Welcome to Meeting No. 207 of the Rotary eClub of Latitude 38 


This week's meeting material

Street Libraries

Before I joined Rotary children's libraries had not caught my attention but now after the success of our own Children's Library project my ears prick up at the mention of one. I came across this Facebook Page for Street Library Australia and even Petra has come across one while riding her bike in our local suburb of Evatt, ACT. Thinking back I do recall seeing many years ago a small library at a clinic in Kampala Uganda that had been established by the doctors wife where patients and their families could sit and read while awaiting treatment or just on their way past.

Social Media Phishing

Being safe online is a topic that we have discussed before so I was interested to see this article from the Rotary Down Under Facebook page about the Rotaract Club of Canberra being targeted by a phishing scam. Read the story here

Polio in the Philippines

An article about a recent outbreak of polio in the Philippines. Read the full story from the WHO website here

Upcoming Project Trips

In November, Janet, Grant and myself will visit Cambodia for a rice drop and to visit Free To Shine and participate in their activity called 'A Mile in Serey’s Shoes '. All are welcome to join us and I will put some more info up in the coming weeks.

In January 2020 I will visit Vietnam to donate funds for SAPP ( Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients ) for the purchase of Vietnamese Health Insurance Cards. If you can make a donation it would be greatly appreciated and will allow me to purchase more cards to assist needy Vietnamese in Ben Tre province. Visit our projects page to see photos and information from my trip early this year. 

eSpeaker Series

Amazing talk with Nicky Mih from Free To Shine in Cambodia on the 2nd Sep. Stay tuned for more details on how to watch that session on Youtube and details of our next speaker. Thanks Anthony for your work with putting the eSpeaker series together and thanks Nicky for sharing with us the amazing work that you and your team do. I am looking forward to our next eSpeaker session. 

View the last eSpeaker Stephanie Urchick - Transforming Rotary's future through strategic change, Click here to watch the full session

Board Meeting

The next Board Meeting - 14 October at 7:30 PM. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/914062194

Rotary Training

Our next Rotary Training session - 21 October 6 September at 7:30 PM. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/914062194 

General Meeting.

The next General Meeting - 28 October at 7:30 PM. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/914062194

Facebook Updates

Keep posting your updates to Facebook or email them to me and I will add them. If you have more photos or info for our current projects please send them to me so I can update our projects page.

This officially ends meeting No.207. Let me know on our Facebook group what you thought of the meeting material. Serious, leave a comment. It helps to get some feedback on the meeting and also to hear your thoughts and ideas. For club members go to the closed group here Closed Group Facebook page and for non members please leave a comment on our Public Facebook page, like, and share.

If you have an interesting topic, or project to share please contact Pete at pete@showell.com.au

Thank you for joining us, we appreciate your feedback, hope you will return soon and invite a guest.

Pete

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