Covid - what is the Club’s view?

As I noted last Friday, the Board, the Committees and Members have all provided input as to what action if any we should take. In the first instance the Board requires all Members and Guests to meet vaccination requirements as stated by the various venues we attend for official Club meetings and functions. Secondly, it is clear that when we look at attendance numbers at our Regular Friday Meetings (50+ each week), Members want to continue to meet physically. Hence, until we see a change in Government regulation, or a significant drop in Member attendances (<30), we will continue as ‘normal’.

I provided some commentary on my own personal experience with Covid and it surprised me just how many Members since have made it known to me that have had or are currently experiencing the disease. I can only say don’t get Covid! It’s not just the medical impact to your health, but the significant disruption to you, your families and your close contacts. Isolation, quarantine, hospitalisation, separation, medication, etc. Its much broader than just getting ill. Finally on this topic, I made mention of a key data point that my Doctor was measuring. It is the CRP (C-Reactive Protein High Sensitivity) obtained from a blood sample. The ‘normal’ range is 0.00 - 5.00 mg/L. I’ll leave it to you to look up further information on this key data point, but simply, it is a predictor of how Covid will impact your body.

We continue to have a number of events planned and updates were provided as below:

1. PN Aaron talked about our Paul Harris Fellows Black Tie Dinner on Thursday 10^th February at The Pacific Club which is going ahead as the key attendance number for a go/no-go  decision is 30+ and as of 18^th January we have 25 sign ups.
 

Please note it is for Members only, no Guests.

Any potential Members who have been passed by the Membership Committee are also invited.

2. Rtn Worrakit provided an update on our Annual Charity Golf Day planned for Thursday 10^th March and again, as of today it is planned to go ahead as normal.


3. We are planning a 60th Anniversary Extended Lunch on Friday 8^th April which tentatively  will be held at The Montien Hotel Surawong. We are still working through the details and there is strong enthusiasm to execute this event which will coincide with the publication of  our 60^th Anniversary History Book led by PE Patrick and PP Nigel.

In the meantime, there are Committees and Friday Meetings for you to attend as our Club continues to be as active as we possibly can in the circumstances.

See you all at The Crowne Plaza Hotel on Friday 21^st January 2022.