Meeting 872 "Success"

"Success" was the theme and it was a successful meeting. Harry was Toastmaster for the first time and kept the meeting running  smoothly.


June injected a touch of humour in her Toast.


Word master Jennine introduced the word "cantankerous."  It  was used by quite a few people during the  evening.


Round Robin Master John asked everyone to speak about the successes they have had.

Liz

Kerry's Table Topics were varied - Nicole was asked to  speak about her favourite season, Jennine topic was about overcoming obstacles, Robert's was about speaking a second language and Liz Wo spoke about a favourite pet.




The Table Topics were evaluated by Jonathon.


Leesa presented an entertaining speech about  a  trip she had made to New Zealand.
Liz We's speech was very topical. "What is Success."


They both had the full attention of their audience.

The speeches were evaluated by Dave and Marlene.


During a refreshing break, we enjoyed the supper provided by Robert 

Elizabeth conducted a second Round Robin and asked "Who in your life has mostly influenced your success?"


Grammarian Nicole congratulated those who had demonstrated good word usage and avoided  "Um's & Ah's" 


Our listening skills were tested in a rather chaotic session conducted by Trish.

Sharyn was the triumphant winner of the raffle donated  by Kerry. It was a block of chocolate  and a bouquet of sunflowers.

Annette

The meeting was competently evaluated by Annette, who had some helpful suggestions. 

President Sharyn congratulated Del on completing her Advanced Manual and presented her with her "Advanced Communicator  Bronze" badge.

Successful award winners for the evening were Jonathon, (Best Evaluation) Harry, (Best Contribution) Jennine (Best Table Topic) Liz We & Leesa (Tie - Best Speech) and Leesa (Personal Best.)

Our guests Amanda, Maureen and Terry said they enjoyed the meeting. Amanda and Maureen are going to join our club. Terry expressed an interest in joining later on. Proof that the meeting was a success!

Meeting 871 St Valentine's Day

Thanks to Sharyn for this write up. 


The first February meeting luckily landed on Saint Valentines Day!  Our Sergeant at Arms was busy, helpful and welcoming.  Toastmaster for the night, moi, had a few classic Valentine poetry pieces to share eg "My Princess  Life was always quite normal and sane...Now we've met and it's weakened by brain"   Karl Fuchs


Welcome to guests, Terry, Ernie, Maureen and Matt.


The word for the night was 'obfuscation'. Try saying that three times quickly....

Del

For our first Round Robin, Inge, gave us background on Saint Valentine and asked us to share who had offered encouragement in your life.  Marlene  was mentioned as a great source of encouragement for our members.


Table Topics challenged the participants and the speeches were engaging.

Liz We

It was great to see Racheal, June and Meriel at the meeting.  Harry was Chairman for the Business Session and did a marvellous job, our Parliamentarian John's feedback mentioned Harry's flamboyant way with banging the gavel - it is very important to receive constructive feedback.Grammar wise, the minimisation of Ums, Ahrs, Yeah and 'you know' is improving.


All members were VERY attentive with their listening and they HAD to be with the quality of Leesa's questions.  The raffle, a romantic pot pouri of gifts and treats.......You had to be LUCKY to win that !!!


Del gave a thorough general evaluation of the meeting and the awards for the night went to Inge (Best Table Topic) Rachel (Best Evaluation) Harry (Personal Best) Trish (Best Speech) Sharyn (Best contribution).

Kylie we need you to give us another quick course on tips to improve photography skills. 
 Our thoughts and best wishes are with you Jonathon.


Looking forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.