2009-02-20 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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C. Kitaoka stated that she saw a teacher from Kealakehe Intermediate School and told her about the essay contest which was already done. In order to spark interest from the teacher and the school next year, C. Kitaoka offered one winner from her class a prize. The prize could be a $25 gift card for one student and also allow the teacher to attend the awards luncheon. The teacher will acknowledge the student in class, but the winner will not be part of the contest. After some discussion, C. Kitaoka moved to give a $25 gift card to one student and that CSW pay for the teacher’s lunch and allow her to attend the luncheon. A. Mejia seconded the motion. M. Sherman questioned why CSW would not allow the student to attend as well. C. Kitaoka responded that the student cannot be acknowledged and the student’s essay will not be included in the booklet because they missed the deadline. The motion was passed. K. Peters suggested that CSW distribute the essay contest packet to the sophomore and junior college counselors for next year. C. Kitaoka added that she got a fifth grade teacher from Kona as a judge to get her interested and hopefully get more participation from West Hawaii once she sees the luncheon. 4. Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame A. Mejia reported that C. Ka-ipo provided information about having the Women’s Hall of Fame at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort. C. Ka-ipo had expressed her desire to hold the event one year in Hilo to see how many people would come out. If there is not a good turnout, then CSW should continue to hold the event at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, Water’s Edge Ballroom. Since there were not enough members present to make a decision, the committee agreed to table this issue. 5. Equal Pay K. Peters reported that she will contact E. Cabatu to see whether other organizations would like to co-sponsor a radio ad on equal pay with CSW. Suggested groups are AAUW, Soroptimist, Zonta Club, Business Professional Women, Lions Club, Rotary, and Toastmasters. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month K. Nova reported that she would like to do a workshop/seminar in Kona and maybe in Waimea on what people can do to manage their stress during these disastrous times from a psychological perspective. After her presentation, she would like to have an independent financial planner from the West Coast to answer concerns such as how to interpret what is really going on when you are hearing all these things from the media (what to look for and what to not pay attention to) and how to formulate questions if you are going to talk to your own financial planner. The financial planner will be on Maui with his family for spring break and he is willing to come over on March 28, 2009 or April 4, 2009. The workshop will be held after 1 p.m. at a determined location. She would like CSW 3