Meeting 934 "Let's have a Debate"

"Winning is more important than participation" was the topic for debate. The teams were well prepared.

Affirmative Team - Tim Liz & Peter

Negative Team - Darryl,  Dave & Maureen

The competition was fierce.

Tim

Darryl

Peter

Maureen

Liz

Dave

Members of the audience were engrossed.

Peter D, Sharyn, Rose

The adjudicators had a difficult task.

Adjudicators - Nicole, Trish , John S.

And the verdict was ....

The Affirmative won! Congratulations, Liz, Peter & Tim! 

All participants had a good time.

VPE John T is full of ideas. Another new segment was "Get Up on Your Soapbox."  Each participant spoke for 2 minutes.

Toastmaster John T

Peter D    "Honking horns" 

Leesa "Rude Cyclists"

Terry "Believe in  Santa"

Reza " Mobile Phones"

Amanda - Evaluator

 Reza presented the Round Robin  and asked "What is your greatest debating victory?"
                   

Raffle Master Jim

Dave won Jim's raffle. It was 2 bottles of wine.

Jonathon enthralled his audience with the story of Icarus - a folk story project from the Story Telling Manual.

Jonathon

Evaluator Annette demonstrated how Jonathon had used body language.

Annette

Rose and Reza conducted a quiz to see how well everyone had listened.

Marlene presented the General Evaluation.

Nick collected the votes.

 Collecting Votes.

Awards for the evening went to John T (Best Contribution,) Jonathon (Best Speech,) Annette (Best Evaluation,) and Reza (Personal Best.)

Award winners

We were thrilled to see our past president Liz We at our meeting. Liz will soon be returning to England. 

Nicole, Liz We, Maureen

Also good to see guests Lisa (who has decided to join our club, ) Jean and Suzanne. 

Our Christmas Break Up Dinner is on Tuesday, 9th December. If you haven't paid for your meal, contact Nicole for details on how to make a Direct Debit. or email sgatetm@gmail.com

Don't forget to bring a Secret Santa gift to swap and something for the Christmas Hamper Raffle.