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Welfare for KB 19'!

DR Daniel Regev Public Seen by 155

The Welfare DREAM is up. Please - who is planning on joining welfare - give your tokens towards welfare!!!!
https://dreams.kiezburn.org/dreams/49

This thread will serve to plan & discuss Welfare for Kiez Burn 2019. Welfare has won the most popular "area" of Kiez Burn in the past, so it's impossible to imagine Kiez Burn without Welfare! And we need YOU to make it happen again.

What is Welfare?

Welfare (often called "Sanctuary" in other Burns) station is aiming for being available to supply immediate solutions for the well-being of KB participants. Our volunteers hold space and decide together with you how to reduce distressed situations – a cup of tea, a good talk, earplugs, a little rest with a cozy blanket or just being silent together and taking a deep breath

Why is Welfare important?

Because it's OK to ask for help when you are emotionally struggling, and there can be so many reasons for that. Burn events are highly intensified events that can lead to distress, whether you are feeling lonely, sad, confused, sleep deprived, took too much of this/that, struggling with your partner/friends, sleep deprived or simply overwhelmed by everything and need to relax for a bit! Welfare space will provide a safe and sober space for you to return to your center and also integrate your moment of difficulty so hopefully you can grow from it and return to the Playa in a better shape, with more tools for the near and far future.

What are the next steps?

After successfully leading Welfare for KB 17' & 18', @stefanapel cannot take a lead role this year. This means Welfare is looking for a new Lead! It doesn't have to be one person, quite the opposite - 2 co-leads or a core-team crew has proved itself in the past, sharing the workload. Ariel what about your plans?
The starting point is quite good, as the last 2 years were a great success, and there is already a feeling of a Welfare-community of volunteers and "fans". Moreover, some of the "content" is already there (texts, volunteering structure, some equipment, placement, training option) so I would say this is super manageable for a new Lead to take over!

This is what I can think of right now as the first steps/responsibilities that the new Lead/s will need to figure out. I am sure @stefanapel can help/assist/guide:

*** Physical Structure
In the last couple of years Welfare had a really nice, big Yurt tent but that was borrowed/rented from the scouts and is in doubt for this year.

*** Comms with KBorg
The Lead will need to be in touch with KBorg regarding technical things like confirming placement from last year, power needs etc

*** Volunteers
I would suggest starting by reaching out to volunteers from the last 2 years, try to form a more committed crew of "core-team" (someone to be responsible for comms, someone for volunteers, someone for Deco etc), see who's up for it and later reach out to the wider community with some posts on Talk and Facebook, alongside the Newsletter and KB meetings. Welfare is ideally open 24h so the more volunteers, the better.

*** Inventory check
There is quite a lot of Welfare stuff spread around in different places but mostly the KB storage next to Freiland. Someone will need to go there and sort out everything and see what else is missing. Eventually there should be a list of "what we have" VS "what we need" and then perhaps how much will it cost (that can be requested as a Dream).

*** Welfare training
This has been wonderful at the past, especially to give confidence to new volunteers. A date, location and a plan for that would be needed. All the material is basically ready.

budget
The way that it would go, is that you put up a dream on the dreams platform: http://dreams.kiezburn.org And then Kiez Burn organization will fund maximum 400€. If you would need more money, then that can be raised through the dreams platform where ppl will vote for art proposals after they have bought a ticket. The requirement stays however, that you first need to put up a dreams on the dreams platform.

Everyone, feel free to edit the thread to add/ask stuff.

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Judyinthesky Tue 12 Mar 2019 8:52PM

Oh no, will you still be there, @stefanapel ? I am happy to help again... I will camp with Salon Leobard, but if I can help in any way from Amsterdam, and at the event then, maybe a few days earlier, I'll do. I can probably take over some simple tasks for this like coordinating people, running after them, if needs be? X

SL

Steffen Lepa Wed 13 Mar 2019 12:38PM

I will still be there, but unfortunately I cannot take over a lead role this year due to current job duties.

SL

Steffen Lepa Wed 13 Mar 2019 12:45PM

Thank you for your posting, Daniel. I think you described the situation very well! Maybe two minor corrections:
1) Luckily, the existing welfare stocks from last year are NOT at Freiland, but in my personal cellar in Berlin Mitte. So an inventory check can be done quite easily at nearly any time.
2) We have an oral commitment of the boyscout organisation that we can have last year's great 8m Yurte tent again for some rental money (300 EUR) , if they do not need it for themselves at the same time. Also they offered to check in the latter case with their partner organisations for a substitute Yurte.
Finally, even if I am not able to lead again this year, I can offer to share all my experiences, connections and material from last year. And last but not least, I will be happy to act as a wellfare volunteer in terms of core-team.

KG

Kai Gutzeit Wed 13 Mar 2019 3:44PM

As I am kiezburning this year I can offer to co-lead. Can offer to do Comms with the kBorg, contact volunteers, facilitate the training and connect with @stefanapel for inventory check and details. My Big issue is that I am NOT able to be onsite until thursday. So a person or more are needed who will lead transport, build and deco of the welfare space.

SL

Steffen Lepa Wed 13 Mar 2019 5:39PM

So with one of these issues I will be able to help: Since I will visit the Goagil Open Air on the weekend before (which is very close to Freiland), I can offer to build the Jurte with 1-2 other volunteers on Sunday/Monday before the event (assuming all the material is there). I can also do the strike on Sunday/Monday after the event. But similar to you, I cannot be on site from Tuesday-Thursday when deco is taking place, neither can I do transport.

DR

Daniel Regev Thu 14 Mar 2019 11:03AM

Right, @stefanapel , how could I forget the mess during Strike last year, where I managed to pull all Welfare stuff (or at least most) last minute out of the Freiland storage and send back to Berlin. Very good! Also, fantastic news about the Yurt - ideal space, at a very affordable cost. Would you be OK with being responsible for this? If not, we will need to find someone to deal with them, as that's an important task as well.

Alrighty, sounds like there is already a preliminary crew who can help with Leading this thing, thanks so much @kaigutzeit and @judy !
Finding people to help with Transport (imagining we could use help from the KBorg truck) and then Deco during Build won't be a problem, worth checking with people who are familiar with the last couple of years like Ariel, Friso, Bee etc.
I also got a message from @aleks6 who is interested in co-leading and invited her to join the conversation here.

SL

Steffen Lepa Thu 14 Mar 2019 4:58PM

@danielregev yes, I can take care for "ordering" the Yurte, as long as someone else does take care for its transportation.

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Gabor Fri 15 Mar 2019 7:34AM

I will arrive Sat. and stay till Strike, you can count on me with Build/Strike. Depending on Camp sitch I might even join full time.

SL

Steffen Lepa Fri 22 Mar 2019 4:24PM

Hey, I received good news from Torben, the Yurte-owner. it seems we can lend it again from June 14th (friday in the week before) to June 25th (tuesday after event) for 300 EUR (donation for their Verein), as long as we guarantee to bring it back on June 25th THE LATEST (hint: it came one day later than originally negotiated last year - He said proper times for fetching/returning really need to work this year!!!)

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Gabor Fri 22 Mar 2019 4:50PM

do we get a central pole this time? ;)

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