Welfare for KB 19'!
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.
Steffen Lepa Thu 4 Apr 2019 8:15AM
@danielregev yes, sounds as if I could do that. How can I find out more about this?
Daniel Regev Thu 4 Apr 2019 8:52AM
@stefanapel I believe everything you need to know is here:
https://talk.kiezburn.org/g/SAqXnukc/dreams
Steffen Lepa Thu 4 Apr 2019 9:53AM
Alright @danielregev @waldo I will happily be the dream guide for this, I already entered my data in the form.
Jessy W Thu 4 Apr 2019 5:17PM
Please send me names, email, phone for anyone you want added, ive put your daniel and stefans names in so far @danielregev @stefanapel
Jessy W Thu 4 Apr 2019 5:21PM
i added in your suggestions. If someone can post an inventory of what we have already i can subtract those. already did the yurt. I want to buy an actually nice tea set and ive got 60 for Tea, kettle, and a week of Supplies. Maybe some healthy snacks. @danielregev
Steffen Lepa Wed 3 Apr 2019 8:09PM
@jessewheaton first of all, I welcome this initiative very much, since as I understood we will get no financial support this year from KIezburn core org! (or do we?) However, as @danielregev has put it, it would be good to negotiate some things with the prior and current welfare team. To say the least, we will again get a Yurte of 8m diameter, which is 50sqm of space and not 25. Further, as @danielregev has correctly put it, we still have we have quite nice lights donated by Friso (lamps) and me (color-change LEDs). Nevertheless, apart from that, the budget might be realistic. Still, it would be good to talk about this on an initial meating with the rest of welfare. For example, there is the issue of possible transport costs for the Yurte. Also strike is "more or less" already organized. So please get in touch with the rest of the welfare team on the first meeting!
Jessy W Thu 4 Apr 2019 5:00PM
Hi! Thanks! I intended this to be supportive for you existing plans so i put that Yurt into the Dreams budget if you look in the dreams budget section (https://dreams.kiezburn.org/dreams/25). This would fund the rental as well as more stuff. yurte for 400 euros. ill change the sqm. Now that i see how much set aside as well i can subtract that. I discussed having a dream funding to fund a nicer welfare space at the 2nd leads meeting but it seemed like it required DO-ocracy to actually put a dream up so i did it before things went live and everyone uses up their votes. i want to get your ideas funded and add some nice setting and decoration.
My idea was to put this Dream out there with some helpful additions, and build into it some funding for what you guys are doing, and if it gets passed in a few weeks by votes (its expensive so its a maybe), to coordinate with you guys on the decisions of how to best use however much funds we end up getting.
We can change anything. I would be happy to hand over the dream itself to the current welfare team so they can control or change it as they need. im co-leading rangers this year which is taking a lot of time, and will be time-comsuming as well on site. I cant do lead on welfare or pseudo-lead. If there isnt a welfare lead and im not feeling secure welfare will be on its own two feet i would cancel it or turn over the dream to welfare.
Daniel Regev Thu 4 Apr 2019 5:34PM
@jessewheaton - thanks for doing this - regarding the handover, we have @kaigutzeit and @aleks6 as Welfare co-leads, with @stefanapel as the dreamer, so please, be in direct touch with them. No need for my details to be there, I'm just helping to enable this. Thanks again!
Jessy W Thu 4 Apr 2019 8:03PM
hi @kaigutzeit and @aleks6 , would you like to give me your emails and full names so i can add you to the project? i would be happy for the co-leads of welfare to have oversight on the dream and funds and be in charge of the yurt they are already co-ordinating.
i picked up the role of writing up for additional funding since it was unfilled, but i want to make the funding solid and feasible so you guys can create a safe, welcoming space (+ some tea time dreams) where people can heal anxieties instead of spiral. this will make the whole event safer, particularly in co-ordination with the Rangers Cris and I are organizing to be mobile welfare. Together they will form a net to alleviate any worries about wellbeing and allow people to feel secure to expand their boundaries.
I'm focusing on Rangers, so if I dont have to be responsible for the yurt and breakdown etc. at welfare and can just add in some money and pretty tea sets and tapestries in coordination with what you have planned, thats ideal for me.
Daniel Regev · Wed 3 Apr 2019 10:05PM
Hey @waldo , I will have to pass on this one, already feeling quite committed in several other projects, would not want to have more major responsibilities at the moment. But maybe @stefanapel would be up for it if he'd know what is actually means. I think Steffen would be the perfect fit as he can do it from afar without any problems, and would have the best tips, guidance, questions etc for the dreamer.