Rotary Club of North Sydney Sunrise
Mark Staples, a Kiwi (dual citizen) living in Sydney since 1980. IT manager for 20 years in Westpac, then 15 years in IBM. Last role in IBM was an IT Critical Situation Manager, including training of people in “Incident Management”. He joined Crows Nest Rotary in 2015 after retiring, where in 2016 he moved into, and still is, the Secretary. He had a 1-year break, when he was president for 2019-20 year. Mark also volunteers at the Crows Nest community Centre. And is a very serious Poker player.
Mark will talk about his experience travelling to NZ last November/December getting through Quarantine & Self isolation. Coping with isolation is one aspect, but the additional planning required needs to be understood. Most importantly Mark
will lead us through the planning considerations for his next trip – America in June.
The meeting will be held at Piato Restaurant 123 Blues Point Road, McMahons Point at 7:00 am for 7:15 a.m. start. We finish promptly at 8:30 a.m. At about 7:30 a.m., Mark will talk for about 30 minutes, followed by questions and breakfast is served during the talk.