Minutes for LEMS General Meeting on April 13, 2005

New Residence Main Lounge at 3:30PM

 

 

Attendance:  


Regina Cummings

Mike Moller

Nicole Gerber

Ashley Pettit

Haroon Rahimi

Kobi Wilmot

Tara Pellegrino

Chris McKittrick

Carolyn Botros

James Preciado

Francesca Khani

Cyril Kurian

Aracely Macias

Michael Rossetti

Eugene Muchnik

Jessica Paciorek

Matt Grabina

Kristin Caruso

Caroline Vizthum

Kevin Mnich

Charles Concodora

Douglas Smith

Bruce Cheong

Ricky Blasi

Ray Shupak

Nimit Saraiya

                  Aedin Fortune

                  Abigail Huang

           


Minutes:

Meeting officially called to order at 3:34 PM

 

Doug Smith (Current Chief/President)

  • Commended members on better attendance at this General Meeting
  • Stressed the importance of getting all call reports in to the Health Services closet or to him personally ASAP
  • Obtained binders for two new members of the LEMS executive board.
  • After meeting, went with all interested members to visit the potential site for a LEMS storage room in the Cromwell basement.
  • All new Line and Executive Board members, please email Doug with email addresses, screen names, and other contact information.  He plans to meet with each member to discuss goals for next semester and review expectations for each role.
  • Thanked all LEMS crew members who covered the many standby events last weekend.

 

Bruce Cheong (Current Deputy Chief)

  • Passed out a list of new call numbers for LEMS crew members effective immediately.  If your name was not on the new list, please email Bruce with your name, certification level, and current number.  If you do not know what your new call number is, please email Bruce cheong2@tcnj.edu
  • New crew chiefs are needed for next semester.  There are currently 6 returning crew chiefs and 3-4 more are needed.  SOP’s for crew chiefs were reviewed – requirements: EMT for 6 months, LEMS member for at least 1 semester, must be nominated.  If interested, contact Bruce cheong2@tcnj.edu
  • New duty shifts for next semester will be set up at the next LEMS general meeting (4/27/05).  Please bring class schedules to the meeting so you can choose preferred days for duty shift.

 

Caroline Vizthum (Past Deputy Chief)

  • Members needed to cover a Lacrosse standby event this Friday night (4/15/05) at 7 PM with Kristin.  If interested, email Caroline vizthum2@tcnj.edu
  • For all those interested in becoming a new crew chief, standby events are an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your treatment skills.

 

Kevin Mnich (Current Training/Personnel Captain)

  • First Aid class will be held 4/13/05 from 8-11 PM in Wolfe 8 Lounge.
  • Senior Week applications are due this Friday (4/15/05).
  • Three more spots are open for members to participate in Welcome Week starting Aug. 22.  EMT certification is required. If interested, email Kevin mnich2@tcnj.edu
  • Members are needed for LEMS coverage of May 13th Graduation Day.  It runs from about 7AM-3PM.  If interested, email Kevin.
  • CPR recertification class will be held Friday 4/15/05 in Wolfe 8 Lounge from 8-11 PM.  If interested, email Kevin.

 

 

Ricky Blasi (Current Equipment Officer)

  • Next Wednesday at 5 PM, SFB will be doing an inventory of LEMS equipment.  Please return all equipment – pagers, bags, radios- etc. to the closet before this time.  Crew chiefs, please return your radios to the closet during the time of the inventory.
  • Continue signing out equipment and calling crew chiefs during regular duty shifts.

 

Carolyn Botros (Vice President for Member Services and Special Events)

·         Needs money for the End-of-the-Year LEMS Banquet ASAP.  If you have not yet paid, drop off the money in Carolyn’s room – Decker 144. 

·         Menus for the Banquet will be emailed out soon.

 

Nimit Saraiya (Current Publicity Chair/Webmaster)

·         Received files from Bruce for updating the LEMS website.  Will update the website soon.

 

Charlie Concodora (Current Growth Chair)

·         Forming the growth committee for next year.  All interested members met after the meeting to review SOP’s and other issues.  If interested in joining the committee, email Charlie concodo2@tcnj.edu.

 

Meeting officially closed at 3:46 PM.