Kiwanis Kronikle NEWS THAT CONCERNS KIWANIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Photo by M. Bastraw
Attendance
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Invocation
Roger Landry
Senior Members
Paul Normandin, Bob Turner, Carroll Stafford
Win a Classic!
V.P. Phil Bonafide reports that we grossed $4056 at the boat
show at Steeplegate Mall last weekend. Looking ahead, he has
decided to print more tickets with Metrocast Cable footing the
bill. The bike goes back to Laconia Savings Bank for another
2-3 weeks until our next roadshow at the Winnipesaukee Expo Center.
Being a local event, he hopes we can get some new members to
help hawk tickets.
Fore
V.P. Phil Bonafide is having John Grocki look into the possibility
of putting on a golf tournament this summer.
Movable Feast
We will meet at Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd.,
Gilford on Monday, April 2. Meal cost will be $9.75 which will
be invoiced as usual. Members with suggestions for alternate
meeting locations should let Steve know. We are looking for a
reliable location that will provide reasonable privacy and good
food affordably.
Guest Speaker
Steve Loughlin introduced Sr. V.P. (Marketing) Bernie McLaughlin,
Laconia Savings Bank to the club. He presented information on
privacy issues and identity theft in the age of the internet.
Even with filters on computers used by K-12, student data is
still collected and sold to companies. Fraud in general is 30%
higher on-line. Often a users cyber-identity is coopted in order
to buy goods against their accounts. It wasn't until 1998 that
legislation was finally on the books to counter over 500,000
cases per year. McLaughlin advises keeping track of your billing
cycles to detect any unauthorized charges, do not give out vital
information without security precautions, use creative passwords,
photograph credit cards, destroy any paperwork containing card
information, and order copies of credit reports annually. To
find further consumer information, report fraud to add your case
information to a centralized database for multiple law enforcement
agencies to access, and to learn what steps you should take if
you become a victim, call the Federal Trade Commission's Identity
Theft Hotline at 1-877-438-4338.
Fines
Nancy Parrott found Roger Landry and Warren Mitchell pinless.
After Hours
The Board had a special meeting and the Nominating Committee
met.
In Three Weeks
The guest speaker will be Sheila Weeks, Belknap Juvenile Justice
Initiative.
In Two Weeks
We meet at Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford;
the Boards meet; NISE
Next Week
Exec. Dir. Connie Morrison, Greater White Mountain Chapter of
the American Red Cross will be the guest speaker.
Michael
Bastraw
Editor