2019-08-21 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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Grant approves of us making changes in categories. For processing purposes, Lisa will need approved amended budgets to match expenditure requests. When budget changes are made during CSW monthly meetings, they will be recorded in the minutes and sent to Lisa. B. 2019-2020 budget approval No vote needed as budget we have was currently approved. Next budget needs to be submitted around October 31St VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None VII. CORRESPONDENCE Two CSW members are asked to speak at an AAUW event in Kona on September 24th, 4:30-6:30 pm. Mihaela will attend. Farrah may attend. Mele and Kami will help with talking points. Action item: Mihaela will reach to Kona organization and confirm participation. VIII. REPORTS Fiscal year 2019 final report is due to the Mayor's office. The report is structured dif- ferently this year. Late notice was given from Prosecutor's office, resulting in not enough time to meet the deadline. Lee provided an extension. Farrah was in touch to complete this with Lee due to the change in CSW leadership. Action item: Farrah will make editorial changes to report and send to Prosecutor's office by Friday. Action item: Include reporting timeline on next month's agenda in the report section, so we can be timely with next report. A. HSCSW liaison report Cyd attended the NACW meeting in Chicago, July 22-25. • Resolutions for 2019 and leadership were voted on at the meeting. Iowa CSW shared `A five step guide to City and County Boards and Commissions and How to get Appointed", so women can get more active in the community and implement change. Maybe Hawaii Island CSW can create something similar. NACW designed the program "Voices of women in America" - groups of NACW mem- bers go to community meetings or organize community meetings to ask how can lives of women and girls can be improved. They use a standard set of questions (see survey `We want to hear from you' at https://www.nacw.org ). Hawai'i County CSW can create our own survey and combine with our initiative to develop a Status of Women Report for Hawai'i Island. Action item: Include agenda item for next meeting to discuss set of questions. E