- Return of Berkeley-Attendants
We are glad to announce that the Yahoo email group formerly called "Berkeley Attendants" is finally back in operation. We are writing to describe the group, what it does, and to invite you to subscribe.
The original resource was created by Scott Leubking, and several other community members a number of years ago to provide an online way for individuals wanting to do attendant work to advertise their abilities and interests to people with disabilities who subscribe to the Yahoo group. The resource was created as part of a larger attendant recruitment project called PACT, the Personal Assistance Crisis Team.
After Scott passed away, we lost access to the resource files for the group. Scott's friend Neil Jacobson recruited Alex Tabony of the Computer Technologies Program to work with us to re-create the technical guts of the list-serve. We are now back in business!
The resource is now called "Scott's Attendant List" as a memorial to Scott. We encourage you to go to the site http://scottsattendantlist.com/ to look at the pages and the form potential attendants are asked to fill out. Those of you familiar with the old list will notice the pages are very similar to what previously existed. If you wish to subscribe to the list, please go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/scottsattendantlist/ or send a blank email to scottsattendantlist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .
Although PACT no longer exists, we will be contacting places where people look for work to tell folks of the existence of this resource and to ask that they post permanent notices. (***Please note, however, that we will not be pre-screening potential attendants and that reference checking, etc. will be the responsibility of the person making contact.) If other members of the community have any questions or are interested in helping in some way, please let us know.
We hope you find this resource helpful. Our heartfelt thanks go to Neil and Alex for their help and to CIL Berkeley for their support.