From the Desk of President Don
FROM PRESIDENT DON
This Thursday speaker will be Michelle from Redfish. It will be nice to get an update on masks and PPE supplies. Thank you to all Rotarians who have been making masks for our community. I am encouraged at times to see the increasing number of people wearing them!
Apologies about the Tuesday night social invite not getting out! We will do one more next Tuesday night 7 PM and realizing that the weather is getting more and more summer like this may be our last social unless we have a reasonable attendance.
I believe we are still in need of several committee budgets before Lori will be set for next year please take care of it if you have not.
My understanding from our DG Andre’ that there will be fewer District Zoom meetings and for those of you looking forward to this Thursday’s meeting with Paul Chapelle, he has not yet committed to that timeslot. I would encourage you to check out his website, < peace revolution.com >, as I’m finding it very innovative and enlightening.
Thank you to the work parties that have been cleaning up the library garden and the crew that worked to clear debris from the Fishing Hole cement walkway. I would like to recognize those who contributed their time and effort at this Thursday’s noon meeting!
Our Scholarship Committee awarded three scholarships of $1000 each to three of our high school seniors. The awards event was Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM. It was a recorded event and you should be able to be seen on HHS website. Congratulations to Skyler Bond, Colby Marion and Rio Shemet Pitcher. I am proud to be a member of Rotary which consistently supports the youth in this community, as we see through the Youth Exchange program and our involvement with RYLA, especially this year thanks to Beth Trowbridge and her committee in the sponsorship of the district conference and these scholarships!
Not to forget all the Milli and her committee do as well.
I hope everyone will continue to take the necessary precautions following CDC and local guidelines. observe social distancing ,and the wearing of masks. It will be an interesting time as we are slowly re-opening the State, but let’s not become complacent!
~Yours in Rotary ~
Don Keller
Proud President of the Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay
Greeter and Invocator for This Thursday
Greeter: Currently Suspended
Invocator:
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Winston needs some work! He has done some helpful labor for us, but with college canceled and only on line classes, he has plenty of time! He comes highly recommended!!
Vivian
(907) 435-3903
Please check out below, some information about ZOOM and "ZOOMJacking or ZoomBombing".
If you have downloaded ZOOM, please be sure to update it, as ZOOM has tightened up the security of the program. In addition, should you host a ZOOM meeting, please make certain that ENCRYPTION is turned on. ZOOMBombing often takes the form of unwanted or unknown persons breaking in on an ongoing meeting, making statements (often profanity laden) or playing videos (usually pornographic), to disrupt the meeting. It is easily prevented.
I wanted to pass this along. I know of some legitimate concerns with the Cub using ZOOM which has been expressed by some members. Hope this will put some minds at ease.
Don Keller
Please use these FBI recommended precautions when using ZOOM:
As individuals continue the transition to online lessons and meetings, the FBI recommends exercising due diligence and caution in your cybersecurity efforts. The following steps can be taken to mitigate teleconference hijacking threats:
- Do not make meetings or classrooms public. In ZOOM, there are two options to make a meeting private: require a meeting password or use the waiting room feature and control the admittance of guests.
- Do not share a link to a teleconference or classroom on an unrestricted publicly available social media post. Provide the link directly to specific people.
- Manage screensharing options. In ZOOM, change screensharing to “Host Only.”
- Ensure users are using the updated version of remote access/meeting applications. In January 2020, ZOOM updated their software. In their security update, the teleconference software provider added passwords by default for meetings and disabled the ability to randomly scan for meetings to join.
If you were a victim of a teleconference hijacking, or any cyber-crime for that matter, report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov. Additionally, if you receive a specific threat during a teleconference, please report it to us at tips.fbi.gov or call the FBI Boston Division at (857) 386-2000.
Here is an FBI summary to be aware of:
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We do need SPEAKERS, GREETERS AND INVOCATORS to sign up!
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Being a greeter is a great way to learn names and have a chance to say hi to everyone who comes to a meeting! And we all appreciate an interesting poem, saying, words to a song, etc. to inspire us for the day.
Thank you for helping us have a great meeting!