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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-15-15 CSW minutesCOUNTY OF KAUAI Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Board /Committee: Committee on the Status of Women Meeting Date I April 15, 2015 Location Mo'ikeha Building — Meeting Room 2A /B Start of Meeting: 5:09 a.m. End of Meeting: 6:02 p.m. Present Chair Sharon Lasker; Vice -Chair Virginia Beck; Members: Regina Carvalho, Uli'i Castor, Edie Ignacio - Nuemiller; and Kauai Representative for the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and Ex- Officio Lisa Ellen Smith Also present: Deputy County Attorney Andrea Suzuki - Andrade; Board & Commissions Office Staff. Support Clerk Mercedes Omo Excused Kathy Crowell and Liza Cabal- Trinidad Absent SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Lasker called the meeting to order at 5:09 p.m. with five (5) members present to conduct business. Approval of Regular Open Session Minutes of March 18, 2015. Minutes Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller requested that the minutes be amended to reflect the correct spelling of Ms. Yoshii's first name as "Jenai" and not Jana'a and that Ginger's last name is Bray. Chair Lasker called for the approval of the meeting minutes, as amended. Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller moved to amend the meeting minutes of March 18, 2015. Ms. Castor seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 CSW 2013 -33 Discussion and decision - making on future Committee events for fiscal year 2014 -2015 including but not limited to: 1. Rise of the Wahine Event (on- going) Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller reported that she spoke to Dean Kaneshiro about the film's completion date and he advised her to contact Ms. Tiffany Taylor for the information. Mr. Kaneshiro also mentioned that they are currently in the process of applying for a spot for this year's film festival Committee on the Status of Women — Advisory Committee Regular Open Session April 15, 2015 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION and have been busy trying to raise funds for the event. With regard to her conversation with Ms. Taylor the film was not ready and that she would contact her with information regarding the film's completion date. Ms. Carvalho stated according to Ryan Tusji the film should be completed in June. Chair Lasker stated perhaps it would help to take the information back to Ms. Taylor because there seems to be two different opinions on when the film will be completed. Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller asked for clarification on whether Committee intends to sponsor just one event in the Lihu`e area to which Chair Lasker replied yes. Ms. Carvalho asked once a facility is found it would be okay for the Committee to pay for the facility in advance to avoid having to give back any unused funds to the State. Ms. Suzuki- Andrade stated she thinks it would be okay under the County but she would have to check with the State on how to appropriately use the grant funding. Chair Lasker stated at the last meeting, the Committee talked about two potential locations: 1) the Kauai Performance Arts Center; and 2) the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller stated that she would try to contact Performance Arts Manager Tony Kilbert to inquire about renting the facility and to see what dates are available in June. Chair Lasker stated perhaps it would be a good idea to ask Mr. Kilbert if KCC would be interested in co- sponsoring the event since the film is a documentary on the University of Hawaii Wahine Volleyball Team to which Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller replied she liked the idea and would ask Mr. Kilbert about it. 2. Career day /luncheon for females 9th through l2th grade residing on Committee on the Status of Women — Advisory Committee Regular Open Session April 15, 2015 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION the island of Kauai (On -gqjUj Vice Chair Beck expressed concern over the issue of paying for the lunches and questioned why the Committee would want to put on an event without the necessary funds to cover the cost for the lunches. She stated for the past three weeks she has spent countless of hours trying to save various things from falling through the cracks to the point where she even had to put up her own personal credit card to cover the down payment for the lunches. Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller stated there must have been some misunderstanding because had she known she was supposed to pay for Ms. Sandrowski' s lunch she would have sent a check to Mercedes. Chair Lasker noted it was her understanding that the person who invited the guest speaker was responsible for their lunch because everyone already knew from the start that there was no money set aside to pay for the speakers' lunches. Ms. Carvalho stated she already paid for ten students, one school counselor as well as herself. Chair Lasker stated she was going to pay for Ms. Anguay but because she is no longer attending she could pay for one of the two remaining guest speakers. *Due to technical difficulties the reminder of the meeting was not recorded and the minutes will reflect a summary of the discussion. 3. Possible co- sponsorship with the Y.W.C.A. screening of the film "The Hunting Ground", an award winning documentary about sexual assault on college campuses in America. Ms. Suzuki - Andrade distributed a legal opinion dated April 14, 2015, in response to the Committee's request as to the legality of providing funds to Committee on the Status of Women — Advisory Committee Regular Open Session April 15, 2015 Page 4 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION an outside entity for the purposes of screening a film. Chair Lasker called for a motion to waive the Committee's rights to Ms. Carvalho moved to waive the Committee's confidentiality and allow the opinion to be publicly released. rights to confidentiality and allow the legal opinion to be publicly released. Ms. Ignacio - Nuemiller seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Ms. Suzuki - Andrade stated that the opinion basically states in order for the Committee to sponsor the event two conditions must be met; 1) The Committee's payment to the YWCA has to be in accordance with either the budget item in the Kauai County Budget, or in accordance with the terms of the State grant; and 2) The Committee has to comply with the Kauai County Charter Section 6 -3.1 et al. which lays out the procedures and policies for the "appropriation of funds to private organizations providing programs and services which the County of Kauai has determined to be in the public interest." Walk a Mile -In- Her -Shoes Event — A Men's march against women violence hosted by Y.W.C.A. of Kauai on April 22, 2015, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kukui Grove Shopping Center, Center Stage. After a brief discussion, the members all decided not to attend this year's event due to a conflict in their personal schedules. Announcements Next meeting — May 20, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at the Mo'ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B. Adjournment At 6:02 p.m. Chair Lasker declared the meeting adjourned. Committee on the Status of Women — Advisory Committee Regular Open Session April 15, 2015 Submitted by: Mercedes Omo, Staff Support Clerk (x) Approved as circulated on May 20, 2015. ( ) Approved as amended. See minutes of meeting. I0 Reviewed and Approved by: Sharon Lasker, Chair