A YouTube video of Gov. Neil Abercrombie speaking Saturday with a small group of Kauai teachers might offer a bit of hope that the governor and the Hawaii State Teachers Association could return to the negotiation table sometime soon.

The video — accessible at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kxi_GKFcM — captures a 10-minute exchange between Abercrombie and about nine teachers, including HSTA Kauai Director Tom Perry, in a parking lot purportedly in Puhi, where Abercrombie had lunch.

Early on in the conversation, and again toward the end, Abercrombie indicates that he is ready to meet with HSTA negotiators.

"I’m ready, my people are ready, our negotiators are ready (and) have been ready since mid-June," he says.