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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-17-16 Agenda PacketVirginia Beck Members: Chair Kathy Crowell Wendy Martinez Edie Ignacio - Neumiller Erika Valente Jenai Yoshii Vice Chair Vacant Secretary Sharon Lasker Lisa Ellen Smith Treasurer HSCSW Representative, ex- officio member COUNTY OF KAUAI COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Wednesday, August 17, 2016 5:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B 4444 Rice Street, Lihu`e, HI 96766 CALL TO ORDER Approval of minutes for June 15, 2016 ELECTION OF NEW SECRETARY RECAP OF THE 2016 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD IN HONOLULU ON JULY 16 - 21, 2016 BUSINESS CSW 2016 -07: Discussion and decision - making on a free showing (s) of the film "Miss South Pacific ". (Deferred on June 16, 2016) CSW 2016 -09: Discussion and possible decision - making on having a free screening of the film "Equal means Equal" CSW 2016 -10: Discussion and decision - making on the stance (if any) the Committee plans to take as it relates to Senate Resolution No. 97 - Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. An Equal Opportunity Employer CSW 2016 -11: Discussion on the Committee's Women's Health Month event in the month of September CSW 2016 -12: Discussion and decision - making on allocating funds in the FY 2017 Budget for upcoming committee events. ANNOUNCEMENTS • Next regular meeting — Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at the Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2 A/B. • Announcements or other pertinent updates from Hawaii State Commissioner /Kaua`i Representative Lisa Ellen Smith EXECUTIVE 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. ADJOURNMENT cc: Deputy County Attorney /ex- offico member Mahealani Krafft 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. Committee on the Status of Women — August 17, 2016 2 1 P a g e Send written testimony to: Committee on the Status of Women C/o Office of Boards and Commissions 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 Lihu`e, HI 96766 E -mail: mromoCkauai.gov Phone: (808) 241 -4920 Fax: (808) 241 -5127 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you need an alternate format or an auxiliary 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 — August 17, 2016 3 1 P a b e 99FT T R j alb pajay.,01 J COUNTY OF KAUAI 44 Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Board /Committee: I Committee on the Status of Women Meeting Date June 15, 2016 Location Mo'ikeha Building — Meeting Room 2A/B Start of Meeting: 5:08 p.m. End of Meeting: 5:35 p.m. Present Chair Virginia Beck; Members: Edie Ignacio - Neumiller, Sharon Lasker and Liza Cabal- Trinidad; Ex- Officio Lisa Ellen Smith Also present: Board & Commissions Office Staff: Support Clerk Mercedes Omo; Administrator Jay Furfaro and Deputy County Attorney Mahealani Krafft Excused Kathy Crowell Absent Vice Chair Jenai Yoshi and Erika Valente SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Prior to the start of the meeting, Chair Beck announced that today is Liza's last meeting and would like to this time to thank Liza for all that she has done for the Committee. Chair Beck called the meeting to order at 5:08 p.m. with four (4) members present constituting a quorum. Approval of Regular Open Session Minutes of April 20, 2016. Mg. Ignacio - Neumiller moved to approve the Minutes meeting minutes. Ms. Lasker seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Communication Letter of resignation dated June 1, 2016 from Suzanne Ellis to Mayor Bernard Ms. Ignacio - Neumiller moved to receive the P. Carvalho Jr. letter of resignation dated June 1, 2016 from Suzanne Ellis to Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. Ms. Lasker seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Election of new Chair Beck stated that with the recent resignations of Ms. Ellis and Ms. Cabal- Ms. Lasker moved to defer the election of a Secretary Trinidad, the Committee would be left with only six (6) active members, which new secretary to the next meeting, according to the by -laws the Committee shall not consist of less than seven (7) Ms. Cabal- Trinidad seconded the motion. regular members. Therefore she felt that it would be appropriate to defer the Motion carried 4:0 selection of a new secretary until the Mayor appoints a seventh member to the Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session Meeting — June 15, 2016 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Committee to which all present members agreed. Business Update by Hawaii State Commissioner on the Status of Women Lisa Ellen CSW 2015 -07 Smith on the 2016 National Association of Commissions for Women Conference scheduled for July 161h through the 200' on the island of Oahu. Ms. Smith reported that Mayor Carvalho have graciously approved funding for Ms. Ignacio - Neumiller and Ms. Crowell to attend the conference on Oahu. In addition, the State Commission have paid the registration fees for two additional members to attend, in which Ms. Lasker have expressed that she is interested in attending the conference as well, which leaves one more spot open should the Chair choose to attend, and if not, the invitation is open to members of the community as well. Chair Beck stated that although she appreciates the offer her schedule will not allow her to attend the conference. With no further discussion, Chair