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Home My WebLink About2023-12-20 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes County of Hawaii MITCHELL D. ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, December 20,2023 11:36 am I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order by Elena Cabatu at 11:3am. II. ROLL CALL Present: Rachelle Agrigado-Betts, Elena Cabatu, Shana Kukila, Jennifer Stotter (HSCSW Commissioner ex-officio, Suzanna Tiapula (Corporation Counsel ex- officio), Christina Basham — (Recording Secretary), Farrah-Marie Gomes - Quorum met. Absent: Dr. Hannah Pita-Preston, Evelyn Lee, Lisa Hana, Andrew Langtry (Treas- urer) Guests: Nicole Gray (Rep. Tokuda), Laura Acasio III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES for October 18' & November 20, 2023 Shana motioned to approve the minutes, Christina seconded. DISCUSSION: Edits to several items. All approved, motion passed. IV. TREASURER'S REPORT No Action Taken —Andrew (Treasurer) Not Present at meeting. V. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (may be made now or at any time an agenda item is called) None. VI. CORRESPONDENCE None. VI I. REPORTS A. Hawaii State CSW (HSCSW) liaison report— Jennifer shared an update that interviews are in planning to being scheduled for Executive Director. More information forthcoming. B. Family Violence Interagency Committee (FVIC) —East Hawaii attended by Shana, several attendees at meeting — upcoming DV Vigil for 24' tentative date of 10/11/24. Discussion for increasing attendance in Vigil and discussed calendar engagement. Christina attended West Hawaii, only a couple of people present, debriefed on Vigil and a few concerns. Discussed homelessness and how each provider sees this issue and possible resolutions. County of Hawaii MITCHELL D. ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Vill. NEW BUSINESS (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 A. Statements from the Public None. B. Discussion on travel planned for CSW, Suzanna provided a link for guidance for those attending the legislature meeting coming up in January. QUICK REVIEW: Sunshine Law Options to Address State Legislative Issues and Measures. https://oip.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/QR-SL-Legislative-Options- 2022.pdf Suzanna provided overview of the process for those attending reporting back in February to the CWS committee on legislative meeting and how CSW could pro- vide testimony. Shana, Rachelle, Evelyn, and Lisa CWS committee meetings plan on attending the legislative meeting on behalf of CSW. CSW will utilize op- tion #4 and if they need a back up option #2. Must save boarding passes to turn in to Allen B. for processing. Angelina Mercado will be attending leading the Women's Caucus and has of- fered to offer support for CSW attendees. Questions on making public statement. Shana discussed project rational titled: Get OUT the Vote 2024. Discussed budget and specific details of the project rational. Events that could be held in 2024 to promote project specifically with students on campus, best month to focus on this might be late August for campus events. Farrah provided link to University of Hawaii voter regis- tration page. https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/student-affairs/voter-registra- tion/ Budget Discussion and how to allocate funds for this project. Committee took vote for project rationale— Shana made motion to approve project with budget of$1500 for promotional materials. Rachelle Second- all in favor YES. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Communications Sub-Committee reports a. Family Services Directory Shana provided project rationale for Family Services Directory. Not to ex- cel $1,000 to print directories. Shana made motion to approve project ra- tionale - Rachelle second motion, all in favor YES Check in concerning the edits needed for the directory. Revised version needs to be edited to fit on the allotted brochure space. Shana and Far- rah volunteer to work together to complete edits. Discussed process of purchasing paper and get directories printed and ready to hand out. County of Hawaii MITCHELL D. ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 Discuss for approval of edits and move forward to print in January meet- ing B. Outreach Sub-Committee report a. Teen Dating Violence— Sub committee meet and present any edits to committee for approval. Farrah will look through records to see if there is a project rationale for the Teen Dating Violence cards. Discussion of teen dating violence trainings that may be happening in the community. X. ADJOURNMENT at 12:33 pm XI. Next meeting: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 11:30am via Zoom IF YOU REQUIRE AN ACCOMMODATION OR AUXILIARY AID AND/OR SERVICES TO PAR- TICIPATE IN THIS MEETING (I.E. SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, LARGE PRINT) PLEASE CALL ALLEN BARTOLOME AT (808) 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 indi- vidual 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 com- municating 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.