WAILUKU – The Governor's Maui Community Advisory Council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday Nov. 20, at the Cameron Center Auditorium, at 95 Mahalani St. in Wailuku to discuss and prioritize issues of importance to the community to be addressed in 2009.

The public is invited to attend.

The prioritized list will be submitted to the Governor.

Governor Linda Lingle created community advisory councils to give the neighbor islands a stronger voice in state government. The Maui Community Advisory Council holds monthly public meetings to seek community input and advise the Governor of important issues on Maui, public priorities, and recommendations for state boards and commissions.

The members of the Governor's Maui Community Advisory Council are Madge Schaefer (chair), Kalei Sombelon (vice chair), Kathryn Ghean, John Henry, Barbara-Ann Keller, Carl Lindquist, Lori Ululani Sablas, Shan Steinmark and Gail K. Takeuchi.