his assistance. He does this to improve the
:ndustry as Vl'ell as our economy.
As r have been in the fishing industry for many years, Bill unselfishly extended himself by sharing his knowledge
in teaching nie whet was required to continue my business in Guam's tourism industry. fv1any times, he assisted
me in vvhatever endeavor in order to accomplish my service to the Japanese tourist and the local comn1unity.
Sil! has good communication skills and has always portrays himself to be honest and straightforward. In the
19 years of his career as a young and energetic manager at R&C Tours and 10 years at Rakuten Travel, I have
personally witness his management skills to far exceed many I have know before him. He had led his firm to
become Guam's top Tour Agency to bring in the most Japanese Tourists, while managing over 180
en1p!oyees.
Current 1y, and for the past 10 years, Bill manages a Japanese company, Rakuten Travel, VJhich he has helped
expand to become Guam's foremost internet travel company, attracting over 4,000 travelers per month to our
Robert C. Alvarez GPSI Guam Director of Business Development [email protected] 487-2288
Re: Testimonial Support for William Nault
Hafa Adai,
January 17lli,2017
My name is Robert C. Alvarez and it is with great anticipation and hope that my testimony will assert your decision in confirming William Nault as a Guam Visitor's Bureau Board member. I not only have the honor of knowing Bill, but also have had the opportunity to work closely with him on various tourism related projects.
I have personally watched Bill start his career in tourism. He started working in a Duty Free shop, all the way up the ranks to serving as general manager of several of Guam's largest tour companies which he continues to do so today. Tourism being Guam's main industry is a mechanical device made up of many important components required to keep it functional. Part of that component is GVB's board members which is comprised of business people that either have an interest in tourism or are embedded in tourism itself. Bill has been embedded in tourism for over thirty some years. The experience and knowledge he carries will surely serve as an asset to GVB and its board members. Not only does Bill understand processes, he understands market trends, strategic planning and contingencies. Over the years he has demonstrated this by ensuring the survival and growth of the companies under his purview even during economic downturn events. Over the years, Bill has built and nourished key relationships with executive management from other tourism related companies. He has networked with them to strategize and posture the Japanese market as it underwent many cosmetic challenges from earthquakes, typhoons, terrorists related and economic setbacks. Through it all, Bill has managed to make the proper adjustments and utilize necessary contingencies to ensure the survival of his company.
I can't think of anyone more qualified than Bill who understands the components of tourism any better. What Bill will bring to the table is a vast understanding and experience of what tourism is, how it functions, how the market reacts to trends, how to nourish it with strategic planning and most importantly how to grow it and make it better. Many people say that we all choose our careers. In Bills case, I believe Tourism chose Bill. I am honored to voice my testimony for Bill and I ask each of you senators to support his nomination. When a person is sick, you go see a doctor. When it comes to tourism, you talk to Bill. Thank you,
January 30, 2017
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.
Chairman for Committee on Health, Tuurism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizen
741 S Marine Corps Drive
Suite Bl
Tamuning, Guam 96931
Honorable Chairman, Senator Dennis Rodriguez
Hafa Adai and Happy New Year to you! My name is Akiko Futakami, Sales and
Marketing Director of Outrigger Guam Beach Resort. I first came to Guam in 1990, and
had worked at the Sandcastle as their Sales Manager, dealing with many tourists and
tour companies throughout my career with SandCastle Guam and Outrigger Guam
Beach Resort. Bill was very supportive of not just the Sandcastle, but of myself who was
very new to Guam's Tuurism Industry. When most people would not deal with you
because of your lack of experience, he would always make time for me and my
colleagues whenever we visited his office. He would explain to us the situations of the
market and how and when we should make our strategies to help us grow our business.
Whenever we needed help, he was always there to help not just me but everyone that
went to him. He had always said that to make Guam a better destination, we cannot do
it alone. We need everyone to understand, and everyone to help make Guam the best
destination for our tourists and for us to live in.
When I had moved to Outrigger Beach Resort Guam, in 2007, I was completely lost in
the new work place as well as how we work with the guests compared to my previous
work at Sandcastle Guam. Again, Bill had extended his arms and explained what the
differences were between the two, and he had explained in detail our market and what I
must do to help my company succeed while helping others as well as travelers that stays
at the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort. It has truly helped me and knows of others that
he have helped to better their business so that we can all work hard to do our parts in
helping our industry grow.
