This Saturday (the 15th) works fine for us. Mom, if you could email out the list for 72-hour packs before our online conversation, that would be helpful because we're putting our list together right now. And could you put some sort of "agenda" for the call here on the blog, because really - what exactly are we planning to discuss? The likelihood that something will affect all of us at the same time, or even multiple households, is next to nothing because we're spread out all over the place. If we lived all close together, like Uncle Max's family, that would be a totally different situation calling for a lot more coordination. It seems like the main thing, which shouldn't take a lot of discussion, is that if something happens in someone's area, they call Mom and Dad. If something happens in Oregon, they call me or Eric.
The only other thing I can think of for the phone conversation is just to compare notes on what everyone is doing and give suggestions. For example, here's one of ours - we got one of those plastic accordian folders that has a flap over the top to close it (it cost 2 bucks at Walmart). We put all of our "vital documents" in it - birth certificates, our marriage license, a list of our credit card numbers (which is smart to have anyway so you can get them cancelled right away if your wallet gets stolen), social security cards, church records, etc. We also are putting on paper a list of family phone numbers and addresses in case we're in a situation where our cell phones go dead and we actually have to DIAL a phone number with a calling card or something. I also have the film negatives of our wedding pictures because those are very important to me. This way, if we have to leave in a hurry, everything is already in the folder and we just have to grab it on our way out the door.
Does anyone have anything they specifically want to discuss on Saturday? Yeah, it would be great to get as many people as possible on instant messenger in general, but it will go a lot more smoothly if someone knows ahead of time what decisions need to be made in the first place. (Good heck. I've been working in government WAY too long ... I want an agenda for a family conversation. Will someone please smack me.)
2 comments:
It's fine to have an idea of what we want to discuss. Lots of comparing notes and suggestions and making sure we know how to stay in contact. What messanger should we use? We have Yahoo and I think we also have MSN on our computer. What does everyone else have?
I think Mindy just has MSN... so that would be best.. so, what TIME is this conversation going to take place?? Saturday is my one day to sleep in... but that doesn't mean I always sleep in. (But I would like to if I can.)
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