Acting-Sergeant Joseph called the meeting to order and passed it over to President Greg who introduced the Guest Speaker, Duncan Savage, and welcomed Sharron Judd, Di and Shane Musgrave, Marion Trevellyan with her partner Tom, and Grace Fanning on Zoom. On reading through this week’s apologies he noted the number of people who are away at this time of year. In conclusion he referred the meeting to the Rotary Australia Equipment Repurposing (RARE) handouts distributed on each table. (I’ll mention it again at the end of the Bulletin. Ed.)

 

This week’s Chair was Rick who introduced his nephew Duncan Savage to talk on this week’s topic which is Online Scams and How to Protect Yourself.

 

Duncan, speaking via Zoom, let the meeting know that he had been working in Identity Protection for 20 years and was with a company called Veroguard who specialised in helping clients move from 2 factor authentication to Multi factor authentication. (I’d recommend going to their web site, www.veroguard.com.au, for further information. Ed)

 

Duncan now took the meeting through a number of slides, during which Pete joined the meeting via Zoom. (Instead of trying to paraphrase the information provided, here are the most salient slides from the presentation. Ed).

 

 

At the end of his talk Duncan took questions from the meeting while dinner was served.

 

After dinner, Elaine escorted Marion to the lectern for her induction. Elaine formally introduced Marion to the Club and then handed over top Greg to propose the formal invitation to join the Club. She was welcome to share in the friendship of the Club and to join us in advancing the objects of Rotary in our community and the World community. She has been chosen for membership because the Club believes that she will bring strengths in her field of Community Development.

 

To this end, Past President Harry Ziegerink has been appointed as Marion’s mentor to guide her on her Rotary path.

 

Marion was presented with her Rotary pin, her dinner badge and some printed material. She has been allocated to the Youth Services committee with Lyn Lewis as the Director.

 

After a few words in response Marion was enthusiastically welcomed as our Clubs newest member.

 

 

Next, Rick called for the Lotto to be drawn and it was won by Di Musgrave. (we sure are generous to our guests. Ed). No Fines session this week as Acting-Sergeant Joseph hadn’t been digging for dirt and didn’t feel in a mean mood. (sorry to other acting sergeants. Ed)

 

Rick gave the brief Secretary’s report which was that Directors Reports need to be in by the end of May. Then he called for Directors reports to the meeting.

 

Director Mick spoke about the Peninsular Cluster meeting that he attended at Rosebud/Rye. The meeting had a Rotary International theme and also cobered:

Now, Harry came to the lectern for the TMG which turned out to not be a Three Minute GIG.

 

Harry was born in 1941 and was brought up by his Aunt for 4 years during the war. In 1945, after the war, he rejoined the rest of his family. These were “evil times” and the family used to attend Emigration Nights to figure out where they could go. They chose Australia and 3 to 4 days before they left a big box arrived into which they had to cram all their belongings. Once in Australia they were taken to the Bonegilla Camp where they were left to fend for themselves.

 

The family moved to Carrum Downs where Harry’s first job was cleaning textile looms in Dandenong. His family had borders which brought in money and led to his getting and apprenticeship in the Building Industry. It was a hard life for his Dad, and Harry learned the language and worked his way up in the industry to the point where he started his own business. (at this point the Acting Sergeant had begun to beat out a rather snappy rhythm on the bell but Harry had just a few more things to say. Ed)

 

 

Harry gradually won more and more work until new regulation meant that he had to get more qualifications. He did this during night school and continued his upwards career path with the help of Trudy. (at this point the bell won and the TMG ended. Ed).

 

 

Greg announced that Bunnings had offered us a BBQ on Mother Day. Seeing the lack of support for this it was decided that he would go back to Bunnings and say “thanks, but no thanks”.

 

The topic that has been occupying Greg and Harry’s time has been discussions on the lack of housing on the Peninsular. This is for the “Working Poor”, people who through circumstances beyond their control find themselves living in their cars or couch surfing. The search is on for suitable locations for things like Granny flats or other small volume housing. They asked the Club to put their thinking caps on and try and think of possible solutions.

 

On that note, Greg closed the meeting at 8:00, with thanks to all attendees.

 

 

Don’t forget that Elaine and Rob are now collecting aluminium cans as well as your old pill foils.

 

 

 

This project is for turning landfill into lifesaving aid which dramatically and measurably improves social and environmental outcomes. It is about development, not benevolence.

 

This is a Rotary Australia World Community Service Initiative with further details at www.rawcs.org.au.