notes: 2010 GULF COAST OIL SPILL RESPONSE All oil-contaminated materials will only be handled by trained, paid workers and not by volunteers. To apply for these jobs, go to the MS Department of Employment Security website, at www.mdes.ms.gov and click on Oil Spill Jobs. Individuals may also call MDES at 1.888.844.3577. TORNADO & FLOODING RELIEF Volunteer now to assist with tarping and clean-up of structural and vegetative debris or sorting and distribution of donated items. Volunteer operators with chainsaws and heavy equipment for removal of trees and storm debris are needed in all affected areas of central and north Mississippi. Skilled and unskilled volunteers should register on-site at a Volunteer Reception Center to be assigned to a volunteer request =========== 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. See also: "Volunteer Mississippi" for details on this group's volunteer registry/database http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/5845 -> 2012 HURRICANE MCVS Prepares to Meet Mississippi's Needs in Isaac's Wake ============= 2010 GULF COAST OIL SPILL RESPONSE All oil-contaminated materials will only be handled by trained, paid workers and not by volunteers. To apply for these jobs, go to the MS Department of Employment Security website, at www.mdes.ms.gov and click on Oil Spill Jobs. Individuals may also call MDES at 1.888.844.3577. TORNADO & FLOODING RELIEF Volunteer now to assist with tarping and clean-up of structural and vegetative debris or sorting and distribution of donated items. Volunteer operators with chainsaws and heavy equipment for removal of trees and storm debris are needed in all affected areas of central and north Mississippi. Skilled and unskilled volunteers should register on-site at a Volunteer Reception Center to be assigned to a volunteer request =========== 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. See also: "Volunteer Mississippi" for details on this group's volunteer registry/database http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/5845

notes: 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. See also: "Volunteer Mississippi" for details on this group's volunteer registry/database http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/5845 -> 2010 GULF COAST OIL SPILL RESPONSE All oil-contaminated materials will only be handled by trained, paid workers and not by volunteers. To apply for these jobs, go to the MS Department of Employment Security website, at www.mdes.ms.gov and click on Oil Spill Jobs. Individuals may also call MDES at 1.888.844.3577. TORNADO & FLOODING RELIEF Volunteer now to assist with tarping and clean-up of structural and vegetative debris or sorting and distribution of donated items. Volunteer operators with chainsaws and heavy equipment for removal of trees and storm debris are needed in all affected areas of central and north Mississippi. Skilled and unskilled volunteers should register on-site at a Volunteer Reception Center to be assigned to a volunteer request =========== 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. See also: "Volunteer Mississippi" for details on this group's volunteer registry/database http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/5845
cat_notes: 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson". -> 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson".

name: Mississippi Commision for Volunteer Service -> Mississippi Commision for Volunteer Service (see also "Volunteer Mississippi")
notes: 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. -> 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers. See also: "Volunteer Mississippi" for details on this group's volunteer registry/database http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/5845
cat_notes: 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson". -> 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson".

