Meeting 903 "Setting Goals"

New member Ian inducted by new President Liz We

Our Toastmasters year always begins on the first of July, so this was a fresh start for us all. The first duty our new President Liz had to perform was to induct a new member Ian into our club. Dave has offered to be Ian's mentor.

Amanda

Amanda took on the role of Toastmaster of the evening for the first time. She
welcomed our guest Bronwyn and kept the meeting running smoothly, with inspiring quotes interspersed between segments.

Word Master Marlene introduced a  familiar word, "should've" which is a contraction of "should have" - not "should of." She explained that anyone who has written "should of" in an email should've used "should have." The same applies to "would have" "could have" and "must have."

Round Robin Master Nick sent us down memory lane when he asked  if we were a fan of the  Beetles and which one was our favourite.

Ron  used the theme of the meeting in his Table Topics. "The toughest goal you have ever set yourself," "Resolutions are meant to be broken," "How to present your goals to a long serving employee that you have to stand down." "When someone else sets goals for you," and "Why do they put round pizzas in square boxes?" (This is not the exact wording of the topics.)

Jim answers a Table Topic

The topics were answered by Bev, John T, Nicole, Jim, and Liz We.  Annette evaluated the Table Topics and congratulated the speakers and suggested that they could have moved the lectern aside to give them freedom of movement when answering.









Sharyn presented a speech from the advanced manual "The Entertaining Speaker." Her speech was about "Opinions." The speech was evaluated by Liz Wo.

Sharyn

Liz Wo

Jonathon was the first to try out our club's new data projector when he presented his speech, "Minding your Medicine."  It was evaluated by Maureen.

Jonathon tries the new projector,

The Business session was efficiently chaired by Trish. The main item discussed was the information stall we will be conducting at the local Einbunpin Festival on the 28th July.

General Evaluator John T commented  that it was a pity that our Parliamentarian was not present to see  how well the business session was conducted.

Grammarian Nicole commented on the use of  descriptive word pictures and alliteration by some of the speakers as well the ums and aahs, that some of us need to avoid.

John T

Nicol

Our Raffle Master Robert was not present, but he had sent the raffle prize with Dave, who presented the raffle. It was 2 bags containing pot plants. June and Del were the lucky winners.
Peter won the Books that Marlene had brought.

President Liz We closed the meeting after presenting the evening awards to Bev (Personal Best,) Annette (Best Evaluator,) Nicole and John T (Best Table Topic,) Jonathon (Best Speech,) and Amanda (Best Contribution.

Award Winners 9th July