The board decided on Thursday night that there will be no attempt to undertake physical meetings between now and the end of August. The current lockdown rules, and capacity concerns at Keilor Hotel following a relaxation of the lockdown rules were the catalysts for this decision.

It also means that while I offered to hold the Club charter anniversary at my home, there will only be two people here that day. Marie and me. The rest of you are not welcome. Well, not that day anyway.

On average we get 16 members at a Zoom meeting, but it would be good to try and get a few more. If technology is the concern, can I suggest the following for those suffering from technophobia.

Start at 6.45PM on a Tuesday

On your device, open your browser.

Type in zoom.us, and click enter

Click or tap on “Join a meeting”

When asked for the meeting number, insert: 847 6030 7121, and enter

When asked for the password, insert: RCK3036, and enter

In you’re there.

 

 

 

Marlene is the optometry director at Specsavers Keilor Downs and will be talking to us about how important eyecare is to our greater community in saving sight. Marlene has attended several international eye camps with Global Hand Charity (globalhandcharity.org.au), providing free glasses and eye examinations in Sri Lanka Cambodia and Fiji. Global Hand Charity has received support from other Rotary clubs. Marlene also works with an audiologist who will provide information into the importance of correcting hearing for the community. Whether that means the audiologist will be attending or not I have absolutely no idea. Either she did not “say”, or I did not “see”. Maybe we will hear from the audiologist another day.

(Now, this picture may not be of the Marlene we will hear from on Tuesday, but Google said the image is of (someone called) Marlene and the eye chart at least indicates the topic for Tuesday.

August 24 and August 31. We have speakers for the Zoom meetings on both nights. But in any publishing venture content is king. So you will have to wait until next week to find out who you will hear from on August 24. And 31 August is just too far in the future.

The eternal optimist (Jeanette Lynch) has assured me that she has structured her social calendar for the month of August around the planned celebration for the Rotary Club of Keilor charter anniversary. She has booked at the Hyatt Place Melbourne (Essendon Fields) for lunch on Sunday, 24 August and is seeking dining companions.

12.00 for 12.30, $50.00 per head.

While not permitted under the current guidelines, if we move to the current regional Victoria settings before the 24th, the activity can take place.

Please RSVP to Jeanette at jeanette.michael@bigpond.com before the 24th

The plan is to include in this part of the bulletin (from the next edition) is a review of work and other activities being undertaken in our neighbourhood clubs which, for the purposes of the bulletin will be:

East Keilor, Essendon, North Essendon, and Kensington Newmarket.

I looked at the East Keilor Bulletin, and its 12 pages.

 

Each bulletin I will pick a district (if you've got a favourite please let me know) and I look at the activities that they are doing. There may be something that we find attractive there that we could adopt here

 

From district, from zone, and from Evanston. Next bulletin.

I offer the following: