2014-09-22 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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Hazel thanked and congratulated Elena for her 8 years of service on both the Hawaii County and Hawaii State Committees on the Status of Women. B.EDUCATION 1. Delete this item on future agendas. C.COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Delete this item on future agendas. IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. BUDGET REQUEST 2015 1. Delete this item on future agendas. B. CSW BROCHURE 1. Brooke has completed work on two versions of the brochure. She will send to Roxanne for distribution to the committee. Please review and be prepared to discuss at the next meeting. C. AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS 1. On page three, change “If a member of the Committee shall be absent unexcused from three (3) consecutive Committee meetings, the Chairperson of the Committee shall request the Mayor to ask for the resignation of said member” to “If a member of the Committee shall be absent unexcused from three (3) Committee meetings over the period of one year, the Chairperson of the Committee shall request the Mayor to ask for the resignation of said member.” Unexcused absences result when committee members do not call or email to notify of their absence at the meeting. 2. On page four, specify Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary as officers. 3. On page five, edit item C. to read as follows: “The Recording Secretary shall be responsible for the minutes of the Committee and shall see that the minutes are distributed as soon as possible to the members of the Committee, to the Mayor and to such others as the Committee may direct. In the absence of the Recording Secretary at committee meetings, the Corresponding Secretary shall be responsible for taking the minutes. Additionally, the Corresponding Secretary shall be responsible for all correspondence with the community and submitting public service announcements (PSA) to appropriate media outlets.” 3. A decision was made to include ‘Nomination and Vote for Corresponding Secretary’ to next month’s agenda. X. NEW BUSINESS A. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE COMMITTEE 1. Cyd has been involved in the development of a video and some PSAs for healthy teen relationships. She would like to show the video to the CSW. A decision was made to include this item on next month’s agenda. 2. Hazel provided a draft wallet card for members to review. The card is focused on youth. Katie has information on a national hotline that will be included on the card. were asked to send additional input to Hazel by next month’s meeting. 3. Mele will ask Roxanne for blanket approval for use of County logo on items that the CSW produces using the teen dating violence prevention funding from the Hawaii County Council. - 3 -