Meetiong 944 "Mind Your Language"

Marlene

The vagaries of the English language provided entertainment at the meeting. Toastmaster of the evening Marlene gave some examples of Spoonerisms and Malaprops.

We had three guests, Paul, James and Tami.


Word Master Jean S chose the word "desist," meaning "to stop doing something, cease or abstain."

Jean

Dave

Dave was Round Robin Master and asked us for a favourite word or phrase.

A few of them were "chocolate," "celebrate," " philosophy," " immune," " Mississippi," " Daddy, " "risk it for the biscuit" "wisdom doesn't grow on whiskers" "Carpe Deum." etc.







Pam had Table Topics for Jean, Nick and Jim. She described scenarios and asked "What would you say..."

Pam

Jean

Nick

      

Jim

Harry had topics for Liz, John T and Rosanne.

Harry

Liz

                                                                                                                                                             

John 

Rosanne

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette.

Annette

Reza's speech "Wandalust" was evaluated by Peter.

Reza

Peter

Nicole evaluated Amanda's speech about white lies.

Amanda

Nicole

Tim's speech "Get to the Point" was evaluated by Trish.

Tim

Trish

An Educational Session on Goal Setting was presented by John T.

John T

Time Keeper Rosanne announced that we were running overtime.

Grammarian Sharyn reported on our use of  language during the evening.

Sharyn

Dave's raffle was two scarves made by his wife Sandy. 

Dave

They were won with great enthusiasm by Trish and Sharyn. 

Raffle prize for Trih

Sharyn ran for her prize

Rose

The General Evaluator was Rose.

President Nicole presented Jean with her new member badge.

Badge for Jean

The evenings awards went to Trish (Best Evaluator,) John T (Best Table Topic,) Amanda (Best Speech,) Jean (Personal Best,) and Marlene (Best Contribution.)

Winners 26 May 2015

5 Communication Mistakes not to make

Toastmasters is all about communication. Trish has some great tips for us on her Blog. http://trishspringsteen.com/public-speaking

Competent Communicator Speech 10 - Optimism - Friend or Foe?

This was the final speech in the Competent Communicator Manual.

A real-life story which questions whether you should you season your optimism with a sprinkle of of caution ...
 

Meeting 943 "Food,Glorious Food"

Congratulations to Harry, on completing his 10th manual speech and achieving Competent Communicator status!
Harry's account of  his harrowing journey home through flood waters and the lesson he learned from it, had everyone enthralled and earned him a standing ovation.

Harry CC

You can see and watch Harry's speech "Optism - Friend or Foe?" on YouTube https://youtu.be/I_En0JgHMqQ

Another inspiring speech was delivered by Sharyn. Using the projector, and great body language, she showed us how we can be more creative.

Sharyn & Jonathon setting up 

Sharyn

Sharyn

Speech evaluators were Steve and Jonathon.

Steve

Jonathon

Toastmaster John T had prepared a variety of helpful information, facts and jokes about food and kept us entertained between meeting segments

John T

.Rose had decorated the tables with what looked like delicious treats, but warned us not to eat them. Some were actually dog's rubber toys. 

Rose was also Table Topics Master, filling in for Amanda. She had food related topics for Terry, Liz, Leesa and Marlene.

Rose

Terry

Liz

Leesa

Marlene

They were evaluated by Lisa (her first time as evaluator) and Liz.

Lisa

Peter's raffle continued the theme of "Food, glorious food." It was a bag of goodies and was won by Darryl.

Peter

Daryl won the raffle. Nick & Tim looking on.

The Business Session was conducted by John S.  The main item on the agenda was our Changeover Dinner, to be held on the 23rd June.

John S  - Chairman

The Club Officer election was conducted by President Nicole.

Nicole

The following club officers were elected for the year 1 July 2015 - 30th June 2016

President: John T

VP Education: Steve 

VP Membership: Annette 

VP Public Relations: Marlene 

Secretary: Tim 

Treasurer: Jim 

Sergeant at Arms: Nick 

Bulletin Editor: Sharyn 

Parliamentarian : John S

Website Coordinator: Marlene 

Congratulations to all incoming officers!

Annette - Grammarian

Grammarian Annette and General Evaluator Dave had some helpful suggestions .

Dave - General Evaluator

Award winners were Jonathon (Best Table Topic,) Harry (Best Speech,) Liz (Best Evaluator,) John T (Best Contribution and Lisa (Personal Best.)

Award winners 12/5/15

Meeting 942 "Moving out of one's comfort zone"

Welcome to our new member Jean S, who was inducted last meeting. Her mentor will be Dave

Jean S inducted by President Nicole

Many members took a step out of their comfort zone and performed a role for the first time.
 Rose was Toastmaster for the first time and was well prepared.

Rose - Toastmaster

As it was just after Anzac Day, Steve proposed a toast to "The Anzac Spirit."

Steve

Wordmaster Liz introduced the word "Strive" and kept tally of those who strove to use the word.

Liz - Wordmaster

Jean C was Round Robin Master for the first time and her topic was "Getting out of your comfort zone." Everyone had an uncomfortable experience to relate.

Table Topics Master Rosanne created scenarios beginning with "A knock on the door" for Tim, Leesa, John S and Annette.

Rosanne

Tim

Leesa

John

Annette

Dave, stepping in for our second Round Robin, quickly thought of topics for Sharyn and Amanda.

Amanda

Dave

Sharyn

Reza evaluated the table topics. It was his first time in the role.

Reza

Darryl

Darryl presented his 4th speech, titled "Show and Tell." It was evaluated by Annette.

John S presented a moving "Tribute to the Anzacs."

Leesa's raffle was a terrarium.

Lisa

 It was won by John S

John S

Tim and John T co-chaired a lively Fun Business Session. The motion was that "at meetings of Sandgate Toastmasters Club, male members be required to wear a tie and buttoned up shirt and that female members wear a dress of appropriate length as determined by the Sergeant of Arms."

The motion was defeated.

 Chairmen Tim & John T  (& Jean)

Point of order! Trish

The Business Session was evaluated by John S.

Terry kept us on time.

Time keeper Terry (also Amanda & Peter)

Leesa and Nick were another tandem team with their lisening quiz.

Leesa and Nick

Grammarian Sharyn suggested how to prevent the "Um's and Ah's " from coming out.

Sharyn

The General Evaluation was presented by Marlene and Pam. It was Pam's first time in that role.

The evenings awards went to Lisa (Personal Best,)Darryl (Best Speech), Annette (Best Evaluator,) Sharyn (Best Table Topic,) and Rose (Best Contribution.)

Winners  - meeting 942

 The club wished Annette all the best  when competing in Table Topics at the coming District Convention..