2012-04-13 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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CORRESPONDENCE None. REPORTS A. Education 1. Urgent Services Directory N. Kelly circulated a draft of the revised directory for CSW members to review and make revisions. The directory will go out to bid before the end of the fiscal year. CSW members decided to have the directory printed on lavender paper. 2. Equal Pay No report. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month E. Cabatu reported that Women’s Health Week is observed the second week of May. K. Peters reported that they have been doing depression screenings in Kona for Women’s Health Month. C. Liaison 1. HSCSW E. Cabatu reported that the HSCSW had a meeting on March 6, 2012, but she was unable to attend. The HSCSW’s new executive director is Cathy Betts. They will be doing strategic planning for the next couple months. E. Cabatu mentioned that the HSCSW is co-sponsoring the Women’s Fund of Hawaii Annual Tea and Champagne 2012 fundraiser. They have funding to send someone over to attend the event. She suggested sending a high school student from the essay contest, a CSW member, or a representative from the UH Women’s Center to attend. The event will be held on May 30, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort on Oahu. K. Schneider and D. Pung expressed interest in attending this event. E. Cabatu asked if CSW had any funding requests to take back to the HSCSW for next fiscal year. The commission has money to pay for one round of radio spots. N. Kelly mentioned that the Prosecutor’s Office is also running out of the grant to fund the Urgent Services Directory for Families. K. Peters said that CSW does not have a marketing budget so the committee is unable to publish an ad in the newspaper for upcoming events. CSW puts a lot of time, effort, and money into these great events and the public does not know about it. 2