Tag Archives: Club Meetings

My Experience of Polio

At our meeting on 04 November 2020, our speaker was Dr Vadivelu Vasandakumar, a consultant at Milton Keynes Hospital who had studied medicine with our Club President back in Sri Lanka in 1968. Vasandakumar had contracted polio as a child, … Continue reading

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World Polio Day Update

Our meeting on 28 October 2020 was a reference back to World Polio Day on 24 October 2020, with a speaker from Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland providing the latest information on our progress to eradicate polio. Our … Continue reading

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Business Continues for Rotary

Our meeting on 14 October 2020 was a Business Meeting.  Amongst our guests on the evening were a Past President of the Rotary Club of Khartoum, and a Rotary Scholar sponsored by the Rotary Club of Yokohama.  Rotary is still … Continue reading

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No Speaker – No Problem

Our meeting on Wednesday 07 October 2020 was to have had a speaker, but in the event there was a No Show.  Given that the only telephone number provided was an office 80 miles away from the speaker, and there … Continue reading

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Major Gifts and Endowments

Our speaker on 30 September 2020 was a familiar face for many of the longer serving members of the Club – it was Mike Hodge, a past district governor and a former Rotary Foundation Chairman for the London District.  He … Continue reading

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Technology without the Fuss

Our speaker on Wednesday 23 September 2020 was Abhi Agrawal, an IT consultant with extensive experience in a wide field of areas.  He had come to speak on E-mail security and the Truth about 5G Technology. Before he spoke we … Continue reading

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Explaining Epilepsy

Our speaker on Wednesday 16 September 2020 was Peter Walters, Community Fundraising Manager for the Epilepsy Society.  After our usual updates and business had been completed, and our Quiz Technology Trial had come to an end, Peter addressed the Club. … Continue reading

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Business Beckons Us Back

Our on-line meeting on 09 September 2020 was to have been another Quiz Trial, but when significant issues arise – especially when it concerns the Club’s operational activities – then plans have to be adjusted.  And so, the Business Meeting … Continue reading

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Prototyping a New Quiz Format

Our meeting on 02 September 2020 was 0ur 24th Zoom Meeting, and was held without s speaker as we wished to prototype a new Quiz Methodology for the Club in preparation for the real thing next month. There was some … Continue reading

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Freedom From Fistula

Our speaker on 26 August 2020 was Sue Hope who runs a Scottish Charity Consultancy.  At our meeting she was representing “Freedom from Fistula”, a charity supporting young women in Sierra Leone, Malawi and Madagascar. At the meeting we heard … Continue reading

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