General Meeting Minutes 10/6/14

We are more than blood drives!

CPR/First Aid Certification

• ·         Use club funds to certify club members?

Club T-shirts

• ·      Set up a committee
• ·      Design competition
• ·      Email redcross@nd.edu if interested in the committee
• ·      Pre-order?

Delete Blood Cancer: bone marrow drive

• ·      One or two day event?
• ·      Tentative date: November

“Vaccinate a Village”: idea from another university

• ·      Measles and Rubella Initiative
• ·      Fundraiser ideas?

o   Domer dollars

o   Chipotle gift card raffle

o   Bake sale

Welcome Sue Gulley

• ·      St. Joseph county Red Cross Chapter rep
• ·      9^th year
• ·      promote campus-community relations
• ·      DAT lifetime opportunities

o   E.g. Ebola volunteers abroad

• ·      Family reunification: one of the goals of the chapter
• ·      National Initiative: Home Fire Preparedness Campaign

o   Goal: in 5 years reduce deaths by home fires by 25%

o   Prevention is the key: fire alarms

o   Project Safe: October 18^th in South Bend

§  Goal: 3,000 households receive fire safety info, smoke alarms and installation

§  Need volunteers!!

§  9 AM

• ·      Mobile Apps

o   Blood Drives

§  Get involved early, make it a habit

o   Tornado App

o   Earthquake App

o   Hurricane App

o   First Aid App

General Meeting Minutes 9/25/14

Officer Introductions

Powerpoint with officers and event info:
https://docs.google.com/a/nd.edu/presentation/d/1Cv3b-OAXL_5gQOxCTVojVj7QMnLGdyFVM0hvUfjPDBI/edit#slide=id.p

Event Sign ups

• blood drives
• bone marrow drive
• Soldiers' Angels
• dorm reps

General Meeting Minutes 4/16/14

• Delete Blood Cancer
• You sign up to be on call to donate bone marrow
• Howard hall same drive? SAO?
• Blood Drive
• April 29^th 11 am to 5 pm
• With ROTC
• ROTC will provide lots of volunteers
• Ms. Glaser is going to bring posters next week for us to hang up
• Measles and Rubella Initiative
• Raised $70
• Deposit at the ND Credit Union (Jenny), bring FOPAL number
• Shirt Design
• Design next week to order over the summer, look into company

General Meeting Minutes 4/2/2014

• New officers!
• Fact of the Day: South Sudan refugees in Uganda: everything from first aid and emotional support to hygiene promotion and reconnecting separated families
• Martin's Soldier Supply Drive: great success! Thanks to everyone who participated! We collected 120 pounds of items
• Delete Blood Cancer Apr 23 4-6 pm in the Sorin Room: 3 volunteers needed
• Collaboration with Takashi and a couple other students
• Blood Drive Apr 29, 10 AM - 4 PM: volunteers needed
• Global Health Week: an event on Thursday
• Potential topics: Refugees, blood donation, disaster relief
• Collect donations for the Measles and Rubella Initiative
• North vs. South dining halls competition?
• Tuesday 6-7 pm in Lafortune, probably Montgomery Auditorium: panel will feature 
• Club Budget: we have a good budget, so much that we're asking for a negative budget! So feel free to brainstorm for events without thinking about budgeting!

Officer Meeting Minutes 3/26

• Collaborate with Takashi and blood cancer organization on a drive to sign people up to donate bone marrow for bone cancer, maybe on 23 April, 3-6 pm? ~3 volunteers plus material distribution-->Facebook event
• Martin's Item Drive: went really well, $70+ in donations, filled the back of a truck with donated items, handed out 650+ slips-->photo(s) on Facebook
• Budget for next year: budget to Club Coordination Council will be submitted to Dr. Go by this weekend; any big events that might need budget considerations? The Superhero Run, concession stand, Fireman Foam event
• 3 General Meetings left!

