2022-02-16 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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County of Hawaii MITCHELL D. ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 ACTION ITEM: Shana will follow up with Allen to send out the FVIC meeting notices to any CSW members interested in attending. C. Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls Task Force Farrah -Marie said she got info about the task force from Mihaela before she left, and that she was able to attend the last meeting. She said the main focus of the task force right now is to gather data from various agencies such as law enforcement and hospitals. This database will be used to deal with the problem with more information at hand, since there isn't much available right now. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Sub -Committee Memberships a. Nomination and Election of Sub -Committee members Due to time constraints, Farrah -Marie said the elections of officers and sub -committee member nominations will not be done at this meeting and will be on the next meeting's agenda so everyone can think about where they want to serve if they are not sure. She explained each sub- committee in brief. B. Communications Sub -Committee reports a. Updates to brochure Farrah -Marie said there are no updates to the brochure, but it should be updated at some point so that we can include the new members. b. Family Services Directory Farrah -Marie said she has all the 2021/2022 directories at her office if anyone is interested. She said that at the moment, the update for 2023 is now scheduled for October 2022 and can be done by University of Hilo students until further notice. Kahea asked for some for an event in Kohala. Farrah -Marie asked all who would like directories to reach out to her directly by email or phone/text. i. Distribution log Farrah -Marie reported that a former committee member, Mele Spencer, has thus far picked up 750 directories to distribute in the county. c. Facebook page i. Guiding principles for posting on the CSW Facebook page Shana said the page was created by Mihaela, the original administrator. Now the two admins for the page are Shana (as secretary) and Farrah -Marie. The main focus is on the CSW activities, women's issues, sharing educational videos for women, and resharing of some State Commission on the Status of Women posts. She said some guiding principles for FB posts are that they are timely, relevant, and in line with the mission of the CSW.