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HomeMy WebLinkAbout112013 Agenda PacketUli`i castor Members: Chair Edie Ignacio- Neumiller Deslynn Jaquias Cherie Mooy Jade Batmd R F 0 F! V F P Cham watters Vice-Chair Regina 13 C 12 OS Ihilani Kali ,- Lisa Ellen Smith Treasurer �' Q F EX-Officio THE C `i { j _?. C 1. E fi K COUNTY Y KAdA'I COUNTY OF KAUAI COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2 A/B 4444 Rice Street, Lthu` e, HI 96766 CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES ■ Regular Open Session Minutes of October 16, 2013 TREASURER'S REPORT CSW 2013 -32 FY 2013 -14 Committee on the Status of Women budget/expenditures to date BUSEWM CSW 2013 -13 Presentation by lhilani Kali (Deferred on 8121113) ➢ Discussion on Crime statistics among young women on Kauai ➢ Explanation and discussion on the Legislative process ➢ Discussion and decision- making on the possibility of implementing a Legislative workshop CSW 2013 -24 Presentation by Savita Agarwal relating to empowerment coaching on various topics affecting women on a daily basis CSW 2013 -29 Discussion on continued recruitment for the Committee on the Status of Women (On-going) CSW 2013 -30 Discussion on the 2014 Women's March History Month (On- going) CSW 2013 -31 Review of the Committees By -Laws and Sunshine Law for State and County Boards (On- going) An Equal Opportunily Employer CSW 2013 -33 Discussion on future Committee events in 2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS Next Meeting- December 18, 2013, 5:00 p.m. at the Mo`ikeha Building, in Meeting Room 2 A/B EXECtMW SESSION Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, H.R.S. §92 -7(a), the Committee may, when deemed necessary, hold an Executive Session on any agenda item without the written public notice if the Executive Session was not anticipated in advance. Any such Executive Session shall be held pursuant to H.R.S. §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described in H.R.S. §92 -5(a). Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public. pI7Iffii1,7►10 cvv cc: Deputy County Attorney Andrea Suzuki PUBLIC COMMENTS and TESTIMONY Persons wishing to offer comments are encouraged to submit written testimony at least 24 -hours prior to the meeting indicating: 1. Your name and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing; 2. The agenda item that you are providing comments on; and 3. Whether you will be testifying in person or submitting written comments only. 4. if you are unable to submit your testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, please provide 10 copies of your written testimony at the meeting clearly indicating the name of the testifier; and While every effort will be made to copy, organize and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the meeting or improperly identified may be distributed to the members after the meeting is concluded The length of time allocated to persons wishing to present verbal testimony may be limited at the discretion of the chairperson or presiding member. Sead, written testimony o: Committee on the Status of Women Attn: Mercedes Omo -Your Office of Boards and Commissions 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 Lhu` e, HI 96766 E -mail: myoun@kauai.gov Phone: (808) 241 -4920 Fax: (808) 241 -5127 Committee on the Status of Women — November 20, 2013 2 I P a g e SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you need an alternate format or an awdliary aid to participate, please contact the Office of Boards and Commission Support Clerk at (808) 241 -4920 at least five (5) working days prior to the meeting. Committee on the Status of Women — November 20, 2013 3 1 P a g e COUNTY OF KAUAI RRIORTIN—b-0 ng OPEN SESSION Board/Committee: I COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Meeting Date: I October 16, 2013 Location Mo'ikeha Building — Meeting Room 2A/B Start of Meeting: 5:10 p.m. End of Meeting: 6:01 p.m. Present Chair Uli'i Castor; Vice -Chair Jade Battad; Members: Regina Carvalho; Cherie Mooy; Edith Ignacio- Neumiller; and Ex- Officio Lisa Ellen Smith Also present: Deputy County Attorney Andrea Suzuki; Boards & Commissions Office Staff: Support Clerk Mercedes Youn; Administrative Aide Teresa Tamura Amoy Excused Members: Deslynn Jaquias, Ihilani Kali and Charee Watters Absent SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Castor called the meeting to order at 5:10p. . Approval of Regular Open Session Minutes of August 21, 2013. Ms. Neumiller moved to approve the Minutes meeting minutes as circulated. Vice -Chair Battad seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Treasurer's CSW 2013 -21 FY2013 -14 Committee on the Status of budget/expenditures to date. Report Chair Castor reported that the balance for FY2013 -14 is $1,262.78. She noted that the Committee should be able to expend the balance by the end of the fiscal year by using it towards its upcoming planned events. Ms. Mooy stated that she would like to have further discussion on how to expend the funds before they lapse. Ms. Mooy moved to approve the FY2013- 14 budget/expenditures to date. Vice - Chair Battad seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 ommunications CSW 2013 -22 Communication dated 7/16/13 from Joseph A. Savio. Administrator for the Kauai Drug Court to the Committee on the Status of Women wrote to Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session October 16, 2013 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Ms. Carvalho asked whether the training workshop will be kept separate from Ms. Kali's presentation particularly because she is still interested in seeing her presentation. Vice -Chair Battad stated that it is her understanding that Ms. Kali is still interested in doing the presentation, which will hopefully take place in November. Ms. Carvalho requested Staff to inform the Committee on the location, dates and time of the event. Vice -Chair Battad suggested that the members contact Ms. Kali directly to get more information about the workshop. CSW 2013 -26 Discussion and decision - making on the logistics on the "Think Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness event on October 29, 2013. Vice Chair Battad pointed out that due to the lack of a quorum at its last meeting, the Committee will not have enough time to coordinate this event. Ms. Mooy suggested that the Committee form a sub - committee whose sole responsibility is to do the leg work, and report back to the Committee as a whole to decide whether or not to approve or amend the plans. Ms. Neumiller noted that this is the Committee's signature event, and she would like it to be a grand event. Chair Castor stated that she likes Ms. Mooy's suggestion of forming different sub - committees to handle each event instead of having the same members do all of the work. After much discussion, Chair Castor called for a motion to postpone the event to 2014, and requested that the topic be placed on the 2014 January agenda for continued discussion and planning. Ms. Mooy moved to postpone the October Breast Cancer Awareness event to October 2014. Ms. Neumiller seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Ms. Carvalho pointed out to the members that they should be prepared to select the sub - committee members for each scheduled event at its January 2014 meeting. Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session October 16, 2013 Page 5 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Ms. Smith noted that she would be recruiting for her position as an Ex- Officio in 2015. Ms. Neumiller noted as part of her recruitment effort she took the privilege of inviting Ms. Sharon Lassiter, Director of Marketing at the Regency at Puakea, to today's meeting. CSW 2013 -30 Discussion on the 2014 Women's March History Month Ms. Mooy recalled that the Committee had held a couple of movie events, which were quite successful. Ms. Carvalho suggested that the Committee consider partnering with the Kauai Museum. Ms. Neumiller noted that the event can be well attended if the Committee does its advertising in advance. Chair Castor stated that she would check with the Kauai Museum to see what type of events are planned in 2014 and report back to the Committee. Ms. Carvalho pointed out that as a former Committee member Ms. Neumiller was gracious to share information and photos of past events that the CSW did. Vice Chair Battad shared with the Committee that she had an opportunity to meet an original member of the CSW who she would like to invite to a future meeting to talk about the past and the present. Ms. Mooy noted that the 2014 Walk -a -Mile in her shoes event will be held in early April 2014. Ms. Carvalho suggested that the Chair contact Ms. Watters in advance and ask her to bring her ideas to the meeting in November. Chair Castor noted that she would contact Ms. Wafters. CSW 2013 -3 1 Review of the Committees By -Laws and Sunshine Laws for the State and County. Chair Castor pointed out each member should have received the information in their meeting packets. Deputy County Attorney Suzuki pointed out that since she only received the first page of the agenda she is not prepared to do a presentation. She noted that she would do her presentation at the next meeting, and noted that if the members have a specific topic they would like to focus on to let her know in Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session October 16, 2013 Page 7 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Sunday Women's Expo" on November e at the Kauai Veteran's Center from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to benefit the programs of the YWCA of Kauai that work to end violence against women and children • Ms. Carvalho announced that she attended a "Health, Beauty & Career Event" on Oahu • Vice -Chair Battad announced that she would like the Committee to hold a leadership conference event on Kauai geared to empower women of all age levels • Ms. Mooy announced that KCC has just completed its Domestic Violence Month event on campus; results of the violence study will be forthcoming • Possible partnership with KCC 2014 April's Walk -A -Mile in her shoes event; provide refreshments • YWCA Candlelight Vigil tonight at 6:00 p.m. at St. Michaels Church in L-ihu`e Adjournment Chair Castor called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Vice Chair Battad moved to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Neumiiler seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 At 6:01 p.m. the adjourned. Submitted by: Mercedes Youn, Staff Support Clerk (} Approved as circulated on: (} Approved as amended. See minutes of meeting. Reviewed and Approved by: Uli'i Castor, Chair