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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-04-13 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Friday, April 13, 2012, 10:00 a.m. County Building Puna Conference Room PRESENT EXCUSED Katie Nova, Chair Doodie Downs Kathleen Peters, Vice-Chair Carol Kitaoka Kimberly Schneider, Secretary Nancy Kelly, Treasurer GUESTS Dawn Pung Jenny Knippling, Council Aide-County Linda Ugalde Council District 6 Elena Cabatu, HSCSW Commissioner Lydia Ryan (ex-officio) Lee Watanabe, Prosecutor’s Office Diane Noda, Corporation Counsel (ex-officio) CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:08 a.m. ROLL CALL A quorum was present. An introduction of committee members and guests were given. APPROVAL OF AGENDA L. Ugalde moved to approve the agenda as submitted. D. Pung seconded the motion. The motion was passed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES D. Pung moved to approve the February 10, 2012 minutes. K. Schneider seconded the motion. The motion was passed. TREASURER’S REPORT The treasurer’s report was circulated. N. Kelly reported that additional expenses for this month are the gift cards for the essay contest and the mentoring project. Other upcoming expenses are mileage reimbursements and the equal pay radio spots. K. Schneider moved to accept the treasurer’s report. L. Ugalde seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC J. Knippling circulated a Girl Fest Hilo 2012 flyer to be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Campus Center Plaza, UH Hilo Campus sponsored by the UH Hilo Women’s Center. They are seeking volunteers to assist with this event. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer CORRESPONDENCE None. REPORTS A. Education 1. Urgent Services Directory N. Kelly circulated a draft of the revised directory for CSW members to review and make revisions. The directory will go out to bid before the end of the fiscal year. CSW members decided to have the directory printed on lavender paper. 2. Equal Pay No report. B. Health 1. Women’s Health Month E. Cabatu reported that Women’s Health Week is observed the second week of May. K. Peters reported that they have been doing depression screenings in Kona for Women’s Health Month. C. Liaison 1. HSCSW E. Cabatu reported that the HSCSW had a meeting on March 6, 2012, but she was unable to attend. The HSCSW’s new executive director is Cathy Betts. They will be doing strategic planning for the next couple months. E. Cabatu mentioned that the HSCSW is co-sponsoring the Women’s Fund of Hawaii Annual Tea and Champagne 2012 fundraiser. They have funding to send someone over to attend the event. She suggested sending a high school student from the essay contest, a CSW member, or a representative from the UH Women’s Center to attend. The event will be held on May 30, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort on Oahu. K. Schneider and D. Pung expressed interest in attending this event. E. Cabatu asked if CSW had any funding requests to take back to the HSCSW for next fiscal year. The commission has money to pay for one round of radio spots. N. Kelly mentioned that the Prosecutor’s Office is also running out of the grant to fund the Urgent Services Directory for Families. K. Peters said that CSW does not have a marketing budget so the committee is unable to publish an ad in the newspaper for upcoming events. CSW puts a lot of time, effort, and money into these great events and the public does not know about it. 2 E. Cabatu announced that her job description at the hospital has changed; therefore she will not be as active with the committee and the commission. She may have to give up her position as a commission member. 2. Legislative Update No report. D. Community Reports None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Essay Contest – C. Kitaoka C. Kitaoka reported that additional expenditures are gift cards for the essay contest winners ($950) and for the winning teachers ($325). Donations were provided from Big Island Candies for the “Real Women.” J. Viernes said that approximately 87 people will be in attendance. B. Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame – Committee No report. C. Teen Dating Violence Prevention (DVD) – N. Kelly/C. Kitaoka N. Kelly circulated a flyer on Dr. Jill Murray’s presentation scheduled for April 16-17, 2012. She will be in Kona on Monday, April 16, 2012, and in Hilo on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. A request was made to pay Dr. J. Murray’s dinner on Sunday night. After some discussion, L. Ugalde moved that CSW pay for Dr. J. Murray’s dinner only. D. Pung seconded the motion. The motion was passed. K. Nova mentioned that she would like Dr. J. Murray to record a half hour radio spot in either Kona or Hilo that can be used later on by the committee. N. Kelly moved that CSW approve expenditures not to exceed $3,100 for the radio spots to promote teen dating violence awareness, equal pay, and “get out the vote campaign.” L. Ugalde seconded the motion. The motion was passed. D. Mentoring – K. Peters K. Peters reported that they did a focus group with a group of Konawaena girls and their teachers at the UH West Hawaii campus. She prepared a little questionnaire to gather some information from them. They also had a group discussion about how they felt about the mentoring program, who they are, and what their plans are. The data collected from the girls was a different data from what they said out loud so there was a lot more information on paper. K. Peters said that they went ahead and paid for the mentoring program lunches held on April 4, 2012. Therefore, she would like to request a reimbursement from CSW for that event. 