Newsletters Past & Present of the Sarnia Paramedic Association

News Letters of the Sarnia Paramedic Association

-UPDATE-

02 September 1998

Fund Raiser Barbeque

12 Sept 1998

Tentative arrangements have been made for the Association to have a Barbeque at the Beaver Lumber Store on Saturday, Sept 12. They are having a big annual sidewalk sale, and are expecting a lot of people. If anyone wants to help cook, let Tom know. We would need about three people for cooking, and more to talk and do some PR.1 would say from about 11:00 until about 2:00 pm. We should be able to make a few hundred dollars. (Herbivores welcome) Tom.

Pedi-Mate Child Restraint

A price has been secured for three child restraint seats from Ferno. Waiting for responses from potential sponsors.Details at the next meeting.

Shirts for Members

Nino Ruggirello has been working really hard on trying to get us a good price on some shirts. So far, the places on Mitton Street (Team Outfitters) have been the only ones to commit to a price.

Mayor Mike Bradley

Tom and Gary met with Mayor Bradley in Sarnia City Hall on 26 August at 11:00 am. This was to be an introductory meeting to let Mayor Bradley know about our association. Mayor Bradley was very interested to hear about our organization.

The meeting went very well, and the Mayor is receptive to further meetings as needed when the time is right. We feel that the Mayor views our association as another useful resource to help him better sees the big picture.

The Mayor is interested to see the McNamara Report.

Mayor Bradley suggested that it was premature to worry about any possible scenarios that might unfold with the downloading issue.

Web Page

Chuck has done a really nice job of setting up a web page. The address is as follows: www.sarnia.com/groups/paramedics As Chuck says, it still needs some “yadda yadda yadda”.An idea was brought to us about an interactive case review on our web site. The idea is that we would pick a couple of calls, keeping them confidential of course, and put them on the site. We could then detail our findings and management, and give~ viewers to the web site an opportunity to agree/disagree with our care and offer their comments. Maybe a doc could be persuaded to offer a paragraph or two about what he thought of our care, which could also be added to the site. The comments that come in could be printed for everybody to see. Only an idea, but if someone would like to get some information together and organize it so that Chuck can put it on the site, please feel free to volunteer. (No ACR’s please)

Newsletter Contributions

If anyone has anything to say, and would like to have their views, opinions, or observances typed into this newsletter, leave a copy of what you want included in my mailbox, or you can e-mail it to me. Tom email rocket@htl.net

Association Membership

Our membership now includes 100% of the full-time people (way to go Garry Mc), and everyone from part-time except two. Not bad.

Sarnia Fire Chief Boyes

This is a reminder that Sarnia Fire Chief Boyes has agreed to come and address the Association on Sept. 15 at 19:45 hours at a place to be named soon. Hopefully we will all be on our best behavior. (This isn’t a lynchin’) If you get a chance to read the McNamara report, you might find some of the information pertinent to what Chief Boyes may be talking about.

Association Minutes and Correspondence

This is a reminder that any member wanting to see previous minutes or correspondence can do so by coming to the meetings. If you can’t make it, but still want to see the books, let Gary C. or Tom know.

(PS: The slide presentation is still in production. Please smile when it is your chance for a “photo op”. )