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Home My WebLink About2014-11-14 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes WILLIAM P. KENOI Mayor County of Hawai`i COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 • (808) 961-0466 Fax (808) 961-8908 • MEETING MINUTES Friday, November 14, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Conference Room 655 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo and Mayor’s Office Conference Room 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona via video conferencing I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:10am. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT EXCUSED Cyd Hoffeld, Vice-Chair Hazel Beck, Chair Farrah-Marie Gomes, Secretary Mele Spencer, Treasurer Brooke Derby Carol Kitaoka Kim Schneider Roxanne Costa Margaret Masunaga (outgoing ex-officio) Elena Cabatu (ex-officio) Belinda Hall (incoming ex-officio) A quorum was present. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Roxanne moved to approve agenda, Mele seconded. Agenda was approved as submitted. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (October 10, 2014) Edit Margaret Masunaga to excused for minutes. Kim moved to approve October 10, 2014 meeting minutes as corrected, Roxanne seconded. Minutes were approved as corrected. Hawai’i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer V. TREASURER’S REPORT Farrah moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report, Roxanne seconded. Treasurer’s Report approved as submitted. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Reminder to have the agenda posted outside the meeting room at each meeting. Action: Need to clarify whose role this is. VII. CORRESPONDENCE Acknowledgement of email that Belinda Hall will be replacing Margaret Masunaga as corporation counsel assigned to the CSW. Acknowledgement of Katie Nova’s resignation via email. Thank you to Katie Nova for her years of service on the CSW. VIII. REPORTS A. Liaison HSCSW Executive Director Betts did a refresher on Act 206 and plans to take that training to other islands. The Hawaii State CSW is pushing to ensure that information regarding emergency contraception in the ERs across the state is consistent. With exception of 2 commissioners, HSCSW representation will be new commissioners. With new state leadership, there could be a change in leadership at the HSCSW. Women’s Legislative Caucus is still working on finalizing the legislative package. Items that will likely be included are: Paid Family Leave, Affirmation Consent, Driver’s License and State IDs for Undocumented People, and HPV Education. The HSCSW is still holding $7,500 for Teen Dating Violence Radio Ads. This is for PSAs for Sexual Violence Primary Prevention. Action: Cyd will work to get this project complete as soon as possible. The Real Man Program sub-committee was encouraged to reach out to the Fatherhood Initiative locally as a potential partner. The HSCSW is looking at scheduling the State CSW meeting in April around our Essay Contest Luncheon. Elena distributed a flier on the Residency Program. 2 B. Hawaii Island Women’s Leadership Summit 2015 Farrah shared that a Save the Date announcement will be released soon. Additional details will be made public in January. IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. CSW Brochure i. Brooke is looking into other options for completing the brochure layout. Action: Brooke to send brochure sample for review before next meeting. B. Nomination and Vote for Corresponding Secretary i. The duties of Corresponding Secretary were reviewed as stated in the revised by-laws. ii. Mele nominated Roxanne Costa as Corresponding Secretary, Kim seconded the motion. Roxanne Costa was voted in as Corresponding Secretary. C. Real Women Essay Contest i. Roxanne sent out packets on September 15. The deadline to submit essays is December 19. ii. Essays will be sent to Roxanne, Carol will compile and get ready for distribution to judges in January. iii. Farrah encouraged members to contact people they know at the different schools to ensure as many teachers as possible are aware of the contest. iv. Elena agreed to emcee again. v. The date of this year’s Award Luncheon will be April 12, 2015. D. Teen Dating Violence Committee i. A wallet card is still desired. Look into possibility of putting the app on the card. ii. Kim suggested Roy Sakuma as a potential speaker for the conference. iii. Due to sunshine law requirements around sub-committees, the decision was made not to have a sub-committee for Teen Dating Violence. iv. For the Teen Summit, we need to coordinate dates right away with Jill Murray. v. The dates for the Summit were suggested as February 9-13, 2015. Action: Carol will check on Jill’s availability from February 9-13, 2015. Action: Carol will work on food for the Kona events. Roxanne Costa will work on food for the Hilo events. 3 E. Urgent Services Directory for Families i. The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will be updating the Urgent Services Directory. It is unclear what this means. ii. Print quality may not be very good on lavender paper. A decision was made to change the paper color to yellow. Action: Clarify with Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on what updating means. X. NEW BUSINESS A. Formation and Selection of Members to Sub-committees i. Content & Applications a. Objective is to develop teen dating violence prevention content and utilize appropriate methods for dissemination of that information. b. Farrah and Mele will serve on this sub-committee. ii. Real Man Program a. Objective is to develop a community awareness project targeted toward young men and those who influence young men to prevent teen dating violence. b. Brooke and Kim will serve on this sub-committee. iii. Teen Summit 1. There will be no sub-committee for this item. See IX, D, iii. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS (relating to CSW) A. Next Meeting – December 12, 2014 from 10am to 12pm, Waikoloa - exact location TBD Action: Invite Katie to this meeting. B. Gift exchange for those who want to participate, amount not to exceed $15. C. Unable to locate white CSW banner. Action: Carol will ask Roxanne to look for white banner. Action: Include ‘Purchase of Banner’ on next agenda. D. Hazel and Mele worked CSW Operational Guidelines. Action: Include ‘Approval of CSW Operational Guidelines’ on next agenda. VII. ADJOURNMENT Farrah moved to adjourn, Mele seconded. Meeting adjourned at 12:10pm. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Farrah-Marie Gomes 4