Monthly Meeting
Our next Monthly Meeting is on Wednesday 2nd July 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: Improving digital literacy amongst seniors
Presenter: Paul Dovas he will be presenting via Zoom.
Paul Dovas has nearly 30 years of experience in association management having built a career in a variety in industry associations both in Australia and overseas.
Paul has also built up a consultancy practice in emerging technologies specialising in the areas of artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning, big data, IoT, cybersecurity, AdTech, MarTech, FinTech and PubTech.
His focus has been providing organisations with a framework to navigate the challenges, hype and complexity surrounding data and technology, through relevant strategic planning and restructure.
He has served on a variety of boards both as a director and chair and is an experienced C-Level executive and board advisor.
More recently, Paul has joined the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA) to help the association transition into a new era of digital technology and the challenges seniors face with the advancements in AI, online and smart devices.
Highlights of Paul’s career include:
- Transitioning the Australian industry’s peak print body, the Audited Media Association of Australia (AMAA), into a broader media organisation, through the reformation of traditional print metrics to an expanded model which included digital media.
- Curating and hosting the launch of the Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit in 2017. The event was an instant hit and has expanded since its launch.
- Guided the development of and sourced content for the online content marketplace, Partica and it’s related entity The Real Estate Voice.
Paul is also a keen photographer and humour writer and is determined to continue to fly the flag for both pursuits in face of the threats posed by technology and AI.
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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Member Presentation by Chris McKeown and Harry Lewis on Microsoft update, and Access to AI.
- And we will hear from Cedric Wyndham from IHelp.
- 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.
