Spring was in he air at our last meeting. Toastmaster of the evening, Leesa had arrived early and decorated the tables with beautiful arrangements of spring flowers.
We had two guests, Alex from Bunya Toastmasters Club and Leesa's friend Cheryl who had grown the roses.
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| Alex and Leesa |
President Steve was Wordmaster. His word for the evening was "Bud." It was used frequently throughout the evening.
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| Steve |
Reza proposed a toast to "Spring." Round Robin Christiane asked what memories certain flowers brought to mind - particularly Jacaranda. flowers.
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| Reza (in glass) |
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| Christiane |
There two prepared speeches. Steve presented a speech on Evaluation. Jonathon spoke about marketing.
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| Steve |
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| Jonathon |
They were evaluated by Darryl and Annette.
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| Darryl |
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| Annette |
Christiane spoke briefly about club passports. The idea is to visit as many Toastmasters clubs as possible and have the "Passport" signed by the club president.
The Business Session was conducted by Marlene. Since the reports had been sent by email and there was no general business, the session was finished in record time.
Table Topics Master Liz had topics for Alex, Paul, Annette W, Jim, Reza, Nick and Dave.
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| Alex -Spring Cleaning |
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| Paul - Hate Spring Cleaning |
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| Christiane - Carnival of flowera |
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| Nick -Fathers Day |
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| Dave - Poetry |
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| Annette W - Hayfever |
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| Jim - Flowers you like |
Sorry, I missed getting a photo of Liz & Reza.
The table Topics were evaluated by Karen and Carmy.
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| Karen |
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| Carmy |
Grammarian Paul commented on the word pictures used during the meeting.
Darryl "pulled our leg" with a funny joke.
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| Jonathon's "Mojo" raffle |
Jonathon's raffle was won by Carmy (I think). Leesa's floral arrangements were also raffled and won by Annette T & Jim.
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| Dave |
Dave had good advice for all in his General Evaluation.
The evening's awards went to Jonathon (Best Speech,) Leesa ( Best Contribution,) Dave (Best Table Topic,) Carmy (Personal Best,) and Karen (Best Evaluation.)
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| Winners 13 Sept 20016 |
Next meeting on the 27th September will be our Evaluation and International Speech Contests.
More contestants are needed for the International Speech Contest!
Semi Annuals are due next by the end of this month.
