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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-16 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Friday, December 16, 2011, 10:00 a.m. Kona Mayor’s Office Conference Room PRESENT EXCUSED Katie Nova, Chair Linda Ugalde Kathleen Peters, Vice-Chair Elena Cabatu, HSCSW Commissioner Kimberly Schneider, Secretary (ex-officio) Nancy Kelly, Treasurer Diane Noda, Corporation Counsel Doodie Downs (ex-officio) Carol Kitaoka Dawn Pung Guest Farrah Gomes, UH Commission on the Status of Women CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:14 a.m. ROLL CALL A quorum was present. 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 September 9, 2011 minutes. D. Pung seconded the motion. The motion was passed. TREASURER’S REPORT The treasurer’s report was circulated. N. Kelly reported that CSW lapsed $142.65 for last fiscal year. The committee maximized their budget and overspent on the miscellaneous contract services account. Approximately $2,900 was spent on the radio spots. Expenses for this fiscal year will be the essay contest and possibly the mentoring program. The expenditures for the women’s hall of fame will be taken from the July 2012 budget. C. Kitaoka moved to accept the treasurer’s report. K. Peters seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer CORRESPONDENCE None. REPORTS A. Education 1. Urgent Services Directory N. Kelly reported that the Prosecutor’s Office will be allocating $1,500 from the Domestic Violence Strategic Plan Implementation Grant to print the directory next year. CSW members agreed to update a column each. N. Kelly said there are approximately four cases left with 1,000 directories in each case. She suggested updating the directory annually in May. 2. Equal Pay After some discussion, CSW decided to wait until next year to plan any events in April. K. Nova said that the committee can ask E. Cabatu whether funding can be provided by the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW). F. Gomes explained that the reason why she is here is because the University System CSW is interested in finding out what is currently being done on the different islands. Secondly, whether or not there might be ways that they can partner which includes the sharing of certain resources. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month No report. C. Liaison 1. HSCSW No report. 2. Legislative Update No report. D. Community Reports None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Essay Contest – C. Kitaoka C. Kitaoka reported that the essays are due today. She has some essays turned in and more should be coming in. She has most of the judges secured and asked CSW members if anyone was interested in being a judge. The luncheon will be held in the beginning of March 2012 and the date has not been determined yet. N. Kelly pointed out that CSW spent $3,759 on the essay contest. The committee may have to scale back a little. CSW suggested paying for one guest instead of two guests and negotiating the cost of the lunch to $25 per person instead of $30. 2 K. Peters offered to check with the manager at Target for donations of gift cards as prizes for the winners and teachers. C. Kitaoka will look into writing a grant to Target for the following year. N. Kelly moved that CSW budget $3,000 from miscellaneous contract services for the essay contest. D. Pung seconded the motion. The motion was passed. B. Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame – Committee D. Downs volunteered to chair the women’s hall of fame next year. C. Teen Dating Violence Prevention (DVD) – N. Kelly/C. Kitaoka C. Kitaoka stated that she recently connected with Rae Spence, a former victim of teen dating violence. She was a guest speaker who CSW brought over to go to the schools and talk about her experience. C. Kitaoka reported that the Prosecutor’s Office has funding to bring back Dr. Jill Murray. Her cost is $3,800 a day plus airfare and per diem. Dr. J. Murray is willing to go to the schools and also do an evening presentation. C. Kitaoka mentioned that Sherry Bracken has offered to rebroadcast on January 8, 2012 Dr. J. Murray’s segment that she recorded. K. Nova said she would like to distribute the leftover books and DVDs when Dr. J. Murray is here. N. Kelly mentioned that Dr. J. Murray has not been to the Kohala and Hilo schools. However, she went to schools in Keaau, Honokaa, Kau, Pahoa, and Kona. K. Nova stated that K. Peters pointed out many times that it would be nice if CSW would be able to do a follow up with young women from here who has had a horrible experience and talk to the students. K. Peters stated that it’s just finding that local source and bringing them over to speak at the schools. She suggested Cyd Hoffeld, last year’s winner of the women’s hall of fame, as a potential speaker. C. Kitaoka said she would like to schedule the presentations at the end of April and beginning of May 2012. A date should be determined at the February meeting. D. Mentoring – K. Peters K. Peters reported that she and K. Nova discussed mentoring. The original plan was to get people in specific professions, but the logistics of it is you have to match people up. Therefore, they came up with a better idea and more general. They would like to focus on post high school education. They would like to get people from colleges, community colleges, and local girls who graduated from local high schools. It’s just people who went to different types of post high school education. They will also focus on helping them with their application. The target date would be the beginning of school in August. K. Peters said they need to catch the high school seniors before they apply. The students will be recruited from the schools via a letter. 