2013-09-13 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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be participating in. The invitation and application was given to Cyd Hoffeld to complete and submit. VIII. REPORTS A.LIAISON 1. Hawai`i State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) Elena was not present to give report. 2.Legislative Update Elena was not present to give report. B.HEALTH 1. Ladies Night Out (September 27, 2013) – Elena was not present to give report. Mele Spencer and Cyd Hoffeld will assist at the event. C.EDUCATION 1.Equal Pay It’s scheduled for April 2014 2.Urgent Services Directory Self Help Center, Hilo and Kona (opening on September 23) should be added to the Directory. Farrah-Marie Gomes will cover up to $1,500 and if there’s anything over that, the overage would be covered by the committee or the State Commission. Roxanne Aburamen has the supply of directories and has been distributing the directories. Lee is to check with Roxanne on who she distributed the directories to and present the information to the committee at the next meeting. It’s suggested that we print 2,000 copies for the next printing. 3.Voter Registration Report given by Carol Kitaoka: Carol Kitaoka is working on this project. This project is moving forward. It’s a statewide project which has not been formally announced yet. Voter information will be in all of the schools, K-12. Registration will be targeting students 16 years of age and up. The components of authorizing the schools to be voter registration sites are being worked on by the Office of Elections and AG’s Office. DOE will be implementing lesson plans into the schools; want to get the information out to the community; Carol is to find money for this community project. The plan is to train a teacher trainer to be sent to each island to train the teachers. This will be more cost effective to have one trained teacher to go to the neighbor islands to teach the teachers.