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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-08-09 Committee on the Status of Women MinutesWILLIAM P. KENOI Mayor County of Hawaii COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 9:30 a.m. Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Conference Room 655 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii and video conference West Hawaii Mayor's Office Conference Room West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called meeting to order at 10:27am. Quorum was met. II. ROLL CALL PRFSFNT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Brooke Derby, Vice Chair Mele Spencer, Treasurer Lee -Ann Heely, Recording Secretary Jessie Marques Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio FM ISM Debra Toledo-Ebreo, excused Jewel Castro, excused Renee Shcoen, excused Tammy Aiona, excused III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (July12, 2016) A. Mele motioned to approve the July 12, 2016 minutes and Lee -Ann seconded. No discussion. The minutes of July 12, 2016 were approved as submitted. IV. TREASURERS REPORT A. June 2016 Financials • Corrected and revised June 2016 financials were done by Mele. • July 2016 financials were reviewed and Mele will submit a revised July 2016 financials report showing an edit in budget. Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer A motion was made by Lee -Ann and seconded by Brooke to approve June 2016 financials and for the July 2016 financials to add $700 projected income to Real Woman Essay Contest line item and an increase in workshop and sponsor item to $1000 for NACW Conference and Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit. No discussion. Motion carried and approved. V. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC A. None. VI. CORRESPONDENCE A. None. VII. REPORTS A. State CSW Liaison • Cyd reported the NACW held July 16-21, 2016 was well attended by women from all over the nation. • Cyd checked with Cathy Betts re: $1000 and asked for an additional $1000 from State CSW to show Equal Means Equal at the HIWLF Summit. Cathy is expected to reply to Cyd soon. • Brooke inquired if Cathy will be attending and speaking at the 2nd Annual Women's Leadership Summit on August 26, 2016. Cathy was asked initially to speak, but at that time there was a conflict in Cathy's schedule. Farrah will revisit with Cathy whether she will be able to speak or not. • Equal Means Equal was a film shown at the NACW conference. It was a fabulous film and might also be shown at the Women's Leadership Summit prior to being rolled out into the media world. Film is approximately 90 minutes in length. Film was shown on Monday of the NACW conference and was produced by Kamana Lopez. Visit equalmeansequal.com for more information, the trailer is also available online. • U.S. Department of Labor State of Hawaii received funding to conduct a study which will review the Family Paid Leave Act. • Keep NACW Conference on agenda so that Brooke and Lee -Ann can present the lesson's learned with CSW group. VIII. PROJECTS A. Teen Dating Violence • Mele confirmed the YWCA site is completed and Farrah thanked Mele for working with YWCA to provide updates and edits. Action item: All CSW members to review YWCA website. Come to next meeting prepared to discuss any edits. 2 B. Proposed Projects for Next Year • CSW members will continue to discuss budget to ensure that enough funds are available to pursue projects for 2016-2017 fiscal year. • Deb and Jewel will remain on agenda to discuss updates on project plan. C. Real Women Essay Contest Sub -Committee • A new Sub -Committee formed to include: Aunty Jessie, Farrah, Tammy, and Lee -Ann. • Committee will schedule a conference call sometime between August 26th and September 13th to convene and discuss details of 2016-2017 project. D. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum • Funding will be provided for registration of CSW members. Five CSW members are confirmed as registered. Once payment is logged and confirmation email sent to CSW members, forward confirmation email to Farrah for reimbursement. Farrah will forward confirmation emails to Lisa to process reimbursement to CSW members. E. CSW Brochure • A motion was made by Mele and seconded by Jessie to purchase paper for CSW brochure not to exceed $250, and not to exceed 600 printed copies. Motion approved. Action: Farrah will follow up on details of CSW brochure. F. Cell Phone Safety Cards • Brooke handed out 75 cards at the NACW conference. • Additional cards are available to CSW members. • Cards will be included in the folders being made available to attendees of the Women's Leadership Summit. G. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) • Farrah provided update that it continues to be worked on by Councilwoman Poindexter's office. H. Urgent Services Directory • Brooke handed out 75 directories at the NACW conference. • Lee -Ann reported 100 were given to Office of Housing and Development and 50 were given to the Office of Aging. • Directories will be included in the folders being made available to attendees of the Women's Leadership Summit. 3 IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Calendar of Events Table until September 2016 meeting. CSW members discussed the importance of staggering projects and events so as not to bottleneck the fiscal budget. Farrah recommended keeping April as the very last month for projects and to keep May for planning and prepping for future projects. B. By -Laws By laws will remain on agenda for September 2016 meetings. C. Operational Guidelines • Table for future CSW meeting. D. Support for CSW • Table for next meeting in September 2016. E. Elections • Slate was emailed out by Lisa to CSW members in July 2016. • Nominating committee comprised of Lee -Ann, Jewel, and Farrah. Slate shows all current members to carry over for one more year in part to be able to provide mentorship for other CSW members for future roles in futures years. Any CSW members who are interested in shadowing please reach out to current CSW members. • A motion was made by Jessie and seconded by Brooke to elect nominees on slate: Chair- Farrah, Vice Chair -Brooke, Treasurer — Mcle, Recording Secretary -Lee -Ann. Motion approved. X. ANNOUNCEMENTS (relating to CSW) A. Next Meeting • Jessie announced that Hawaii State Rural Health created its first rural health caucus so if any issues and concerns that you need development into legislation can be passed on to Jessie. • Agenda items for September 2016 meeting include: Sunshine law training, annual report, updated list of meetings provided by Farrah, updated membership list, binders for new CSW members. XI. ADJOURNMENT A. Next meeting video conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 9:30am. September 2016 meeting at NHERC. B. October 2016 meeting to be held via videoconference at 9:30am, C. November 2016 meeting to be held at NHERC and December 2016 TBD. D. Jessie moved to adjourn meeting and Brooke seconded. Meeting adjourned at 11.00a.m. 0