Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

See you at our first meeting for the year on the 24th January, 2017.

Christmas Break Up 2016

Lots of fun at our Break Up Dinner.  Here are the photos. Merry Christmas to all. See you on the 24th January.

Meeting 980 "Fashion"

Leanne

Toastmaster Leanne invited everyone to "Strike a Pose" before performing their role. Some of the poses were very imaginative and caused some merriment. (Sorry, I didn't get a clear photo of any of them.)

We were delighted to welcome our Area Director Ajit to the meeting, also Blake and Chris for their second visit.

Our new member Nikki was inducted by President Steve.

Steve inducted Nikki

Nikki

John T spoke briefly about the exploitation that sometimes occurs in the manufacture of clothing and proposed a toast to "Fair Fashion Practices."

Word Master Carmy chose the word "Convention."

Carmy

Round Robin Master Tim introduced a continuing story, with each person continuing from the last word of the previous person. It involved a black cat (which turned grey and then ginger as the story evolved) 2 men with a barrel of coal and somehow included Bindi Irwin and Russell Crowe.

Tim

Jim presented a speech, "Comfort Zones - For and Against" Jim's point was that it is not always a good idea to step outside one's comfort zone.

Jim

Christiane presented her 4th Manual Speech, "Achilles Heel." She demonstrated how a Vacoped boot can help with achilles heel injuries.

Christiane

Christiane with Vacoped

Paul's speech was also his third. He spoke about "Eggs - Where Do They Really Come From?" He explained the difference between cage eggs, barn laid eggs, free range and organic, particularly the difference it makes to the hens.

Paul

The speech evaluators were Reza, Trish and Leesa.

Reza

Tr

Leesa

Tim's raffle was a bag of goodies - wine, Christmas pudding, chocolate biscuits etc.
It was won by Jonathon.
Leanne offered a second prize - one of her fashion items, a mankini! Liz was the unlikely winner, but she presented it to a male member who is going to send us a photo???

Tim

Leanne with mankini. Steve looking doubtful.

Dave had Table Topics for Anette T, JohnT, Chris, Liz, Nikki, Tim, Jonathon and Marlene.

Dave

Annette- men's  dress for summer

John T - wife's outfit

Chris - daughter's skimpy wedding dress

Liz - expensive or cheap outfit?

Nikki - casual dress at opera?

Tim - dress code in pubs

Jonathon - length of hemlines

Marlene - tailored slacks for business women

Table Topics Evaluators were Steve and Darryl.

Steve

Darryl - striking a pose

Darryl

Area Director Ajit spoke about the District Convention to be held in Chinchilla from 28th April to 1st May 2017 and encouraged all to attend.

Area Director Ajit

Jonathon presented a "Show and Tell" segment, and used the projector to show how he visited the Rughubari Project and ate from a plate made from a leaf.

Jonathon - Show and Tell

 John T presented a review of a movie he had enjoyed, "I Daniel Blake."

John T

Karen

Karen gave an in depth General Evaluation of the evening.

Awards were presented to Darryl & Trish (tie for Best Evaluation) Leanne (Best Contribution,) Christiane & Paul (tie for Best Speech) Jonathon (Best Table Topic) and Nikki (Personal Best.)

award winners 22 November 2016

I think I got photos of everyone except Nick - Oh, there he is!

Nick

Our Christmas Break Up Dinner is on the 13th December. If you haven't yet paid for your mail, please contact Jim at least a week before.

Remember to bring a Secret Santa gift (approx value $10) suitable for male or female.

Please bring an item for our Christmas Hamper raffle.

Meeting 979 "Pets"

The theme of the meeting was chosen by Paul's cat, when she walked across his keyboard. It proved to be an excellent theme for a Toastmasters meeting.

We were pleased to welcome first time visitors Kit, Blake and Chris as well as Nikki who had been to a previous meeting and has decided to become a member.

Toastmaster Paul kept us entertained and informed about pets. (Did you know, there are more  pets than people in the world?)

Paul

Wordmaster Marlene chose the word PETrichor, which is the name given to the pleasant smell of rain after a dry spell.

Round Robin master invited us tell tell about an unusual pet we have had.

There were three prepared speeches.

Kirsty's speech was about an important change she had made in her life.

Kirsty

Darryl spoke about the advice given to him in his first job, and how he has applied it to his life.

Darryl

Karen's speech, "To Craft or not to Craft" was about crafting a speech.

Karen

Speech Evaluators were Leanne, Liz and Christiane.

Leann

Li

Christiane

John T's raffle was popular. It was a bag of goodies, including a "Whodunnit" book, a bottle of lager, and various yummy things. It was won by Paul.

John T

John was also Time Keeper.

The business session  was effeciently chaired by Jonathon. The main business discussed was our Break Up dinner on the 13th December.

Jonathon and Paul
(messy store room in background.)

Table topics master Tim called on Annette T, Trish, Carmy, Christiane, Marlene, Liz, John T, and Leanne.

Topics master Tim

Annette - pet's birthday party

Trish - ugliest pet

Carmy - introduced to friend's pet snake

Christiane - favourite animal

Liz - encounter with barking dog

John T - kitten up tree

Leanne - cat hair on new clothes

Grammarian Steve commented on good word usage, alliteration and repetition.

Stev 

Annette W

Annette W had some good tips in her General Evaluation.

Voting for the evenings awards was very close, with three people tying for Table Topics.

The winners were Kirsty (Personal Best,) Paul (Best Contribution,) Christiane, John and Liz (Best Table Topic,) Liz (Best Evaluation,) and Darryl (Best Speech.

Award winners 8th Nov 2016

Next meeting will be n the 22nd November. You will need to pay then if you are coming to our Christmas Break Up Dinner on the 13th December.