2003-12-19 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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P. Newland explained that it was important to participate in whatever fashion. She agreed to attend one meeting on behalf of CSW and one meeting on her own every month. C. Hara asked if P. Newland is bringing CSWÓs agenda to part of the DVIATÓs planning process. If P. Newland is attending the planning meetings and committing CSW to be a part of a Ðsomething,Ñ then the committee needs to know as to what extent P. Newland is committing them to. C. Hara said she hasnÓt heard any of that or seen any written report on what DVIAT is doing. What is CSWÓs involvement in the DVIAT programs? There have been no monthly reports submitted from P. Newland to CSW or M. Lake. P. Newland responded that she never thought about doing a report. She offered to write a report and submit it properly to CSW. M. Lake clarified that if CSW send a representative to a meeting, then a written report will be submitted from the representative to the committee. Secondly, the committee will decide whether or not the issue brought back will be supported by CSW. C. Hara suggested that M. Lake establish guidelines. There may be a situation where meetings are being held inconsistently and the committee may not be able to approve anything because there is not a quorum for CSW to conduct business. S. Nakoa made a motion that CSW continue to authorize P. Newland to attend the DVIAT meeting once a month. CSW can revisit the issue after reviewing P. NewlandÓs report to see whether more meetings will be authorized. C. Hara seconded the motion. J. Balberde-Kamalii stated that she was one of the founding representatives of DVIAT. One of their original mission statements was that they get community involvement. However, they had the hardest time getting committee members to serve on the public relations committee because of commitment. She suggested that CSW look at having a representative on at least one of these committees because the committee is the one who does the work in the community. Perhaps the minutes of the DVIAT meeting should be submitted with P. NewlandÓs report so CSW can review their activities and make a decision on what the committee would like to participate passed. C. Hara moved to accept the treasurerÓs report. P. Newland seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC S. Edmunds invited CSW to an AAUW Convention on April 23-25, 2004. More details to follow. CORRESPONDENCE A. Memorandum from Mayor Harry Kim regarding Confidential Communications 2