2010-01-22 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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C. Ka-ipo moved to accept the treasurer’s report. A. Mejia seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None. CORRESPONDENCE A.Letter from Mayor Billy Kenoi to Council Chairman J Yoshimoto and Members of the County Council appointing Kimberly Schneider and JoAnne Balberde-Kamalii and reappointing Nancy Kelly to CSW B.Michigan Women’s Commission Newsletter REPORTS A.Education 1.Urgent Services Directory No report. 2.First Female Booklet A. Mejia and D. Pung will work together on the display board and have it ready for display at the essay contest awards ceremony. C. Kitaoka asked by telephone if CSW wanted to participate in an event on Oahu in April and put up the committee’s display board. She will obtain more information and report back to the committee. 3.Essay Contest C. Kitaoka submitted three questions for the committee to answer regarding how to award prizes, changing the prizes from savings bonds to gift cards, and a questionable th essay written by a 12 grade student. J. Balberde-Kamalii suggested that C. Kitaoka contact the principal, grade counselor, and guidance counselor at the school regarding the student’s essay. Members discussed whether to provide an award to the student. C. Kitaoka agreed to contact the principal of the student’s school. After some discussion, D. Pung moved to award only for this one time two additional thth honorable mention prizes for the 5/6 grade category because there were many thth more entries and there were no entries for the 9/10 grade category. A. Mejia seconded the motion. The motion was passed. After some discussion on changing the prizes, C. Ka-ipo moved to give gift cards instead of savings bonds to the winners and honorable mention. CSW decided to purchase Borders gift cards because it’s educational and accessible on both sides of the island. A. Mejia seconded the motion. The motion was passed. 2