Good morning, here is the News:
Team Meetings—You can see our Team's meetings and
other Team's meetings here:
In any month where we do not have a team meeting here in
Mira Mesa, you can attend another Team's meeting and get credit for it,
or, if you really need a meeting credit and can't get to our scheduled meeting,
we can usually work something out so you can attend another meeting and get
credit. Please remember, you only need two team meetings a year, and the
credits don't accumulate to the next year, so once you have attended two
meetings you have satisfied the requirement. Of course, we hope you will
go to as many meetings as you can manage, they are educational and help you
stay informed.
Reporting Your Hours—We had some great CE's at the
beginning of the month (hose loading and collapse survival). They both count
for December, but if you went, you have to report them. To repeat what I
said last night in our meeting, Jennifer and I DO NOT get copies of the sign in
sheets for CE's, Refreshers or anything other than our own team meetings.
You report your hours, we send a report to our leadership which is accumulated
into a report for our battalion (we're in Battalion 5), this is then sent to
our Program Manager who audits the reports against the sign-in sheets.
Yup, it's complicated, but it begins with you . If you do not report your
hours in the month that you attended an event, then you will not get
credit. It's tough, but San Diego CERT is way too large to do much
else. So, when you get a request for your hours at the end of a month
(usually in this Newsletter), please respond with an email with a unique
subject line such as "December Hours", and then list the date, name
of the course, Instructor and number of hours you spent. This also
applies to Team Meetings, when you attend our monthly meeting, please
report it. If the class you took is not one of ours, please be sure
to get a copy of whatever completion certificate they provide, digitally if
possible, you will need to provide an electronic copy along with your
hours. If you have ANY doubt about a class' eligibility for CE credit,
please ask for confirmation from us BEFORE you take the class. Getting
approval after the fact almost never happens, because we really want to
encourage you to do it before. If you have no hours to report for
any given month, you do not have to send a report.
December Hours—What we said above about hours applies
for the general case. However, if you are going away for the holidays
please report your hours before you go. We'll make an exception for
December.
My Absence—This next Monday I will be undergoing hip
replacement surgery. I wore it out. So I will be out of the picture
for at least a few weeks. During that time our Assistant Team Leader
Jennifer Tang will assume my duties. So, from 17 December on, if you have
a question, please direct it to Jennifer at zhinan@gmail.com.
Most likely we will suspend the News for a few weeks, unless there is an
important announcement. We will resume as soon as possible.
Best of the Holiday Season to you all, and thank you again
for your commitment to CERT. You make a difference.
-Steve
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