Monthly Meeting
Our next Monthly Meeting is on Wednesday 7th May 2025
This will be run as a "hybrid" meeting, meaning we will be in person in the Borrett Room at the club but also opening it up to members via Zoom. Click here a little before 7pm to join the meeting on Zoom or make sure you have secured your raffle tickets at the door and are seated before 7pm.
This Month's MC Barry Horn will start at 7pm sharp.
Online registration details can also be found in our Events Calendar before the meeting date.
Finding us at Moorabbin:
This Month's MC Barry Horn will start at 7pm sharp.
Agenda
7:00 pm ... Guest Presentations:
🟦Presenter Topic: Co-Designing Connection: The Dossy Journey & The Future of Digital Companionship
Presenter: Kristen Graham, she will be presenting via Zoom.
Kristen Graham is the founder of Dossy.co, a social enterprise dedicated to combating social isolation and loneliness through accessible video calls. With over 11 years of experience designing technology solutions, she has led the development of impactful products, including Thrive, a mental health app for Telstra employees; VideoMyJob, an app that brings jobs to life; and JobTale, a platform that promotes jobs through storytelling.
Dossy was inspired by Kristen’s grandmother, Dossy, with whom she remained a cherished companion despite challenges with distance, digital literacy, and cognitive decline. Seeing how mainstream apps often fail older adults, Kristen set out to create technology that fosters genuine human connection without barriers. Now in its fifth year, Dossy.co is evolving beyond video calls, exploring AI companions, peer-supported virtual communities, and new ways to scale its impact.
Outside of work, Kristen loves the ocean and mountains. In her free time, she spends time kite surfing and paragliding. She is the proud mother of two adult children and a fur parent to Ziggy.
Then...
We are going to have an extended interval with drinks and nibbles and an opportunity to have a bit of a chat and generally socialise. We will provide light nibbles, tea, coffee and soft drinks. Feel free to BYO beer or vino.
And then ...
- David Stonier-Gibson will present the President's report for this month.
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🟦Mike Maxwell will talk about "Old world craftsmanship meets modern manufacturing".
- Presentation from IHelp by Harry Lewis.
- To wind up we'll have as long as you like to chat over Zoom. Please feel free to hang around; the socialising is good medicine in these stressful times.
and last but not least ...
The restaurant has been arranged for WAFFLE, a relaxed social get together at nearby Fong's Chinese restaurant. Details and maps will be available on the night.
https://www.melbpc.org.au/
The meeting will recorded and subsequently published publicly.
See you at (or a bit before!!!) 7pm. Via Zoom or in person.
Regards,
David Stonier-Gibson
If you would like to submit questions for any of our speakers, you need to do so on the Zoom Chat panel.. All you need to do is join the 'Monthly meeting live' group and post there.
