2004-08-13 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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give the community. L. Guluzzy suggested deferring this item to the planning session this afternoon. The motion was passed. C. Liaison 1. HSCSW M. Masunaga reported that the Governor has cut the HSCSWs budget in half. She thanked CSW for funding a lot of projects. A report from A. Hikida Tasaka, HSCSW, was distributed to CSW members at last months meeting which was cancelled due to lack of quorum. 2. Legislative Update No report. D. Marketing 1. Newsletter P. Newland offered to follow up with M. Lake on the status of the newsletter. She was under the impression that the newsletter was done or being published. E. Community Reports L. Guluzzy reported that there is grant money available from the Hawaii Community Foundation. P. Newland reported that DVIAT is working diligently on the domestic violence awareness month vigil. In addition, she is involved with a new group called We Stand for the Children. She helped coordinate and organize it. This group was founded to look into and to change the situation where children are being wrongfully removed from their homes by the state. Lastly, she is coordinating the domestic harmony awareness campaign poster contest for October and November. Also, a concert will be held in November for domestic harmony awarenessmonth. UNFINISHEDBUSINESS A. Resignations and appointments L. Guluzzy reported that she contacted D. Davis, left a message, and received no response for the first time. Her message said that CSW needs someone who will participate and if D. Davis is unable to attend, then she should consider resigning. L. Guluzzy offered to draft a letter to D. Davis and ask her if she intends to participate or not. B. Nominating Committee L. Guluzzy reported that the vice-chair position needs to be filled due to M. Lakes resignation.D.Punghasexpressedinterestinservingasthevice-chair.CSW unanimously voted for D. Pung. 5