When Bill started his role as the General manager of Rakuten Travel, many of the
people in the industry did not understand how we should work with OTA (online Travel
Agencies), but quickly he had worked with many hotels on Guam to explain the
similarities and the differences so that we may all benefit from the strengths of using
the internet to help our business grow. When others were decreasing, we were growing.
We were growing our numbers of travelers that had booked online, and helped to see
how travelers were booking and helped us to understand how we, as an hotel must do to
win the confidence of travelers that book directly to our hotel.
I highly recommend Bill to be on the board of Directors for the Guam Visitors Bureau
for I know that he will do his best and work with everyone that comes in contact with
him to better not just in tourism but our island. He has from time to time talked about
how important it is for ua to not just concentrate on tourism but also other areas such as
our environment and schools and our infrastructures so that we may better our future
on Guam. I respect him and know that he will outdo everyone's expectations.
Yours Truly
Director of Sales & Marketing
Outrigger Guam Beach Resort
February 01, 2017
The Honorable Dennis Rodriguez Jr. Chairperson on the Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, & Senior Citizens Mina'trentai Kuattro na Liheslaturan Guahan Ran Care Bldg., Suite Bl 761 S. Marine Corps Drive Tamuning , Guam 96931
Hata Adai Chairman Rodriguez and members of the Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affa irs, & Senior Citiz ens,
Si Yu'os Ma'ase for allowing me to submit testimony in support of the appointment of William Nault to the Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
Having served as the Secretary, Director and General Manager of Rakuten Travel Guam Inc, Mr. Nault has accumulated 30 years worth of knowledge and experience in the tourism industry. Through the various positions he has held over the years, he has the insight and skill sets needed to help GVB's efforts to promote our island to the world. His expertise in the business of tour operations, as we ll as consulting to hotels, restaurants and business owners w i ll no doubt be benefic ial to the GVB Board of Directors.
Mr. Nault will serve as the incoming vice chairman for GVB's Russia and New Markets committee and Sports and Events Committee. His guidance will play a key part of setting the direction for major opportunities and events that make Guam a better place to li ve, work and v isit.
Thank you again for this opportunity to support Mr. Nault's appointment to the GVB Board of Directors. Biba GVB and Biba Guam!
Senseramente ',
ycu~,~+ JON NATHAN DENIGHT President and CEO
CC: All Senators, 34th Guam Legislature
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SENATOR DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
COMMITTEE REPORT DIGEST
I. OVERVIEW
The Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens convened a public hearing on February 1, 2017 at 11:05am in I Liheslatura's Public Hearing Room.
Among the items on the agenda was the consideration of the appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and whose appointment history is as follows:
• Appointed by Governor Edward J.B. Calvo on January 10, 2017. • Appointment packet forwarded to I Liheslatura on January 10, 2017; • Appointment packet forwarded to this committee for public consideration on
January 27, 2017.
Public Notice Requirements Notices were disseminated via electronic-mail to all senators and all main media broadcasting outlets on January 24, 2017 (5-Day Notice), and again on J anuary 27, 2017 (48-Hour Notice).
Senators Present Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr. Senator Fernando Barcinas Esteves Senator Joe S. San Agustin Senator Therese M. Terlaje Senator Regine Biscoe Lee Senator Telena C. Nelson
Chairperson Member Member Member
II. SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY & DISCUSSION The public hearing was Called-to-Order at 11 :07 AM.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Hafa Adai and good morning everyone the Committee on Health Tourism and Military Affairs, Senior Citizens now convenes this public hearing. Public hearing notices were provided: the first notice was Wednesday, January 25, 2017 second notice on Friday January, 27, 2017 for the record today is Wednesday, February 1, 2017 the time is 11 :07 am. The committee will hear and accept testimonies on the executive appointment of Mr. William (Bill) D. Nault to serve as a member of the Guam Visitors Bureau board of directors to fill
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the seat vacant by Mr. Mark Baldyga. I would like to recognize the Senators Present with me this morning my Vice Chairman Senator Joe San Augustin, Vice Speaker Senator Therese Terlaje, Senator Telena Nelson, and Senator Regine Biscoe Lee thank you very much Senators for being here with me this morning. I would also like to recognize my good friend and colleague Senator Tony Ada thank you very much senator for being here this morning so if you would like to testify in favor or against Mr. Nault, I am sure your all here for Mr. Nault, please sign up on this table to my left and then we'll call you to come up and provide your testimony if you wish to do so orally if you also just have a written testimony you are invited to provide that to the committee and we will insure that it is part of the committee record when we report this confirmation out. So the first set that I would like to call up is Mr. Karl Pangelinan, please come forward we have Senator Ada who has signed in, Mr. Monte Mesa, Mr. Josh Tyquiengco would you like to provide an oral statement? Mr. Terry Debold thank you. Whoever wants to start, Mr. Mesa would you like to start first?
