Important updates: cash deposits, ambulance vic membership, swimming

Hey OXOs,

⚠️ 3 important updates & reminders: 1 about safety, 1 about money, 1 about money and safety! 

Please read on, I’ve made it fun with emojis! ➡️

1️⃣ Money and safety

We recommend that all members have Ambulance Victoria membership if you don’t have it already🚑 ⛑️ 💸 💰

•  Sign up here: https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/membership/
• While we do what we can to minimise risks, the activities we participate in have inherent risks & accidents can happen 🤕
• It’s $53/year💰andcovers the cost of emergency medical transport via ambulance/air, and treatment when transport isn’t required 🚑 ✈️ 
• Could save you thousands of $ if an ambulance/helicopter needs to rescue you & you don’t have ambulance vic membership! 💸 😱
• If you’ve got private health insurance, check whether your policy includes ambulance cover, because not all do! 🤓 

2️⃣ Safety

There’s a chance of coming in contact with water on MUMC trips, generally being able to swim 50m unassisted is expected 🏊 🌊 ✅ 

• If you can’t do this, please do not swim on the trip if the opportunity arises, and please let the trip leader know that you can’t swim. You won’t be shamed, we just want to know so we can ensure your safety. 🗣️😊
• This will be incorporated into the questions we asked you when you sign up for trips on the MUMC website. 🙋🏼‍♀️

3️⃣ Money

Gear hire for all our sports requires a $50 cash deposit. 💵 💰⛺️🧥

• This means if you don’t have a $50 note on you, you won’t be able to hire gear. 💵
• We’ve already started enforcing this  
• Your deposit gets returned when you return the gear without damage 🤗 
• We don’t allow card payments for gear hire deposits because the process of refunding them is too tedious 🐌
• You can still pay for gear hire costs via bank transfer or card or cash ✅
• Committee & deputies will be held to the same standard as everyone else 👯

If you’ve read this far, thank you, and have a nice day! 😊