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Home My WebLink About2019-01-30 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 January 30, 2019 10.00am — 11:30am Location: County of Hawai'i Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 655 Kilauea Avenue, Room B Hilo, HI 96720 AND (video conferencing) County of Hawai'i Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 81-980 Halekii Street, Ste. 150 Kealakekua, HI 96750 CALL TO ORDER Chair Brooke Derby called meeting to order at 10:12am. ROLL CALL PRESENT Brooke Derby, Chair Lee -Ann Heely, Vice Chair Mele Spencer Farrah -Marie Gomes Jewel Castro, Treasurer Andrew Langtry Mihaela Ryer EXCUSED Debra Toledo-Ebreo, Recording Secretary Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio Katherine "Kami" Bolster Diane, Corp. Counsel Joe Kamelamela, Corporation Counsel III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (January 30, 2019) • Farrah motioned to approve agenda. Mele seconded. No discussion. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (December 19, 2018) Farrah asked for clarification to the December 19, minutes on page 5, item 1 for edits to correct the date of May 21, 2019 to the corrected, "November 21, 2019 and a second item on page 3 under Real Woman Essay Contest to correct and reflect the March 2019 date. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. December financials • Jewel shared email from Grant with CSW members. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer • The only expense is mileage from one CSW Member(Farrah) • Lisa asked if any CSW members had mileage and Brooke, Lee -Ann and Mele submitted mileage and this should be reflected for next month (February 2019). B. Update on Budget submitted to Grant • Budget request submitted to Grant, pending a response. • CSW pending approval and word from Grant on CSW budget request for 2019-2020. • Jewel asked grant for spreadsheet for last fiscal year 2018-2019. Spreadsheet pending. • Increase in mileage allowed; use new spreadsheets$0.58 per mile (up from $0.545). ACTION ITEM: Vote to request funds from CSW for projects will remain on agenda for February 2019. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None. VII. CORRESPONDENCE None. VIII. REPORTS A. State CSW Update • Cyd not in attendance — Brooke reporting on behalf of Cyd to CSW members. • Hawaii State CSW met 1/29/19 and approved our request of $1250.00 for April 9, 2019 for Equal PAY PSA's and Sub -Committee will work with Cyd to create the PSA's, Record them and fund the ads. • $2500 in funding from State CSW was requested by CSW for Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum and $750 in funding was requested for Human trafficking campaign. • CSW pending approval and word from State CSW on decision and update will be shared at the February 2019 CSW meeting. • Lipstick container bought by State Commission to use for our own message (ie. Human Trafficking hotline, to hand out to women and girls who may need help). • CSW recommended to go directly to State CSW for funding approval. • Jewel will keep a list of "in kind" outside sources being sent for CSW support. • Mele is going to email a sample informational message that could be contained inside the lipstick holder. • Cyd also shared posters to share containing the message "Don't turn away, once you've seen you can't pretend you don't know". • Cyd will continue to email CSW Treasurer and Chair regarding budget items. • CSW has access to more display materials through State CSW if needed for future items. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence • Update on cell phone safety card distribution • CSW has a few cards left. E • Mihaela gave out cards at the Women's March on January 19th at Zonta and YWCA table. • Farrah will bring more cards to February meeting to share with CSW. • Give cell phone safety cards to CSW Members for distribution. B. Real Women Essay Contest • Received essays to day. Deadline was 25th of Jan. A few more may be coming in. • Farrah will separate into various categories., compile list of how many, cover sheet for scoring, • We need volunteer readers. CSW Volunteers indicated they have no preference in grade level. • Allow 3-4 weeks to read and score. • CSW uses a rubric to score essay. • Venue location Committee can work with Lisa on details. Suggest using same RFP from last year and put out to same vendors. • In past, we've done Kona and Hilo. But last years there were no Kona so luncheon was in Hilo. • Lee -Ann will be main point of contact with Lisa and copy Brooke so Brooke is in the know of luncheon details. • CSW needs to give Lisa a date for the luncheon and CSW narrowed down to two possible dates; April 28th and May 4. • Timelines moving forward are as follows: • Farrah get essays out to everyone by February 8. • Volunteer readers by March 1st. (3weeks). • Notify winners by May 22nd and ask for RSVP by first week of April allowing time for CSW to finalize details on luncheon gift card/certificates. • Spring