(Recognized Mr. Monte Mesa)
Mr. Monte Mesa: Hafa Adai and good morning Mr. Chairman and Senators in the committee thank you for allowing us the opportunity to testify in this hearing this morning. My name is Monte Mesa and I am here to support Mr. Bill Nault to become a board member at GVB for three basic reasons. One ( 1) I have had the honor and pleasure of working with Bill Nault during my time at Micronesian Mall for fourteen (14) years as well as with my time at Guam Premier outlets (GPO) for the last nineteen (19) years in that working relationship I have seen Bill continue to help promote Guam in Japan and I believe that with his skill sets and with his ability to work well with our Japanese agents as well as the Japanese community itself especially in this new role with the internet booking services with the Rakuten Group I think we will be looking at a new avenue of marketing and growth especially to rebuild back our core market which is Japanese. Secondly I see Bill's talents in the internet LT. respect and looking for it to help us at GVB to strengthen our research but also how we can better manage internet interaction with (in audible) but with this particular case we would like to harness his talents to broaden our approach in Japan through the internet program and use our social media platform In a different way that we have been doing in the last five (5) years I see that we lost a little market share and also we are a little behind the belt so to speak so I see that bringing Bill into the board will give us a better perspective and a better outlook because he is Connected to a large organization in Japan that deals with online marketing and lastly knowing Bill as
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a personal friend and seeing his family grow up here in Guam he has invested a lifetime of work in the tourism industry he calls Guam his home he is true Guamanian and I see that he has the vested interest in his heart as well as his mind to help Guam continue to grow and most especially like I said with his background of being half Japanese he has a obscenity of cause with continuing the efforts to keep our core market as japan to continue to be a successful market for us so with those three (3) things I believe that Bill will serve the board well and the GVB organization but I think most especially he is really wanting to give back to this community and serve it lastly this is not going to be Bills first opportunity to serve our government he has also been an active board member at the time with the EPA and he takes a lot of pride in the last appointment that he had under this administration to help our EPA board in charting the right way to balance the development of Guam and also managing our resources properly. He will bring the perspective as we continue to look at developing more attractions to Guam and balance the resource that we have here and I think that would also serve the board and his capacity and experience coming from the EPA board thank you.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much Sir, Mr. Debold.
(Recognized Mr. Terry Debold)
Mr. Terry Debold: Hafa Adai Mr. Chairman and Senators thank you for allowing me to provide my testimony I am in support in the appointment for Mr. Nault as Mr. Mesa has explained Bill has a very indebt knowledge of the local tourism industry. My background goes back as far as (twenty seven) 27 years ago when I was in the airlines we worked very close together this was when the Japanese market was booming but we worked very closely in developing special tour packages that certainly helped R&C become one of the leading tour operations on Guam. After that I spent time with him at R&C tours as a co-worker at this point I mean today I am representing myself but I worked with Puntan Dos Amantes and Public Relation in sale and again I worked with Bill on the Japan Marketing Committee we have spent the last a couple years at GVB. We have been working really hard to bring the numbers of Japanese tourist back up trying to create more unique methods and as Mr. Mesa mentioned especially being with Rakuten which is basically the yahoo of Japan they are an internet company but they have a big travel organization and they promote online type of purchases a lot of people don' t realize that Rakuten because we are so familiar with the JTB and the AIS that Rakuten is one of the top three (3) tour
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operators in Japan in terms of number of tourist. I think his influence in the company and his knowledge of the trends the different trends now are certainly going to help in growth in our Japanese Market. I think one thing that a lot of people realize is that Bill is a local boy he graduated from JFK he grew up here on Guam he played football although he was on the smaller side his kids were also raised here grew up here and went off to college so he is truly vested into this island I just don ' t see a reason why bill shouldn 't be confirmed I think he would be a huge asset to the Visitors Authority thank you.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much Sir. Mr. Pangelinan.
