Dr Mike Moreton Epidemics - The Rotary Club of Bangkok South
Dr Mike Moreton Epidemics - The Rotary Club of Bangkok South
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President Mark Butters ● President Elect/Membership Nick Pisalyaput<br />
Immediate Past President Andrew MacPherson ● Vice President Michael Doyle<br />
Vice President Prasert Mangkornkarn ● Secretary Dana Caron ● <strong>Rotary</strong> Foundation Jon Plate<br />
Fund Raising Douglas Riach ● Communications Rakesh Sodhia ● Administration Dean Outerson<br />
Treasurer Adrian Topham ● Service Projects David Record ● Sergeant-at-arms Rudy van der Hoeven<br />
<strong>Dr</strong> <strong>Mike</strong> <strong>Moreton</strong><br />
<strong>Epidemics</strong><br />
No 3424<br />
13 January 2012<br />
While not<br />
asked for my<br />
predictions, I<br />
predict that<br />
content send<br />
to SW s<strong>of</strong>t,<br />
will be included<br />
more<br />
readily than<br />
anything<br />
else… which<br />
I will prove<br />
immediately,<br />
by including<br />
Dean’s predictions…<br />
provided s<strong>of</strong>t,<br />
but not verbally<br />
last Friday…<br />
and finally<br />
as an<br />
optimist more<br />
than a pessimist,<br />
I find I<br />
like good<br />
news much<br />
more than<br />
bad… so<br />
Chris Thatcher & Team<br />
New Year Predictions<br />
with all that in mind...<br />
Dean’s Predictions<br />
Kodak will go bankrupt. Barnes &<br />
Noble, America's biggest retailer,<br />
will spin <strong>of</strong>f its e-book, Nook division,<br />
which will survive. <strong>The</strong> parent<br />
company will not.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be an IPad 3 and an<br />
iPhone 5. Rumors will also begin<br />
about an Apple TV.<br />
<strong>The</strong> biggest event <strong>of</strong> the year will<br />
be a Facebook IPO, which will<br />
raise $10 billion with a valuation<br />
expected in the neighborhood <strong>of</strong><br />
$100 billion. So all the new Facebook<br />
employee millionaires<br />
(1000's) will invest in their own<br />
start ups, lose their money within<br />
a year and be back working at the<br />
mother ship. (800 million users,<br />
500 million users log in daily)<br />
Kickstarter.com will be one <strong>of</strong><br />
the success stories <strong>of</strong> the year<br />
and will be bought by one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
big four (Google, Apple, Facebook<br />
or Amazon). Since 2009 it<br />
has raised $125 million and successfully<br />
funded 15,000+ projects.<br />
Success rate is 44%. Kick<br />
starter takes 5% <strong>of</strong> the funds<br />
raised for each project. If a project<br />
doesn't reach it's targeted<br />
funding amount by its own deadline,<br />
no funds are collected.<br />
Social media/chat will start to replace<br />
internal emails at more and<br />
more companies. Cloud computing<br />
and mobile access will become<br />
mainstream for most companies,<br />
which means Micros<strong>of</strong>t -<br />
will have a tough year. Can they<br />
release Windows 8 Can they<br />
transition to the cloud Can they<br />
successfully get into mobile<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are rumors they are trying<br />
to acquire Nokia’s smart phone<br />
division again. This could well be<br />
a story <strong>of</strong> too little, too late…<br />
2012 could also be a pivotal year<br />
for private space flight as Virgin<br />
Galactic already has 500 customers<br />
signed up at $200,000 each.<br />
Expect the first test flight into<br />
space this year, with regular<br />
flights in 2013.
<strong>Rotary</strong> in pictures<br />
As IPP Andrew begins to catch<br />
up with P Eddie in shampoo<br />
consumption, bets are on as to<br />
who might be next to join this<br />
fashion trend.<br />
P Mark presents a Plaque <strong>of</strong> Appreciation to Ratikorn<br />
Suekumnerd (Khun Tang) for her amazing support<br />
during Coins on Silom both this year and last year...<br />
Rtn Leo and Rtn Rod exchanging<br />
SMS notes...<br />
Rtn Vinai looking very relaxed… could be the<br />
whiskey but more than likely because <strong>of</strong> the<br />
success we have with Cosmos for Charity…<br />
P Mark, Khun Tang and Khun<br />
Khob during a CoS meeting...
