DISTRICT 1030
RE-ACTION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE
Minutes of meeting held at the Bridges Room, Gateshead Civic Centre, at 7.30pm, Wednesday 21st October 2009.
Present.
S Rees (Chair), T.Bell (Longbenton with Killingworth),
C Magnay(Gateshead), M Loxley(WhitleyBay), W Craig (Gateshead East),
R Hart (Whickham Clavering), B Huntley (Bishopwearmouth), J Young (Stanley), B Jacob (Stanley), A Clark (Morpeth), G Coxon (Seaburn), B Dodds (Sunderland), P Quigley (Consett). P Trevelyan (Hexham)
Apologies
Apologies for absence received from; -D Hickman (Tyne & Wear EPU),
K Wiper, (Darlington),K Marlow, B Jones (Teesside West), R McAllister (Bedlingtonshire), C Leach (District 1030), A Dickinson (Houghton Le Spring),
T McAleavy (Durham & Darlington CCU), A Rogers (Jarrow with Harton),
P Leech (Cleadon), D Pringle (Tynedale), J Banks (Newcastle Gosforth),
I McLaren (Spennymoor), R Jackson (Gateshead), S Perola (Cramlington),
K Moore (Alnwick).
Before the Meeting started the Chair apologised to any ReAction member who may have received e-mails of a commercial nature purporting to have been sent by him. His e-mail account contact list had been infiltrated, but he hoped the problem had now been resolved.
Since the last meeting there had been a number of changes in personnel as ReAction Club members:-
Ian McLaren for Ian Jamieson – Spennymoor
Ken Seed – Washington, who did not currently have a replacement, so correspondence would be forwarded to Club President, Ken Seed.
Gordon Coxon for Doug Dobbing – Seaburn.
Peter Quigley for Lynne Ackland – Consett
Ron Hart for Alan Cartwright – Whickham Clavering.
The last three members were in attendance and the Chair welcomed them to their first meeting.
2) Minutes of last meeting
These were accepted as a true record.
3) Matters Arising.
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One matter was raised from the last meeting, concerning the note on the Morpeth Floods which the chair would deal with during the course of tonight’s business.
4) Second Call Out
Peter Leech(Cleadon) had offered to be Second Call Out for the foreseeable future and his details had been included on all Call Out lists.
5) E-mail addresses
ReAction Call Out Lists were continuing to undergo updating, S Reescirculated drafts of all the current Call Out Lists and requested attendees to check and amend their own details and those of others if they had the information.
Post Meeting Note:- Would any representatives receiving these Minutes by Post, who would be prepared to receive them in future by e-mail please confirm as such by sending an e mail to .
6) EPU Matters
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1) Various correspondences had been received from GONE (Govt Office North East) on pandemics.
2) Copy received of Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Emergency Response Plan.
3) Volunteer Emergency Liaison Group (VELG) Meetings a) Discussion on Pitt Review and Pandemic Flu (Swine Flu).
4) Tyne and Wear EPU – Dawn Hickman was not able to attend tonight’s meeting and had provided contact details of Judi Evans of Regional Voluntary Agencies Group ( British Red Cross) who could report on the Morpeth Floods. Dawn had provided some PowerPoint pictures of the floods.
Alan Clark (Morpeth) reported on his Club’s involvement in the floods and suggested the nature of the disaster did not warrant a ReAction involvement due to its localised affect and not involving outside “Friends and Families”.
7) Health & Safety
Nothing to report.
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8) British Red Cross
The Chair had been contacted by Judi Evans of the British Red Cross on Saturday 17th October 2009 to establish whether Rotary ReAction would assist as volunteers in distributing antiviral medicines to those with Swine Flu, where patients had no friend or relative to collect the medication.
Copies of the Volunteer’s Checklist, Information for on-call Duty Officers and Risk Assessment documentswere handed out to attendees, which had been provided by BRC to give some details and background to the volunteer role.
A discussion on the documents was held and the Chair noted the questions being raised so that they could be passed to BRC. It was agreed that the best way forward was to invite a representative of BRC to attend a Special ReAction meeting to explain the scheme in more detail and to answer questions. Correspondence regarding the arrangements for the meeting would be circulated. It was agreed that members attending would notify their Clubs of BRC’s request and the meeting be open to senior Club officers. e.g. President/Secretary as well as ReAction members.
Post Meeting Note:- The Meeting was arranged for Thursday 19th November 2009 at Gateshead Civic Centre, Bridges Room 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm. A list of the questions raised at our meeting was forwarded to BRC on 28th October.
9 Any Other Business
1) Judi Evans had agreed to attend our next meeting to present a talk on BRC’s involvement in the Morpeth Floods. BRC are still partially active in providing assistance.
2) The Chair had forwarded a copy of our last meeting minutes to Mike Hovey RIBI ReAction Co-ordinator so that he was aware of the nature of our meetings. A letter had been received in response which was read out at the meeting. In it he informed us that Rotary in North Wales/Merseyside and Lancashire had agreed to assist British Red Cross as volunteers to distribute medications to those with Swine Flu. He also continues to update the Chair on ReAction at a national level.
10 Date/Time next meeting. Tuesday 23rdMarch 2010. 7-30 pm.Whickham Room, Gateshead Civic Centre.Gateshead.
NOTE: - change of day to a Tuesday.