Speakers Program

Speaker Ross Butterworth District Governor started his talk with a Rotary personal Moment. In 1994 he joined the Rotary Club of Melton Valley. Five years later he was asked if he would lead the International Service Committee. When he asked the President what he needs to does the president said go to the District Assembly?

Michael spoke about some of his work as Chair of a number of ethics research committees including The University of Melbourne and the Victorian Department of Health. The work of these committees carries enormous responsibility. The primary purpose of a statement of ethical principles and associated guidelines for research involving humans is the protection of the welfare and the rights of participants in research.

Fellowship Meeting

"The World Cruise of the Orion"

The story links a couple of wealthy industrialist families and a British army officer in Germany at the end of the 2^nd world war.

AG Heritage Cluster- Person behind the badge

Carlton Rotary Club's 2013-4 Police Mentoree

Philip Morrissey introduced speaker inspector Paul Binyon. Paul thanked the club for the next twelve months of mentoring which he hoped would help in a future management role and also develop community connections

Brian spoke on the future of Melbourne and Olympic Parks.  Melbourne Park will remain the home of the Australian Open for generations with a multi-million dollar transformation of the world class sporting precinct.

A Brief History of Hang Gliding - and my part in it

Reflections and travels following the Rotary Global Peace Forum in Hiroshima.

Roger Thiessen was this week’s speaker on the man behind the badge. He described how he grew up on a family farm in the Huon Valley in Tasmania. To complete his secondary education he was sent to a boarding school in Hobart where he first encountered the idea that he might have a different career to farming. He was awarded a scholarship to study Agriculture Science at the University of Melbourne where he was also a resident of International House. After graduation he returned to Tasmania where he had a job in Animal Research with the Department of Agriculture. At that time he also played senior football in the TFL and played in two grand finals to win a premiership.

Open forum- feedback session on the Club's Strategic Plan

please note that this meeting is a working lunch. There will be a buffet lunch available from 12.50pm in order that we can commence on time.

Person Behind the Badge - Allan Hine

Allan gave a very interesting talk about his experience in the Airline Industry with Cathay Pacific and in particular the cargo side of things.

Cathay Pacific converted a fleet of 747-400 & 747-800 passenger planes into cargo planes.  The first thing they did to these aircraft was to take the paint off as the paint weighed around 800kg, however this caused corrosion issues and therefore a layer of varnish had to be applied anyway.  The planes need to open at the nose to fit in longer items as well as side doors for taller items.  Specialist loading machinery is required worth around $700K. 

New Club President Ian Ada congratulated Past President Janet on her wonderful year, and expressed hope that she will be joining us again very soon. Ian thanked DGE Julie and AG Don Heath and Glenis for sharing this event with us and performing the duties they have. He noted that Club Visioning Day gave us a wonderful opportunity to focus on a few key things that we all think are critical to our future viability and growth.

Organ Donation A potential yet to be realised?

Des started his talk with a select brief history of organ donation. A second century text describes the switching of hearts by a Chinese surgeon. In 300 AD Saint Cosmos reputedly replaced a leg of a white religious man. In 1200 AD Saint Anthony of Padua re attached the foot of a young man. In 1818 the first human Blood Transfusion was performed. In 1902 the Blood Groups A, B, O and AB were discovered by a German Scientist. In Australia in early 1940 we began corneal transplants and in 1986 performed the first successful heart/lung transplant