Rowley and Denise Thompsett with Peace Poles
Monthly Board Meeting Jottings
The Club Board usually meets around the end of each month. The discussions cover a wide range of issues which anyone can contribute to. The important discussion points at the 24 May meeting covered:
1. approval of financial payments and review of situation.
2. review of Membership development plans and how it fits into the new meeting format.
3. review of the successful and expanding Peace Pole programme in schools across Australia.
4. Peace Pole programme will be handled by Warrick to help Michael.
5. Chris Gray reported through the Board on progress with improvements to Club Runner and Websites.
6. A resolution by Rotary International on the Nuclear Ban Treaty was discussed. It is moving forward slowly.
7. Directors for the various committees for next year were announced:
. Youth Activities, Peace pole and World Peace Day at schools - Stephen
. Treasurer - Ross plus an associate. We are looking for an assistant. Bill will take over Door Duties.
. Secretary - Russell Dew
. Environment projects - Dr George Wilson
. Community and local projects - Warrick and Eric.
. Rotary Foundation - Monica
. International relations and emergency projects - Olek and Juris.
. Membership - Michael Rabey
. Indigenous Projects - Bill
. Canberra Rotary Peace Bell - Michael and Warrick
Any questions or suggestions for action please contact Secretary Russell.
Bill Andrews
Last week’s meeting
Warrick demonstrated the abilities of artificial intelligence. He had asked Chat GPT to “Explain how a VPN [Virtual Private Network] works to protect an individual using a garden hose as an analogy”. He shared the answer with the meeting:
Sure! Let me explain how a VPN works using a garden hose analogy:
Imagine that you're standing in your backyard with a garden hose. You turn on the tap, and water starts flowing through the hose. Now, let's say that you want to spray water on your neighbour’s lawn without them knowing it's coming from you.
Without a VPN, your internet connection works similarly to the garden hose. When you access the internet, data flows from your device to your internet service provider (ISP), and then to the website or service you're using. Your ISP can see all of this data, just like you can see water flowing through the garden hose.
But when you use a VPN, it's like adding an extension to the garden hose. You connect the hose to a different tap that's located in your neighbour’s yard. Now, when you turn on the water, it flows through the extension and onto your neighbour’s lawn. But since the water is coming from a different source, they can't tell that it's you who's spraying their lawn.
Similarly, when you use a VPN, your internet connection is redirected through an encrypted tunnel to a remote server operated by the VPN provider. This server then accesses the internet on your behalf, sending and receiving data just like your ISP would. But since the data is encrypted and the server is located in a different place, your ISP (and any other snooping parties) can't see what you're doing online.
In other words, a VPN adds an extra layer of privacy and security to your internet connection by masking your IP address, encrypting your data, and routing it through a different server.
Warrick Howieson (with some help from AI)
Next meeting
This week we are meeting on Zoom and will hear from our member Dr George Wilson, who will speak on “Koala conservation - how private landholders can help address immediate threats”.
The link for the Zoom meeting is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82035457730. Michael Rabey will kindly open the link at noon to enable social interaction before the formal meeting starts at 12:30 pm.
Duty Roster
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Date
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8 June
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15 June
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22 June
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29 June
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Door
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Ross Brown
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Ross Brown
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Ross Brown
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Ross Brown
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Open meeting; introduce President; and Toast to Rotary
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Sally Goodspeed
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Monica Garrett
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Changeover dinner
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Judy Raymond
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Thank speaker and write up for Bulletin
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Astrida Upitis
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John Little
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Changeover dinner
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George Wilson
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If you are not able to perform your allocated duty, please arrange a replacement and advise Acting President Liz. Please advise Stephen of any planned absences to avoid being rostered on while away.
Advance notice – future meetings
