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PREP Minutes - JUL. 7, 2009
PREP MTG. MINUTES FROM JULY 7, 2009
1. Roll call
2. Minutes approved from meeting of June 2, 2009
3. Treasurer's report. Bank balances total $ 6678.31.
Gross from dinner, raffle and silent auction of June 4th was $ 3686.86.Net was $ 2866.97.
4. In re the garbage issue, it was suggested that information be put on the interface e mail in re those who need help and those who have trucks to pick up garbage. Whatcom County Health Dept.has to do with dumping of garbage and the health hazard. We will stand by on our hot line in re calls coming in for those needing assistance. There will be a meeting at Shannon Tomsen's house on Whalen Drive tomorrow at 4 P.M. in re action to be taken on this problem.
5. The community sign is up now, and contributions are coming in to get it finished.
6, Per Kelly Kiniski, there is coming training from Seattle in re radio communications and ham radios.We may get new a new radio in the clinic, which would be given to us. We have a satellite radio in the clinic for emergency purposes.
7. Per Henry, in re sheltering information, there has been no response from the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. There is a meeting scheduled with Salvation Army next Tues. in Bellingham. Ed has 2 or 3 addresses for people and/or companies to contact for shelter training, at large cost. Henry and Carol Tan will talk further. Fran Cameron from B.C. has a Red Cross manual about sheltering.
8. Per Virginia, she gave a report on her experience with Whatcom Health Dept. They have a plan to have a table top discussion in re St. Joseph's Hospital, nursing homes, etc. in re any pandemic. They will have vaccines from the federal government in October, to be free, to have volunteers to give the vaccines, 2 times for each person. She has talked to volunteers who would help. We have some H1N1 vaccines here now. We have hundreds of masks here.
9. Ed has talked to Bill Meursing about the relationship of PREP to the fire dept. He has questions we are
asking of the fire dept. He is handing them out -- a 3 page statement with questions.
10. Heather Good says the questionnaire on the website/data is obsolete in re the people asked the
questions originally. We need to update the data and call the people again.
11. Nex meeting will be on Tues. Aug. 4th.
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