3 K. Peters suggested an informal casual lunch at Bianelli’s Restaurant which would be like the “speed dating” idea. They are looking for younger mentors such as college people or recent college graduates. K. Schneider recommended utilizing the West Hawaii Civic Center conference rooms if there’s no budget for meals. F. Gomes expressed concerns about liability from the college standpoint. If the committee sponsors this event and students get connected with a mentor but the mentors are not screened, then a negative effect can potentially occur on the student. If a mentor determines she/he don’t like this one student for whatever reason, the relationship might not work which will cause a negative experience. K. Schneider reported that she contacted Kei-Lin Cert and they put the information about the youth summit this past summer on YouTube. As for the current status, they are facilitating the Lifeplan program to 200 freshmen at Kealakehe this semester and they will follow through with the other half in the spring semester. There are also programs going on in schools at Kohala and Honokaa. Something they will need for the future is partners in the community to help the students move into Phase II of the program. This is where the students work on different competencies such as financial, literacy, health and nutrition, career planning, and character development. K. Cerf will provide more details if CSW wants to get involve with them in any of these areas. th E. 8 Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference – 9/20/11 D. Downs reported that the conference was very good. There were two speakers who stood out for her. One speaker was Elim Chew who is from Singapore and she talked about social entrepreneurship. The second speaker was Nicole Marquez, a 25 year old dancer, who fell six stories off a building. Furthermore, the food was fabulous. K. Schneider said all of the speakers emphasized education. Some of the speakers told stories about them getting a good job, but in their heart they really wanted to have furthered their education so they went back and did that. They sat at a table with teachers/staff from Kamehameha Schools. A lot of businesses send teens on a yearly basis. F. Budget FY 2012-13 N. Kelly reported that CSW submitted a status quo budget of $10,510 for fiscal year 2012-13. Last year’s budget was $11,169. J. Viernes reminded CSW that their six month progress report on program objectives for fiscal year 2011-12 is due on January 31, 2012. N. Kelly and J. Viernes will be attending the budget review meeting for CSW on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Finance Conference Room. 4 NEW BUSINESS A. Reappointment and New Members J. Viernes reported that C. Kitaoka and K. Nova terms expire at the end of the month. She inquired whether both of them want to serve another four-year term. After some discussion, C. Kitaoka and K. Nova agreed to serve another term. K. Peters mentioned that Kristen Brilhante, a realtor from Hilo, is interested in serving on CSW. K. Brilhante’s friend, a private practicing physician name Michelle, wants to be involved if there is anything she can do with the committee. B. UH System CSW – Farrah Gomes F. Gomes reported that she is a new appointee for the University of Hawaii Commission on the Status of women. They meet every other month on Oahu. One of the things they have done this year is print out a brochure on the historical highlights and mission of the commission. They are in the dissemination phase right now and they are distributing 2,000 brochures across the state. She provided background information about the commission and circulated the brochure. F. Gomes mentioned about outreach at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of the things they are doing actively right now are going into elementary and middle schools in West Hawaii to try to cultivate a college understanding. Radio spots, newspaper ads, and movie theater ads will be done for publicity. F. Gomes offered $1,500 from the College of Continuing Education to help support some of CSW’s efforts excluding food. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in Waimea. Location to be announced. K. Peters announced that she will invite K. Brilhante to the next meeting. B. Schedules K. Schneider will be unable to attend the February meeting. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 a.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, _______________________________ JEAN VIERNES, STAFF SECRETARY 5