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Home My WebLink About2019-02-20 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes REVHARRY 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, February 20, 2019 10:00 am Location: North Hawaii Education and Research Center (NHERC) 45-539 Plumeria St. Honoka'a, HI 96727 CALL TO ORDER Chair Brooke Derby called meeting to order at 10:08am. ROLL CALL PRESENT Brooke Derby, Chair Lee -Ann Heely, Vice Chair Jewel Castro, Treasurer Farrah -Marie Gomes Andrew Langtry Katherine Bolster Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio Diana Mellon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel EXCUSED Debra Toledo-Ebreo Mele Spencer Mihaela Ryer III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Kami motioned to approve agenda. Jewel seconded. Motion passed. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (January 30, 2019) • Kami asked for clarification on page 3 — "Notify winners by May 22nd and ask for RSVP by first week of April..." Change May 22nd to March 22nd • Jewel motioned to approve meeting minutes of January 30 with above amendment. Lee -Ann seconded. Motion passed. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. January financials Jewel shared January expenditure report. B. Update on Budget submitted to Grant + follow up from Treasurer Jewel continues to work with Grant on clarifying the budget process. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC — None VII. CORRESPONDENCE — None REV at 03/13/19 meeting to include attendees Katherine Bolster and Cyd Hoffeld, and to change 'Diane' to 'Diana' VIII. REPORTS A. Hawaii State CSW — last meeting was on January 29, 2019. At that time, Cyd presented full request of $4,500. The commission was only able to fund partial request of $1,250 for Equal Pay PSAs. They plan to approve the remainder at their next meeting with date yet to be determined. B. To help avoid time delays, HSCSW is willing to pay vendors directly. C. Next NACW conference will be in Chicago, probably in July 2019. Cyd will share exact details when they become available. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence • Farrah distributed remainder of cell phone safety cards. This was the last of the CSW's inventory of the cards. B. Real Women Essay Contest • RFP has been sent to Finance for approval, awaiting approval from Finance • Corporation Counsel Kamelamela has a lead with a radio station in Hilo that would be willing to have winners read their essays. • Brooke continues conversations with KNKR 96.1 "Women's Voices" Radio Show to showcase Essay Contest Winners. • Decisions about timeline for radio ads and content will be made once luncheon date has been solidified. • Essays were distributed to all members present. Essays will be sent via email to members who were not present. Scores should be emailed to Farrah by March 15. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum — No report D. CSW Brochure — No report E. Family Services Directory • Update on distribution o Kami distributed 50 to Hawaii Community Caregiver network at Costco health fair Farrah distributed remainder of Family Services Directories. This was the last of the CSW's inventory of the 2018 Directories. Farrah distributed copies of the updated 2019 Family Services Directory. Changes include deleting Deaf Services and adding in a section for Human Trafficking. o Jewel moved to approve 2019 Family Services Directory, Lee -Ann seconded. Motion carried. E • Lee -Ann moved to approve the purchase of 10,000 copies (20 reams, 2 cases) of 11" X 17" size in mint/pastel green, salmon or coral and not to exceed $500. Kami seconded. Motion carried. F. Human Trafficking • Sub -committee did not meet since last meeting G. Equal Pay • For the radio ads, Andrew shared that Rick Otani is willing to be male voice and Jewel is willing to be female voice. • Committee will solicit quotes from various radio stations and bring to committee to decide on exact radio stations next month. X. NEW BUSINESS a. New Programs + New Projects — None b. Update CSW Operating Guidelines i. Tabled discussion to ensure more members were in attendance. ADJOURNMENT Jewel motioned to adjourn the meeting, Lee -Ann seconded. No discussion. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11:13am. "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 Nawar i 96720. 3