break dates DOE -March 18tH • Eila Algood is a contact of Chair Derby's has radio show "Women's Voices" airs Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6 pm showcasing women and girls voices. Show airs on 96.1 fm on South Kohala coast and North Kohala radio station offered to have the Winner read (live or pre -taped) to share message on radio show. Eila wants to help get word out KNKR96.1 fm. Go to knkr.org to stream live. • Mele motioned that CSW use Sunday, April 28th as first date for Real Women Essay contest luncheon and if that date doesn't work out, Committee will approve Saturday, May 4th as second alternative. Mihaela seconded. Motion carried. • If we already approved budget and line item next month we will put onto AGENDA approval for project expense for Real Women Essay Luncheon. ACTION Item: Lee -Ann will email Lisa and copy Brooke Derby on correspondence to plant 2019 Luncheon. Brooke to "project expense approval for RFP" on February 2019 Agenda. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum • $2500 funding request sent to State CSW. Pending, more to be shared at February 2019 meeting. 3 D. CSW Brochure • Mihaela is working on a draft to share with CSW at future meeting. • Pictures are needed for Mihaela. • Approval for project expense ACTION ITEM: Keep on agenda for February 2019 meeting. Brooke sending 2018 Christmas luncheon photos, and other pictures reflecting other project work done by CSW. E. Family Services Directory • Distribution of 30 made at Women's March with YWCA and Zonta. • Updating Directory for 2019 ACTION item: CSW to send to Farrah Human Trafficking hotline services (to replace Deaf services) so that Farrah's team at UH can move forward. F. Human Trafficking • Mihaela reporting sub -committee work on project so far. • January 18, 2019 Cyd and Mihaela met with 2 professors at HCC who are working on project with students. • HCC is very excited to work with CSW on Human Trafficking messaging project. • HCC is linked with Hiki No — public television. • HCC recommended CSW to work with Sebastian — video/graphic arts student - to collaborate with CSW Human Trafficking Sub -Committee. • CSW Subcommittee drafted a mission statement for the Human Trafficking project, " • Mission will be used by HCC to share a consistent message. • Sebastian offered ideas of "day in the life of a survivor" while protecting the identification of the victim. • Moving forward — Sub Committee needs to decide what form of collaboration, if any, Sebastian will take. Second, once HCC receives our CSW Mission, HCC will review and discuss what type of messaging CSW and HCC will collaborate on. • Khara wants to do a town hall committee meeting, current research, programs, on-going legislative campaigns, invitation to officials, advocate, testimony being set to 2-3 minutes per person and invite to persons on island. Khara would come to do presentation and CSW would be responsible for locating venue and coordinating. • What is the expected expense for Human Trafficking? • Mihaela is not sure on expense for project. Sebastian is willing to offer pro- bono time. • Currently $250 is allotted for Human Trafficking and CSW asked State CSW for additional $750 funding. • CSW must also factor in the "process" for paying people for services. • Per Cyd, STATE CSW is willing to pay vendor directly. • Clarification on payment needed on project moving forward. • This project could be a model for others in the future. ACTION ITEM: Brooke will ask Khara Jabola-Carolus (State CSW) is there an identified victim willing to speak with us. S G. Equal Pay • Subcommittee last meeting was in December 2018. • State CSW will provides partial funding to CSW. • Cyd and Jewel will work together. • Audio clips from Jewel and Geneva (radio station contact). • CSW discussed using same messaging from 2017, but update the dollar amount that women are still being paid as compared to male counterparts. • Add APPROVED PROJECT RATIONALE APPROVED PROJECT EXPENSE to agenda for February 2019. ACTION: Subcommittee to set up meeting to discuss project ideas and figure out the correct dollar amount. Brooke to ask Cyd for final figures on Equal Pay project. X. NEW BUSINESS a. New Programs + New Projects — None. b. Operating Manual to discuss annual timelines. XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS (relating to CSW) -None. XII.ADJOURNMENT Jewel motioned to adjourn, Mihaela, seconded. Meeting adjourned at 11:27am. Next Meeting: February 20-2019 in Honokaa at NHERC. "IF YOU REQUIRE AN ACCOMMODATION OR AUXILIARY AID AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, LARGE PRINT) PLEASE CALL LISA FAULKNER-INOUYE AT 961-0466. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii County Code} A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public offices." {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaii County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the County Clerk - Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo Hawaii 96720. 5