Monthly Meeting
Our next Monthly Meeting is on Wednesday 6th August 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:
Title: Insights from Repair Cafes, Right to Repair and Repair Advocacy, and Online Pro Bono Networking
Presenters: Karen and Danny Ellis will be presenting via Zoom.
Danny Bio
Danny Ellis is a master of machines, who was coaxed by Karen Ellis, his wife, into Mend It, Australia a brand she created to reflect their interests in community reuse and repair. It was to be the title of their legacy project in retirement. With a mechanical trade background, electrical maintenance know-how, and 33 years as a VLine train driver, Danny is a powerhouse of practical wisdom and skills. Decades ago, a passion for building computers sparked a hobby that now sees him enjoy repairing and refurbishing devices for their personal use, along with some for their family and the community. He is an amateur sewing machine mechanic, preferring to work on vintage ‘all-metal’ ones that were built to last several lifetimes.
Karen Bio
Karen Ellis is the founder of Mend It, Australia (MiA), a leading advocate for repair culture and Right to Repair legislation. With a Graduate Diploma in Community Health and decades of experience in community advocacy, sustainability, and social justice, Karen has driven MiA’s mission to promote reuse and repair since 2015. She has contributed to numerous state and federal parliamentary submissions on repair policy and serves on the Australian Repair Network’s Steering Committee. Karen’s work empowers communities to embrace repair as mainstream, champions legislative change, and promotes the environmental and economic benefits of repair. She is also a dedicated mender of her own possessions.
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: Mike Maxwell on "Claude and my G Code"
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And we will hear from Harry Lewis 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.
