Meeting 961 "International Women's Day"

Two more new members were inducted by President John T. Welcome to Kirsty W and Kirsty O.

Kirsty W & Kirsty O inducted by John T

John T had another pleasant task. On behalf of the club, He  presented Reza with a rug for his new baby Adam. The rug  was made by Dave's wife Sandy.

John, Dave & Reza

 The meeting theme was International Women's Day. Toastmaster Trish, appropriately dressed in purple, had given everyone a slip of paper and asked them to write what woman had inspired them the most. Trish read these out during the meeting.

Trish

Darryl's toast was "Pledging for Parity" which is the theme of this year's International Women's Day.

Word  Master Nick chose the word "Lass."

Special guests at our meeting were Metropolitan Division Director Jenny and Area Governor Kris. Also Kris's daughter Natalia. Both Jenny and Kris presented an entertaining speech.

Jenny - Metro Div Director

Kris  - Area Director

Other speakers were Paul, who lives with an unpredictable cat and a dog that sleeps on his head. Paul's speech was "Pets for Life."

And Steve, who has recently returned from a trip to Vietnam. He gave us tips on how to plan a good holiday.

Paul

Steve

Table Topics Master Annette had some themed topics for Rose, Tim, Carmy Nick, Marlene and JohnT.

Some of them were "Can women multitask better than men?"

"What woman has had the most influence on your life?"

"Should there be an International People's Day?"

"What woman has had the most influence on history?" etc.

Annette & Rose

Tim

Carmy

Nick

They were evaluated by Reza and Darryl.

Reza

Darryl

Jim, Steve and Jenny evaluated the speeches.

Jim

Christiane's raffle, a colouring book, pens, etc was won by Marlene.

Sharyn was time keeper.

Christiane

Sharyn

Steve conducted the business session. There were some questions about the increase in semi annual fees.

Steve

Grammarian Annette W. had suggestions for us on ways to improve our grammar.

Dave presented an encouraging evaluation of the meeting.

Annette W

Dave

John T presented the evening's awards to Darryl (Best Evaluation,) Trish (Best Contribution,) Carmy (Personal Best,) Paul (Best Speech,) and Marlene (Best Table Topic.)

Darryl, Trish, Carmy, Paul, Marlene.

Aaargh!! Why didn't someone tell me my skirt was crooked?

Next meeting 22nd March will have an Easter theme. There will be an extra meeting on the 29th (5th Tuesday of the month.) with lots of speeches.