Safecom meeting minutes S2011

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Monday, January 31st
Old Business:

• Discussed possible bone marrow donation at Hampshire. An organization, “Be the Match (nation marrow donor registry” will come to Hampshire and fund raise for bone marrow testing. They would need a space large enough for five table. First table for sign up and medical? Really beneficial because people who cannot give blood can still give bone marrow. Six volunteers to assist. This would be a separate event then the organ donation. April 8th 2011. Possibly the art gallery (library). The decision was made to follow up on reserving a space and possibly setting this event up. • It was decided that SafeCom will not be following up with the public safety review of lighting walk to find what area’s needs lights. For the reason that it was not financially feasible. But we will double check.  • Sexual assault and harassment are both underreported. There isn’t really a way to motivate people to record this activity. What we can do is promote knowledge of the resources available. Other schools safer sex groups table events and remind people of the resources during the event. It was purposed that we talk to the “Sex-perts” regarding a co-operation. Discussion of possible meeting between “Sex-perts” and the CAs. '''It was decided that Sex-perts are pre-emotive and CA’s are more interested on emergencies. Dylan Holmes is going to look at the NSNS and send a copy to students''' • Pubic safety public outreach: Public safety sends out a survay of all three campuses. How students perceive pubs? Would you feel comfortable approaching some? The smith student senate is going to help. Public safety was interested to know if SafeCom wanted to help. '''SAfeCom will hand out and collect answers at signer seminar. Possible orientation, signer seminar. '''

Monday, February 7th
Old business from last meeting: ➢ Bone marrow: The 8th of April does not work for a bone marrow event. The new date will be the 22nd of April. We will email the gallery and special programs to see if that date works for the school. The organization would really like SafeCom to help them fund raise though an online donation. SafeCom will email the marrow organization to see if the 22nd of April works and if they have any material that they’d like to send to the school. ➢ Sexual harassment summary: The NSNS summary turned out to be the same as the written work from the CAs. However the CA pamphlet gives resources. CAs will continue to be a resources, but not on the call end. There is a difference between resources and policy. That should be clarified. '''Chris Thomas will investigate how easy it is to find the sexual policy and resources on the Hampshire College website. Chris will also check public safety's website to see Check if public safety has a link between Hampshire's information and Public Safety's website as the request of the Public Safety Director.''' ➢ Survays: The surveys are a priority to Public safety. Students wanted more space to place comments. We are looking for a online method of having students take it. Survay was molded using other surveys from other colleges. The next step is to stuff mailboxes and set up an area for students to return their surveys. We will get a box for the main circulation of the library and one for the mailroom/bridge. ➢ Hampfest: Public Safety will attend and give out materials.

New business: ➢ Ice/Whether for the College: Salt needs to be prioritized. Students are more likely to get back up after a fall where as staff and faculty are at greater risk. Hampshire could possible put up signs. The immediate areas prioritized for salting are: walk ways between building, paths to housing areas, the dinning common steps and the walk way under the bridge. Another dangerous aspect of the college are the large hills of ice, that make it difficult for drives to see pedestrians. '''An email will be sent to Dawn and Community Council addressing these concerns. ''' ➢ Information: The largest complaints to public safety are parking related. The largest reported problem to Public Safety is theft. ➢ Public Safety's responsible is to call in blocked doors or fire hydrants for safety.

Monday, February 14th
➢ Bone morrow, library law april 25. Facebook group for fundraiser ➢ CAs are still trying to figure stuff out. They are trying to figure out how the hotline got started as a way to see how what the options were. ➢ Elevator failure: Not actually fixed? North elevator. ➢ SafeCom schedule no meeting next week. We will communicate via email. ➢ Jessica Gifford is changing the name for the sexual assault policy

Monday, February 28th
Check in: • Hampshire wanted it to be a Monday (April 12:30-2:30). Faculty lounge, library lawn. Advertising the Thursday before it. Old Business Needs: • CAs – 3/11 having been coming to those meetings. Proposed an extra meeting to talk about the hotline. • CAs – Monday evening 6-8 on Mondays. No one showed up last Monday or Friday. New Business: • Survivor’s group information: There is nothing besides talk for the CAs. There are two groups Bereavement group, hosted by a Hampshire alum. Overcoming depression group. Both were open meetings but are now closed. “Rape crisis counseling” is needed to run the support group. Detective Kevin and Jen might be necessary for this conversation. Talk to the Every Women’s Center and Student Services. Search off campus groups that could come in and talk to people about it and create a space and participation. Search other colleges and offices. Ask Jessica for contact info of people who could help. Decent meeting space. • There are no stats on sexual assault, do surveys again. Have a cover letter: This is what this is for; this is how you can change policy. How do we get people there? • Meet with Kevin and Jen so that we know that resources • Evaluations of co-chairs. • SafeCom: Bike Safety clinic April 20th Wednesday 10am to 2pm at Hampshire on the library lawn. How to ride safety on and off campus. How to do maintenance safely. Contact some Bike people, make a facebook group, and post. There will be free stuff. Table with SafeCom stuff for the event. Faculty will be involved. EMT do a small assimilation via Bikes (tell Cam to email earl). Riding tips, • Public safety has been tabling March 2nd. Airport 1-3 Pub safety is trying to get info regarding alcohol in the dorms, or trespassing. • Each area on campus has a contact officer. There should be an event called know your officers. As a form of community policing. • Put the officers on each area on Hampshire. • Brainstorm off campus stuff with council

Monday, March 7th
Check in: • CAs might have the phone back up. They are going to update their hampedia • Abuse online form • Find Sexual trauma event leadership • There is a Sexual assault investigation with Kevin – March 30th, call in for public safety. Accessed at yurt.hampshire.edu • Pub safety meet and greet, on the March 24th in Saga from 5-7. • Go to FiCom and get account number to see if we can eat using the account. • Call individual groups to fill out surveys.

Monday, March 21st
- Get the word out about public safety event with Ken the investigator regarding Sexual. - Getting back Public Safety surveys this week. - CA Hampedia is up to date. - A Hampshire Student runs Survivors group. (Point person Kai). - Bone Marrow event is registered as a fundraiser. Students will fill out a medical history. Look for bone or blood issues. LGBT folks should be allowed to donate. Afterwards students get four cotton swabs. The data from the swab goes into a data base. If students are a match with other people then that are called to go through more testing at a later date before that actually donate. Plasma is taken from students like a blood test. It is not used for storage, it is used for people who need it at that moment.

Monday, April 4th
SafeCom April 4, 2011

Bone Marrow update: Between schedule, fund raising and lack of assistance from the campus it would difficult to do the bone marrow event. Doesn’t have the focusing energy. Most of the people that Amy’s spoken to have already signed up or are not interested. Amy doesn’t feel that its worth it for the organization to come. It’s not totally closed but certain. Another problem is that time it takes to register.

Organ donning event:: Space, parking pass, have been acquired. Dylan is going to start advertising soon. There is a concern hat many of the people that we signed up last year,

Public Safety is holding Bike Safety events at Smith 19th, Hampshire on the 20th, Mount Holyoake 21st.

Public Safety website improvements.

Where we want SafeCom to go: Due to council’s changes and our group amount, SafeCom has been incredibly limited. We could meet with the president and drafts a future proposal. Creating a purview for SafeCom. SafeCom should advertise that we are a space for anyone to come in and talk about issues of safety. Safety should have a direct link with reslife, the EMTs and the CAs. SafeCom could evolve into a meeting space created by interns and CAs.

SafeCom - needs to be a body where people talk to them. • Possible strategies for recruiting and information might be to put out notes cards for people to fill out. • Posters (happening on Thursday the 14th) • Tabling in the library (after the 14th) • Tabling in Saga

Monday, April 18th
Reports back: o The Tuesday Wednesday event was well. o Bike event Wednesday April 20th 10 Am – 2pm o Poster hold o Resend out sexual assault form

New Business: o Reed and Liz Are new SafeCom members and were updated on the current situation and past SafeCom. o We are going to email Jessica Gifford to see if we can run the survey though the CHC. The goal will be to leave the o Do some research about the different kinds of posters that exist. o 5 percent of college men are multiple rapists. o “Speak out” this Saturday 4-7. Safe space for Survivors of sexual assault to share their stories. It will be publicized through the community health facebook page, the survivors list serve. o Thank you Brunch on May 3rd 12-1: Ray LaBarre, Earl Brown, Bob Smith o Bone Marrow group asked us to advertise for them.