2012-08-23 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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Elena Cabatu reported that she invited the two guests, Darcy Makanui-Souza & Cyd Hoffeld, to come and check out the committee since we have/will have openings and hopefully Darcy is interested in applying for the open committee slot. Cyd Hoffeld, Health Promotions Manager for Bay Clinic – health education in public and sexual health, previously with Women’s Shelter, was on FV Advisory Commission. Mentoring Darcy to participate and support organization to advance women issues. She is working on LGBT programs for youth to include gay pride activities and a LGBT prom. REPORTS A. EDUCATION 1. Urgent Services Directory Nancy Kelly reported that it was sent back to the printers for editing. We should be getting back the final as the 30 days to respond back is almost up. Nancy will check with OPA’s sr. account clerk on the status. No further update on the Urgent Services Directory. Kathy Peters suggested adding Volunteer Legal Services information on the directory; Kathy Peters will e-mail Nancy Kelly the information. 2. Equal Pay Elena Cabatu reported that she’s good on this topic. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month Elena Cabatu reported on Ladies Night Out which will be held on Friday, September 21, 2012, 6:00p.m. – 9:00p.m. at the Hilo Civic. They’re expecting 750 women in attendance. Cyd and she are on the committee and in support of Hui Malama, they are encouraging as many women to attend. Admission is by tickets and they’re still available. Please let Elena know if you want tickets. If you know of anyone coming in from Kona or Waikoloa, Elena is offering accommodations at her house. The committee had approved $200 for this event. 2. Ads Elena Cabatu reported that the Teen Prevention radio spots that ran – the general consensus was that why can’t we have it played more often. The radio spot, “Asking your Aunty”, should be expanded to “Hey guys, ask your Uncle”. It’s suggested that the ads should run around key dates during the school year. Kim Schneider asked the cost of running the ads. Elena Cabatu reported that it cost about $4,000 to run the spots island wide for two weeks. She suggested three options of when to run the spots: 1) start of the school year; 2) Spring break; 3) start of summer. It was suggested that the schools include these spots on their overhead announcements – we should encourage the schools to play it on the overhead. More bang for the buck. Kathy Peters mentioned that we need to network with who we can approach; if we have access to anyone in the school system. 2