Meeting 975 "Spring is Here"

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.

Alex and Leesa

 President Steve was Wordmaster. His word for the evening was "Bud." It was used frequently throughout the evening.

Steve

Reza proposed a toast to "Spring." Round Robin Christiane asked what memories certain flowers brought to mind - particularly Jacaranda. flowers.

Reza (in glass)

Christiane

There two prepared speeches. Steve presented a speech on Evaluation.  Jonathon spoke about marketing.

Steve

Jonathon

They were evaluated by Darryl  and Annette.

Darryl

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.

Alex -Spring Cleaning

Paul - Hate Spring Cleaning

Christiane - Carnival of flowera

Nick -Fathers Day

Dave - Poetry

Annette W - Hayfever

Jim - Flowers you like

Sorry, I missed getting a photo of Liz & Reza.

The table Topics were evaluated by Karen and Carmy.

Karen

Carmy

Grammarian Paul commented on the word pictures used during the meeting.

Darryl "pulled our leg" with a funny joke.

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.

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.)

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.