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.