2005-01-21 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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CORRESPONDENCE A. Letter from New West Broadcasting Corp. regarding an employment opening B. Letter from Mayor Harry Kim to Chairman Gary Safarik and Members of the County Council appointing Janet Coburn, Kathleen Peters, and reappointing Dawn Pung to CSW C. East Hawaii Cultural Center Newsletter showing pictures of two Womens Hall of Fame winners REPORTS A. Education 1. Urgent Services Directory E. Takazawa suggested distributing the directories at the YWCA for families to pick up. J. Viernes reported that she has approximately 12 packets left (250 in a packet). She has a distribution list of the different organizations/agencies that requested for the directories. P. Newland suggested having the directory available on-line and ready for print as an option. J. Viernes said that the directory is listed under Office of the Mayor in the County of Hawaiis website. C. Ka-ipo and E. Takazawa offered to co-chair the distribution of the directories. 2. First Female Booklet A copy of the final draft of the First Female Booklet was circulated to CSW members for review. P. Newland suggested having the booklet available on a web page and ready for print as an option. J. Viernes said that the booklet is on a PDF file and could be listed under Office of the Mayor in the County of Hawaiis website. The file may be e-mailed to the Data Systems Department for implementation. P. Newland suggested putting pictures of the Womens Hall of Fame winners into the First Female Booklet. E. Takazawa offered to obtain the pictures from L. Guluzzy of the Womens Hall of Fame winners for inclusion into the booklet. 3. Essay contest J.Balberde-Kamaliireportedthatapproximately76entriesweresubmittedand 57 met the criteria. There were five charters school throughout the island from Waimea,Hilo,andKeaauthatparticipated.TherewasalsoanentryfromKohala Intermediate School. On Monday, she should determine the first, second, and thirdplacewinnersforeachdivisionfromgrades5through12. 2