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Home My WebLink About2016-09-13 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, September 13, 2016, 9:30 a.m. North Hawai'i Education and Research Center 45-539 Plumeria Street, Honoka'a, HI 96727 CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called meeting to order at 9:50 am. Quorum was met. II. ROLL CALL PRFSFNT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Brooke Derby, Vice Chair Mele Spencer, Treasurer Debra Toledo-Ebreo Jewel Castro Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio FM ISM Lee -Ann Heely, excused Jessie Marques, excused Tammy Aiona, excused Renee Schoen, excused III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (August 9, 2016) A. Brooke motioned to approve the August 9, 2016 minutes and Jewel seconded. No discussion. The minutes of August 9, 2016 were approved as submitted. IV. TREASURERS REPORT A. August 2016 Financials • A correction was needed in the $1,000 income. • Action was deferred for correction and review at the next meeting. V. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC A. Kami Bolster of the Regency Pacific attended. She attended the Essay Contest and was impressed with the committee in its efforts to encourage girls to write about "real women" and was interested in other initiatives of the committee. She submitted her application to serve on the CSW with the Mayor's Office. Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer VI. CORRESPONDENCE A. None. VII. REPORTS A. State CSW Liaison-HSCSW has not met since the NACW Conference. Cathy Betts would like to visit our Commission and is requesting a schedule of our upcoming meetings through the end of the year. HSCSW still wants to provide funding to CSW and would like to know our financial priorities. Cyd congratulated us on the successful passing of Resolution #568-16 CEDAW. B. Report back from NACW Conference (B. Derby + L. Heely) Brooke Derby reported that she thoroughly enjoyed the NACW Conference and learned a lot. She attended the Commission Exchanges session with Directors and Commissioners from all over the United States. Lots of ideas were shared. Other commissions partner with organizations like Girl Scouts, women in politics, women in non-profit, women in leadership roles, etc. Some of the events and activities shared were Women of the Year Luncheon with a scholarship for young ladies ($2000 per student), Women Hall of Fame, Breakfast Briefing for all Domestic Violence Shelters + Law Enforcement, Women's Legislative Caucasus Breakfast to hear from Women Representatives/Senators, Veteran Stand Down Day which offers a day for Veterans to rest and refurbish with all kinds of activities like massage, resume writing workshops, job interview skills, etc. For Equal Pay Day, one group delivers cookies to high school Juniors and Seniors. The boys get a whole cookie and the girls get a cookie with a bite taken out of it representing the difference in pay. Youth Symposium -Career Fairs for disadvantaged students, Networking Night for women in there late 20's and 30's to get people involved in your events and activities, and a Women's Tea were other ideas shared. Brooke also attended the breakout session on Human Trafficking: Law and Advocacy Developments. That was a huge eye opener. Human Trafficking is a huge problem in Hawaii. We are a host state meaning we bring them here and send them out. There were lots of sad stories shared of HT incidents here in Hawaii and how the police and prosecutors here are turning a blind eye. There is so much work to be done in this field. ACTION ITEM: Add Human Trafficking as an item under projects on our next agenda. Brooke also attended breakout session On The Chopping Block: Helping your Commission Survive and Thrive. There were lots of statistics shared about CSW's on a National level and an interesting discussion about what works and what does not in various commissions. Lee -Ann's report is attached to Minutes. 2 C. Report back from HIWLF Summit (M. Spencer, J. Marques, D. Toledo- Ebreo, B. Derby, L. Heely) Brooke Derby reported that the Summit was a success and the Keynote speaker was phenomenal! She talked about identifying your sponsors (not your mentors) but someone who will stick up for you, stand by you no matter what. Enjoyed the Conscience Communication Session with Julie Mitchell and the key take-aways were: N.A.M= Not about me! Asking Questions is about you not them. Samples of Narrow focused questions are: How did that make you feel? What do you want to do about the situation? A sample close -ended question is: Will that resolve the issue for you? Loved Katie Moore's session -it was powerful! Mele reported she thought the conference was wonderful and thought we did a fantastic job! Deb reported that her boss had some complaints- the parking, her payment issue, needed better signs as you arrived, registered and for the breakout sessions. Was confusing to know which session was where. ACTION ITEM: Leave this on agenda so Jessie and Lee -Ann can give their reports. VIII. PROJECTS A. Teen Dating Violence • Website edits — Mele confirmed that all edits were made by YWCA to CSW Website. Mele will check with YWCA to see about Meta Tag Link to Website. Brooke will post link to CSW Website on Hawaii Leadership Forum Facebook page. • Project Plan for 2016 — Debra and Jewel will meet before the next CSW meeting to finalize Project Plan for Teen Dating Violence. B. Real Women Essay Contest Sub -Committee • 2016 Real Women Essay Contest Project Plan and Rational was handed out by Farrah to CSW Committee. Jewel moved to accept 2016 Real Women Essay Contest Project Plan and Rationale. Mele second with edits to projected income. Mele motioned to give the committee authority to pursue discretionary funding from council members to offset cost for 2016 Real Women Essay Contest. Brooke second and the motion was carried. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum • HIWLF Committee will have a debriefing meeting and will bring back a summary of the meeting to the next CSW meeting. D. CSW Brochure • On Aug 29th Farrah emailed Lisa asking for a quote for paper. No response as of this meeting. Farrah will follow-up. 3 E. Cell Phone Safety Cards • 300 Cell Phone Safety Cards were handed out at the Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit. • Brooke handed out 200 cards at the NACW Conference on Oahu. • 50 cards were left at the Prosecuting Attorney's Office. F. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) • Farrah provided testimony on behalf of the CSW. HIWLF also provided testimony, which included 12 pages of a signed petition that was collected at the Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit. Resolution 568-16 for CEDAW passed Full Council on 9/7/2016. G. Urgent Services Directory • 300 were handed out at the Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit. • Brooke handed out 200 copies at the NACW Conference on Oahu. VIII. OLD BUSINESS A. Calendar of Events • Tabled until next meeting. B. Update on By -Laws • On Aug 29th Farrah emailed Lisa asking for a cost estimate for posting of by-law changes. No response as of this meeting. Farrah will follow-up. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS (relating to CSW) A. Hamakua-Kohala Health will be hosting Ladies Night Out on Friday, October 28 at the North Hawaii Education and Research Center starting at 6:OOpm. X. ADJOURNMENT A. Jewel moved to adjourn meeting and Brooke seconded. Meeting adjourned at 11:42a.m. 0