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Home My WebLink About2019-08-21 Committee on the Status of Women MinutesHARRY KIM County of Hawaii Mayor COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9.30AM Location: North Hawaii Education and Research Center (NHERC) 45-539 Plumeria St. Honoka'a, HI 96727 I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called the meeting to order at 9:45am ROLL CALL PRESENT EXCUSED Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Jewel Castro Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Kami Bolster, Vice -Chair Mihaela Ryer, Recording Secretary Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Brooke Derby Debra M. Toledo-Ebreo Diana Mellon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Debra motioned to approve agenda. Brooke seconded. Motioned carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (July 17, 2019) Mele motioned to approved the minutes, Kami seconded. Typo corrected on page 3 under `Equal Pay' from "i tis" to "it is". Motion carried to approve the minutes with the correction on page 3. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. July financials As has been done in the past, Farrah as chair should be copied on emails from Grant. There are no expenditures to current year's budget yet. Mileage expenses are not reflected in the July budget yet. Prior expenses were properly recorded in the County Budget. $7542 total budget, broken by categories as reflected in the Expenditure Detailed report. Andrew will keep track of future expenditures and report monthly to the committee. Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Grant approves of us making changes in categories. For processing purposes, Lisa will need approved amended budgets to match expenditure requests. When budget changes are made during CSW monthly meetings, they will be recorded in the minutes and sent to Lisa. B. 2019-2020 budget approval No vote needed as budget we have was currently approved. Next budget needs to be submitted around October 31St VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None VII. CORRESPONDENCE Two CSW members are asked to speak at an AAUW event in Kona on September 24th, 4:30-6:30 pm. Mihaela will attend. Farrah may attend. Mele and Kami will help with talking points. Action item: Mihaela will reach to Kona organization and confirm participation. VIII. REPORTS Fiscal year 2019 final report is due to the Mayor's office. The report is structured dif- ferently this year. Late notice was given from Prosecutor's office, resulting in not enough time to meet the deadline. Lee provided an extension. Farrah was in touch to complete this with Lee due to the change in CSW leadership. Action item: Farrah will make editorial changes to report and send to Prosecutor's office by Friday. Action item: Include reporting timeline on next month's agenda in the report section, so we can be timely with next report. A. HSCSW liaison report Cyd attended the NACW meeting in Chicago, July 22-25. • Resolutions for 2019 and leadership were voted on at the meeting. Iowa CSW shared `A five step guide to City and County Boards and Commissions and How to get Appointed", so women can get more active in the community and implement change. Maybe Hawaii Island CSW can create something similar. NACW designed the program "Voices of women in America" - groups of NACW mem- bers go to community meetings or organize community meetings to ask how can lives of women and girls can be improved. They use a standard set of questions (see survey `We want to hear from you' at https://www.nacw.org ). Hawai'i County CSW can create our own survey and combine with our initiative to develop a Status of Women Report for Hawai'i Island. Action item: Include agenda item for next meeting to discuss set of questions. E Purse Power - initiative to promote equality by using our purchasing power. See https://www.pursepower.com/ NACW next year in Virginia will focus on how to get out the vote to influence legislature. Farrah commented that these are great programs and initiatives. This committee, how- ever, does not have the capacity to undertake all these initiatives. If we are contacted we can get involved, but we cannot be the lead. We can share with others who might want to be the lead, and we can provide support. Next meeting for State CSW will likely happen in the September 26-28 timeframe IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence Update and vote on subcommittee membership - Brooke motioned to approve Jewel, Deb, Mele, Kami to this Subcommittee. Mele seconded. Motion carried. Subcommitee will meet outside of the monthly meeting and bring updates when appropriate. B. Real Women Essay Contest Update on article for 2019 event — no update Update on partnering with radio stations - the radio stations are ready to get en- gaged when we are ready. We need to contact them before the event. Action item: Next month will decide on committee membership. Include item in agenda. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum There is a question as to whether the CSW's approved $500 from last FY's budget was paid to Friends of the Future for the HIWLF. Action item: Farrah will follow-up with Grant. More detailed update will be given next month. D. CSW Brochure Review recent draft - Brooke suggested to move picture provided by Kami in the middle of page. Change all `Conference' to `Summit'. Add ` in Hawaii. Approve draft for printing - Mele moved to approve with changes. Brooke se- conded. Motion carried. Approve project expense - Lisa has sent out requests for quotes for printing and paper. We can vote on printing expense once quotes are received. 3 E. Family Services Directory Tracking log — members gave update on distribution; 950 copies were distributed since last meeting, the recipients were captured in the spreadsheet by Mele. F. Human Trafficking Update from Sub -Committee on Awareness Campaign discussions - None Get Blue Campaign posters from Andy and distribute Action item - Mihaela to order additional 500 posters from https://www.dhs.gov/blue-cam- p2jgn and bring to next meeting for distribution Cyd - Liliuokalani Trust has a directive to address sex trafficking; they will form a committee and will contact Brooke for possible collaboration with CSW. G. Equal Pay — No report H. Status of Women Report Sub -Committee Update — No report Action item - Subcommittee needs to meet before September meeting to develop a plan I. Operating Guidelines Sub -Committee Update Mele proposed changes and distributed document for discussion and approval. Will be finalized in the subcommittee and send out for approval Action item: Include on next agenda to approve changes X. NEW BUSINESS None I. ADJOURNMENT Next meeting in Hilo only on Sept 18 9:30am. No video conference available in Kona this month. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Mele. Deb seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:49am. S