Meeting 879 "Australian Pioneers"

Kylie CC

Congratulations to Kylie on obtaining her Competent Communicator award.

Kylie delivered her 10th speech, "Fabulous" and received a standing ovation from the club.

Annette 

Another achiever was Annette, who presented an informative Educational Session on Mentoring. This completed the requirements for an Advanced Leader award. Well done, Annette!

Jennine

Toastmaster for the evening was Jennine. It was her first time in this role, but she handled it with great aplomb, explaining each role so that our visitors Terry, Sarah and Danni could understand what was happening and challenging us with pictures of Australian Pioneers  to identify.

It was fascinating to see Robert read the Mission Statement from braille before he presented the toast.

Harry

Inge presented the Word "Tapferkeit,"  a German word meaning "Valour." It was used by some members during the meeting. 

Round Robin Master Trish asked us to imagine we were Australian Pioneers and to tell what three things we had brought from home and if we had needed them. This elicited some amusing answers.

Liz We

Amanda continued the Pioneer theme in her Table Topics. She asked  her "victims" to tell how they each met an Australian Pioneer at a Charity Ball and what they said to them. The pioneers she chose were Charles Kingsford Smith, Edmund Hamon Hargreaves, William Charles Wentworth, and Dame Mary Gilmour. Robert, John, Harry and Liz rose to the occasion with wildly imaginative and entertaining stories.

 They were evaluated by Nicole. 

Ernie wins raffle

There were two Raffles. One was presented by Jonathon  ( a book and "smelly stuff") and another by Inge (tea, coffee and mugs). Inge's raffle was won by Ernie. Forget who won the other one!

The Business Session was efficiently chaired by Leesa. Items for discussion were the Change Over Dinner on the 26th June and Club Officer Training on the 21st July.

Grammarian Harry commented on good word usage, and reported that the um's and ah's, had increased during the second half of the meeting -  probably due to the business session.

John S

In his General Evaluation, John S commended Jennine for her excellent introductions in her first time role as Toastmaster,  Amanda for her imaginative and well presented Table Topics, and Annette for her easy to read visual aids. Commenting on the business session, he reminded everyone to address the meeting at all times and not just one person.

President Sharyn presented the evening's awards to Kylie (Best Speech,) Nicole (Best Evaluation,) Liz We (Best Table Topic,) Amanda (Personal Best,) and Jennine (Best Contribution.)

Next meeting will be the Change Over. If you haven't indicated if you are coming and paid for your dinner, please contact Sharyn right aaway.