[ucc] Re: Winter Charity Vigil RMP (Sleepout Risk Management Plan)

[Nick Bannon]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:52:12AM +0800, Chris Bobridge wrote:
> Apologies to those of you who receive this multiple times.
>
> I'm working on updating the winter vigil risk management plan from last
> year. Besides all the obvious changes, there are a few less obvious ones
> that need to be done.
>
> If you're planning on attending the vigil (tentatively scheduled for the
> first weekend of mid semester break), and have a first aid certificate, I'd
> like to hear from you.
>
> I also need contact details for presidents.
>
> Any help in compiling the RMP would also be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
> Official Vigil Paperwork Bitch 2004

Did you incorporate these suggestions from last year?

It really is a frightening document. Overlong, overcomplicated, nothing
a club should concern itself with. Unprintable, with those dynamic
popups. Even if you're literally obliged to fill something like it in,
corresponding to AS/NZS 4360:199, perhaps it could be simplified in a
few ways.

Nick.

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:37:59 +0800
From: Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
To: ucc at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Subject: Re: [ucc] Sleepout Risk Management Plan

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 04:00:58PM +0800, Chris Bobridge wrote:
> Due to popular* demand, I've uploaded the Risk Management Plan from the
> Sleepout to my arach.net webspace at http://www.arach.net.au/~maelkann 

Mein gott, that's horrifying! Nobody should have to write something
like that up to play some games or watch a few late night videos.

<deep breaths>

Well, if you look at it on paper it's not quite as scary. Clear enough,
but still... Did someone (who?) supply that to you as boilerplate to
fill in, or did you start with a blank page and a copy of AS/NZS
4360:1999 ?

> This is what was submitted to the uni, with the omission of the distribution
> and contact lists, which I have removed to ensure confidentiality.
> 
> Comments appreciated, since they can be incorporated into next years RMP,
> but this is mostly for information purposes.

It'd be nice to exercise it for a club event over the holidays.

It could like a good basis for an "event planning workshop" at Soc
Council next year. It's something people should be exposed to, but the
complete formalised paperwork is really something the Guild should
protect clubs from.

It'd probably be good to merge the annexure legends onto a footer of the
Risks Register, so it can be printed out as a self-contained document.
(in addition to and consistent with the popup header comments).

The "Responsible Org" column contents should be unified with the
section 6 stakeholder list. (don't need to copy everything into
functions list, but it's the best existing list of contributers. Who is
the LGA?)

We could fiddle with some risk levels, but it's probably better to do
in the context of the next event to be held.
e.g.
 * "Inclement weather" probably isn't quite as rare as listed, but the
    consequence really is insignificant.
 * Appliance/Electrical fires could probably stand to be raised one
   notch in likelihood to demonstrate our consideration of them.
 * Lighting/power/communication failures could probably stand to be
   raised a notch in likelihood - they happen, but the consequence is
   usually minor.
 * The inadequate toilet situation in Cameron Hall is in fact certain,
   but of moderate and manageable consequence. We'd love better
   toilets, if it weren't for the facts that it would (a) require
   expensive building work and (b) probably make the building too
   useful to allow poor student clubs to bum around in. ::-)

Nick.

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