Clapp was one of those who repaid UH to keep his name off the List

HA Note: "Although Carl Clapp was invited to bring a spouse and two children with him at UH's expense under the athletic department's policy, Clapp said he was the only one who ended up traveling on the school's dime. Clapp was in charge of implementing then-athletic director Herman Frazier's travel policy and his name was listed among the 550 on the list released Friday, more than two months after an open records law request by The Advertiser. But UH staffers said no members of Clapp's family were listed among the UH travel party or in the group of 45 redacted entries."

Declining to say how many family members he personally paid for or how much money was involved, Clapp said:
"I have taken care of my obligations. I took care of what I wanted to take care of." (HA)

Declining to say how many others paid their way off the List, Clapp said:
"There is a group of people who have handled their responsibilities." (HA)

HA Note: "The 45 redactions, UH said, came at the request of the Hawai'i Government Employees Association, which demanded that names of its members and their children not be released. In addition to the redactions, UH said six names were omitted but athletic department staffers have suggested the number might be more than that."

About how it is not acceptable to retroactively remove names from the List, Hawaii's Office of Information Practices wrote on May 22:
"because an agency may not retroactively dispose of or alter requested records after receiving and prior to responding to a record request, persons on that list may not pay UH for the expense of their trip in order to have their names 'removed' from that list." (HA)

About how his 6-member family used the Sugar Bowl as a family reunion, as they are spread between Hawaii, California, and Washington state, Clapp said:
"To us it was a vacation and an opportunity to get together at an outstanding event. We don't get together too often, and we don't know when the next time will be." (HA)

HA Note: "Dan Mollway, executive director of the state Ethics Commission, said because of the unique nature of the Sugar Bowl, UH was advised in December "there was justification for staff members, who had to go for their duties, to take their spouses." But Mollway said, "with regard to children, we were told children would be going" because it would be a hardship on some families to leave them behind, "but university (funds) would not be spent for children.""

About how he paid afterward for his family members (but would not say when, or if it was before the Advertiser lawsuit), Clapp said:
"because nobody could tell me the exact expense before we went." (HA)

Claiming that he did nothing wrong, Clapp said:
"It was my intention (to pay) all along. As far as what I have done, I have always planned to do what I have done, (which) I did a while ago. That's what I felt most comfortable with doing. So, that's what we did. I'm very confident that I've done nothing wrong." (HA)