OWS Medic Meeting 1/11/12¶

Attendance:¶

Miriam, Elan, Red, Ed, Dave, Embi, Bugz, Jose, Grace, JediDave, FeatherHat, Captain Sam,

Report Backs:¶

Justin will drive a van of 7 people to the Ithaca Street Medic Training on Feb 3-5. He will write a proposal to the GA for funding, it is expected to cost about $400.00

Embi Will be leaving NYC on Monday, but plans to return

Bugz is working on herbalist issues: getting herbalists to volunteer with us and setting up a training.

There will be a Bridge training February 11 and 12

Ed missed the SIS meeting, he will look into what he missed

Red was in NH, he found that the police were very nice up there

WFR training got funded, Yeah!

Possible Space for trainings:
NY Society for Ethical Culture
16 Beaver
The Coalition for the Homeless

Patrick from sustainability will help us to write a mission statement

Tim an organizer from NH wants to stop by NYC and needs a place to stay

We requested Sudocon (Wipes for pepper spray), they are being sold at a discount price

There is a reporter who wants to speak with OWS Street Medics….see we.riseup for more info

Agenda¶

1) Financing¶

Embi will be stepping down as the point person, Janet will be taking over and Ed will be her buddy. (We decided on this as Max has been difficult to reach)
Dave we will need to resubmit an expense report to spokes. Embi has already done a lot of work on this, Dave has done some work, and Janet and Ed will do the rest.

Food expenses have been an issue.
People should try to budget well, and connect with the kitchen
Grace will provide us with a list of resources for food.

2) Occupy Excursions and Events¶

Occupy Congress
Embi and Elan are planning to go. Red, Ed, and Bugz want to go.
Elan is driving and has 3 spots available, gas will be paid by our budget
OWS is organizing a bus, but it is $50 Round Trip

South Carolina Primaries will need medics, there may be a march from SC to DC

MLK March on 1/16 will need medics for the March to Harlem

Occutour!
6 weeks, (end of January, beginning of February), They are in need of medics, Jose has already sent out a document with the details.

OWS Panel Discussion at New York Society for Ethical Culture
Sunday (1/15) at 11:15am – Martin Luther King, Jr., Remembrance Day: Occupy Wall Street
2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West)

Institute for Social Ecology
4 days of classes Thursday – Friday 10am – 6:30pm
For more information contact Jose

3) EMT study group / skills share¶

Miriam is taking EMT class and would like to share her training with us as well as learn with us. Will meet at Charlotte’s Place on Wednesdays at 1pm. NNU Nurses will be involved.

4) Story Telling¶

PLEASE DONT POST STORYTELLING IN MINUTES – Jose

5) Convergence Space (at this time, Justin’s Apartment)¶

It’s agreed that convergence spaces should all be respected in the following ways:
Occupiers using convergence space will participate in house hold chores:
Shopping
Cooking
Organizing
All dishes will be washed immediately
If dishwasher is used it will be emptied
Bathroom will be kept clean

Occupiers will use their own toiletries or towels
Sleeping space and socializing space will be respected and used appropriately
We will try to work together with this. People staying in the space will be respectful of the rules and owners of the space will give specific and concrete guidelines on what to do if they feel that the occupiers are not doing what is expected.
Everybody’s goal should be to leave the place nicer than they found it
We will speak further about what a convergence space means…

6) Medic Bag Supplies¶

Supplies will be kept at Charlotte’s place
Medics should only carry supplies that would be in their scope of practice to use
Nobody should have lidocane patches
Any inappropriate supplies can be turned into the NNU at Charlotte’s Place

Hi – Low¶

we will not mention the lows
Many medics high was the taking down of the barricades at Zuccotti Park
The people who went to NH are glad to be back in NYC