Beck moved onto the next agenda item. CSW 2016 46 Discussion on partnering with other non - profit organizations on legislative and non - legislative issues regardless of whether or not they share the same mission statement as the Committee on the Status of Women. Chair Beck stated that at a previous meeting, she made a suggestion that each member email her the names of three organizations and she would create a spreadsheet and send it to Mercedes for distribution among the members, but as of today, she received only one response from Ms. Ignacio - Neumiller. However, after reading the meeting minutes it showed that Vice Chair Yoshi did provide the names of three organizations and with her three names she can now create the spreadsheet. Ms. Lasker pointed out that she thought she already provided the names of three potential organizations to which Chair Beck asked if she made any contact with the organizations she is suggesting to which Ms. Lasker replied, Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session Meeting — June 15, 2016 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION unless she misunderstood, she thought that the Chair only wanted the names of the organizations and there was no need to contact them at that time. Chair Beck stated that although she wanted the naives of three organizations it would be useless unless some contact was made with the organizations. Ms. Lasker stated that since she already has nine (9) or twelve (12) names on the list she'll just forego her list because it would probably be on her list anyway, Chair Beck asked if her idea was unnecessary to which Ms. Lasker replied, no and that she would like to past on the discussion. With no further discussion, Chair Beck moved onto the next agenda item. CSW 2016 -07 Discussion and decision - making on the possibly of having two (2) showings of the film "Miss South Pacific" in the near future. Chair Beck stated that there was a delay in moving this event forward because she was off - island for a period of time; however, Edie has the DVD with her if anyone would like to take it home to see it. Chair Beck stated that at a previous meeting, the members agreed that since there was no definite date on when the Rise of the Wahine film would be released that some of the funds in the State grant could be used to pay for the cost to put on two events; one on the Westside and one in Lihu`e. Ms. Lasker stated that it would probably be a good idea to defer the discussion to a later time when Ms. Tico is present. Ms. Ignacio - Neumiller moved to defer item CSW 2016 -07 to a later time and when Ms. Chair Beck called for the motion. Tico is present. Ms. Lasker seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Committee on the Status of Women Regular Open Session Meeting — June 15, 2016 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION CSW 2016 -08 Discussion and decision - making on replenishing the Committee's inventory of goods and supplies using the remaining the funds in the Committee's FY 2015- 2016 Budget. Administrator Furfaro informed the members that the deadline to purchase any items was on June 9h. He explained that the County of Kauai is what is called a cash accounting system; we don't accrue any budgeted items and there is no accrual for items in your budget. However, subject to the review of the County Council, the Committee might receive a significant increase in upcoming FY 2016 -2017 budget. Announcements The next scheduled meeting set for July 20, 2016 was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. Members Edie Ignacio - Neumiller, Kathy Crowell and possibly Sharon Lasker will be on Oahu attending the National Association of Commissions for Women Conference. Ms. Smith requested that a discussion on encouraging the Kauai County Council to write a new law that would eliminate all forms of discrimination against women be placed on the August agenda. Also, the next Empowerment Session will be on held on June 28, 2016 at the YWCA Women's Facility in Lihu`e. Adjournment At 5:35 p.m. Chair Beck declared the meeting adjourned. Submitted by: Mercedes Omo, Staff Support Clerk () Approved as circulated on () Approved as amended. See minutes of meeting. Reviewed and Approved by: Virginia Beck, Chair RONALD D. KOUCHI PRESIDENT WILL ESPERO VICE PRESIDENT SAM SLOM MINORITY LEADER STATE CAPITOL HONOLULU, HAWAII 98813 FIRST DISTRICT KA May 31, 2016 ULII KAHELE SECOND DISTRICT RUSSELL RUDERMAN THIRD DISTRICT JOSH GREEN FOURTH DISTRICT LORRAINE R INOUYE FIFTH DISTRICT GILBERTSC KEITRAGARAN Ms. Virginia Beck SIXTH DISTRICT ROSiLLYNH BAKER Chair SEVENTH DISTRICT Kauai County Committee on the Status of Women J. KALAN ENGLISH EIGHTH olsrRlcT c/o Office of Boards & Commissions RONALD D. KOUCHI 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 NINTH DISTRICT GLOM BATA Lihue HI 96766 TENTH DISTRICT LESIHARA.JR Dear Ms. Beck: ELEVENTH DISTRICT BRIAN T TANIGUCHI TWELFTH DISTTRIICCT I transmit herewith a copy of Senate Resolution No. 97, which was adopted THIRTEENTH DISTRICT by the Senate of the Twenty - eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND Session of 2016. FOURTEENTH DISTRICT DONNA MERCADO KIM FIFTEENTH DISTRICT GLENNWAIW Sincerely yours, SIXTEENTH DISTRICT BREENE HARIMOTO SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT CLARENCEK NISHIHARA GWAI > EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT MICHELLE IDDANI NINETEENTH DISTRICT