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Issue No 34 / 2020-21 March 28TH, 2021
HOWZAT!
The Rotary Club of Newlands
The Club that Appeals
PRESIDENT JENNY IBBOTSON
Editor Janey Ball
Email howzat@newlands.org.za
Website www.newlands.org.za
Facebook www.facebook.com/NewlandsRotary
Apologies before 10:00 on a Monday to Heidi Andersson, please.
COMMENT: THE LAW and DISPOSAL of OLD IT EQUIPMENT (Tony Davidson)
It is said that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Never is this truer than in the technology space,
in which one organisation’s outdated equipment can be just what a smaller organisation needs for its
day-to-day administration.
Or, some companies even donate or sell equipment to their staff.
Donating equipment rather than discarding it is also a great contributor to the circular economy,
extending the life of goods rather than sending them straight to landfill when their current usefulness
has expired.
However, while tech donations are to be encouraged, they do open donors up to a certain amount of
regulatory risk.
“This should not discourage you from donating” – says Malcolm Whitehouse, the compliance manager
of AST Recycling. Rather, you should be aware of the regulations governing the donation of office
equipment and understand the measures you need to take to ensure compliance.
There are three pieces of legislation you need to comply with when dealing with IT equipment at the
end of its life.
1. The National Environmental Management: Waste Act
This act specifically governs how companies can be fined and held liable for devices up until their end
of life.
If, for example, a company donates 100 laptops to a charity or school, at which they will still have three
years of useful life, then the company that donated those devices still technically owns them.
If the receiving organisation or beneficiary dumps or gives them away, and those devices are traced
via their serial numbers, the donating company could be fined up to R10 million or the responsible
party could be sent to prison for ten years or even both.
If a compliant e-waste recycling company such as AST Recycling manages the donation on your behalf,
it can supply you with a Chain of Custody certificate, which absolves your company of any further
responsibility for those devices.
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The next steps in the chain of custody are governed by the next relevant piece of legislation,
discussed in point 2.
2. The Consumer Protection Act
Section 59 or the Consumer Protection Act says that if you donate a device to an individual or
organisation, you are still liable for the support and maintenance of that device, and you are still
required by law to ensure the responsible recycling of that device at End of Life at your cost.
This is not something that many companies or organisations know.
Once an e-waste recycling company issues a Chain of Custody certificate, it becomes liable for
making sure the equipment is properly disposed of at its end of life.
AST Recycling has a fully functional system for tracking where devices are located, with a unique
tracking number for each device.
They will collect the devices from the recipient organization or beneficiary, and ensure that all their
components are responsibly recycled, effectively closing the loop.
3. The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act
If a device that contains sensitive information is donated without having undergone a proper data
sanitisation, there’s a risk that the data could be recovered.
Under the POPI Act, the original owner is liable for a fine of between R1 million and R10 million and
between one and ten years in jail plus damages or both, if, proper care was not taken in the
responsible recycling or refurbishment and sanitisation of the device.
AST Recycling offers a solution that makes use of globally accepted software designed to sanitise
data or data storage media, and then provides a Certificate of Sanitisation, confirming that any data
previously saved on those drives is beyond forensic recovery.
This leads to zero risk of any data breach from your data storage media.
This article was originally published on MyBroadband.
MINUTES of the ORDINARY MEETING on ZOOM 15th March 2021 18h30
Scribe: Graham Finlayson
Sergeant Geraldine opened the Zoom Virtual Meeting and requested President Jenny to do the
Welcome. She duly proceeded to welcome the Guests:
Guest Speaker Jess Tyrrell from Wild Nights Out
Special Guests Andrew Hunter, who moved to CT recently, from Grahamstown
Guests Koos Burger (RC Cape of Good Hope)
PDG Judge Deon van Zyl (RC RC Helderberg Sunrise)
Four-Way Test was recited by Jeanine I, followed by the lighting of the Peace Candle was by Shan in
her Plettenberg Bay kitchen, where she recited a Peace Quote from Julius Caesar: “Many of you wished
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me dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But I hold no grudges and seek no revenge. I demand only
this...that you join with me in building a new Rome, a Rome that offers justice, peace and land to all
its citizens, not just the privileged few. Support me in this task, and old divisions will be forgotten.
Oppose me, and Rome will not forgive you a second time. Senators, the war is over.” (Today is the
Ides of March... 44 BC the day of the assassination of Julius Caesar.)
(The Scribe needed to find out a bit more of its context: The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman
calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable
for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of the
assassination of Julius Caesar which made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history. From
Wikipedia ‘Ides of March’.)
