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 ii. Process for posting materials on the CSW Facebook page Shana said there is no formal process, although she tries to post on a regular basis. She explained that she welcomes someone else who is on FB more to take on this activity, but will take any advice, support, and input from other members in the meantime. Elena provided feedback and said the page is good, the posts are effective and the "drum beat" is there. She suggested paying for boosts and expanding into an Instagram account that automatically populates FB pages. She said she will help Shana with this, but encourages her to continue with it. Elena suggested looking at the Hilo Medical Center's page that she manages to see what that looks like to get ideas. B. Outreach Sub -Committee reports a. 2022 Year of the Mother Shana shared an overview of the project. She said the two honorees for the month of February are: the YWCA Healthy Families Program and the Healthy Hapai Program. Both names will be submitted to the County Council for recognition. Shana will submit per committee approval. MOTION: Shana motioned that the two names submitted to the Hawai'i County Council be approved for official recognition by the committee; Andy seconded; the motion was approved by all members present. i. Approval of budget Shana asked to table this item until the March 2022 meeting. ACTION ITEM: Shana will create a formal process to nominate and vote on Year of the Mother honorees and submit to the committee in March. ACTION ITEM: Shana will create a final budget for the Year of the Mother project and submit it to the committee for a vote at the March meeting. b. Teen Dating Violence i. Approval of Project Rationale Farrah -Marie tabled this item until the March 2022 meeting. She said there is still a pending request for funding to the county from last year, to be discussed at the next meeting. c. Real Women Essay i. Approval of Project Rationale Farrah -Marie shared the project rationale for the 2022 Real Women Essay Social Media Campaign. She said last year there wasn't anything done due to the pandemic, so would like to start it up again. The proposal is to hold a contest that solicits two types of social media campaign videos that highlight the characteristics of real women around Hawaii Island. Thirty gift card prizes ranging $50-$100 and totaling $2,250 would be provided to contest winners.