WILL ESPERO CAROL TANIGUCHI TWENTIETH DISTRICT Clerk of the Senate MBREGABBARD TWENTY -FIRST DISTRICT MAILS S L SHIAW IKURO TWENTY - SECOND DISTRICT Enclosure DONOVAN M DELA CRUZ TWENTY -THIRD DISTRICT GIL RIVIERE TWENTY- FOURTH DISTRICT JILL N TOKUDA TWENTY -FIFTH DISTRICT LAURA H THIELEN CHIEF CLERK CAROL TANIGUCHI 1 2 3 4 s 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THE SENATE S.R. N qj TWENTY- EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 STATE OF HAWAII MAR 1 1 1016 SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING STATE DEPARTMENTS AND THE SEVERAL COUNTIES TO AFFIRM THE TENETS AND PRINCIPLES FOUND IN THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN. WHEREAS, although women have made significant gains in the struggle for equality in most fields, more action is necessary to fully eradicate discrimination based on sex and gender; and WHEREAS, in 1979, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and WHEREAS, in 1981, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women entered into force as an international treaty, and is the only human rights treaty focused on women's rights; and WHEREAS, out of the one hundred ninety four nations in the world, the United States of America, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Palau, and Tonga are the seven nations that have not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and WHEREAS, in nations that have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, women have partnered with their governments to improve the status of women and girls, which has resulted in changes in laws and policies, which have led to safer environments and opportunities for women and their families; and WHEREAS, state, county, and municipal governments have an appropriate and legitimate role in affirming the importance of international laws as universal norms and as guides for public policy in communities; and SR LRH 16- 1761 -1.doc ��l ®�sll�l0l��pd���ll I hereby certify that tnis is a full, true, and correct copy of the original filed in this office. Dated: APR 0 7 2016 Assiataht Clerk of the Senate 8tato of Hawal'I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Page S.R. NO. qj WHEREAS, the "Cities for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" campaign seeks to protect the rights of women and girls by passing ordinances that establish the principles of the foregoing treaty in cities and towns across the United States; and WHEREAS, the adoption the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as local law has proven effective in addressing the barriers that reduce the quality of life and equity of opportunity for women and girls; and WHEREAS, a local initiative based on the principles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women would include three standards, which are: (1) A gender analysis of city departments and commissions; (2) An oversight body to ensure that appropriate and timely actions are taken; and (3) Funding to support the implementation of the principles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu, recognizing the congressional stall on the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, has become the most recent city to join the Cities for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women campaign; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty- eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, that the state departments and the several counties are requested to affirm the tenets and principles found in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state departments and the several counties are requested to affirm the principles of the convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, which include, among other principles: SR LRB 16- 1761 -1.doc IMIMMUNIM111111011 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Page S.R. NO. q1 (1) The integration of gender equity and human rights principles into governmental operations, including budgetary considerations; and (2) The examination of governmental actions, policies, programs, services, and employment practices to ensure they are nondiscriminatory, gender - appropriate, and fully serve communities of women and girls; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state departments and the several counties are urged to work with the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to develop gender analysis guidelines, and include the examination of race, disability, immigration status, sexual orientation, and other demographic characteristics that are linked to gender; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Resources Development and the several counties are urged to implement a gender analysis of governmental functions by: (1) Collecting and analyzing disaggregate data; (2) Identifying strategies that best meet the needs of residents and employees and eliminate discrimination based on stereotypes; and (3) Creating an action plan and developing a monitoring mechanism to ensure that governmental entities do not discriminate based on sex and gender; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Mayors of the several counties, the chairpersons of the several county councils, the Director of Human Resources Development, the Chairperson of State Commission on the Status of Women, and the Chairs of the several county commissions on the status of women. 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