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Current Club Meetings Planner

Jan23
Vocational Service Month
2
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
 
 
9
Ian Tooley
Climate Change
 
16
Lawn Bowls
Gawler Bowling Club
 
23
Barry Stewart
Mould Doctor Site Tour
 
 
30
Committee meetings
 
Board
Kathy
 
Feb23
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month
6
Brian Burt
Rotary Foundation 
 
13
Deborah Luetkens
Crime in the Barossa
 
20
Mark Forgie
 Taylor & Forgie Crematorium Tour           
 
 
Date DIARY DATES
18/19 march 2023
Relay for Life set up and take down.
Black Dog Breakfast 
16 April 2023 Barossa Airshow
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Kim Potger
May 5
 
Jan Meldrum
June 9
 
Bob Ahola
June 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Sally Fotheringham
June 26
 
Join Date
Ron Lloyd
May 5, 1980
43 years
 
Wayne Murphy
May 8, 2007
16 years
 
Steve Barilla
May 10, 2004
19 years
 
Dave Griffiths
May 13, 2013
10 years
 
Colin Bazeley
May 28, 2012
11 years
 
Kim Potger
June 1, 1994
29 years
 
Anthony Barilla
June 3, 2020
3 years
 
Mark Forgie
June 5, 1989
34 years
 
Beth Hudman
June 6, 2016
7 years
 
Bob Ahrens
June 23, 1969
54 years
 
Trish Williams
June 24, 2013
10 years
 
Meeting Report 3148 February 13th 2023
Apologies for the evening:
Bob Ahrens, Patsy Johnson, Tom Kelly, Anthea John, Colin Bazeley, Wayne Murphy, Beth Hudman
 
Guests
Deborah Luetkens – Guest Speaker
Charlotte (daughter of Deb)
Peter Nettlebeck
This evenings Formalities:
Toast
Grace
Chair
 
