Meeting 939 "Gadgets and Gizmos"

Thanks to Leesa, Nicole and John T for photos and information about the meeting as I was unable to attend.

(I hate missing our meetings!)

Lisa, Steve, Nicole and Rosanne

President Nicole welcomed our new members Lisa, Steve and Roseanne into our Club. 

Gadget man Dave was Toastmaster, he shared his knowledge and passion for gizmo's and gadgets, including his ingenious contraption for reading heavy books.

 

Word Master Steve urged members NOT to use the word 'good', and gave suggestions of many other words that could used instead.

 

Round Robin Master Annette invited all to tell of their favourite gadget. Darrell's favourite gadget in the kitchen was his wife.

Table Topics Master was Peter D. 

Peter 

Peter Vance was Raffle Master and convinced many to take part in the raffle, recounting the tale of Paddy who learned that a thermos was used to keep things hot and to keep things cold, but not necessarily at the same time. Nicole won the raffle!

Jean buying raffle tickets from Peter V

Lisa, Rosanne Tim, and Peter D each displayed and spoke about one of their favourite gadgets. Lisa's was a Tupperware slicer, Tim's was a dental instrument for taking mouth measurements. 

Reza evaluated Trish's speech. 

Harry presented his 9th speech and was evaluated by Darryl.

Harry

Chairman John T broke the record for the shortest business session -7 mins 40 seconds.

Supper was provided by Maureen. 

Supper break

Sharyn

In her General Evaluation, Sharyn used as many words as she could instead of the word "good."

Liz conducted a Listening quiz.

Rose

 Rose collected the votes. And the winners were.....

Awards 10 March 2015         

Harry, (Best Speech) Trish, (best Evaluation) Liz, (Best Table Topic) Darryl, (Personal Best) and Dave, (Best Contribution.)

Any corrections or more details are welcome.