[Careforsailor] updates about care calender & listserve plus a few other important things when offering support

[Sydney Neuman]

Hey all!

I can't figure out how to add tasks/record ones that aren't already listed
on the caring bridge calendar. Since I work Sundays, I typically schedule
something with Sailor during the week, but I'm not sure how to make the
calendar reflect that. Anyone? Also, is it easier for you, Sves, and/or
others if we just send out updates with each of the things we're doing and
when on the listserv? I'd also like to have a better idea of what's being
done and what's slipping through the cracks. I like the idea of the
calendar, since it's a pretty straight forward way of looking at what each
week looks like, what's being done, what's not being done etc. I like the
idea of something super clear and all in one place to reference. Since
schedules, bodies, etc. can be kind of erratic (mine are, at least), it'd
be nice to know when things are pretty good one week so I can feel better
taking some time to deal with my own stuff and when I need to take a harder
look at my schedule to figure something out.

I was also wondering about car stuff. I can't drive, but I've seen requests
going out about car related things. Is/are there someone/some folks helping
out with that? If not, that seems like a pretty big hole. Are there people
on the list that have/are able in the future to do car things?

Also, I'm going to be at Sailor's tomorrow at 4pm to help with organizing
stuff in their room to help make the room change smoother.

-Sydney


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:11 PM, s yeung <artsves at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll fill in my portion of things
>
> What I have been doing lately:
> I have been infrequently going over to sailors to help wash dishes and
> make food. Since my schedule changes frequently because I do a lot of
> contract on call teaching work, I can't confirm a consistent schedule. I
> would like to though but I need a sense of structure in order for me to
> help out with things. The reason in sending out the previous email was to
> start making some structure for the list serve/care calendar in relation to
> sailor's current needs. So right now I am trying to figure out who is
> involved besides anna, Cassie, earyn, and Sydney. Sorry if I missed someone
> for helping out but once again I am not exactly too sure who is actively
> helping out right now.
>
> 1) ideally I would either like to help weekly/biweekly but it also doesn't
> have to be time structured, I can work on projects like right now I am
> working on trying to get sailors room painted. It depends on my schedule
> but I have the capacity to do one to two tasks a week.
> 2) I can help out with disability formsq and painting room and moving into
> room project. I also have capacity to get things organize ☺- to contact
> people directly to get involved, to create some sort of general system
> 3)currently the care calendar doesn't really work for me because I don't
> have internet at home so I don't go on the internet often enough to check
> it. I have focused my energy on non-care calendar related things since it
> is hard for me to see updates / use the care calendar
>
> I feel pretty isolated in communicating with others about things, like
> knowing if someone has offered a car for groceries and many things are
> falling through the cracks, and there's a lot of things to do and organize.
> I hope this message thread will be helpful in figuring out what needs to
> happen
>
> Sves
>
> Sves
>
> On Aug 25, 2014 10:35 PM, "s yeung" <artsves at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi everyone who is on this list!
> >
> > so i talked to sailor and the care calender and listserve is not working
> for them. this week there hasn't been anyone to offer to help them with
> food prep, cleaning dishes or any of the other things that is on their
> to-do list.
> >
> > from what i know the things that are important at the moment is :
> >
> > 1- food prep and making food to make sure that sailor eats
> > 2 - disability form filling out  + tax related work
> > 3 - painting their room and moving into their new room before sept 1st
> (in a week!)
> >
> > Another thing that is very important is to call sailor and check in with
> them. give them a call, say hi, talk about your day, or your dog. it's very
> important to call sailor because they are feeling very isolated. if you
> only have the capacity to say HI and to check in, please include in
> questionaire below!
> >
> > their number is 604 930 0580. it doesn't have an answering machine and
> often it might take sailor a while to pick up, so let it ring for a bit.
> >
> > so how can we make the listserve and calender work for those interested.
> there was a lot of work and emotional labour (by sailor and cassie!) put
> into this system to support sailor and it's not working. so how do we make
> it work? what do people need? are you confused about how things are
> working? if you are finding that you have too much on your plate or
> whatever, you can be taken off the list.
> >
> > so first off
> >
> > Please answer questions below!
> >
> > 1 - what is your availiability in helping out (frequently
> (weekly/daily), semi-frequently (bi-weekly) or rarely (monthly or once in a
> while)?
> > 2 - what areas do you want to be a person to be a contact of? you can
> choose all three (food prep, taxes /disability , room/moving) or choose one
> or whatever
> > 3 -  do you have ideas to help get the care calender and listserve
> started?
> >
> > If you can, please respond "reply all" so that everyone on this list can
> read it. I think it's important for us on this listserve to start
> connecting and communicating with each other if we want to set up a system
> that is sustainable to fulfill sailor's needs.
> >
> > so i was thinking that those of us who are interested in supporting
> sailor right away is that we could meet up and talk about things together,
> or at least make a conversation where we can talk to each other to know
> what is happening. like make some sort of collective or something like
> that.......
> >
> > sves
> > if you wanna talk not on email, give me a call at 778 838 6348
> >
>
>
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