Meeting 920 "The 40's"

There were a lot of programme changes. Thanks to those who took on extra roles, especially those who saw a need and fulfilled it without being asked.

Liz inducted new member Darryl

New member Darryl was inducted by president Liz We.
Darryl presented the Toast and Mission Statement, proposing a toast to Australia's heavyweight boxer Alex Leopai,

Toastmaster John T introduced the theme of the evening with a slide presentation of Sandgate in the 40's.

Round Robin Master Dave asked what we remembered or knew about the 40's.

Hollie had brought pictures of items from the 40's, which she used in her Table Topics session and asked  Inge, Peter, Nicole and Marlene to speak about them.

Hollie

Inge

Peter

Liz We evaluated the Table Topics. 

Annette

Trish

The were two speeches. Annette's was an "After Dinner Speech," We were asked to imagine that we were at a Farewell Dinner in honour of a retiring work colleague.

Trish told us of the the benefits of belonging to an Advanced Toastmasters Club. (Trish also belongs to Chermside Communicators Advanced Toastmasters Club.)

The speeches were evaluated by Liz We and Marlene.

Robyn

Our special guest, Ambassador Robyn from Bunya Toastmasters explained how the Toastmasters Educational Programme is about to be revitalised.

Amanda

Another informative session was presented by Amanda, who spoke abut the duties of a Vice President Membership. Amanda also handed out copies of the Newsletter she has produced.

Jim

Jim brought along his 12 speed road bike for his Show and Tell segment.

The many programme changes were a challenge for Timekeeper Trish but she rose to the occasion.

Nicole

Nicole spent the meeting multi tasking, (working the projector, etc) and still managed to give a thorough General Evaluation.

Our guests Nicola, David and Malcolm were asked to comment on the evening. Malcolm will be inducted as a new member next meeting.

President Liz We presented awards to the evening's winners,  Annette and Trish (Best Speaker - tie) Peter (Best Table Topic,) Marlene (Best Evaluator,) Jim (Personal Best,) and John T (Best Contribution)

Winners 22 April 2014

Don't forget, there are 5 weeks in April, so it will be an extra week till our next meeting on the 13th May. when we will elect our Club Officers for the year commencing on the 1st July.

Meeting 919 "All Creatures Great and Small"

It was good to have our President Liz We back from her trip.

Sharyn was Toastmaster, looking great in her theme related dress. Did you notice it had creatures printed on it?

Sharyn

Creatures great & small

Our previous guests guests, Malcolm and D'sley were welcomed back, also a mystery gentleman who arrived during the meeting and sat for a few minutes before announcing he had walked into the wrong place and promptly left!

Round Robin Master Pam invited us to tell about a pet we have had. There were many amusing stories, and it seems that most of our members own a dog or cat.

Peter, who has just returned from New Zealand, had some Table Topics about New Zealand animals for for Annette, Jim, Amanda and Liz We.

Annette

Jim

Liz We

They were evaluated by Marlene and Inge. This was Inge's first attempt at evaluating.

John S

John S presented a speech titled "Hear, Hear!" about the difficulties experienced by the hearing impaired.
Some of the suggestions he made for us were,
Speak clearly, don't shout.
Speak face to face, don't turn away when speaking.
Don't keep repeating the same phrase word for word, try using alternate words.

We used the "Buddy" system of evaluating - a new evaluator was teamed with a more experienced one. Leesa and Jim made an excellent team.

John T

John T's speech was "Are We Still a Weird Mob?" an entertaining look at the quirks of Australians.

Amanda & Nick

Amanda and Nick made another great evaluation team. It was Nick's first evaluation.

Hollie

Other first timers were our Time Keepers Maureen and Hollie. Neither had performed the task before. They kept the meeting running on time.

In the absence of our third speaker, (Get well soon Trish!) Marlene presented an educational session on the duties of a Vice President Education. (Clink link for transcript.) Club Officer elections will be held in May and we are expecting to be inundated with volunteers for the job!

Annette chaired the business session and guided us skilfully through some motions and amendments. The main business items discussed were,
 Change Over Dinner on the 24th June,
 Information Stall at the Einbunpin Festival on the 27th July,
 40th Anniversary Dinner on the 12th August.

Maureen

Maureen's raffle, a bag of goodies, including  DVD's , books, cup and coasters was won by one of our guests, Malcolm.

President Liz We conducted the General Evaluation, then presented the evenings awards to Annette (Best Table Topic, John T (Best Speech,) Amanda & Nick (Best Evaluation,) Jim & Hollie -tie (Personal Best,) and Sharyn (Best Contribution.)

Winners 8th April 2014

Don't forget to update your details on our progress chart when you have completed a project.

Progress Chart

Meeting 918 "Books"

Toastmaster Annette

We welcomed guests Darryl, Malcolm and D'sley.
Toastmaster Annette was prepared with quotes and information related to the theme "Books."
Hollie presented a toast to Anti Bullying.

Inge presented a quote from Albert Einstein, " I never think of the future, it comes soon enough."

Round Robin Master Tilly asked "What is your favourite book and which character do you relate to?"
Some of the favourite books mentioned were, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Notes from a Small Island," "Christine," "Jane Eyre," The Rosie Project," "Tangled," Divided in Death," "The Hobbit," "Where's Wally," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Game of Thrones," "Simon Winchester" (author,) "Dick Francis," "Gone with the Wind," etc.

Jim and Liz Wo had book related Table Topics for Pam, Jonathon, Marlene, Tilly, Dave and Inge.

TT Master Jim

Tilly

Dave

Inge

Jonathon

The Table Topics were evaluated by Liz Wo and John T.

John T

Liz Wo

Pam presented her Icebreaker speech "Confidence or Bravado?" and was evaluated by Liz Wo.

Pam

  Nicole gave a Power Point presentation on " Being the Treasurer." It was evaluated by Jonathon.

Nicole

Sharyn presented an Educational Session on evaluations. 

Sharyn

Dave reviewed one of his favourite books, "The Alice behind Wonderland" by Simon Winchester. He also gave us a rendition of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky."

John T brought a selection of books for his raffle. There were several lucky winners, who chose two books each. Thanks John. I have just finished reading "Gone Girl" if anyone wants to borrow it.

Yippee, I won 2 books!

Grammarian Marlene commended members on their use of words and explained when to use "Was" and "Were" in sentences such as "If I were you" and "If I was available."  (See accu-assist.com  for explanation.)

John S

John S gave a thorough evaluation of the entire meeting and Past President Annette presented the evenings awards to Tilly (Best Table Topic,) Jonathon, (Best Evaluation) Pam, (Best Speech - tie, and Personal Best,) Nicole (Best Speech - tie) and Annette, (Best Contribution.)

Winners 25 march 2004

Thanks to Time Keepers Jim and Nick the meeting finished on time. 

President Liz We will be back next meeting.