(Recognized Mr. Karl Pangelinan.)
Mr. Karl Pangelinan: Thank you buenas good morning Mr. Chair and the rest of the members of the committee my name if Karl Pangelinan and again like the fine gentleman before me I am here to provide support for the confirmation of Mr. Bill Nault. You know Bill's resume really speaks for itself he is a master quality and a very diverse career portfolio with thirty (30) plus years in the game there is no doubt that he will bring a lot to the table as a GVB bored director and again I urge your support of his confirmation in moving forward. My personal experience with Bill dates back to the year 2000 while I was at IT &E at the time I was just starting my telecom career he at the time was at the RNC tours and he emailed me his resume yesterday and it doesn ' t state it in his actual resume but Bill is very highly involved and instrumental in creating what was then a very thriving wireless rental business remember this was the year 2000 this was long before roaming was a universal platform this was long before you can get sim cards at a local market so when our visitors arrived on island it was very convenient for them to turn to their tour operators and have these types of tools and Bill was very instrumental and the RNC side in seeing that so when I found out that he actually moved to Rakuten ultimately after his spin at RNC it can of made sense with his foresight in terms of using technology for tourism. Over the years Bill and I stayed in touched and my two (2) years as the GVB GM we actually reconnected in official capacity and several very fruitful discussions with him one of which really stands out and I am actually pleased to see one of the ideas that he did bring to the table for us to take a look at comes to flourish and that's the Tuman night market. It's one of GVB's eight (8) core objective is to push tourism out of Tuman and I have always been very loud about that and I am glad to see the bureau is actively pushing that objective but you know just in a micro sense if you just take a look at
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Tumon itself which is the heart and soul of our tourism district diversification within Tumon is also needed you will see a lot of the action taking place currently right now on the pleasure island side of the bay and it was Bill's foresight to transfer some of that energy let' s see what we can do about providing an attraction providing some things for visitors to do and then the Tumon night market was born so that 's the kind of diversification within our own tourism District I am very glad to see it happen. The last point that I also want to make and thank you Monte for bringing that up I want us to all keep in mind the good work Bill has done at the Guam EPA the past six years serving as a board member there and while we were doing a fantastic job and I want to commend GVB for all their great work in breaking record and I want to continue all the progress in terms of rivals I can' t stress enough the importance for us to keep in mind tourism sustainability I personally seen it before happen to other destination and in marketing which is in my background you know there is that basic tenant sometimes it is worse to oversell something than it is to oversell than it is to under sell it and with Bill's experience and the good work he has put it at the EPA I know it is very important that a lot of the decisions that we make a lot of the program that they attach themselves to in terms of support really need to bear in mind not just today but years down the line. I got small kids and I would like for them to also enjoy this industry that is keeping Guam moving and so I know Bill brings a lot of that to the table and I am sure a lot of the decision making will bear in mind what the impact is going to be to our environment down the line so with that I would just like to close I would like to that the Governor for a very smart appointment I also want to commend the legislature for your three (3) appointments to the Guam Visitors Bureau board there is a lot of work that can be done and I hope we can move swiftly on this confirmation and with that again I want to state my support for Mr. Nault as a GVB board director Si Yu' os Ma'ase.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much Karl and to all three of you thank you for your leadership in what you guys do to contribute to our tourism industry and to our Island in general I really appreciate it Senator Fernando Esteves thank you very much for joining us is there any questions? (in audible 17:25- 17:56)
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Good morning.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much and congratulations on your appointment if you have a prepared statement you can go ahead and read that.
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(Recognizes Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault)
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: (Read Written testimony).
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much bill for that very comprehensive testimony I am going to ask because there is others who wish to testify so I am going to ask them to come forward to testify before I open the questions for you Mr. Bob and Ms. Pilar Laguana please come forward.
(Recognizes Mrs . Pilar Laguana.)
Mrs. Pilar Laguana: Thank you Hafa Adai congratulations I think this is the first time I have been able to present in front of this sustain body Honorable Senator Dennis Rodriguez and your committee members congratulations on your election and your appointments we look forward to working with each and every one of you at the Guam Visitors Bureau. I am here this morning on behalf of my president and CEO Mr. Jon Nathan Denight who is unable to attend this morning due to a family funeral so if you would please pardon him and allow me to present his written testimony it would be grateful. (Mrs. Pilar reads Mr. Jon Nathan Denight's testimony).
