"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!" Pam's toast at the beginning of the meeting was to all Australians, whether they were born here, or have adopted Australia as their home.
President Nicole welcomed our guests, James, Meg, Barbara, Marco, Leanne, Rosanne and also welcomed back Pam who has been recovering from an operation and past member Harry who is going to rejoin our club.
Nicole was also Toastmaster for the evening.
Tim's word for the evening was "Fair" in the Australian sense of the word, as in "Fair Go" and "Fair Dinkum."
Round Robin Master Maureen asked "What does it mean to you to be a True Blue Aussie." Everyone took part and there were many examples, but the general consensus was that a Fair Dinkum Aussie will give everyone a fair go.
Reza was Table Topics Master and he called on Jonathon, Annette, Sharyn and Tim to answer his topics.
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| Reza |
"What are Australia's greatest Achievements?"
"What icon best represents Australia and why?"
"What is your ideal way of celebrating Australia Day?"
"How do you explain Australia Day to a Tourist?"
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| Jonathon |
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| Annette |
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| Sharyn |
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| Tim |
They were evaluated by Amanda and Marlene
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| Amanda |
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| Marlene |
Darryl presented his second speech, "What's the Point." His vocal variety and gestures made it a powerful message about speaking in public. "Is it fear- or ego that holds us back?"
.Darryl's speech was evaluated by Sharyn.
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| Darryl |
Dave's speech was a fact finding report from an advanced manual. Using the acronym WINNERS, he told us the history of the Quakers and what made them successful.
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| Dave |
Dave's speech was evaluated by Trish, who wore blue instead of her favourite purple in honour of our theme.
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| Trish |
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| Annett's raffle |
Raffle Master Annette said (with tongue in cheek) that what Australian's love is "Booze and Gambling" so she had brought a bottle of wine and Scratch-it tickets for her raffle. It was won by Pam.
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| Peter - timer's report |
Jim conducted the Listening Quiz and proved that collecting fines can be fun.
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| Jim |
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| John T |
John T's joke about a man who was hit over the head by his wife had everyone laughing. (If you want to know why she hit him, ask John)
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| John S |
John S, in his true blue shirt managed to inject humour into his grammarian's report as he commented on "the good, the bad and the ugly."
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| Rose |
Rose presented the General Evaluation, pointing out the good points of the meeting and what could be improved.
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| Pam collected votes |
Pam collected the votes, and Nicole presented the evening's awards to Trish (Best Evaluator,) Tim and Jonathon (Best Table Topic tied,) Nicole (Best Contribution,) and Darryl (Best Speech and Personal Best.)
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| Winners 27/1/15 |
Who was the cool looking guy who came with Jim?
Hey, it's Nick with a new haircut!
