2006-08-17 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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E. Community Reports None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence Prevention Initiative Training Program K. Peters reported that C. Kitaoka has tentatively scheduled the conference for October 19 or October 20 depending upon availability with the Hilton Waikoloa Village. B. Hawaii Women’s Oral History Collection Training J. Coburn reported that she attended the training with M. Masunaga on June 20 on Oahu. There was a presentation from members of the UH Manoa who had been doing oral history. Sharon Ferguson-Quick, Executive Director, of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW), noted that it takes a lot of time to gather information for the collection of oral history and will take a lot of manpower. They are looking at budgets and what their scope is going to be. The initial purpose of the oral history is 1) to look at older women in our community and look at their lives, 2) to raise the community’s awareness to the women that has been involved in the political process historically as well as today, 3) to interview people that were involved in a particular political move such as a labor organization. The meeting was recessed at 11:10 a.m.The meeting was reconvened at 11:15 a.m. C. Third Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference J. Viernes reported that she processed the registration fee for J. Coburn, C. Ka-ipo, N. Kelly, and S. Newland. D. Pung said there is a possibility that she will be attending the conference because the HSCSW has offered to pay for a representative from the committee. Since K. Nova decided not to attend, D. Pung offered to contact D. Noda to see if she would like to attend and CSW will ask the HSCSW to pay for D. Noda. D. Pung stated that at the last meeting, CSW agreed to pay for registration fee, airfare, parking, and ground transportation. CSW indicated that the committee would pay for taxi as the ground transportation from the airport to the hotel and back. NEW BUSINESS A. Domestic Harmony Initiative 2006 S. Newland presented a Domestic Harmony Month Proclamation from Governor L. Lingle and Lt. Governor D. Aiona for November 2006. She is also working with S. Ferguson-Quick and people in three other states to get the Gentle Gestation and Gentle Birth Resolution passed in Hawaii, Missouri, Texas, and New Hampshire. The Domestic Harmony Awareness 2006 Initiative Components submitted by S. Newland was distributed to CSW Members for review. S. Newland stated that she would like CSW to support in principle the importance of increasing domestic harmony awareness and that the committee stands behind that. K. Peters responded that she has no problem supporting the principle. This is one of S. Newland’s pet projects which is a positive project. As the Committee on the Status of Women, what hit home is that 4