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Si Yu'os Ma'ase and thank you very much and Biba GVB I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and everyone at GVB for the work that you guys do. The record numbers for 2016 and with the energy that I have seen so far with the employees there the board members and now hopefully if Mr. Nault we will see good things coming for Guam and for our tourism industry so thank you very much.
Mrs. Pilar Laguana: thank you so much.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Mr. Perron
(Recognizes Mr. Bob Perron.)
Mr. Bob Perron: Good morning Chairman Rodriguez and Senators of the committee my name is Bob Perron and I am here in support of the nomination of Mr. Bill Nault to the Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. I have known Bill for twenty (20) plus years we were neighbors in the Tumon Holiday Manner we had a common wall between us and I have seen him with his family and his son Ryota growing up since
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he was five (5) or six (6) years old and develop into a real good outstanding person and individual and his lovely wife Chise we have known them very well and you really can speak to the character and the moral fiber of Mr. Nault and seeing him with his family and being in such close proximity to them for years. going from there I have also been on the board of directors of Guam EPA with Bill for the past six (6) years and Bill was a very important member of the board always active always doing homework bringing a lot of issues to the board engaging in good dialogue back and forth and not always agreeing with everybody just brining up his point of view hence in life and in his work bringing that to our board in that way he was very instrumental in the success in the agency and of the board so we really hate to see Bill go because he was such a important part of our board but we know that there is a lot of good things that he can do at GVB as well and I know his knowledge of the tourism industry is rarely match by a other people on Guam so I think that we are lucky that someone of his caliper is willing to serve for free to help the Island and all its people and I am really proud of him that he is stepping up for this challenge and the GVB couldn't be getting a better board member and I couldn' t recommend them higher thank you.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much sir any questions for Pilar or Bob? If not thank you very much. At this time I would like to open this floor for any of the Senators that have any questions Mr. Vice Chairman do you have any questions?
(Recognizes Senator Joe S. San Agustin.)
Senator Joe S. San Agustin: Yes
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Ok
Senator Joe S. San Agustin: I would just like to comment to Mr. Nault thank you for accepting nomination and coming before us.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Thank you very much.
Senator Joe S. San Agustin: I would just like to comment to Mr. Nault. Thank you for accepting this nomination and coming before us. I look forward to hopefully your confirmation will be approved by the body I look forward to exciting times at GVB and for the people of Guam.
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Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: I am very honored thank you Senator.
Senator Joe S. San Agustin: Thank you Sir.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you Senator Vice Speaker so you have any questions or comments?
(Recognizes Vice Speaker Therese M. Terlaje.)
Vice Speaker Therese M. Terlaje: Just have a comment thank you very much Mr. Nault I very much appreciate your testimony and the testimonies of everyone else in support of your nomination and thank you also for accepting the nomination. I am glad that you included in your testimony your discussion about the environmental protection and also the others talked about that I think that is important if we are going to have a sustainable economy here and I also appreciate your pointing out your goals of increasing rates and making the tourist stay longer as one of your strategies and I think that also adds to sustainability and I appreciate your involvement in the community It makes us very proud to have you on the GVB board when you are very active in our community when you are helpful to the community and you know the community I think that's going to be very helpful and I appreciate Mr. Perron when he testified about the EPA you didn ' t always go along with everybody but you were always able to put it your unique perception and I hope that you will continue and I very much appreciate your service.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault:: Thank you vice speaker as I said I am very honored and I feel that tourism is a very important part of our community and our environment is a very important part of tourism and I always try to do my best thank you.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you Vice Speaker. Vice chairman m Health Senator Esteves anything?
(Recognizes Senator Fernando B. Esteves.)
