Agenda 11/8/06
Check in
Announcements (4 min)
Policy Book
Clinic Updates (10 min)
Liability—Megan Voorhees (22 min)
Check-out

Policy Book
· Make an electronic copy on the website

· One policy book will be at each clinic

· Policy is that officers are expected to read policy book

· There has been a problem in the past of people not reading the policy book

· Go through the policy book in detail at retreat or in PC for all new officers

· Documentation that people have read it

· Vote

o Email/Electronic–9

o Electronic + 2 pg hard copy–8

o “Rented” Hard copy–1

o 20-30pg tailored hard copy–0

Announcements
Website
forum done, suitcaseclinic.org in the next few days
Need info on open positions for elections—coordinators let Andrew know
Volunteer of the Month at Women’s and Youth—vote all in favor, coordinators will decide
SPEAC umbrella project
SPEAC mtg next Monday 10-11 FSM
Peoples park Monday board mtg—research to better use the park, trinity church @7PM on Monday
CALPRIG Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week—Check out table on Sproul November 13-17

Clinic Updates
General
· Dinner, little incident with Police, No chiro

· Womens

· Dinner low turnout, Sarah only coordinator, flu shots in a few weeks

· Youth

· Clients and volunteers left early

· Would like volunteers to come earlier and stay to clean up

Megan V—Risk Management Training
Cal Corps—Public service agency on campus, provide support for programs, give mini grants, provide support for service groups
Risk Management
How to run safe programs
In order to create justice need to create safety
Be thinking about how to run safe programs
What are the safety hazards and how do I prevent them?
Accidents do happen, if you have done what you need to and document then you have protection if someone tries to sue
Handout
Things to keep in mind…..
Choose people who are capable of doing their jobs
Train all volunteers, document
If working with under 18—train to look out for child abuse
Diversity training
Take a first aid and CPR
If driving people be aware that you are liable
Documents
Keep documentation of what goes on at clinic every week
At the beginning have a 5 min safety talk—point out safety hazards, make documentation (perhaps a checklist)
Medical forms
Documentation of CPR and first aid training
Finger printing? Make sure more then one person is around
Sign in and sign out log—have an idea of how many people are in the space
Written description of rules, make documentation that people have read it
Need waivers for volunteers and clients
For clients one option would be to sign waivers and put them in a locked box only opened if sued
A person can sue for up to 3 years after the incident
Megan Voorhees
Office:102 sproul
Email: Voorhees@berkeley.edu
Possible training on abuse

Check out
Discussion about training next week