DFWI Spring Council Meeting.
The meeting started with us being invited to sing Jerusalem along to a recording made by the Royal Philharmonic helped by a very proficient choir. A surreal and rather moving experience.
Standing Orders, Adoption of 2020 Composite Report, Presentation of Accounts and Appointment of Auditors were proposed and accepted either side of the first speaker, Laura Cowie from Devon Police's Cyber Crime Unit. There was a lot to take away from this, and I will just give a few of these here
90% of phishing starts with an email – check the address that sent it. A personal address? It's definitely a scam
Report phishing to report@phishing.gov.uk or for texts to 7726. This helps track and stop the criminals
check your settings on your apps. Does the app really need access to your photos of microphone? Delete unused apps.
Passwords. Nothing obvious (grandson's name), don't write down, don't swap out letters for numbers (criminals have software to get round this). (That's one for me to attend to!), don't use the same password.
They need to be like the Andrex puppy – long and strong. She suggested using a phase
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my 1st car was a Suzuki J410 which I had for 12 months. Then incorporate an extra letter T for Tesco, S for Sainsbury etc.
If you are unfortunate and are scammed, report it. actionfraud.police.uk. There were many useful bits of advice which I can relate if anyone is interested.
In the Chairman's address we learned of a loss of 10% of WIs. DFWI have a YouTube channel, and its own website is nearly ready to launch.
Details of the annual awards were given out, including the great news that Sparks Beattie from Brixham WI had been awarded the Chairman's Rose Bowl for “going a little further for her community”.
The main speaker was Angela Baker, the woman whose husband's death precipitated the WI Calendar and the subsequent films, plays, and worldwide attention and publicity for Bloodwise (formerly Lymphoma & Lymphoma Research) raising over £6million for leukaemia research. It was an interesting insight on how it started and the rollercoaster ride it became.
During the President's address we learned that Shirley May Saunders would be standing down.
Our new DFWI Chair is Evelyn Watson, our WI advisor! Congratulations to Evelyn!
And of course, there were thanks going to all!
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