Grace and Loyal Toast followed, to RI and to Eskom for the ‘power on’, by Nora.
Guest Speaker:
Jess was introduced by Jeremy, who informed us that Jess had inspired him to invite her to talk to the
Club. She studied Social Work with psychology at University of Stellenbosch, followed by a master’s
degree in Environmental Humanities. She has made a career of working with communities and the
natural environment, which led her to establish a programme called ‘Wild Nights Out’, a youth
development initiative aimed at matric learners, to skill them socially for their post school years.
Jess proceeded to present to us her work story and that one of the catalysts for this was her time as
an Interactor at school. She terms her work as “Eco Therapy”, to assist persons dealing with challenges
and trauma to reconnect with nature, as a means of achieving a sense of being and relevance. ‘It is all
about connections. She commenced studying zoology and diverted to psychology, which led her to
feel disenchanted and uninspired about the way she was taught about psychological healing. She
observed that when people are in the outside world, like mountains, they felt being part of nature and
their life took on meaning. Nature has a potent impact on peoples’ wellbeing, which she terms ‘eco-
psychology’. It’s a false belief of many that humans are separate from nature. We are less in an
environmental crisis and more in a psychosis crisis, due to disconnections from nature.
It was extremely troubling that during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown to ban people from natural
places, which is really counter intuitive. These Lockdowns are likely to bring a wave of mental illness
and this should be expected. This prompted her to offer a healing programme for those working on
the frontline, called ‘Care for the Carers’, an eco-therapy process for solo time in the mountains. Many
of the groups had members bursting into tears while attending the programme, with huge sighs of
relief, when they off loaded their anxieties.
The Wild Nights Out programme is a 6 days and 5 nights course held in the Cederberg, with 18 matric
learner participants, on a full scholarship paid for. Learners have to submit a motivation to obtain a
place on the programme. Many matric learners feel a huge anti-climax at the end of all the school
years. The programme creates a conscious time for the learners to reflect on finishing school, to make
a conscious acknowledgement of their achievements, to create a contemporary rite-of-passage into
an unknown stage of life. It has 3 legs, with the potjie pot being the analogy, as follows:
1. Connection with Self: encourage reflection and meditation, consciously navigate the unknown, and
gain confidence and trust
2. Connection to Diverse Others: make sure of a positive exposure, make connection to other groups,
and appreciation of diversity and differences
3. Connection to Nature: cultivate a deep sense of belonging to a larger whole / universe, seek to
create a more beautiful world that our hearts know is possible.
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It is apparent most children seem to lack general life skills. To assist in addressing this Jess is now
developing a mentoring programme for learners over a one year period, with establishing network
groups. They have a good connection and support from Ucook and are partnering with the President’s
Award office. She ended her talk with reciting a beautiful letter of appreciation received from one of
the participants of the programme.
A number of questions were asked and answers included the following:
• The Wild Nights Out programme is held in December after the final matric exams
• The scholarship funding allows for an equitable chance of entry to the programme
• Applications can be made online and WhatsApp
• Marketing of the programmes are limited, mostly by word of mouth and on Facebook
• Facilitators on the programmes come diverse backgrounds
• Shelley mentioned how she had worked with Jess’s great-aunt and how her Family have a long
tradition of community involvement
• Jess would like to talk to RCN, John S, about mentoring programmes, the value of which cannot
be overstated.
Wendy thanked Jess for her inspirational talk, how vital and necessary her work is amongst youth. The
hope is for Rotary and her programmes to collaborate in the future particularly with involvement of
the Interact Clubs.
The Just Desserts Spoon was the handed over by Janey to Jeremy because of his enthusiasm, his
involvement, and for introducing Jess to the Club.
SPOTS:
Vanessa reported on lungi’s workshop for the Langa ECD Forum Principles, over the last weekend. It
was about resilience training and that she did a fantastic job.
PRESIDENT’S SLOT:
President Jenny proceeded to:
• Thank Jess for her talk – no need for Jess to worry about public speaking, ‘just be yourself’
• The Langa ECD Programme is looking at capacity building towards developing sustainability, so
the Club can step away
• Club Survey: 22 responses have been received. Remaining Members are requested to complete
the Survey to inform the way meetings are conducted going forward, in a safe manner.
• There is a Board Meeting on Wednesday coming
• Birthday: Nil
• Wedding Anniversaries: Geoff and Liz Sessions - 18th March
SERGEANT’S SLOT:
Geraldine managed to raise a couple of Happy Rands
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CORRESPONDENCE
What a super email from Koos Burger following his recent visit to our meeting with speaker, Jess Tyrell, from
Wild Nights Out:
Dear President Jenny
It was such a great meeting to attend, together with you, the rest of the Rotary Club of Newlands and
other friends, last night. This is one of the joys that Zoom and Covid brought to this world.
