Meeting 882 "Go for Gold"

President Annette & Area Gov Denise

We were pleased to welcome our new Area Governor Denise to our meeting, as well as our other visitors, Alan, Jack and Pauline.

Liz We

Liz We was Toastmaster for the evening. She kept us entertained with interesting facts about the Olympics.

The theme was "Go for Gold." so John S had chosen the word "Carat,"  which Melissa presented on John's behalf.

To practise for the contests next month, the Table Topics were 2 minutes each instead of our usual 90 seconds. We also had Instant Evaluations after each Topic instead of an assigned TT Evaluator. Table Topics Master Marlene called on Annette, Inge and June to answer her topics, "Pure gold need not fear the furnace," "What is your greatest achievement and what effort did you have to put into it" and "Could someone you know be described as having a heart of gold?" The evaluators were Liz Wo, Kylie and Robert.

Dave presented the next 3 Table Topics and asked Melissa, Sharyn and Kerry, "Which Australian athelete do you think will win at the Olympics?"
"Why is gold so expensive?" and "What makes gold such a desirable object?"  These were evaluated by Ernie, Maureen, and Del.

Amanda

In her Icebreaker speech, Amanda shared some amusing incidents from her life. We loved her humour.

Evaluator  John T had some encouraging comments for Amanda.

Ernie presented a speech "The Voice." which contained a lot of useful tips. It was evaluated by Kerry. It was hard to believe this was Kerry's first evaluation.

Ernie

Kerry

Jennine

Jennine's speech was "Caring for your Handknits." We will know think twice before throwing all our woollies into the washing machine! It was her 4th speech and was evaluated by Annette.

We all took time to fill in a Moment of Truth Survey.

Moment of Truth

Grammarian Maureen commented on word usage throughout the evening and Del summed up the meeting in her General Evaluation.

Marueen

Del

Annette wins raffle

Kylie's raffle (golden candles, etc.) was won by Annette.

Annette presented the evenings awards to Jennine (Best Speech,) Amanda (Personal Best,) Liz We (Best Contribution,) Kerry (Best Evaluator - tied with Annette) and Sharyn (Best Table Topic.)  Sorry, forgot to get Annette in the photo!


Remember there will be three weeks till the next meeting, since there are 5 Tuesdays in July. Next meeting 14th August. The theme will be "The Ekka."

It's Magic - Toastmasters Speech

What is magic? There's more to magic than just the "razzle dazzle".

To some people, it can mean Harry Potter or pulling a rabbit out of a hat, but through the eyes of a 6 year old child, there can be magic in almost everything.

Meeting 881 Winter

Kylie

It was the first meeting of our new Toastmasters Year. (1 July 2012 - 30 June 2013.)

We were pleased to welcome our guest, Jenelle.

Maureen, our new Sergeant at Arms, called the meeting smartly to order and handed control to new President, Annette.

Toastmaster Kylie  promoted the winter theme with a collection of beanies and scarves. She also had a supply of winter jokes.

Elizabeth proposed a toast to "Warmth."

Robert introduced the word "Antarctic" and it was used by some during Ernie's Round Robin. Ernie asked the question, "What would you do if you had gills?" This led to some creative answers.

Time keepers were Inge and John T. The first time for both of them in that role.

Dave

Maureen's Table Topics all related to winter. "A favourite memory of winter," "The first time you saw snow,"  "The coldest place you've worked in," and "A favourite winter meal."
Jennine, Robert, Harry and Del answered the Table Topics and were evaluated by Dave.

The raffle, donated by Annette, was an attractively wrapped mystery prize in a basket. Trish produced the winning ticket with a shriek that set Robert's guide dog barking.

We had two speeches. John T revealed a great sense of humour in his  Icebreaker speech, "My Passions" had us laughing all the way through.

Harry

Harry's speech, "The Powers of Presentation" was packed with useful information and demonstrated his excellent use of body language.

Evaluators Del and Jonathon had some encouraging remarks and points for improvement for John and Harry.

The Business Session was conducted by Liz We. It was her first time in this role and she was well prepared. The main items discussed were the upcoming Executive Training Sessions and our information stall at the Einbunpin Festival.

Trish

Trish evaluated the Business Session. She explained why all comments need to be made through the Chairman.

One of our speakers was absent with flu, so Marlene introduced an impromptu Role Playing Session, and called on several members to practice giving information to the "inquirers" at the Einbunpin Festival.

June collected some fines with her listening quiz.

The General Evaluation  was performed by Marlene.

President Annette presented the evening's awards to Kylie, (Best Contribution,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Jennine (Best Table Topic,) Harry (Best Speech,) and JohnT (Personal Best.)