Good Evening Rotarians and Friends of Rotary.
Tonight We welcomed our new exchange student Anouk Tonights meeting was a partners night and it was good to see some extra attend Firstly, we would all like to wish Frank Martin a speedy recovery from his heart surgery, our thoughts are with you and your wife and family. Chairman for the night was Rick Hayllar. Director Bob spoke about Peninsula Health is having a breakfast, Mary Anderson is going to see if she can attend. he also spoke about the stage for Xmas carols and having insurance cover for the evening. He also spoke about working with children, even your partners should have a cover. He also spoke about RDU and the clothing etc, Harry will be looking into that. Director Chris spoke about a meeting this Saturday (last Saturday)YEP councilors, Chris also spoke about RYLA for 15 to 18 year old. Director Mike spoke about the trailer raffle,it worked successfully last year, also the hat day at Bunning, also mentioned comedy for a course, and do it with Rye/Rosebud. He also mentioned Halloween, carols . Director Tony spoke about the Market and all the approvals they need, he is continuing as it is now looking as it has to go through Parliament, there are about 40 items and a $1300 dollar bill for that, He said it was because it was state government land issue for approval. Member Geoff spoke about finishing the BBq shelter at the communitee garden on Saturday. Guest Speaker for the night was Danielle. Danielle is involved in the IT industry and works at Chisolm and is involved with cyber crime and preventing your computer from viruses and malicious attacks, he gave us a list of links to look at, he also told us about a lot of scams that are around, E.G. taxation department phoning and saying you must pay them money with all sorts of threats, telstra saying you need to log them in, you never do that as they can access your whole computer including personal banking details etc, bank scams saying you need to update your details, plus lots more to watch out for. He worked for IBM and NAB and Metro Trains, he is a part time teacher, he teaches international students as well. He also mentioned watching out with your emails as that is how they get in the back door, if you don't recognise who it is from be careful if you open it, he also mentioned having a good virus protection for all your mobile devises. He also mentioned identity theft, they go through your letter box, also said about going on the do not call register. Chris got a new credit card and decided to shred the old card, unfortunately he shredded the new one instead. Links for the safety of computers can be obtained through our Secretary or Treasurer. A special thanks to Bob Donaldson for cleaning out our store room, when your free my garage is calling you. A lot of our member are away at the moment, here are some happy snaps.And l found a pic of Merv's new van, by the time he goes away in it, this will be more his style. A David on the loo.
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