General Meeting Minutes 3/19/2014

• Fact of the Day: East Harlem gas explosion on 3/12
• Shelter, food, vital relief services for hundreds (>70 residents overnight shelter, nearly 500 blankets and comfort kits, support for medical first-responders)
• Sign up please for the Martin's Item Drive MARCH 22, 1.5 hour-shifts
• Looking for linens, pillows, blankets for refugees
• ELECTION RESULTS
• President: Thomas Ridella
• Vice President: Danny Kerekes
• Secretary: Shannon Hogan
• Treasurer: Will Kim
• Blood Drives/Training Coordinator: James Mancino
• DAT Commander: Michael Hayes
• Military/Veterans: Allison Gormley
• Refugee/International: Jenny Diamond, Audrey McMurtrie, John McKeown
• Firefighter/Police: Petra Rantanen

Officer Meeting Notes 3/5/2014

• Refugee Items Needed: basic items such as blankets and pillows but cannot write checks due to regulations 
• start with listserv email for item donations (bring back from break!)
• Pillows, blankets, linens, bed frames (funds?)
• Neighborhood drive?
• Fundraiser: hot chocolate "Keep Refugees Warm"

• Officer elections: snacks/strawberries 
• Collapse positions: training coordinator + blood drive coordinator = chapter liaison
• DAT training: lots to do but coming up!
• Club Council Awards Banquet, Tue 4/28 5:30 RSVP by 3/21 

General Meeting Minutes 2/26/2014

• Fact of the Day
• H.O.M.E.: Helping Oklahomans Manage Emergencies, similar to Project SAFE but aimed toward tornadoes and severe weather emergencies
• Ukraine Red Cross emergency response teams: 360 people within 48 hours but lack of respect for humanitarian aid workers
• Valentines for Veterans: Thanks for your help! A huge success, including JPW parents and students; dropped off at VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)
• Military and Veteran Affairs: 
• Item Drive 3/22, Saturday after Spring Break 11 AM - 5 PM at Martin's
• Drivers? E-mail Danny dkerekes@nd.edu
• Another care package, thanks to Catie and David
• More letters this month from Lindsey
• Refugee
• Tutoring opportunities available: drivers needed, email Tori at vroeck@nd.edu
• English tutoring; afternoons
• Thanks to Thomas and Michael for doing snacks!
• DAT Training: required online courses through SABA>My Learning>pick classes
• DAT Fundamentals
• DA Fundamentals
• Disaster Mental Health
• Officer Elections 3/19 immediately following Spring Break during our usual General Meeting time
• Requirements:
• Be a dues-paying member (not too late!)
• Be committed to the club
• Perks:
• Work with a fantastic group of passionate ND students
• Work toward great goals that the Red Cross has set in place
• Exposure to great opportunities (ex. Mark's life-changing summer internship with the Red Cross)
• Expectations:
• Attend weekly meetings (alternating officer and general meetings)
• Meet with Dr. Go
• Collaborate with the Chapter and other student groups to coordinate volunteer opportunities
• How:
• Fill out online ballot (coming soon via listserv)
• Give a brief 2-minute 'speech' (prior involvement in club, why you want to run for this position, etc)
• Positions:
• President: coordinate events, meetings, communicate with the Chapter
• VP: loose ends, SAO, assistance as needs be
• Secretary: keep minutes, update blog and facebook, check/respond to/forward emails as necessary
• Treasurer: keep track of budget and expenditure, get receipts signed by Dr. Go, reimbursements from SAO
• Refugee: communicate with Chapter, coordinate tutoring, volunteering, culture school, collaborate with other clubs (humanitarian/service)
• Military/Veterans: letters, care packages, Adopt-a-Soldier, Veteran's Day
• Disaster Action Team: communicate with local Red Cross branches, keep track of members and trained members and schedules
• Blood Drive: communicate with the Chapter to set dates and get on-campus locations for the blood drives, coordinate volunteers and recruit donors
• Firefighters/Police Coordinator: Project SAFE (fire safety event), appreciation events (ex. make lunches)
• Training Coordinator: coordinate training events, work with DAT, CPR training
• Feel free to email any of the officers for questions!

Officer Meeting Minutes 2/19/2014

• Refugee tutoring...need to get through some paperwork to do it at homes
• Elections
• Snacks at next general meeting: Michael & Thomas
• Wisam from the Chapter to speak at the meeting next week?
• Culture school to be set up in the next few weeks
• Contact info for Sue

General Meeting Minutes 2/12/2014

• Food!
• Fact of the Day: 
• over 200 people in Red Cross shelters in the south
• relief supplies and response vehicles
• Another fact: blood needed; 1000 drives canceled from the cold
• Meeting with Chapter Reps
• DAT is on!
• Regular volunteering at Chapter Building
• Transportation? Bus, bike, van through CSC
• Refugee/International Needs
• Finding affordable housing
• Weekly culture school
• Ideas from Sue
• Superhero 5K race
• Free Training Opportunities on campus
• Citizen CPR (1 hour)
• DAT Boot Camp (3-4 hours on a Saturday)
• Military Affairs
• Item Drive: hand out lists of items most asked for by soldiers to customers at grocery stores, ask them if they are willing to buy one or two of these items to donate: leaders for the weekends? email Danny
• Valentines for Veterans to be sent to Veterans of Foreign Wars (140 members)

