2013-06-04 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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Mele Spencer will contact Elena Cabatu to contact Hui Malama to have them send the invoice to the Prosecutor’s Office for reimbursement. 3. Promotional Items a. Recyclable Bags Carol Kitaoka shared the logo that will be used on the recycle bags. The logo is that of the Big Island with a woman’s silhouette. “Hawai‘i County Committee on the State of Women” will be printed in an arch form above the Big Island logo. Love Shouldn’t Hurt will be printed in a different font on the bag as well. There will be five different colors of the bag, all being lighter colors because it’s easier to print on. The selected colors are green, blue, pink, orange and yellow. The charges include a screen charge, handling charge, charge for the artwork, & freight. The total for the initial 500 bags is $1,203.54 which was approved on the RAE. Discussion: Amount of bags can be doubled. The increase should be less since there is a one-time screen and artwork charge that won’t be incurred again. Nancy Kelly moved to approve purchase of recyclable bags with the committee message not to exceed $2,400. Mele seconded the motion; motion passed. b. School Supplies Farrah-Marie Gomes moved for the committee to purchase up to $500 of school supplies to be provided to island-wide youth. Discussion: The Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce is working with KAPA Radio to put on an island-wide school supply drive the second and third weekend in July. The CSW could contribute to the school supplies drive and include our Urgent Services Directory. The school supplies drive is done so that the students will have what they need when school starts. Some of the stores that are at the collection point for this drive have offered reduction in the purchase of school supplies from them; the monetary contribution would go further than if we went out to buy the supplies on our own. Farrah-Marie Gomes explained that the KAPA representatives coordinate with all the principals of the schools around the island so there is a direct connection with a representative from each school. The schools identify their priority items based on what they see the students not coming to school with. When the items come in, KAPA goes through and inventories of all of the items and separate the items, then makes a personal delivery to the schools. Nancy Kelly stated that there is a balance of $457 in the account. Farrah-Marie Gomes then moved to amend her motion 5