Senator Fernando B. Esteves: Mr. Nault I would like to as well thank you for accepting the nomination were looking at the testimonies put forth by colleagues you have had in the past its quite expressive and it shows a wider range of activities that you have done and I know you can directly apply that experience to whatever it is you do we appreciate that. I also like to thank you for your work in the past having been a
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true son of Guam and having been a great ambassador for the people here and what we bring to the table and so I look forward to your continue contribution in this regards in this new endeavor thank you.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Thank you Senator I will do my best thank you very much.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you Senator Nelson
(Recognizes Senator Telena C. Nelson)
Senator Telena C. Nelson: Hi good morning thank you for accepting this nomination I am really looking forward to seeing what you can bring to the table and the technological advances that we are having you know it is very impressive that you were the General Manager of Rakuten which if a very large corporation and so I am looking forward to seeing what kind of platforms you can push to promote Guam on a globalized scale also two fold I am very pleased to hear Mr. Perron was a supporting advocate that advocated for you as far as the environmental protection agencies because accentually we have one Island and I really applaud the efforts that you have done to sustain our environment here and I look forward to seeing a new implementation to really preserve the natural resources that we have on our Island thank you very much and it is also nice to hear that you were raised here on Guam and for really focusing on how you can contribute back to our Island so it is an honor for us so thank you sir.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you Senator, Senator Lee.
Senator Regine Biscoe Lee: Rafa Adai Mr. Nault I want to just join my colleagues in thanking you so much for accepting the appointment by Governor Calvo. I have three (3) quick questions for you and thank everybody for giving me the opportunity, giving me the time to ask them, thank you Chairman. So given the changing demographics in the changing markets how do you think GVB can strengthen our online marketing increase our social media interactions and really leverage? I know we put a lot behind the OOG campaign in recent months so I think with the goal of ultimately increasing our quality and our yield and not just the volume of our visitors but I want to see how
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we can leverage some of those things to increase quality and yield and I wanted to hear some of you perspectives about that.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Thank you Senator with UOG I think we are doing a great job every year I think we can do bigger and better things. Some of the things that I have learned with the current company one thing that I feel strongly about is using all the data all the information that we have in tackling some of the questions that you have asked. In other countries their calling it BIC Data we only use the BIC Data that we have so that we can approach other destinations as I have mentioned in my speech but we would like to invite other destinations that we currently don't have there are other places that may be possible that may take our offer there are other airlines that we may be able to ask to come we might have to work closely with our partners such as the airports and other government agencies infrastructures that need to be improved in order to gain the goals of 2020 or more I feel that we all have to work together and use other medias such as online medias, internet, the late are smart phones use more smart phones technologies get more people involved get more information out get the airlines involved get more airlines to come to Guam encourage more business owners to build more hotels more activities more shopping we want to be the destination of our area.
Senator Regine Biscoe Lee: Thank you I also want to thank you so much for your service on the EPA board so question about that. Can you please speak to specific environmental protections that require immediate action for maybe GVB or partner agencies to really increase and improve destination management?
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Yes for the environmental agencies we do have great staff at the EPA that does great jobs and the board of EPA as was a member of the EPA board. I try to seek things not as a different perspective of views so basically how anybody will look at the situations we have situations such as illegal dumping and so forth I feel strongly that we need to combat that issue I also feel that we need to fix our lighting we also feel that we need to fix our road we feel that we need to fix all these so that it will be safe for our drivers for our pedestrians our local people and also for our families. I am a very strong advocate for the anti-illegal dumplings and also for recycling basically I would hope to see more and more recycling being done I am also hoping that we can put more trash cans and label them plastic can or aluminum cans and so forth. I am also for not just of course EPA but other Government agencies also to help in supporting recycling and illegal dumping.
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Senator Regine Biscoe Lee: Great thank you and one last question Ms. Laguana also referred to the sports and events and that you might be chairing the committee
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: I will be Vice Chairman yes
Senator Regine Biscoe Lee: Oh Vice Chairman; I just wanted to as you what is your favorite GVB event?
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: My favorite signature event I would say that I have a lot of signature events just last year in the summer GVB started the summer beach fest over at Ypao beach and I was over there almost every night during the summer just looking at it and really enjoy I have put in my two sense to GVB some of the things that needs improving nothing is perfect we need to take one event at a time and try to improve each event each year so that the signature events will really be called the signature events there are marathons that GVB sponsors and other sponsors there are golf tournaments that I myself will be involved basically things like the Govender's cup which happens in December was sponsored but United Airlines this year I have heard that United has approached our corporation in Japan and Rakutan will be cosponsoring with United in trying to make this even a successful even in December but not just that also other local events we do have the BBQ Block party and so forth that I attended myself and I really enjoyed and I actually when I look at these events and I am standing in the middle of these events I just have so many thoughts that goes in my mind thinking how we can expand it on a much bigger scale and how we can invite more entertainers or do cross events that will even make the event much bigger so I plan to use those ideas throughout the committee to see if we will be in an agreement and hope that we will have much better events in the future.