Officer Meeting Minutes 2/5/2014

• Meeting with Dr. Go at our next officer meeting, 2/19
• Meeting with the new contact at the Chapter?
• Next week, Tuesday or Wednesday
• New refugee program manager: met on Friday at the move-in; new but qualified
• Meeting with him soon?
• Getting a professor mentor from CSC to get some authority on us in our discussions with the Chapter
• More tutors needed: email to be forwarded to listserv
• Move-in: thanks to the volunteers, sorry for the poor planning at the Chapter...
• Blood Drive: Chapter miscommunication, will be cooperating with the Army
• Veterans: "Valentines for Veterans" event? Write cards at general meeting and send to the VA/Veterans of Foreign Wars
• Speakers at general meetings? Contact professors
• Food at meetings to be notified in the meeting reminder email
• Facebook maintenance
• Getting a percentage of tickets for a show/movie/concert to be donated to a cause
• Prizes for getting to a certain level (# of hours of volunteering) on Volunteer Connection --> for later
• GET THROUGH THE CHAPTER TO BE MORE COOPERATIVE WITH US
• Veteran fundraiser at Martin's
• Training Sessions: CPR; collaborate with FAST if Chapter is unresponsive

General Meeting Minutes 1/29/2014

• Link to powerpoint presentation with steps to register on Volunteer Connect
• Military Update
• we have adopted Private Tony in Egypt, deployed for a year
• We've sent a care package every month
• Letters every week
• We have people signed up for the year
• Thank-you letter to veterans and a signed poster at Veterans Center in South Bend
• Item Drive for soldiers everywhere, possibly at Meier's
• Volunteers to stand outside, give out a list of items for soldiers, explain our cause and collect the items
• Volunteer Connection: A new, efficient way to volunteer; Benefits:
• Find volunteer opportunities, through the club or at home
• Keep track of volunteer hours, great for grad/med school!
• Possible reward system
• Stay organized as a club
• Sign up for Volunteer Connection!
1. http://www.redcross.org/in/south-bend
2. Click link to Regional Volunteer Site
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Become a Volunteer heading, click the link Click here to begin the volunteer process
4. Click on Adult Application
5. Fill in the appropriate information and select South Bend as your closest chapter
• Refugee Move-In: Friday, 1/31; 9 AM-12 PM
• e-mail nagbayan@nd.edu if interested ASAP
• Transportation provided
• DAT (Disaster Action Relief; first responders to local disasters) scheduling for this semester
• Upcoming Blood Drive in April 28th; volunteers will be needed
• General Elections in March
• Available positions: 
• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• DAT Commander: keep connected with the Chapter, organize training sessions, lead DAT squads and organize shifts
• Military/Veterans: Adopt-a-Soldier, assemble and send care packages, send letters, special events especially Veterans' Day and Memorial Day
• Firefighters/Police: volunteer and organize events for firefighters and police
• Training Coordinator: keep in contact with the Chapter, organize CPR/First Aid classes, etc.
• Refugee/International: help St. Joseph County Chapter with refugees: help with welcoming, assimilation process, English lessons, etc. 
• Blood Drive Coordinator: work with the Blood Drive person at the Chapter to set up blood drives on campus, recruit volunteers and donors
• Requirements: be a due-paying member, volunteer experience preferred
• Dues: $5 to William Kim, treasurer
• A few t-shirts still left over, $5
• Guest speakers for our future meetings? 

Officers Meeting Minutes 1/19/2014

• Geddes Wednesday 6-8 pm Social Concerns Clubs Fair
• Volunteer Connection: create club
• DAT: talk to Doug to get started for the semester
• Welcome to Thomas, the blood drive officer for the semester! --> Talk to Wendy, the blood drive person at the chapter
• Meeting with Dr. Go at the next officer meeting
• Meetings at Wednesday 8 PM?
• Refugees: got enough tutors but still need 3-4 volunteers for move-in on Jan. 31 
• Refugees: meeting with Fr. Grudy on Monday (Syria)