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Sunday, 1 May 2016

Meeting 965 "Valour"


Tim
Kirsty O
"Valour" was a fitting theme for the meeting held the day after Anzac Day.  The theme was carried throughout the meeting by Toastmaster Tim.

Wordmaster Kirsty O chose the word  "Courage."

Annette W proposed a toast "To the peace keepers."
Round Robin Master Carmy asked "Who in your life has shown valour?"

Annette W
Carmy
Guests Karen, Beren and Dillon were welcomed to the meeting, as well as our special guest Steve B from Bunya Toastmasters, who treated us with a preview of the speech he will present at the coming District 69 Conference.

Steve B from Bunya TM
There were 3 three other prepared speeches.
Reza's speech "The Land of the Great" was the 4th project in the CC Manual and was evaluated by Marlene.
Reza
Christiane presented her Icebreaker Speech, " Ossi, Aussie." and was evaluated by Darryl.

Christiane
Darryl

Dave's speech, "The Process of Creation, was evaluated by Rosanne.

Dave
Rosanne

 Our two newest members, Leanne and Wendy rose to the challenge of answering Steve R 's Table Topics, as did Leesa and Rosanne. 

Leanne
Steve & Wendy
Leesa
The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette T and Liz.

Annette T
Liz
 As Club Officer Elections will be held next meeting, our current Club Executive Officers each presented a brief explanation of what their role involves.

John T - President
Nick - Sergeant-at-Arms


 Kirsty W conducted a lively Listening Quiz, and Grammarian Paul commented on the descriptive word usage during the meeting.

Kirsty
Paul

Rose delivered a thorough General Evaluation of the meeting.

Rose
 Annette W's raffle, chocolates and a casserole dish, was won by Annette T.

Awards were presented to Tim (Best Contribution,) Darryl (Best Evaluation,) Leanne (Best Table Topic,) and Christiane (Best Speech and Personal Best.)


Award winners 26th April 2016
The meeting finished on time (9.30pm).
Club Officer Elections next meeting. 10th May.
Interpretive Reading Contest  31st May. There are some tips for Interpretive reading on our online Handbook. http://sandgatetmhandbook.blogspot.com.au/p/interpretive-reading_7759.html

If you haven't paid your Semi Annual fee yet, please do so before the end of this month.
 

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