Meeting 926 "Winter"

Jonathon presenting his 10th speech

Congratulations to Jonathan on completing the Competent Communicator Manual!  Jonathon's final speech in the manual was titled "Your Last Day" If you knew this was going to be your last day on earth, what regrets would you have? What would you have done differently? Have you found joy - or have you brought joy? It was an inspiring speech with a challenge for us all. At the completion of the speech, Jonathon received a standing ovation.

Trish evaluated Jonathon's speech.

We always have good meetings - but some of our meeting seem to really sparkle. I think this was one of them.
We were delighted when one of our past members, Rose walked in. She received an enthusiastic welcome. Our other guest Tim, who had been to the previous meeting, had made a special effort & driven a considerable distance to attend.

In deference to the theme "Winter," President Nicole wore her warm scarf and beanie when she opened the meeting.

Nicole

Leesa was Toastmaster and kept things moving along.

Leesa

Word Master Dave had chosen the word "Suserration," meaning a whispering or rustling sound. Annette, Trish, Liz Wo, John T and Leesa managed to use the word during the evening.

Dave

Round Robin Master Amanda asked, "What makes you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside?" Some of the responses were,  hot curry, motivational movies, a cruise, the movie "Frozen," $135 whisky, pets, sincere compliments, grandchildren, cuddling on the couch, etc.

Maureen had Table Topics for D'sley, Amanda, Darryl, Peter, Terry and John S, all with a winter theme.

They were evaluated by Liz Wo.

Maureen

D'sley

Amanda

Darryl

Peter

John S

Liz Wo

Terry

          

Pam presented her second speech, titled "Sticky Consultations." She told us about some of her amusing experiences as a cake decorator and the unreasonable expectations and demands of some of her customers.

Pam

Pam's speech was evaluated by Marlene (that's me), after some confusion when she read out the objectives for speech 3 instead of speech 2, which made the introduction almost as long as the speech. 

Some advanced Toastmasters like to repeat the basic Competent Communicator Manual to hone their skills. This is what Annette is doing. She presented the first project in the book "The Ice Breaker"" with a speech "Growing up in Brighton." Many of us who grew up in the same era were able to identify with Annette's speech.

John T evaluated Annette's speech

Annette

John T

Inge kept everyone in suspense as she groped into a big bag, and after pulling out layers of newspaper, revealed the raffle prize - a set of Country and Western CD's and a fleecy rug. It was won by Trish, who was just as thrilled with the bag as she was with the contents.

Inge's raffle

Nick assisted  Sergeant at Arms Pam by collecting the votes.

Malcolm, Jim, Nick

Malcolm revealed himself as the Mystery Toastmaster and commented on the friendly welcome from everyone.

Grammarian John S commented on our use of language and the prevalence of "Ums."
General Evaluator Nicole had some commendations and helpful advice.

Awards went to Trish (Best Evaluator,) Peter (Best Table Topic,) Leesa (Best Contrubution) Jonathon (Best Speech,) and Pam (Personal Best.)

Winners 22nd July 2014

The next meeting will be on the 26th August, which is a contest night.

Our 40th Anniversary is on the 12th August & will be a special catered event.