District 981028th Annual ConferenceGeelong 2010

Fact & Figures

700 attendees 32 guest speakers – 9 Keynote 3 Entertainment Groups – Glen Shorrock 9 Newsreels ( 27 District/Club projects) 2 polished MCs (‘Lives of Brian’)

2 GSE Teams 2 Dinners, 3 Lunches,4 Morning/Afternoon Teas

Frank Costa OAM

Executive Chairman of the Costa Group of Companies Family fruit and vegetable operations and

commercial wholesaling (Coles & Woolworths)

President of Geelong Football Club OAM for services to Australian Rules

Football

Franks Costa‘Character Determines Success’

No. 1 Asset - quality of people particularly in leadership roles

Key character qualities – honesty and transparency, openness

Character First! defines who we are. Determines our responses and provides a clear understanding of our mission.

Christine Nixon

Chairman, Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction & Recovery Authority

Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police

“Community Building – The Largest Effort Ever”

Facts and figures on the :- The extent of the devastation The magnitude of the reconstruction and recovery exercise

The complexity of managing all the stakeholders – from the people directly impacted to the multitude of government bodies

A big ‘Thank You’ to Rotary for their efforts“If I have another sausage ………”

The legacy – well document processes for responding and recovering to any future crisis

Tim Hurson

Founding Director of Think X Intellectual Capital Train, facilitate and coach leaders

Founding Director of ‘Facilitators Without Borders’ Was Creative Director and founding partner of

Manifest Communications one of Canada’s foremost communications and branding organisation

International speaker – addressed audiences in 33 countries on six continents

Tim Hurson

“Creative Thinking” 4 avenues of creative thinking

Seeing the world with new eyes Asking the right questions Breaking the rules Finding unexpected connections

Illustrated each of the above avenues by using a case studies of a 4 people Delivering medical services in Africa using a motorcycle Reducing return hospital admissions by a health & hygiene education

program Performing multiple cataract operations to increase throughput Providing access for people in wheelchairs – piano ramp

Peter Hitchener“The Wonderful Way We Work Together”

Australia would stop if Government and Business had to pay volunteers

Newsreels – Peter and CH9 editors overwhelmed by the diversity of projects

Some stories potential TV documentaries Unscheduled Q & A

What happen to Lividia Nixon? Time to go when her belly covered up the Bellarine Peninsula

Terry McCrann

Murdoch journalist – business, economy and politics

AwardsGraham Perkin Journalist of the yearFinancial Journalist of the yearMelbourne Press Club Golden Quill Walkley Award for business journalism for his

columns following the Ansett saga

“ Boom or Bust – or Both – after the global financial meltdown?” US sneezes we catch a cold, China booms and

we breeze If China sneeze we are in trouble Still sceptical about a sustained recovery

US employment not growing Bad debts (sub-prime mortgages getting worse)

Australia survived by Rudd’s fiscal Viagra - will there be a droop after the stimulus?

Produced 37 unreadable graphs and tables to support his arguments

James Tonkin “Eastlink & Partnerships” Similar presentation of facts and figures

that James recently presented to this Club Emphasized partnership with the

community – Rotary, public arts program, Monash Gallery of Art , Variety Aust, Road safety program, Eastlink Cup (youth football league)

Graphic photos of first fatality 11 days ago

Paul Burnham

Retired Parish minister Rotarian (Ballarat South) Past chaplain for the Melbourne Football

Club for 7 yearsTestimonial from Jim Stymes

Born a crimple – competed in many marathon runs over the years

“Yon Can Be Whoever You Want To Be”Paul Burham

3 key to successRelease the governor ; step out of comfort

zone and take risksPositive attitude - laughter releases incredible energy

Committed and dedicated

Ron Denham

PDG (93/94) – Toronto-Eglington Chairman of WASRAG (Water & Sanitation

Rotarian Action group) His mission is for every Rotarian to become

familiar with world water issues and for every RC to become involved in water/sanitation project

Recognized Canadian authority on logistics management

“Water & Sanitation”

900m people without access to safe water; 2.5b with no sanitation –Africa a basket case

7000 RC’s already engaged on water/sanitation Big issue – many projects not sustainable or maintainable – too much

emphasis on activity, too little on humanitarian outcomes Supply driven, inappropriate technology Millions of dollars, hours of investment wasted

Need holistic approach - local communities must be empowered for sustainability

Like a WASRAG representative in every Club $25 annual ; $100 lifetime membership www.wasrag.org

Major General Ian Gordon

Retired from Army Jan, 2009 Occupied many senior positions and serviced on

many UN missions – Western Sahara East Timor Middle East

Member of Order of Australia for his service with the 1st Signal Regiment and the UN

Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006 for his distinguished service in the army

“Partnerships in United Nations – Making the most of nearly impossible designs” Case studies of his UN missions Frustrations

Head of UN mission commands nothing Host countries promise to provide every assistance except help Host countries only do things they choose to do

Successful partnerships through Skilled diplomacy Organisational = liaison officer Building trust

Common language Common vision of future – no winner/no losers Reconciliation process when thing go wrong

Rotary Speakers

GSE Teams X 2 Membership & Marketing Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) World Peace Fellow – Tania Miletic Foundation Grants End Polio Now Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Youth Exchange – 3 excellent speakers Australian Rotary Health

Indigenous Health Scholar Mental Health Ride for Research Dollars

District Conference 2011

Not to be missed Keynote speakers Extraordinary breath of Rotary’s work Fun