Forest BB

Cafe and Events Meeting 14/10/2009, 7.30pm
present: Hannah (KM), Stephen, Hannah (EVS), Maria

Agenda
1.Events: first weekend of november
2.next liquor licence training
3.Kitchen
- new kitchen manager
- Nightmanagers
- Health and Hygiene Improvements
- other

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1. Events: first weekend of November
- we applied for a temporary licence for Thur 5th Nov-Sun 8th Nov, although we applied for a 3am-licence its unlikely we'll get it but we should get the 1am licence
- plans for that weekend so far:
Thursday 5th – Cafe: Folk Night (Rantum Scantum and other bands) / Hall: Casino Night – rough plan: have Poker etc., it's allowed to have Casino Nights if no single person spends more than 10Pounds/night; we could have a cash pot, giving half to the top-3 and half to the Forest – lots of work needed!! Quick!
Friday 6th – Cafe: Jiggery Fuckery (confirmed, DIY is organising) / Hall: White Heath organise a band night (hopefully!); Sound Engeneer needed
Saturday 7th – Cafe: Plastastic Fork (Naughty Boys, Head, Atzi will play; Stephen is organising) / Hall: Chris Palmer will through a party
Sunday 8th – Nix's Reggae Night (?!)
- AP Hannah: ask Martin to make poster/flyer


2. Next liquor licence training
- is set for Monday, 26 October; Lynn and Alex will do it
- it would be good to include some training on how to deal with difficult/drunk/aggressive customers or aggressive individuals within a group – maybe the Tranquility Team could do something about it – AP Maria: talk to Nat, maybe set something up

3. Kitchen
new kitchen manager
- Hannah will only stay KM at the Forest till the end of December: we need adverds looking for new KM as soon as possible; conduct interviews by mid of November; decide by end of November in order to be able to train the new KM in December
Nightmanagers

- we need more nightmanagers, as there haven't been many new NM lately. It should be responsible and trustworthy volunteers
- NM training should be arranged soon, should be done properly, the NM checklist should be updated
- as all EVS are NMs now it stops others from signing up as NM – EVS could not sign up as NM anymore but just do their shifts as an “extra NM” - this might also be good when the NM has to close up/deal with difficult customers
- AP Hannah: get 2 small address books: 1 for updated volunteer contact details, 1 for NM details
Health and Safety Improvements

to be done:
- print/laminate signs about kitchen hygiene, tick list for NMs, a cleaning plan (daily checklist) and put it on kitchen wall – AP Hannah
- we need to put signs on sinks
- we need to get chef caps, some black aprons, multisurface antibacterial wipes/spray (check Green City Catalogue)
- cloths (surfaces/food) aren't supposed to be mixed – get “colourcode”
- get strings to dry tea towels
- have the next “Volunteer Work Party” by the end of november: close the cafe on a sunday, get lots of little jobs in the kitchen and the building done, later dinner/party for volunteers
- food that is not dated when it is delivered must be dated immediately – we should get some more tubs, e.g. for falafel balls
- kitchen hygiene should be part of volunteer induction/guide
other: there was the idea of having signs in the cafe that tell Forest “rules” but more aiming to show that we as a community must all work together in order not to be shut down – a group of people could write these signs, afterwards they should go through all Working Groups and therefore be agreed on by all of us

this is confirmed.

Mad Bands and the Heaviest Dubs this side of Bognor.

multipurpose spray is under the counter in the kitchen with the other cleaning stuff

we can use bandannas instead of chefs hats. let's not BUY things. don't be crazy!

I'm going to start a stash of empty handsoap bottles in the dry store, by the way, gathering them from people at work at the moment.