2024-02-01 Safety and Documentary Film Night Debrief

Date

February 1, 2024

Attendees

Meghan Tomlin, Desiree Bulger, Samantha Daniels, Jess Harry

Agenda

• review the event
• do any follow up action items

Notes

Feedback of Safety Concerns from Comments Box

• help for families with snowstorm (e.g. who to contact during office closures re: Frozen pipes)
• earthquakes 
• forest fires
• patrols at night (what is the purpose, feeling of being spied on by members)
• providing lanterns for power outages (there was not enough lanterns for everyone in first round)
• who checks on elders and singles during emergencies? - George Harry is going to emergency operations training which is a first step

Meghan

• where is Malahat Nation's emergency water supply? Can this be funded by an |Environment program or Daniels funding to get a supply in the emergency Sea Can?
• Need a way for members to get assistance for safety issues after hours
• concern about road access during floods - there have been washouts before/mudslides
• Providing Generators for personal households might be useful
• Daniel's wife at event ? Was that appropriate - she asked for first aid kit but funding is for community
• Pieter had 2 people with him who were from Washington - we were never informed. How to handle this? - follow up with Pieter about this

Samantha

• Sitting together as a team (Environment team/Daniel etc.)
• put Name tags on 
• Posters of anything else we are doing in the community
• better way of handing out invites to event/ notices for event (Facebook is not good for everyone - some people did not know about event)
• Sam had to share event on her personal Facebook due to some members being blocked on Malahat event

Jess

• introductions about background is important at events (e.g. ancestry)
• Hul'qumi'num language - members are typically impressed but there needs to be caution because not everyone has access to language learning, be cautious about sharing opportunities to learn the language
• bring community member staff for buddy communications 
• Clam Garden tour via boat
• plan Elders activities after Elder lunch
• Talk to Rose Harry - about best ideas
• Rose is good at leading interactive workshops (e.g. Food Preserving - drying clams, seaweed collection)
• some Youth and some elders
• 3 door prizes instead of one big one
• kid focused movies
• coloring station was a good idea
• have Cassie / Kathy do the chatting with members
• offering coffee time in the Environment Office to chat with members
• talk to Elders about the idea of starting a Working Group first
• evenings are good for Working Group

Des

• schedule 1 hour for take down

Action Items

• put first aid kits back in sea can/coffee stuff away - Meghan
• upload photos to ENV - photos - Sam
• order Patagonia clothes for winner - Meghan
  
• deliver/coordinate pick-up for Patagonia prize to winner (Wes Edwards) - Sam
• order Name Tags for events - Sam
• talk to Melissa about Patrols  - Des
• can we do another round of Lantern distribution with funds - Daniel
• follow up with Melissa on Emergency Numbers to Call - Des