Present: Indy, Raquib, Liz, Vicki, Jemika
NDIS:
- Vicki: carers are bring NDIS clients to TSS; creates problems when kitchen is very busy
- Carers don't always supervise their client well e.g. they leave clients in the kitchen by themselves
Fixed kitchen roles and numbers:
- Liz: proposes: two cooks, one person on coffee and one on the outside ("maitre d'")
- This exclude any new trainees - they are extraneous to the "four person" limit
Training of new volunteers:
- Ru is overloaded when she has to cook and train new volunteers at the same time - needs another experienced person on the day.
Free shop:
- Liz: running really well (general agreement)
- Remark: Ru cleans it out on Thursdays
- Less desirable items are placed under the tables; no items should go into office space as this is a shared area
- Some people are taking the best items in large quantities
- Action: Vicki will talk to "offending" people
"Screening" and induction of new volunteers:
- Liz has been talking to new volunteers to determine their reliability and level of skill
- Ru will help in this process
Flexible volunteering arrangements:
- Liz is training a new volunteer who will only cook in the morning and leave before service.
Volunteer forms:
- Action: post electronic copies on the wiki (Kevin)
- Paper copies in plastic drawers on benchtop outside kitchen window to office
Discussions in kitchen:
- Liz: topics of conversations and their intensity can be distracting - should be avoided in the kitchen
- Misha: some conversations can be triggering to patrons - need to be mindful
General kitchen:
- Sort out kitchen appliances - keep accessories and appliances together
- Action: talk to Belong re. mens' toilet door not working
Airkeys:
- Download Airkey app
- Ring Fahana at Belong reception between 9:00am and 2:00pm
Relationship with Belong:
- Liz was spoken to very rudely by Trish C - commented on by Vicki
- Kevin: there seems to be general apprehension about relationship with Belong at the last meeting.
Funds:
- About $3500 "under the bed"
Body positive pool party:
- Will use kitchen for baking on Saturay the 27th March
Craig van Oosten vs. Jon Griffin:
- Facebook exchange: (Ru)
- Craig and his family are regulars at the kitchen
- Jon has posted videos of Craig shouting in domestic dispute; his language was offensive and "triggering"
- Craig and Jon both run (competing?) online radio stations
- Jon has threatened to run a story, presumably indicating that TSS are promoted by "racists"
- Ru: not our role to counsel patrons about their personal views
- Indy: happy to confront racism at TSS
- Misty: we are not involved in Craig's personal life
- Decision:
- We will not respond to Jon
- Liz and Kevin will talk to Craig in case of escalation
Art projects: (Liz)
- OzCo and Arts QLD grants are coming up in the next few months.
- Can develop five (?) projects as a group
- Liz and Kevin will write grants
- Major resources: kitchen, garden, free shop, our volunteer community, ...
- Liz is talking to politicians to promote TSS; Ru suggested Michael Berkman
Coat drive: (Ru)
- Proposal: everyone brings in winter clothes for swap
Film night: (Misha)
- Show 11-minute documentary about local gardening projects in a related space (general agreement)
Meeting process:
- Not always conclusive: votes, decisions, action points not always attained
- Minutes can have private content - how to publish?