Senator Regine Biscoe Lee: Great so thank you so much for your contribution thank you for saying yes we look forward to a positive confirmation process I just want to thank the GVB staff who is in the audience and thank you Mr. Chairman for your time.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Thank you very much Senator
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Thank you very much Senator Lee. Bill, just a few things about how you were a proponent of revitalizing or taking some of the activities to the southern side of Tuman and not just the pleasure island I want to ask
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you to continue to advocate for that as a board member once you are confirmed for the board ensuring as we look now toward some capital improving projects that I know GVB my Office and GEDA are putting together that you continue to advocate for that we are putting a lot of activities at Ypao beach Governors Joseph Flores park that' s really an ad that we have to polish and shine so I am hoping that this go around with the capital improvement initiatives that we are doing that you can also advocate for that as a board member because I think there is a lot of potential if we really look into doing some good stuff over there at Ypao beach for our tourist but also for our local community so I look forward to that.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: I will do my best chairman thank you
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: Just one more thing I know that its early discussions but of the things that I have been talking about (Inaudible) past I believe Monte was 14% and so that's going to have some impact both positively that's good because we can give Ms. Laguana more money to market Guam and bring more tourist here but also we want think of the impact this is going to have on the tourist and the Hotels so if you're not prepared to answer that now then that's fine but if you are I would like to hear your point of view on that.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Yes Mr. Chair in regards to raising the occupancy tax and also raising the average daily rates for the hotel which helps to fund the tourist attraction fund I feel that raising the (Inaudible) not just to fund the tourist industry (Inaudible) increasing average daily rates does not necessarily have to be increasing rates so we have to be increasing rates Hotels as in example a hotel with five hundred sixty (560) (In Audible) and so forth which all have different rates. I feel that not just pushing for the lower rooms lower room rates basically is the key of bringing tourist but basically offering better value for the tourist money when you offer the tourist a better value over cheap rates on a room or the cheapest room I feel that there are many travelers that will take the better value for higher rates and in doing so they get a better room they get higher service they get put in higher floors they have better benefits from the hotels bigger rooms better views better hotels offer and I have seen it within the last ten ( 10) years from the travelers debt uses my companies services that (in Audible) problems trying to sell the cheaper rooms you know the standard rooms rather more so our travelers actually buy the higher ends I think that you can't just offer them one or two things but if you offer them various things that it will give them a chance to choose I feel that our market if not what we use to call it true travel
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agent driven I feel that it' s now market driven consumer driven if you give the consumers a choice to choose on their own I feel that they will choose what's best for them and what they can actually afford which is not always the cheap or standard rooms that is available at the bottom so yes I am for raising average daily rates which will help the tourist attraction funds if we do need to raise the occupancy then (In Audible) but if we do not have to raise it not need to I am very in favor of Guam as a destination having much bigger marketing funds and not just because I fear that GVB needs bigger fund and bigger budget I feel that it will become a Global destination we need to be playing at the same ball field as the other destination thank you.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: (In Audible) our visitors arrivals were down and I think we have surpass that now so I think this is the time to have those discussions but of course we have to be very responsible and cautious on how we move forward in that direction ok great so I don 't have any other questions I want to congratulate you again and thank you for stepping up and taking this call I want to thank everyone here for testifying (In Audible) get your committee report ready the public is invited to continue to send in written testimonies if they wish to have it delivered here at the Guam legislature or at my office but other than that we will work to insure it is on the agenda for the first session of this term.
Mr. William "Bill" D. Nault: Thank you very much Mr. Chairman.
Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.: thank you very much so the time now is 12:2lpm and this confirmation hearing is adjourned.
III. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
The Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs and Senior Citizens hereby reports on the appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors with the recommendation to lo CON~IQJ\/\
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The Executive Appointment of Mr. William D. Nault as a Member, (To fill the seat vacated by Mark Baldyga), Guam Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
DENNIS G. RODRIGUEZ, Jr. Chairman JOE S. SAN AGUSTIN Vice Chairman
FERNANDO B. ESTEVES Vice Chairman on Health
BENJAMIN J.F. CRUZ
THERESE M. TERLAJE
FRANK B. AGUON, JR.~ THOMAS A. MORRISON
WILLIAM M. CASTRO
LOUISE BORJA MUNA
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