3 K. Peters moved to approve $384 for the lunches for the Konawaena girl’s focus group on the mentoring program for all the girls, teachers, and CSW members who attended. K. Schneider seconded the motion. The motion was passed. D. Pung brought up a concern that any spending should require prior approval and a written request submitted to the committee. Since CSW is meeting every other month or whenever necessary, she asked if this will be a problem and whether this practice is going to continue. K. Nova responded that everybody’s intention is that approval will be done ahead of time and this event came together at the last minute. CSW does not generally make this a practice and this discussion has made it clear that the committee need to do everything they can to make sure it doesn’t happen again since monthly meetings are not being held. C. Kitaoka explained that she thought the committee could approve the lunches after the fact if a member paid for it and the committee approved it at today’s meeting. D. Noda said that wasn’t the advice she gave C. Kitaoka. She spoke to J. Viernes and she said that C. Kitaoka need to get approval and it’s a bad practice to approve it post unless someone was going to assume the personal responsibility to eat the bill if it didn’t get approve. She thought C. Kitaoka was working with J. Viernes to reschedule today’s meeting because J. Viernes had offer to poll everybody to get a mutually convenient alternative date. Her other suggestion was to go to another site after C. Kitaoka got approval. C. Kitaoka requested for approval to purchase pizzas and water for a mentoring meeting on May 24, 2012 to get input from the students who attended the mentoring program luncheon. K. Schneider offered to pick up the pizzas and water from Costco. K. Schneider moved to supply lunches for the mentoring meeting with the students not to exceed $60 in cost. L. Ugalde seconded the motion. The motion was passed. C. Kitaoka stated that they brought some UH law students to Kealakehe Intermediate School and Konawaena High School and they taught a class on first amendment rights on April 9-10, 2012. It was very successful and the students were really engaged and involved in this class. A discussion was held about going to law school also. C. Kitaoka felt this would be a good project for the mentoring project next year. K. Peters said when they meet with the girls, they can find out things like when would be the best time to meet with them, would their parents come, etc. She would like to know the logistics so CSW doesn’t spend any more money and have a program that is not well attended or doesn’t reach a wide audience. Furthermore, it’s looking to be more inclusive if they intensely work with just this group. N. Kelly stated that she is not too concerned about expanding it over to Hilo just yet. She felt that CSW should at least invite other students from other schools to 4 participate. C. Kitaoka added that it would be difficult to provide mentors for each of the girls. If there were 50 girls, she is not sure if 50 mentors can be found. K. Schneider suggested contacting the counselors at other schools and letting them know this project is happening is the first thing to get other schools involved. Secondly, she didn’t think it was CSW’s intention in mentoring each girl individually. NEW BUSINESS A. Nominating Committee D. Pung, K. Schneider, and N. Kelly agreed to serve on the nominating committee. B. Status of E. Cabatu K. Nova volunteered to draft a letter on behalf of CSW regarding E. Cabatu’s presence at the committee’s meeting. K. Peters said E. Cabatu is the committee’s public relation liaison and she gets the word out for the committee. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Friday, May 18, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the Kona Mayor’s Office conference room. The agenda shall include voter registration. D. Pung said she checked with Target about prizes and there is a form to complete. However, K. Peters indicated that the committee needs to be a non-profit organization. L. Ugalde pointed out that the Cooper Center is a 501C3, non-profit organization. K. Nova asked if CSW can have a co-sponsor and the co-sponsor actually obtain the prizes. D. Noda suggested that L. Ugalde check with her board first and obtain approval. K. Peters said that CSW can brainstorm and try and think of another women’s non-profit group who might want to assist the committee anyway. N. Kelly stated that she will email blast Dr. J. Murray’s flyer to CSW members so they can send it out to various groups to encourage participation. B. Schedules None. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, _______________________________ JEAN VIERNES, STAFF SECRETARY 5