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

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Discussion is needed on what would the project be? Would the project be a small scholarship to assist in defraying the cost of a cowgirl’s participation in the rodeo; will we be sponsoring an award for the top young woman in the rodeo competition, etc.? There’s a lot of young women competing in this rodeo and it’s not traditionally a woman’s sport. Katie suggested providing funds for the program; have our name in the program, put an ad in the program, promote teen dating violence. etc. Hazel suggested putting an ad that says that CSW supports young women and rodeo and another ad that says CSW supports rodeo and the fight against teen dating violence. Rodeo starts up in January thru May first Saturday of every month; starts at around 8:30 a.m. Carol suggested that if we decide on a project, we should consider island wide projects and pick projects around the island. Nancy stated we need to know what our budget is. At the next meeting, Mele should report how much money is available so we can decide which projects we will be focusing on. 3. Essay Contest Discussion: We should do the essay contest project. We need to advertise it better. It was suggested that after the packets are mailed, CSW members contact a school to be sure they received the packet; approach the teachers if they received it. Packets can also be given to groups such as: Girls Scouts, Church Groups, 4H Group, etc. Katie moved that we approve doing the essay contest with Carol as the chair and a budget of not more than $3,000. Kim seconded; motion passed. Margaret commented on the essay booklet that it was fabulous. She went to Washington, D.C., had an extra copy and gave a copy to Senator Hirono, she loved it and was very impressed with it. She sent a congratulatory letter to each person listed in the booklet and sent it to the schools. For the next year, she suggested sending copies to the congressional delegations, state senators, council members. Date of the essay contest awards luncheon will be some time in March. 4.School Robotics Program and Technology Hazel reported that there are competitions with the robotics team. We could have a small table with information on teen dating violence. The objective is to get our name out there letting people know who we are and what we do. We could sponsor a small amount to the team to assist with their financial expenses.