Word master Sharyn introduced the word, "Litoties." See how many you can find in my report of the meeting.
li·to·tes
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in "This is no small problem." "Not unkind, " or "You're not wrong!"
Although there were not a few programme changes, members were not unwilling to perform roles without previous notice.
Meriel was not reluctant to step up and take on the role of Toastmaster. She didn't let the meeting drag but kept us entertained while votes were being collected with facts about inventions.
President Marlene congratulated Sharyn on obtaining her Competent Communicator award, and Dave on his Advanced Communicator Bronze, also Trish on winning a Speech contest. All not small achievements.
New member Damian was warmly welcomed into our club. Damian is not new to Toastmasters, having been in another club before.
We also had 3 guests, Mary, Linda and Rod.
Liz's Round Robin showed that some of us are not without imagination when she asked, "What have you invented."
Annette continued the theme of "Inventions" with her Table Topics, "What is the greatest thing since sliced bread?" "What invention could you do without?" "Life without computers," "Cars of the future," "3D Television," and ""The most useless invention."
David, John, Rhys, Trish, Jonathon, and Sharyn found it no problem to invent an answer.
Chris, evaluating Table Topics for the first time (I think) proved that he is not without evaluating skills.
Raider gave a very informative speech "What makes a Leader" which was not hard to follow thanks to his excellent flip charts.
Rachael presented her Icebreaker speech, "A Little Bit of Me" and kept our minds from wandering with her flowing gestures and animated expression.
Damian set the scene with dimmed lighting and painted word pictures in his Folk Tale, "What makes the Waves."
The speeches were evaluated by Del, Trish and Marlene.
Nicole presented an interesting book review on Stephen King's book, "The Dome."
The "Invention" theme was not forgotten by Raffle Master John, who pointed out that the compartments in the carry bag holding the 2 bottles of wine was not a useless idea. It was won by June.
Timer Dave said it was not too late to include a few extra Table Topics for Sharyn's "victims," Kylie, June and Rod. They were not easy topics.
Grammarian Del reported that there were not too many "ums" & other errors, and Rose concluded with her General Evaluation.
Award winners for the evening were:
Personal Best - Rachael
Best Speech - Damian
Best Table Topic - Trish
Best Evaluator - Trish
Best Contributer - Meriel
(See photos below.)
Thanks Marlene, great entry! Having been present for only half of the meeting, I really enjoyed reading about what I missed, as well as the recap of all that happened after I arrived.
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