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Home My WebLink About2019-10-16 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, October 16, 2019 9.30AM Locations: North Hawaii Education and Research Center (NHERC) 45-539 Plumeria St. Honoka`a, HI 96727 CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called the meeting to order at 9:50am. ROLL CALL PRESENT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Kami Bolster, Vice -Chair Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Mihaela Ryer, Recording Secretary Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Diana Mellon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel EXCUSED Jewel Castro Debra M. Toledo-Ebreo Brooke Derby Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mele motioned to approve October agenda. Kami seconded. Motioned carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (September 18, 2019) Mele motioned to approve the September 18, 2019 meeting minutes. Mihaela seconded. Page 2 old business correct typo under `Brochure' section. Motioned carried to approve minutes with the correction. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. September financials No change from prior month, no expenditures. Kami motioned to approve the Sep- tember financials. Mele seconded. Motion carried. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None VII. CORRESPONDENCE Younghee Overly with the Hawaii Women Coalition (HWC) reached out to Hawaii Island CSW to connect over the phone to discuss bills HWC has planned for the 2020 legislative session and potential synergies between HWC and CSW regarding advocacy. Our legislative advocacy sub -committee will have a phone conference with Younghee. Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Action item: Mihaela to reach out to Younghee, cc Mele and Brooke (other sub -committee members), and set up a phone conference to discuss advocacy synergies. VIII. REPORTS A. HSCSW liaison report None IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence • Update — Sub -committee will propose corrections to the cellphone cards and provide for review at next meeting. • Project Rationale — Sub -committee will update project rationale for next month's meeting. B. Real Women Essay Contest • Update on article for 2019 event — Mele sent the article to Farrah. It will be discussed at next meeting. • Update on status — The documents were sent to all schools with grades 5-12. Mele and Kami will follow up with teachers. We will try to contact teachers from Kau and Pahala area to encourage participation. Bids for luncheon need to be prepared shortly. Action item: Farrah to bring article next month so CSW can vote on it. Action item: Farrah will send Mele and Kami contact info for teachers. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum • Update on status — "Rise of the Wahine" screening took place at UH Hilo. Farrah will find out how it went and if there is a plan for another. D. CSW Brochure • Update on status — Lisa is in receipt of recent version and number of prints (500). Lisa will inform when brochure will be ready for pick up. E. Family Services Directory • Update on distribution — Deb returned brochures she had. 5,000 copies were distributed so far. 425 brochures were distributed over the past month (see distribution log for specifics). Action item: Directory should be updated January -February timeframe. F. Human Trafficking • Update from Sub -Committee on Awareness Campaign discussions — Waiting on materials ordered from Blue Campaign to arrive. E There will be a workshop "Uprooting Demand" organized by UH Hilo and UN Association, Hawaiian chapter that will take place on October 17, 2019. See flier that Lisa emailed out for more information. G. Equal Pay • 2018-2019 Final Report — no update since Jewel was not in attendance. Action item: Jewel will provide update next month H. Status of Women Report Sub -Committee Update • Voices of Women in America status — Mele and Mihaela completed the survey. The survey doesn't go very deep on issues. The CSW decided to prepare awareness letter for NACW survey and start working toward town halls. The hope is to have materials ready for the October 25 vigil in Hilo. Action item: Mihaela to draft letter and send to Mele. I. Operating Guidelines Sub -Committee Update Mele updated the document. More changes needed under `annual project report'; under Page 4 `meeting agenda'; under Page 3 `mileage'. • Vote on revised document Kami motioned to accept the changes in the operating guidelines as discussed, Andrew seconded. Motion carried. Mele will provide a final version via email. X. NEW BUSINESS A. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Andrew collected over $260 in pledges in advance and CSW members provided additional pledges at the meeting. Members will walk with signs prepared for the vigil from the night before. B. 2019-2020 budget approval No changes to approve today. Keep on agenda for next meeting. C. Create 2020-2021 budget Farrah proposed creating a flat budget as a starting point, until we know what scenarios the County wants. We will reduce $$ amount for code 115 #4. Action Item: Andrew to draft a proposed 2020-2021 budget, vote next month. D. 2020 meeting dates Third Wednesday of each month, 9:30am start time. January, March, May, July, September, November at NHERC; February, April, June, August, October, De- cember - Videoconference in Hilo/Kona. Action item: Decide on location, date and time for December 2019 meeting. I. ADJOURNMENT Kami motioned to adjourn, Mele seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 12:01 pm. 3