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Home My WebLink About2020-01-15 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 15, 2020 9.30AM Location: 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 9:44am ROLL CALL PRESENT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Mihaela Ryer, Recording Secretary Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Debra M. Toledo-Ebreo Brooke Derby Diana Mellon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel EXCUSED Kami Bolster, Vice -Chair Jewel Castro Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Revised agenda (addition of item 8c) provided. Brooke motioned to approve revised January agenda, Mele seconded. Motion carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (December 18, 2019) Mihaela Ryer name needs to be added under excused. Mele moved to approve the December minutes with amendment, Brooke seconded. Motion carried. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. November financials Mileage of $155. Pending charge of $50 for brochure. We need to confirm what this charge is for. New brochures charge is $47.10. See handout from Andrew for additional details. B. December financials — no activity Debra moved to approve The Treasurer's report, Brooke seconded. Motion carried. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer VII. CORRESPONDENCE We received correspondence from the State CSW informing us that the HSCSW is planning an inaugural conference for summer 2020. The goal is to develop vision and goals for next financial year. Khara asked what our top three priorities for the next fiscal year are. See HSCSW report below for more info. Save the Date - National Association for Commissions of Women (NACW) annual conference will be held July 19-27 in Virginia. Women's March was informed by Mihaela that CSW is not available to participate with a table at the event this year. VIII. REPORTS A. HSCSW liaison report No formal report. The following will be shared with the HSCSW - Domestic Violence, Gender and Wage Gap (Equal Pay), and Human Trafficking. Additionally, we will be requesting access to databases or sources of info about the status of women (education attain- ment, earnings, access to healthcare, etc.) across the state where it can be sorted by county. Andrew moved to send the above four items to the HSCSW. Mele seconded. Motion carried. B. FVIC Farrah attended the January 6 meeting in Hilo. CSW members received the meeting minutes and documents for that meeting from Allen Bartolome. The next meeting is on February 3,d. Mihaela Ryer will attend. C. Prosecutors Six Month Program Objectives FY 2019-20 On January 3, we received mid -year report template from Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. We were asked to provide updates for activities pertaining to current fiscal year by January 8. Since our next meeting wasn't until January 15, we received an extension to January 15. Members discussed updates. Mihaela moved to give Farrah authority to update the document with items discussed in the meeting and provide to the Prosecutor Office and CSW members. Mele seconded. Motion carried. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence Action item: Mele to provide update to Farrah before next meeting E B. Real Women Essay Contest • Deadline for essay entries is this Friday • First preference for date of the luncheon will be April 26, 2020 • Farrah will send quote request info to Lisa Action item: Farrah will contact Cyd regarding the McDonalds sponsorship C. CSW Brochure • We received 471 brochures printed on glossy paper. Goal is to distribute these brochures in the next 90 days. D. Family Services Directory • Tracking log — no updates E. Human Trafficking • Received 19 packets, 25 11 x17 posters each. Goal is to distribute island wide over the next 6 months. F. Equal Pay • 2018-2019 Final Report — not received yet Action item: Jewel to provide report at February meeting G. Status of Women Report Sub -Committee Update • Mihaela presented the updated report with charts made using data from the Census Bureau on the following topics: • Women's earnings • Gender wage gap • Women's educational attainment • Poverty and economic security • Mihaela and Farrah, as subcommittee members, will meet and discuss path forward towards the October 2020 completion of the report. X. NEW BUSINESS A. Vote on participation in Women's March event — not needed, see VII above. B. Approval of 2019-2020 budget adjustments — no adjustments to be voted on Action item: Nominate and vote for subcommittee members. Action item: Provide an updated subcommittee members list. XI. ADJOURNMENT Brooke motioned to adjourn. Mele seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11:16am. 3