 21 Members plus, Robert our guest speaker, zoomed in for our penultimate Thursday meeting for the year. Prior to Robert taking centre stage a few Club Notices were shared; Club Services Director, PP Robyn, confirmed that this week's speaker is Sarah Blyde from Rocket Lab. It will be a Zoom Dinner Meeting commencing 7.00pm - see next story. Robyn also confirmed that a year-end Christmas event /dinner, will be held at the Remuera Golf Club on Saturday 11 Dec. See separate story below. PP Hugh confirmed that the Food Bank Collection will take place at New World Lunn Ave on Saturday December 11th - Roster seeking volunteers will be circulated shortly. Director Peter B. thanked all for their participation in last weeks Working Bee and advised that there will be another WB before Xmas - watch this space. Co-President Penny will be looking for expressions of interest before the end of the year from those thinking about attending the District Conference in Wellington next year. Please watch out for the communication from Penny soon. Our guest speaker was Robert Wheadon, partner of Club Member Ruth. The title of his talk was, "IT Helpful Technical Tips". Robert is a Programmer by trade, he has always worked a lot with computers, and earlier this year he decided to capitalize on his many years of experience and go out on his own. His new business is "On Beam Consultancy". Essentially anything to do with computers is his business.  Starting with those pestering upgrades, Robert broke his talk down into five key sub headings; - Upgrades
- Back-ups
- Keep your passwords safe
- Staying out of trouble online
- When it (the computer) stops!
We all face these IT challenges every day and the snippets of knowledge from Robert on how to deal with these problems as they arise were of interest to all. If you would like further information, or help, do not hesitate to contact Robert who can negotiate a consultant fee with you from one hour's support through to supplying an ongoing support contract. On Beams contacts are shown below. Many thanks for your time Robert - very much appreciated by all. |
Co-Presidents St. Johns Rotary, Penny McGarry (Ph: 021 702 310), and Lesley Harris (Ph: 027 4935 498)
THURSDAY DECEMBER 2nd - DINNER ZOOM MEETING - 7.00pm - Guest Speaker - Sarah Blyde:
Saturday December 11th at 6,00pm, following what will be a great day at Lunn Ave New World, collecting Grocery tems for the GI Foodbank, we will get-together to recognise what has been a tough year for many, and to celebrate Christmas and the end of the year. All members will have received the e-mail below from our PP & Club Services Director, Robyn. 
Yes its that time of the year again!