Mira Mesa CERT Newsletter Nov 6th

Good afternoon, here is the News:

NEW MEMBERS!—It is with great pleasure (bordering on joy) that I present our new graduates from Academy 28:

Andrew Bazeley

Landon Bazeley

Beth Harrison

Grifffin Harrison

Michael Jackson

Congratulations to you all!  This weekly email is intended to keep you up to speed on Team Meetings, upcoming CE's and other news important to our Team and San Diego CERT.  It typically comes out on Tuesday, sometimes Wednesday, sometimes Thursday if I have had a bad week.  I try to get everything in here, but if you have questions about anything, reply to this email, I'll do my best.  For you veterans, this email and the next several will have a lot of info you already know, for the benefit of our new people.

Team Meeting—NO MEETING FOR NOVEMBER.  Our next meeting is on Monday, 10 December, 6:00pm—7:00pm.  I prefer to start and end on time.  If the agenda might take us past 7, I'll try to give fair warning.  This meeting and most of our "indoor" meetings through 2013 is in the Mira Mesa Senior Center, 8640 Mira Mesa Blvd.  That's between New Salem/Reagan Rd and Camino Ruiz.  The Senior Center is on the North Side of Mira Mesa Blvd., so you must be going westbound to get into the place unless you have a commendable off-road vehicle and a total dis-regard for safe driving practices.  Enter the first of two driveways, it is one way going in the first drive and one way coming out the second.  The RSVP next door gets really cranky if you go in the second driveway.  If you miss the place, you'll have to go up Camino Ruiz, turn right on New Salem and make another pass.  DO NOT park at the IHOP, your car will not be there when you return.

This meeting will be mainly an orientation for new members, so I hope you all can make it.  We will go over what you need to do to qualify for DSW, and some good strategies for doing that.  We'll also cover basic PPE and other gear, you don't need to spend a fortune to be effective.  You Veterans please bring Go-bags if you want to share them, and any tips for getting hard to get gear like gloves that fit and such.

Next Meeting—Please mark your calendars for Thursday, 10 December.  We will once again be in the Senior Center, 6:00pm-7:00pm.  Our Assistant Team Leader Jennifer Tang will be reviewing emergency wound care.  Don't miss it.

Refresher Update this Weekend—You new people don't need a Refresher yet.  I'll explain "Refresher" in our orientation meeting, and in a subsequent news.  You folks who signed up for this, take note of the weather change.  A cold snap is predicted for this weekend, temperatures in the low 40's ,and there is a slight chance of rain.  Plan accordingly.

That's all for this weekend.  Questions, comments, you know how to find me.  NEW PEOPLE, please respond to this email, if I do not hear from you I will be contacting you directly.  It is important that you get the News every week.