It was our first meeting for the year. We were pleased to welcome 6 guests - Nicole, Deb, Peter, Chris, Blake and Area 15 Director Annette M. (There were 3 Annettes at our meeting!)
Our president Steve was absent, so V.P.E. Annette T opened the meeting and handed control to Toastmaster Reza.
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| Reza |
Wordmaster Paul introduced the word "Anticipation."
Round Robin Master Kirsty asked "What are you going to do in 2017?" which prompted some ambitious ideas.
Tim presented a speech on "Bullying." and was evaluated by Dave.
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| Tim |
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| Dave |
In her 5th project speech, Christiane spoke about her fear of dogs and spiders.
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| Christiane |
It was evaluated by Annette T.
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Annette T
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Jonathon had prepared Table Topics about travel for Dave, Annette T, Marlene, Blake, Leesa, Carmy, Paul, Blake and Chris.
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| Jonathon |
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| Dave - "Where to go." |
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| Annette T + "Trip from Hell" |
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| Blake - "20 cents a day" |
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| Leesa - "Romantic Trip" |
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| Carmy - "Jet lag remedy" |
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| Paul - "Itinerary ." |
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| Chris - "visit 3 heroes" |
The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette W and Darryl.
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| Darryl |
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| Annette W |
Area 15 Director Annette M spoke about the coming Metropolitan Division Conference, which will be held on Saturday 11th March 2017 at the Tavernenetta Function Centre, Carseldine.
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| Annette M - Area 15 Director |
In her Show and Tell segment, Leanne used the projector to show pictures of the exciting event she had attended - and had been presented with an award for Sales Development Manager of the Year!
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| Leanne |
Marlene was Grammarian and Carmy conducted a Listening Quiz.
Karen was time keeper.
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| Carmy |
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| Karen |
In her book review, Leesa explained why she loves "Poldark."
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| Leesa |
Christiane's "mystery" raffle was won by Leanne.
The General Evaluation of the entire meeting was presented by Liz.
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| Liz |
The evenings awards were presented to Blake (Personal Best,) Annette T (Best Table Topic,) Reza (Best Contribution,) Darryl (Best Evaluation,) and Christiane (Best Speech.)
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| Award Winners 24 Jan 201 |
It will be an extra week until the next meeting, as there were 5 Tuesdays in January. See you on the 14th February.