 
Ron Lloyd
 
After opening meeting 3148 PP Ron Lloyd welcomed guests then called for directors and members with Rotary spots to come forward.
Angela Moore updated everyone with the volunteer roles at Two Wells Primary School and circulated a sheet for people to register their interest. Areas in need of help are Vegetable Garden -this was originally established with help of the Rotary Club at Two Wells which no longer exists. Reading with students and helping with Breakfast Club. All training and checks will be provided by the school.
Mark Forgie reminded everyone about the presentation on Thursday evening at the Adelaide rd Chapel for the launch of the Ukraine – New Dawn Direct Aid programme. Mark urged everyone to please support the evening. A flyer has been sent to all Rotarians with the link to book.
No further messages Rotarians and guests enjoyed some lovely fellowship over dinner.
Chairperson Ron then introduced Barry for his sergeant Session.
The wheel spin was conducted by Charlotte, the daughter of our guest speaker, winners tonight were Deb Williams and Ron Lloyd. Ron gifted his Chocolates to Charlotte who then kindly shared them with members.
An extra prize of a soup mug trio set donated by Margaret was won by Anthony Barilla.
PP Ron elected that Fines go to Polio Plus this evening.
Before his “facebook funnies” session Barry made a presentation to John Lyons of an inflatable Doughnut to try and protect him from ‘flying fans’ in the future. This brought many laughs from the group.
Following Barry’s session Ron introduced Guest speaker Deb Luetkens from SAPOL to talk about crime prevention.
Deb has been a member of SAPOL for 17 years and the last 10 has worked in crime prevention. After a number of years in the Salisbury area Deb has spent the last 2 years as part of the team in Gawler. Deb explained she still does ‘real police work’ but mainly focusses on the prevention of crime through working with families, schools and the homeless. Her team of 2 provide family conferencing as a way of crime diversion; providing a positive role models by visiting schools and just chatting to students in informal situations like breakfast clubs, sports days etc; Speaking with the homeless and checking in on them; Assisting families to do home security audits- most theft is due to people being so trusting and leaving homes and cars unlocked with possessions inside.
Deb encouraged all members to take a copy of the Scams booklet- the Little black Book of Scams. This is not a SAPOL produced resource but one they recommend. It is produced by the ACCC and is a guide to “spot, avoid and protect yourself against scams”. Deb then expanded on some of the types of scams and how people get caught. One way to avoid online scams is to look at your digital footprint- emails and social media.
Also
  • review your privacy settings.
  • Search for yourself online to check what’s there.
  • Delete any compromising material.
  • Delete any unknown contacts.
  • Delete old accounts you don’t use.
  • Read all messages aloud before sending them to make sure your message is what you really want to say.
  • Consider what information you are sharing.
  • Turn locations off.
Some trending scams at present are:
  • threat of arrest,
  • Remote access e.g. they will tell you they need access to your computer to fix a problem,
  • a business email compromise -an email will appear to belong to a credible business e.g., a bank and use their logo etc. things to look out for are they usually will not have your name, there may be spelling mistakes in the body of the email- all of these might appear in a physical letter as well.
  • Offers for investment- these are highest with people 65+.
  • Sextortion- high with young people
  • Family impersonation- e.g. ‘mum I have lost my phone, I am borrowing this one can you send me some money to buy a new one’.
  • Online marketplace scams-e.g., people advertising normally high ticket goods for a low price and asking for deposits or money up front but they don’t have but anything actually to sell.
  • Romance.
Some alarming statistics (from 2022) Deb provided were:
  • Australians lost over $381 million in 2022.
  • Investment scams are the top scam type with over $267 in losses Romance and remote access are 2nd and 3rd
  • 146.776 reports to Scamwatch with 12.3% suffered a financial loss.
  • Phishing is the top contact method.
If you believe you have been involved in a scam take screenshots/ photos these might help track the criminal.
Following her presentation Deb urged everyone to take some of the freebies she had brought along. She thanked everyone for a great night and complimented Gawler Rotary on having so many people attend the meetings. She said she does lots of talks to groups and has rarely seen such a huge turnout of people who are genuinely welcoming to all ages, friendly, enjoying each other’s company and having fun. She will definitely be coming back to attend a meeting.
Chair and PP Ron Lloyd presented Deb with her Certificate of appreciation before handing over to Pres Kathy.
Pres Kathy again thanked Deb and Charlotte for attending and confirmed that scams are huge. This year her bank has dealt $40 million lost in scams with their clients. They have had to refuse to carry out business with a couple of clients because of their refusal to follow security requirements to protect themselves and the bank to stop losses.
Next week will be dinner at Nixon’s then over to Taylor and Forgie Crematorium at Gawler Belt for a visit.
Please respond to the flyer for Thursday nights presentation/launch.
After the four- way test Kathy closed meeting 3148.
 
Sergeant Barry presenting Pres Elect John Lyons with his doughnut
PP Ron, Guest speker Deb Luetkens and her daughter Charlotte.
Rotary District 9510 Project launch 
Brian Burt and Ian Nys  attended the launch of the Ukraine – New Dawn Direct Aid programme on Thursday evening.  This programme will provide aid from Rotary District 9510 South Australia to Rotary District 2232 based in Odesa Ukraine to be used to support villages and populations in the area south of Mykolaiv which have been virtually destroyed by war.
Brain stated Maurice is a fascinating character with great presentation skills and an incredible story to tell.
Holding that piece of a missile and knowing it was aimed at schools where there were children in classrooms evoked anger and cold shivers like he’d never experienced before. I am sure Brian will be happy to talk to you if you would like more insight. 
 
Ukraine – New Dawn Direct Aid programme
The project aims “to provide humanitarian aid through provision of heating, cooking, shelter, power supply (generators) and other essential supplies to Ukrainians in Odesa and regional villages.  Working in association with Ukrainian not-for-profit charitable NGO “New Dawn” and Rotary District 2232 (Odesa).”
South Australian “Maurice” who describes himself as a self-funded volunteer spent several months in the region last year assisting Ukrainians by providing food and essential supplies.  He  enthralled those present with his story of the targeted destruction of hospitals, schools, homes and other infrastructure.  The audience was visibly shocked and appalled by the scale of destruction caused by artillery and guided missiles. “Maurice” passed around a large piece of missile shrapnel and showed a series of photographs and videos showing the extent of damage and human suffering.
Funds raised through this project will be channelled through and monitored by  Rotary Australia World Community Service and are tax deductible.
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Ian Nys with the missile shrapnel
 “Maurice” with Rotary District 9510 Governor  Paul Thomas with New Dawn volunteers in the background
The Breast Screening bus is heading to Gawler
 
 
   
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