2014-11-14 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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B. Hawaii Island Women’s Leadership Summit 2015 Farrah shared that a Save the Date announcement will be released soon. Additional details will be made public in January. IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. CSW Brochure i. Brooke is looking into other options for completing the brochure layout. Action: Brooke to send brochure sample for review before next meeting. B. Nomination and Vote for Corresponding Secretary i. The duties of Corresponding Secretary were reviewed as stated in the revised by-laws. ii. Mele nominated Roxanne Costa as Corresponding Secretary, Kim seconded the motion. Roxanne Costa was voted in as Corresponding Secretary. C. Real Women Essay Contest i. Roxanne sent out packets on September 15. The deadline to submit essays is December 19. ii. Essays will be sent to Roxanne, Carol will compile and get ready for distribution to judges in January. iii. Farrah encouraged members to contact people they know at the different schools to ensure as many teachers as possible are aware of the contest. iv. Elena agreed to emcee again. v. The date of this year’s Award Luncheon will be April 12, 2015. D. Teen Dating Violence Committee i. A wallet card is still desired. Look into possibility of putting the app on the card. ii. Kim suggested Roy Sakuma as a potential speaker for the conference. iii. Due to sunshine law requirements around sub-committees, the decision was made not to have a sub-committee for Teen Dating Violence. iv. For the Teen Summit, we need to coordinate dates right away with Jill Murray. v. The dates for the Summit were suggested as February 9-13, 2015. Action: Carol will check on Jill’s availability from February 9-13, 2015. Action: Carol will work on food for the Kona events. Roxanne Costa will work on food for the Hilo events. 3