Minutes for LEMS General Meeting on January 26, 2005

New Residence Main Lounge at 3:30PM

 

 

Attendance:  


Kevin Mnich

                        Caroline Vizthum

                        Aedin Fortune

                        Charles Concodora

                        Carolyn Botros

                        Ricky Blasi

                        Nimit Saraiya

                        Doug Smith

                        Bruce Cheong

                        Nathalie Jean-Louis

                        Kobi Wilmot

                        Haroon Rahimi

                        Mike Moller

                        Ashley Pettit

                        Tara Pellegrino

                        Jessica Paciorek

                        Regina Cummings

                        Chris Mckittrick

                        Abigail Huang

                        Matt Grabina

                        Andrew Fruhschien

                        Joseph Dolina

                        Mirjana Jojic

                        William Wnekowicz

                        Aracely Macias

                        Jay Preciado

                        Brian Sposato

                        Adrien Ong

                        Nicole Gerber

                        Cyril Kurian

                        Sajith Cherian

                        Matt Meigh

                        James Morgan

                        Francesca Khani

                        Brittany Graf

                        Trishul Bhagat

                        Nicole Reyes

                        Fanrui Zeng

 

 

Minutes:

 

Kevin Mnich (Chief/President)

·         Held nominations for the position of Vice President of Member Services

·         Caroline Botros was nominated

·         Since only one member was nominated, Caroline Botros was elected the position using the unanimous vote

·         Sign-up sheet was passed around to determine which members are interested in obtaining LEMS’s Priority Housing spots for next year

·         Proposed plan to hold a Six Flags fundraiser

·         Members will work an 8-hour shift for which LEMS will be compensated in return

·         After which, members will be allowed to go on the rides for free for the remainder of the day

·         Additional details, including the date for the event, will be decided soon

·         A CPR class will be held on the weekend of Feb 5th – 6th for all members

·         It will be a full class so members can receive new certification as well as re‑certification (recerts will only need to attend on Sunday)

·         The class will cost $15 and will start at 9AM on each day

·         An EMT class will be run near the school from April to June; details for which will be given during the next meeting

·         Nominations will be held for the Line/Executive Board positions in a few weeks, so details regarding the requirements for each position will be given out during the next meeting

 

Caroline Vizthum (Deputy Chief)

·         A current copy of the duty schedule is online on the LEMS website

·         On Kristin’s behalf, orientation information was distributed to new members

·         Also, Kristin plans to set up another CEU class for this semester; possible classes were discussed and many members showed interested in attending a Core 13 CEU class if it were brought on campus

 

Kristin Caruso (Training/Personnel Captain)

·         Not present but passed on her news through Caroline

 

Aedin Fortune (Equipment Officer & Executive Vice President)

·         Thanked the membership for taking care of the equipment and properly returning it to the closet as requested

·         Oxygen tanks are filled

·         Face masks are available for members that can be utilized when on-call if they are sick with a cold or come upon patients that are, in order to help reduce the spread of disease

 

Charlie Concodora (Logistics Officer)

  • Working on preparing the new uniforms for use by the membership

 

Ricky Blasi (Treasurer)

  • LEMS received a $100 donation for performing stand-by services
  • Sweatshirts were distributed to all members who had paid in advance

 

Nimit Saraiya (Secretary)

  • Nothing to report

 

Doug Smith (Fundraising Chair)

·         Explained a fundraising opportunity for LEMS through TCNJ’s The Loop bus service and members were asked to volunteer for shifts

 

Ray Shupak (Growth Chair)

·         Was not present at the meeting

 

Bruce Cheong (Publicity Chair/Webmaster)

·         Planning to delegate out the pages to the LEMS website to members in the publicity committee

 

NEW BUSINESS

Kevin Mnich (Chief/President)

·         Discussed possible plans to get a “bunk room” for LEMS where members can stay overnight when they are on-call and equipment can be stored

·         A possible location on campus may be in the Administrative Services Building from which members would have transportation to get to calls, such as a golf cart or in a police car

·         A majority of the membership expressed an interest in getting a LEMS bunk room so further work will now be done to obtain a room