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The First Female Booklet will be available for Women's Health Mo September. The booklet could also be CSW's gift to the guest sp agencies that plan an event. CSW could promote it next March du History Month. D. Davis suggested printing a second edition since she has the o do it. C. Hara agreed since CSW has received comments about why include a female who meets our requirement of being a "first." Therefore, CSW should begin making a file on the second edition. CSW agreed to send the booklet out to bid instead of having it r internally. It was suggested to print 1,000 copies with a total $3,000. M. Andrews suggested that the county print 20 extra copies as a keepsake. Secondly, CSW should list the current committee members and a blurb on the back page that says CSW will be doing this in the future and if anyon about someone they would like to include to call the Mayor's Office. M. Andrews made a motion that CSW allow S. Nakoa to make the decision making on the booklet with a printing limit of $3,000 and assistance from D. Davis. The deadline to publish the booklet is this fiscal year. P. Newland seconded the motion. The motion was passed. 3. Essay Contest C. Hara thanked committee members for judging the essays this year. On each of the four judging panels, she included one repeat judge who is the control person. She wanted one male judge for each category because they have a different perspective from a female. However, she was able to get only one male judge (Jim Kelly) this year. CSW received 73 essays this year. Out of the 73 essays, about 2 follow rules of submission. The majority of the essays followed the rules, were easy to read, and they got the concept of the essay contest. M. Andrews suggested having a judge's choice award next year for a student who wrote about something that was very heartfelt and in its own way that could inspire somebody to become a better structural writer. D. Davis agreed since she had one essay that the punctuation and the grammar was terrible, but the essay had some heart that garnered high scores. C. Hara mentioned that this is her last year as essay contest coordinator. The coordinator for next year will be S. Tanaka. In addition, this year was the first time that the Mayor and P. O'Toole attended the awards luncheon. 4. Equal Pay Day C. Hara reported that the Equal Pay Day Press Conference will be held on Tuesday, April 15, at 11:00 a.m. in the Hawaii State Capitol. M. Andrews, D. Davis, 3