Water instead <strong>of</strong> Champagne<br />
Water, instead <strong>of</strong> champagne was<br />
presented during a four-day, New<br />
Year trip on behalf <strong>of</strong> RCBS and<br />
great (multiple) sponsors: <strong>Dr</strong>s Ulrike<br />
and Peter Minderjahn to recipients<br />
<strong>of</strong> two more Clean <strong>Dr</strong>inking<br />
water systems (CDWS 404 &<br />
407) at Sawan A-nan Witthaya 2<br />
School in Sukhothai and Anuban<br />
Ngao school in Lampang.<br />
Within a few days Waserkaiser<br />
Wolf and Ann drove 1,998 kilometres<br />
(Pattaya-Sawankhaloke-<br />
Lampang - Nan - Pattaya); enjoyed<br />
Karaoke at two club meetings<br />
(RC Sawankhaloke-North &<br />
RC Nan); received blessings for<br />
one CDWS by all eight monks <strong>of</strong><br />
the village; presented best wishes<br />
to everyone who would listen during<br />
inaugurations and book presenting<br />
speeches; ate the famous<br />
noodles (kao soi) <strong>of</strong> Northern<br />
Thailand with <strong>Rotary</strong> friends <strong>of</strong> RC<br />
Lampang; forgot about water in<br />
exchange for lots <strong>of</strong> wine and<br />
champagne on New Year’s Eve<br />
(at the great orchid farm <strong>of</strong> PP<br />
Narong and Ann Kalaya <strong>of</strong> RC<br />
Nan); and finally, had a ‘great’,<br />
more than ten-hour hangover<br />
drive home...<br />
Hope to have some RCBScompatriots<br />
to sing and drink with<br />
next time along with our very<br />
warm <strong>Rotary</strong> friends <strong>of</strong> RID 3360.<br />
Article by Rtn Wolfgang<br />
Minderjahn<br />
CDWS #407 Anuban Ngao<br />
Lampang<br />
CDWS # 404, Sawan A-nan Witthaya<br />
2, Sawankhaloke, Sukhothai<br />
CDWS # 404, Sawan A-nan Witthaya<br />
2, Sawankhaloke, Sukhothai<br />
CDWS # 407, Anuban Ngao<br />
Lampang<br />
CDWS # 404 Sawan A-nan Witthaya<br />
2, Sawankhaloke, Sukhothai<br />
New Years Eve 2011 with RC Nan
Khun Prakai’s<br />
<strong>Club</strong> Almanac<br />
No 3424 13 January 2012<br />
Happy Birthdays<br />
Yongyuth Tirachaimomgkol (14 January)<br />
Wedding Anniversary Greeting<br />
Manu Mekdhanasarn (14 January)<br />
Alastair Timblick<br />
(16 January)<br />
Yongyuth Tirachaimomgkol (17 January)<br />
PP Vichai Tantrativud (18 January)<br />
PP Krit Wongsaengarunsri (19 January)<br />
Attendance for 6 January 2012: 61%<br />
Present 46, Make-up 4, Absent 32, Exemption 26,<br />
Total 108<br />
Visiting on 6 January 2012<br />
Bangkapi, PP Asvin Smarnond<br />
From Abroad<br />
Per Dibber<br />
Elly Kenner<br />
Invited Guests:<br />
Selena Topham<br />
Stuart Luciani<br />
<strong>Mike</strong> Andrews<br />
Mark Shaw<br />
(Bruxelles Vesale, Belgium)<br />
(Jerusalem, Israel)<br />
Introduced by<br />
Adrian Topham<br />
Doug Riach<br />
Doug Riach<br />
Stuart Baker<br />
Recent Make-up<br />
Sawankaloke North, 29/12/1: Wolfgang Minderjahn<br />
Nan, 31/1211: Wolfgang Minderjahn<br />
St Petersburg, Florida, 5/01/12: DGE Alex Mavro<br />
Make-up Credit<br />
CDWS Inauguration at Sawankaloke, Sukhothai and<br />
Ngao Kindergarten School, Lampang, 30/12/11<br />
Wolfgang Minderjahn<br />
Membership Committee, 4/01/12: PE Nick Pisalyaput,<br />
P Mark Butters, PDG Praphan Hutasingh, PP Philip<br />
Baechtold, PP Vichai Tantrativud, Jon Plate, IPP Andrew<br />
MacPherson, Rui Belo, Prasert Mangkornkarn<br />
Golf Committee, 6/01/12: Tim Cornwall, Elmar Lins,<br />
Rakesh Sodhia, Tyrone Jenkins<br />
COS Committee, 6/01/12: P Mark Butters, Douglas<br />
Riach, Ge<strong>of</strong>f Carter, Dana Caron, <strong>Mike</strong> Ellis, PP Don<br />
Lavoie, Adrian Topham<br />
<strong>Club</strong> Calendar<br />
Polio Plus Phase 1: 18 January 2012<br />
Thursday 19 January<br />
Delegation Visit<br />
RC Sathorn<br />
Holiday Inn Silom<br />
19:30<br />
Friday, 20 January (Lunch)<br />
Steve Young<br />
Friday, 27 January<br />
06.00 to 14.00<br />
Coins on Silom<br />
Thursday, 02 February (Paul Harris Dinner)<br />
Pichai Chuensuksawadi<br />
Polio Plus Phase 2: 15 February 2012<br />
Thursday, 01 March 2012<br />
<strong>Club</strong> Golf Tournament<br />
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<strong>South</strong> Wind Editorial Team<br />
Tim Cornwall (Editor), Gary White,<br />
Jamie Cummiskey, Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Carter,<br />
Chris Thatcher (Photographer)<br />
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