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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-05-13 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Friday, May 13, 2011, 10:00 a.m. Kona Mayor’s Office Conference Room – West Hawaii Civic Center PRESENT Katie Nova, Chair Kimberly Schneider, Secretary Nancy Kelly, Treasurer Kathleen Peters Dawn Pung Julie Mecklenburg, Corporation Counsel (ex-officio) EXCUSED Doodie Downs Carol Kitaoka Linda Ugalde Elena Cabatu, HSCSW Commissioner (ex-officio) GUESTS Kei-Lin Cerf, Hualalai ‘Ohana Foundation and Lifeplan Hawaii Ellen Cunningham, Lifeplan Institute of Hawaii Island CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:20 a.m. ROLL CALL A quorum was present. An introduction of committee members, staff, and guests were given. APPROVAL OF AGENDA D. Pung moved to approve the agenda as submitted. N. Kelly seconded the motion. The motion was passed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES N. Kelly moved to approve the April 8, 2011 minutes. K. Schneider seconded the motion. The motion was passed. TREASURER’S REPORT The treasurer’s report was circulated. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer N. Kelly reported that all expenses have been paid and outstanding expenses are the radio spots for teen dating violence and mileage and meals for today’s meeting and the June meeting. K. Schneider moved to accept the treasurer’s report. K. Peters seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC E. Cunningham and K. Cerf provided a presentation on the Lifeplan Institute Hawaii Island program which is part of the California mentoring association and developed by nd Dr. Andy Mecca. They circulated a flyer about the Lifeplan Institute Hawaii Island 2 Annual Youth Summit to be held on Friday, July 1, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Four Seasons Hualalai at Hualalai Resort and invited CSW members to attend. CORRESPONDENCE A. Thank you postcard from Lisa Konenaga-Munster, School Counselor at Honokaa High and Intermediate School, for the books by Dr. J. Murray REPORTS A. Education 1. Urgent Services Directory N. Kelly reported that the directory will be delivered next week to the Prosecutor’s Office. Roxanne Aburamen from her office has agreed to store and distribute the directories. 2. Equal Pay K. Peters reported that the radio spots were just completed. The committee can continue next year depending on funding. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month K. Nova reported that she received an email from Kona Hospital about the Kona Ladies Nite Out coming up on June 3 at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa. She and K. Peters have both decided to do the depression screenings again. The fee is $10. K. Peters suggested making a tri-fold board to display to get more attention. She requested a budget for a display board to be used at the depression screening. N. Kelly moved that CSW allot up to $50 for the depression screening board. D. Pung seconded the motion. The motion was passed. D. Pung moved that CSW reimburse K. Nova for the $10 registration fee. N. Kelly seconded the motion. The motion was passed. th CSW reviewed E. Cabatu’s report about the 11 Annual Hui Malama Ola Na ‘Oiwi Ladies’ Night Out Event scheduled for September 23, 2011. The county 2 has waived the $200 rental fee, but there is a $150 set up fee. Hui Malama Ola Na ‘Oiwi will take care of the $250 deposit fee. After some discussion, N. Kelly moved to allocate $150 for the set up fee for the Ladies’ Night Out event. D. Pung seconded the motion. N. Kelly would like to pay the fee by the end of the fiscal year if possible. She will get some kind of invoice for J. Viernes to process payment for this fiscal year. The motion was passed. C. Liaison 1. HSCSW A report by E. Cabatu was distributed to CSW members. E. Cabatu is asking the committee to vote on three events and prioritize them. CSW decided on the following priorities: 1) teen dating violence awareness, 2) women’s health month, 3) breast cancer. 2. Legislative Update No report. D. Community Reports None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Essay Contest – C. Kitaoka No report. B. Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame – Committee No report. C. Teen Dating Violence Prevention – N. Kelly/C. Kitaoka N. Kelly reported that the books and a letter were distributed to the school counselors through the Department of Education. The county mailed out the remainder of the books to various agencies and shelters. However, the DVDs were not available to be mailed out with the books. K. Nova suggested adding DVD to teen dating violence prevention on the agenda. CSW will ask C. Kitaoka to bring extra copies of the DVD for committee members who did not receive one. N. Kelly mentioned that there is a Family Violence Interagency Committee and a Teen Relationships Subcommittee. They are working on bringing in Oahu speakers to do some presentations in August in Hilo and Kona. K. Peters reported that she wrote two scripts for the teen dating violence radio spots. There will be a female and a male script. 3 The meeting was recessed at 11:12 a.m. The meeting was reconvened at 11:15 a.m. D. Mentoring K. Nova stated that she liked K. Peters’ idea about having some of the teenagers present at the Women’s Hall of Fame. K. Peters said she is unsure about the target group, but CSW can ask past winners of the hall of fame to come and speak and be mentors. K. Schneider said she likes the whole idea of mentoring. But how do you get people to gather and how to build relationships and moving on? She likes the concept of the Lifeplan program. K. Peters pointed out that the Lifeplan program is an ongoing mentoring program. She felt it’s a big goal for the committee to do because it is a different kind of emphasis. CSW can be much narrower because there are particular girls who may be interested in a particular career. Who would be the target group? She felt that one of the weaknesses of what the committee did in the past is there was a specific group of girls who did the mentoring project. N. Kelly said it may be too much for the committee to do so she suggested partnering with groups such as Lifeplan and girls who have been involved with the system. K. Peters mentioned that she received a call from a girl at Konawaena School who was specifically looking for a mentor. She was interested in the legal field and she wanted to shadow her husband who is an attorney. K. Peters made some phone calls looking for local women who would be willing to mentor this student. The contacts that she made declined the offer so she is unsure if the girl found anyone. K. Peters wondered if CSW can contact people/organizations and come up with a list of mentors. K. Cerf said that any professional development teacher has their own curriculum project that says pick a career, contact those people in the community, and ask to do a job shadow project. Many juniors and seniors will have their educators create something like that for them. A lot of times it is specific to the educator. J. Mecklenburg noted that something that is important with mentoring is to have a frame work for it. It is very helpful to have a program where you have sort of a frame work to work within. K. Schneider suggested getting people that are willing to do a short presentation about their career and the skills needed that are important to be in that. This would allow the students to be more interested than them making a call and asking to shadow a person. 4 N. Kelly mentioned about a career pathways fair in Hilo and it’s a partnership with the Department of Education and other agencies. The fair is geared for high school students. K. Cert suggested that CSW address the concept of who is your audience, who you are covering, and do you plan to focus on achievers or non achievers when the committee thinks about mentoring. E. Nominating Committee – N. Kelly/K. Peters The nominating committee will come up with a slate of officers two weeks prior to the next meeting. CSW members who are willing to serve as officers should inform the nominating committee. Election of officers will be held at the June meeting. NEW BUSINESS None. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in Hilo. Location to be announced. B. Schedules None. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11:47 a.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, _______________________________ JEAN VIERNES, STAFF SECRETARY 5