notes: 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson". -> 1/1/07 per MS Center for Non-profits Newsletter: Robert Renfroe and Judy Stein can discuss how nonprofit organizations go about applying for National Service volunteers, such as Americorps Volunteers, VISTA Volunteers, or National Civilian Community Corps Volunteers.
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cat_notes: -> 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson".
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notes: 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. -> 8/26: see information at the bottom of these notes about free tents/air conditioners 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. 1. I will be available on the coast from now until the end of the month, with the exception of August 29 and 30, to oversee your group coming to get tents. Please email me when you would like to meet at the Long Beach site to get the tents, and I’ll be happy to meet you there at your specified time. 2. The break down and movement of these tents is no simple task. Please read below and arrive with an appropriate group of people and appropriate tools. I will ask that an authorized signature be given onsite for two documents: a user agreement and a liability waiver. 3. The tents are yours to use for as long as you need. When you are finished with them, we ask that the tents be returned to MCVS. The wood is yours to utilize as you see fit. I should point out that these tents were really never built to be moved. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be moved, but it will be the work of multiple people and several hours per tent to break them down, and then the same to reconstruct them. It is also possible to erect the tents using poles (which have not been provided). I can give you the ordering information for those poles, but they are not cheap, and I suspect that for most of you ordering poles would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, about half of the tents have air-conditioning units in them. The rest do not. Air-conditioners will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. I don’t know any other way to do it. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my mobile phone (see below). I look forward to working with all of you on this project. Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator Mobile #: 601.214.9653 > > ________________________________ > > From: Erin Potter [mailto:erin.potter@restorationpoint.org] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:25 PM > To: robert@mcvs.org > Subject: Tents in Long Beach > > > > Robert, > > > > Here is the e-mail as promised. Attached are a few photos to show you the steps to breaking > down the tents. Here are some of our observations. > > > > Tools Needed: 8' ladder, hammers, drills, crowbar, philips head screwdrivers, sledge hammer, > and a saw to free up the air conditioners > > > > Steps needed to take down the tents for a team of 6-8 people: > > 1) Untie ropes from posts (~5 min) > > 2) Roll the outer skin up to the peak (~5-10 min). The tent snags/gets stuck on the peak, so > you need at least one on the roof. > > 3) Roll back the white underside of tent just as the outer layer was peeled off. (~5-10 min) > > > > This is where the teams when about it two different ways. > > Safer way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors > > 5) Take out luan from the ceiling section of tent. > > 6) Take the roof bracing down in an alternating pattern until you get down to the two ends > bracing the roof skeleton. > > 7) Remove braces from one end and pull the roof down to the floor. > > 8) Pull other end down and remove braces. > > 9) Take doors out and remove panel box. > > 10) Remove luan and plywood with hammers and crowbar. > > 11) Walls can be removed as two sub-units or taken apart piece by piece (depends on the > stability of the way when you get to this stage of deconstruction). > > > > Not as safe way: > > 4) Remove lights and smoke detectors. > > 5) Take out all luan and plywood sheets on walls. > > 6) Take out panel box and doors. > > 7) Have four people stand on one side of skeleton structure and push to one side. Building will > collapse. > > > > Both of the ways took roughly the same amount of time (60-65 min) and resulted in the same > amount of salvageable material. > > > > We did not touch the platforms because we felt it would take anther 30-45 minutes which we chose > to invest in another test of removal of the skins and folding of the tents. Jim and the other > guys taking down the tents did not see any way to save the platform. The width of the platform > (16') is too wide to move in one piece and cutting it to a movable width could make it unusable. > You could pry up the 3/4" plywood, but the nails present problems as they bend you hit them so > you can't back them out. Jim and I do plan to go take another look at them and look at it from > a different prospective when we do not have the time pressure we were facing with our teams. > > > > Like I mentioned to you this weekend, we are going to look into the pole system to reconstruct > the tents. The tents are in relatively great shape. We did not attempt any of the canvas tents > as there was a fair amount of dew on the ground that morning and those tents were damp. > > > > Let us know what else we can do to be of assistance in this process. Thanks Robert! > > > > Erin Also, note: Kathleen Johnson has some experience with these tents. Her contact info is in the facility list under "Kathleen Johnson".

name: Mississippi Commision of Volunteer Services -> Mississippi Commision for Volunteer Service
notes: 7/17: per Robert: We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. -> 7/17: per Robert S. Renfroe Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Special Projects Coordinator We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him.

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notes: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Volunteer groups that need supplies should contact Robert. He will help you find things. It's not clear what things, but give him a call and see what he can get you. He recently delivered water, for example. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. -> 7/17: per Robert: We try to coordinate donations without soliciting them. We also manage the Mississippi Volunteer Center Network. We sub-grant the AmeriCorps State programs in MS. We also run a state-wide VISTA grant for which we are currently seeking both applicants and interested sponsoring organizations. So, if an organization has a specific, dire supply need (such as water), if they are interested in being a State AmeriCorps program and receiving the funding for volunteer slots that comes along with that, or if they are interested in supervising a VISTA, they should contact me. In addition, we have a disabilities inclusion program that is run by Ms. Sadelle Sweet (601-432-6377); this program is designed to assist volunteer groups that are interested in utilizing volunteers with disabilities. Our website is www.mcvs.org , and interested parties can send general emails to robert@mcvs.org (I tend to handle email enquiries, and if I can't answer the questions I can redirect to someone who is better informed We are not considered a 501(c)3 organization for the purposes of deducting donations from one's taxes, nor are we (as a government agency) allowed to solicit donations in any way Terra: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him.
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notes: This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Volunteer groups that need supplies should contact Robert. He will help you find things. It's not clear what things, but give him a call and see what he can get you. He recently delivered water, for example. Note to volunteers: I have registered him as having water "available", even though he may not actually have it available at this moment in time. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him. -> This organization advocates for volunteer groups. Volunteer groups that need supplies should contact Robert. He will help you find things. It's not clear what things, but give him a call and see what he can get you. He recently delivered water, for example. Note to database volunteers: I have registered this organization as having water "available", even though they may not actually have it available at this moment in time. They have gotten it recently. And if they could get it once, they can probably get it again. The hope is that if we can get people to start calling central agencies that the supply chain will become more organized. I am using water to inspire people to call him.