Lions EMS General Meeting

March 21, 2007

Minutes

 

 

 

Attendance

 

A separate attendance report has been compiled. Thirty members in attendance.

 

 

Minutes

 

Nicole Gerber (Chief/President)

 

Nominations will be next week starting at 3pm. Please make every effort to attend, especially if you want to run for something.

 

Elections will be two weeks after that, also at 3pm.

 

Brief description of each position and its requirements: (full text in the SOPs – see the website)

            President – one semester on the board, crew chief, three active semesters

                        Run meetings, help organize everything, represent the club

            Deputy Chief – crew chief, three active semesters

                        Scheduling, standbys, assisting the president with the operational side of                                     the club

            Training – two active semesters, crew chief

                        Make off campus contacts to organize classes, including CPR, first aid,                          EMT classes and CEU opportunities

            Equipment – two active semesters, crew chief

                        Organize and order supplies; work with Holly to deal with quotes and                            invoices

            Logistics – two active semesters, crew chief

                        Deal with the uniforms and radios; some similar functions to equipment

            Exec VP – two active semesters

                        Deal with new member applications, clothing orders and keeping the                              certification records

            VP of Member Services and Special Events – two active semesters

                        Planning the banquet, organizing the activities fair, organizing events with                        other clubs, first aid council liason

            Secretary – two active semesters

                        Take care of emails; meeting reminders, the member directory, attendance                                 records and the minutes

            Treasurer – two active semesters

                        Handle all of our funds, prepare the budget, work with SFB

            Fundraising – two active semesters

                        Organize fundraising activities

            Growth – two active semesters

                        Update the SOPs, work on securing member benefits

            Publicity – two active semesters

                        Webmaster – updating the website, knowledge of html/graphic design a                                     plus

                        Publicity – making posters, flyers, business cards to advertise the club

 

 

Tonight at Pennington Rd FAU there will be a CEU drill at 7.30pm

            See Nicole to work out rides

 

Tomorrow night from 6-10 in Princeton there will be a CEU class on transportation of patients. Dinner is included

            See Nicole or Jay to work out rides

 

 

George Apostolopoulos (Deputy Chief)

 

We are doing a patch trade with our home squads, see George to sign out a LEMS patch and bring one from your home organization in return. It will go up on our bulletin board in health services. This is a first aid squad tradition.

 

There are a lot of standbys this weekend so please sign up. Remember you need standbys to be an active member and this is a major fundraising event for our club.

 

 

Regina Cummings (Training)

 

Come and pick up a training form if you are going to the CEU classes.

 

Working on scheduling a CPR instructor course

 

We will have an in house CEU by the end of the semester

 

 

Tom Pagnotta (Equipment)

 

Ordered supplies for the closet.

 

We may be having a problem with radio 8.

 

For standbys this weekend, please coordinate with the crew chiefs for switching of equipment.

 

 

Kevin Mnich (Logistics)

 

Labeling the radios – we are looking into a better system than labels or using a Dremel. We may to some reprogramming to achieve this.

 

Radio #2 has a new charger and will be back in service soon.

            New CC’s should be getting assigned radios.

 

The pager is in the closet in an ADEP bag. We need to find it.

 

 

Jay Preciado (Exec VP)

 

Sweatshirts will be here next week.

 

New members should come pick up an application

 

 

Jim Garvey (VP MS&SE)

 

The banquet is currently being planned

            Meetings are 11.30-1 in the cube on Mondays

            The cost is still up in the air, somewhere between $10 and $25

            There will be a link in an email to a form genie to sign up.

 

April 21st from 1-4pm APO is doing a safety day with Campus PD and the fire dept and we are going to help out.

            We will have stations for first aid and safety drills for the kids

            Info will go out in an email, there will be standby credit. Help is appreciated.

 

 

Jessica Paciorek (Secretary)

 

Sign in

 

The attendance records will be available at next week’s meeting – you must have attended meetings to be an active member, and cannot vote unless you have attended 50% + 1 of the meetings.

 

 

Mike Rossetti (Treasurer)

 

If anyone is interested in being the treasurer, feel free to stop by Mike’s office hours for a tour of the SFB office and a pre-orientation to the job.

            Tuesday, 12.30-1.50 in the cube

 

 

Kelly Gilsenan (Fundraising)

 

April 29th (Sunday) from 12-8pm, Six Flags fundraiser

            There will be significant standby credit involved, and you also get a six flags pass            for participating.

 

Cheeburger cheeburger fundraiser in the works.

 

 

Tom Paulmann (Publicity)

 

Business cards are here.

 

 

*Special note*

 

The wolfe CA’s are holding a program on what to do before help arrives in a medical emergency, and are looking for LEMS involvement. See Kevin (mnich2@tcnj.edu) if you would like to help out. It will be next Wednesday evening.

 

 

*Pennington Road is still accepting applications from LEMS members – email lionsems@tcnj.edu for more information.