Civil Rights

Meeting called to order 1:05 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time

Attendees:

	1)	Kurencio B. Ngowakl - CRAC Chairperson
	2)	Eileen Winkle - Acting Ethics Advisor
	3)	Katina Hanson - Federal Women's Program
	4)	Michael Hashimoto - Disability Emphasis Program
	5)	Cheryl Morton - Asian American/Pacific Islander Emphasis Program
	6)	Athena Pratt - American Indian/Alaska Native Emphasis Program
	7)	Sherman White - Black Emphasis Program
		Katina Hanson - Timekeeper

Non Attendees:

	1)	Sam Taylor - Veterans Emphasis Program / Active Duty
	2)	Milton Martinez - Hispanic Emphasis Program / Sick Leave

Old Business:

• Meeting minutes from March 8, 2007
• Read by Chairperson
• Athena moves to approve
• Seconded by Katina and Cheryl
• Majority voted to approve

• Budget
• Need FY 07/08 to submit for Larry's approval
Comments:
• Cheryl - Do we have money to ask for projects
• Athena - Would like to ask for planner project to be completed
• Kurencio - Would like for us to propose a budget to Larry - "Separately" with Line items per SEPM
• Conclusions
• FY 07 budget reports due by the end of May "07"
• FY 08 budget reports due by the end of June "07"
• Camille proposed to Larry our budget for a face to face meeting
• Cheryl will find out General Manual Requirements to request for printing for planner project and forward to Kurencio
• Proposed face-to-face meeting in Hawaii
• Two day meeting not to exceed $7,500.00 budget
Comments:
• Option 1, June 11-12th
• Option 2, July 23rd-24th
• Conclusions:
• To be determined by Camille's setting up EEO Training dates
• SEPM's to provide legitimate contact (for HR) to post vacancies
• Please provide valid e-mail
• Warm body-post/distribute vacancy announcements
• Contact information - phone number, fax, etc.
Comments:
• Eileen - Thank you all for the submissions. One contact at a time will help us to build our list.
• Conclusions:
• Eileen will forward list to SEPM's next week to avoid Duplication
• Posting minutes from CRAC meetings on the Web (Kurencio)
• Karl Mikasa for PIA East
• Kurencio Ngowakl for PIA West
Comments:
• Copy of letter from Sara Braasch to merge web pages East/West, into PIA as one.
• Conclusions:
• Posting Minutes must be approved and seconded.
• Proper formatting - memorandum style
• DN-714
Comments:
• Athena suggests using local work force numbers.
• Eileen will check with Camille and Jolene
• State Labor department, possible source
• Conclusions:
• AEP reports due May 30th
• AEP meeting to discuss for guidance
• Teleconference to discuss AEP reports - 29th of May 1:00p.m. HST. Instant meeting preferred
• Eileen needs comments by May 24th
• Athena request SEPM's study the instructions before our face to face meeting.
• CRAC project FY 2008 - Planner
• Need to request funding through Larry Yamamoto
Comments:
• 300 copies
• Conclusions:
• Send more detail to Cheryl
• Cheryl will forward General Manual Guidelines recently issued for professional printing to Kurencio
• Elect Vice-Chair per CRAC By-Laws, Article VI
• Officers: "A Vice-Chair and Recorder are elected by the Committee, with no approval or concurrence by the DEOO"
Comments:
• Nominations for Vice Chair
• Eileen Winkle nominated Cheryl Morton
• Seconded by Michael Hashimoto
• Are there other nominations/no comment
• Kurencio posed question on rotation of recorder for CRAC meetings. Is rotation of the duty acceptable by the committee?
• Conclusion:
• Unanimous concurrence for Cheryl Morton to be the Vice-Chair
• CRAC Committee agrees to rotate recorder duty
• Eileen Winkle volunteers to record for next meeting
• SEPM's input to Chair on how performance reviews should be handled.
• Critical element for all SEPM's
Comments:
• We all need to check our Performance Plans to ensure this critical element has been added. If it hasn't check with Human Resources.
• Conclusion:
• Eileen is willing to follow up

Last Modified: 03/30/2008

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