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

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Kathy Peters suggested we look at doing the Hall of Fame less frequently. The last time there was the Hall of Fame event was in 2010. Linda Ugalde, who was a nominee then, expressed that she enjoyed it. She suggested that we do it maybe in three to five year intervals. Kathy Peters agreed. Kathy Peters mentioned that some of the nominees didn’t meet the standards the committee wanted. Linda Ugalde agreed. Kathy Peters mentioned that publicizing it and monitoring it is important. The problem has been the way we asked for nominations; we would need to work on that and change that (i.e., request for letter of recommendations, etc.). Attendance was poor. Invitations to the nominators need to happen from the beginning if we want good attendance. Kathy Peters mentioned that our committee worked better when we didn’t have any committee chairperson. Everyone took on certain responsibilities and worked together. Elena Cabatu suggested that we look into other avenues like the LGBT group. Peggy Hilton of CWS is very supportive of this group. Cyd Hoffeld will be attending an activities planning meeting next week. She also mentioned that Joy and Vanessa will be doing a presentation on Guardians of Liberty of the ACLU. Diane Noda suggested that based on limitations, we need to prioritize and cross off activities projects. Nancy Kelly suggested that the date/timing of the Hall of Fame be changed and that everyone should take responsibility to do it. Nancy Kelly questioned: do we amend Linda’s to include reallocation of money to other activities? Kim Schneider responded with a yes, we should reallocate money. Nancy Kelly proposed to also add to Linda’s motion to reallocate $1,900 budget to this activity to other activities. Linda Ugalde seconded the motion. The motion was passed. Linda Ugalde’s original motion was to cancel the Hall of Fame 2012 and reallocate the money. Question arose: do we need another motion to look at it for 2015? Diane Noda stated that it can be brought up as new business in the future. She also mentioned that the 2014 budget is due by November so we need to decide if we want that budgeted. Kim Schneider asked for reclarification of when the budget is due. She requested that this be discussed at the November meeting. She also questioned when is our next meeting and how many meetings we have this year; by-laws states six meetings in a year; however, Nancy Kelly stated that we can have extra meetings as we’re saving money on mileage by having video conferencing. B. Mentoring Kathy Peters stated that she did a draft of the mentoring form. It was distributed to all attendees of the meeting. She would like the committee, club or group (AAUW meetings) to recruit people to match up as mentors with high school girls. Women should be approached as to what they’re able to give of their time and they’ll match up with high school girls. 4