Congratulations Sharyn!
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| Past Area 8 Gov Sharyn & Present Area 8 Gov Jenny |
Area Governor Jenny paid our club a special visit and presented Sharyn (who was Area Governor last year) with a certificate for achieving Select Distinguished Area during her time as Area Governor. This award is based on the performance of the clubs in the Area.
Welcome to new member, Reza!
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| Nicole inducted Reza |
Reza's mentor will be Dave.
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| Toastmaster Jim |
Jim was Toastmaster for the first time and appeared very confident. As it was
Remembrance Day, the meeting theme was Promoting Peace. Jim had researched a lot of information which he shared with us.
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| Peter V proposed the toast |
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| Nick helped Wordmaster Reza |
Reza's word was "Irenic," meaning "Promoting peace"
Round Robin Master Nick asked, "What endangers world peace?" Some of the answers were nuclear armament, greed, power, lack of communication, intolerance,lack of respect etc.
Marlene's Table Topics also followed the theme of promoting peace. Peter D, Darryl, Nick and Jenny were called on to speak about "The neighbours from hell," "Road Rage," Sibling Rivalry," and "Violent Video Games."
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| Peter D |
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| Darryl |
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| Jenny |
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| Nick |
They were evaluated by Rose.
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| Rose |
Nicole presented her 9th speech from the Competent Communicator Manual and spoke about "Active Listening."
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| Nicole |
It was evaluated by Sharyn.
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| Sharyn |
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| Maureen |
Maureen presented a review of The Toastmasters Magazine and encouraged us to read the helpful articles it contains.
Tim presented a review on the book "The Last Ark".
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| Tim |
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| Timekeeper D'sley |
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| Time for a break |
Supper was provided by Dave & Peter V.
Amanda presented a speech on New Years Resolutions and was evaluated by Liz.
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| Amanda |
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| Liz |
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| Chairman Leesa |
Leesa chaired the Business Session, which proved to be an exercise in moving and amending motions. The main item under discussion was the proposal to do away with collecting meeting fees at each meeting, and to raise the semi annual fees to include the meeting fees.
For Show and Tell, Terry displayed a mystery object which someone finally guessed was a staple remover.
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| Terry |
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| John T |
John T was General Evaluator.
Peter D's raffle, a DVD set "Nature of Australia" was won by Leesa.
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| Raffle Master Peter D |
The evenings awards went to Jim (Best Contribution,) Darryl (Best Table Topic,) Nicole (Best Speech,) Liz ( Best Evaluator,) and Amanda ( Personal Best.)
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| Winners 11 Nov 2014 |
Next meeting we'll have a Debate and a "Get up on your Soapbox" segment. Don't forget to bring your money for our Christmas Break Up Dinner which will be held at the following meeting.
Another top meeting, congratulations to Jim on hosting the meeting as 'Toastmaster' for the first time. A really good theme with some very interesting facts shared by Jim.....Another great blog Marlene !!!
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