Your speaker was very informative, motivational, an inspiration and most of all, almost “at home”. “At
home”, is how your Club make people feel, when they visit, what you achieve is to connect people and
groups and with that, you really Open up Opportunities! I connected and will meet with her.
Thanks for your support of Rotary Youth Camps Glencairn, this is an asset of our District, for the
youth, the Environment and other Clubs.
The feeling of joy and fun was also prevalent, but then on the other hand, you are serious, you are an
example of how to do what Rotary does. I always pick up ideas and learn when I attend any Rotary
Club of Newlands, meeting.
Thanks for allowing me to call myself “a friend of Newlands RC”.
Best wishes for the rest of your “season”, until end of June.
Regards
Koos Burger
President
Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope
NOTES from THE PRESIDENT
Here is a summary of the recent survey on commencing in-person meetings to which there were 29
respondents:
• 19 people said YES to attending in-person meetings at WPCC. Of those three said they would
attend only if the meetings were held in the Bowl’s Club.
• 10 People said NO not yet.
• Most respondents said they would attend both online (zoom) and in-person meetings
• 7 people said that we should always have a meal at in-person meetings
• 7 people said there should be NO MEALS at all
• 15 people said that meals should be optional – ideally at the end of an in-person meeting so
people can stay or leave as they wish.
• The most frequent comment was that we should have both in-person and online meetings
going forward. Another frequent comment was that the first meeting of the month (usually
partners) would be best as an in-person meeting.
• These results were discussed at the Board and it was agreed that we will do a test of audio
and visual equipment before we do an in-person meeting and the intention is to hold our first
in-person meeting on the first Monday in May – 3 May 2021.
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April
Zone 22 Rotary Africa Centennial
International Conference (Zoom) (Click image to book.)
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RCN FUTURE FIXTURES (Online, until May)
MARCH – WATER, SANITATION and HYGIENE
29 Business Meeting
APRIL – MATERNAL and CHILD HEALTH
5 PUBLIC HOLIDAY
10 District 9350 Presidents and Officers Elect Training (POETS)
12 Ordinary Meeting Elash Mistry
17 District 9350 Assembly
19 Ordinary Meeting Quiz: Wendy Goddard
21 Board meeting
26 Business Meeting
MAY – YOUTH
1 District 9350 Conference
3 Partners’ Meeting: First Hybrid Meeting
10 Ordinary Meeting
17 Ordinary Meeting
19 Board Meeting
24 Business Meeting
31 Ordinary Meeting
BIRTHDAYS 23rd March Jamie Hart
26th March John Stephenson
27th March Andy Ismay
2 nd
April Lisa Lombard
8th April Sybi Rousseau
9th April Candace Galloway
11 April
th
Geraldine Nicol
ANNIVERSARIES
JOINED ROTARY 6th April (19 years) Henry Campbell
7 April (13 years)
th
Graham Lowden
7th April (13 years) Melinda Stapleton
JUST DESSERTS SPOON Jeremy Opperman
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UMPIRES and SCORERS
29 March 2021 5 April 2021 12 April 2021
Business Public Holiday Ordinary
Sergeant Terry Lancaster Pieter van Aswegen
Four-Way Test / Object Tony Davidson Ian Pursch
Grace and Loyal Toast Vanessa Rousseau Michelle Roos
Peace Candle and Quote Shân Biesman-Simons Anthony Galloway
Minutes Glynis Menné-Hart Jamie Hart
Intro speaker Michael Walwyn
Thank speaker Johan Taljaard
Comment Richard Burnett Jeremy Opperman
• If you cannot make this duty, please arrange a substitute and let the Sergeant know.
• Peace Candle duty includes lighting a candle and providing a quote.
• Comment is due on the date above. Publication is the Monday following. Usually. Please submit a text file
and, if you have pics, please attach these.
CLUB OFFICE BEARERS
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AND the LAST WORD …..
Another long weekend ahead but, as we look
forward, let’s spare a thought for those
preparing the UK for the beginning, tomorrow,
of British summer time. Can you imagine the
job at Stonehenge of moving the stones
forward one hour!
Talking of jobs, there’s also Suez Digger Guy, the
man with the world’s toughest job.
Follow him on Twitter. Send him virtual hugs
and love. Let him know you care.
See you on the moro…..
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