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| Trish - Woman of the Year |
Trish received a standing ovation as she entered the room a moment after the meeting began. The club had just been informed that Trish been awarded Gold Winner in the 2016 Women World Awards Woman of the Year - Mentor or
Coach of the Year AND Bronze Winner in the 2016 Women World Awards
Female Entrepreneur of the Year. Congratulations Trish!
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| Toastmaster Darryl |
Toastmaster Darryl looked the part in his sporting outfit. He began by getting everyone to do warm up exercises.
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| Warming up |
There were three guests - Susan who is a member of Federation Toastmasters in Tenterfield and is also Area 1 Director. Katy, from Caboolture Toastmasters and Thomas who came for the first time last meeting and liked us enough to come again.
New member Wendy was inducted by President John T.
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| John inducted Wendy |
Leanne proposed a toast "To the Athletes."
Word Master Christiane chose the word "Elite." It was used often during the meeting.
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| Jim, Nick, Rose |
Round Robin Master showed the medal she had won for Tae Kwon Do and invited everyone to tell of a success or award they'd had.
Marlene presented an educational speech on Interpretive Reading and encouraged members to enter the Interpretive Reading Contest next Meeting.
Wendy and Trish both stepped in to fill the two vacant speaking slots on the programme.
Wendy held us spellbound with her tale "Conjure Wives.".
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| Wendy |
Trish had some helpful advice in her presentation "The Key to Structuring Your Speech."
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| Trish |
The speeches were evaluated by John T and Paul.
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| John T |
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| Paul |
After the supper break, (provided by Carmy) Leanne treated us with a moving rendition of "Advance Australia Fair."
Kirsty W had Table Topics for Carmy, Christiane, Liz, Annette T, Leanne, Dave,
John T, Paul, Rose and Marlene.
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| Kirsty W |
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| Carmy - Athletes paid enough? |
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| Christiane- Going to Rio |
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| Liz - Ceremony welcome speech |
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| Annette- Olympics in Chinchilla |
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| Leanne- Greatest Olympian |
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| Dave - motivate team |
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| John T - Closing Ceremony |
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| Paul - Hopscotch team |
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| Rose - Escort Prince Harry |
Steve and Jonathon evaluated the Table Topics.
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| Steve & Jonathon |
Kirsty O's Raffle was won by Christiane.
The Time Keeper was Annette W.
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| Kirsty O |
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| Annette W |
Grammarian Dave commented on our Word usage during the meeting.
Reza conducted a Listening Quiz.
General Evaluator Annette T offered some helpful suggestions.
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| Reza |
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| Annette T |
President John T closed the meeting and presented awards to Wendy (Best Speech,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Leanne (Best Table Topic And Personal Best,) and Darryl (Best Contribution.
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| Winners 24 May 2016 |
Kirsty W and Carmy also received ribbons for their recent Ice Breaker Speeches.
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| KIrsty W and Carmy |
Katy took a photo of everyone. (Click for larger size.)
Next meeting 31st May is our Interpretive Reading Contest. This is an extra 5th Tuesday of the month meeting, See you there.
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