Meeting 988 "Honour, Duty, Service"

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; 

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 

At the going down of the sun and in the morning 

We will remember them."

Our meeting fell on Anzac Day, which was the theme throughout the meeting.

Toastmasters Tim read the complete poem "The Fallen" by Robert Laurence Binyon which has been adopted as the Anzac Ode.

Toastmaster Tim

Another new member was inducted by President Steve. Welcome Gail!  Karen has agreed to become Gail's mentor.

Gail

Robyn proposed a toast to the service men and women who have served our country.

Wordmaster Karen introduced the word "Stupendous." It was used 28 times during the meeting.

Karen

Deb presented the Round Robin and asked "What does Honour Duty and Service" mean to you? There were some very thoughtful answers. Our guests Peter, Eric and Jack took part as well.

There were three prepared speeches. 

Carmy presented her fourth speech "My Lego World" and used pieces of Lego to tell us about her interest in Lego and her young nephew's many Lego  projects.

Carmy

Darryl presented his 10th speech, which completed his CC Manual and earned him the title of Competent Communicator. Congratulations Darryl! His inspiring speech was "Choose Happiness." He said the key to happiness is "Strong relationships, resilience, and being grateful."

Darryl CC

Marlene used the projector for her speech "Let's Promote Toastmasters" and spoke about her role as Vice President Public Relations and how all members can become involved in promoting our club.

Some screen shots

The speeches were evaluated by Leanne, Jonathon and Liz.

Lean

Jonathon

Liz

Karen's raffle was a selection of items, all related to the Anzacs. Anzac Biscuits, Manuka Honey, Roses chocolates, Turkish Delight, Milk Bottles (an Australian sweet) and a book "Walking Free." The butterflies on the bag represented "Freedom."

Karen's raffle

The lucky winner was Gail.

Supper was (appropriately) Anzac Biscuits and Lamingtons, provided by Chris.

Time keeper Christiane  was also busy filling in as Sergeant at Arms and called everyone back on time.

Table Topics Master Nikki had prepared topics for Chris, Karen, Liz, Jonathon, Steve and Trish.

TT Master Nikki

Karen - Uniform for pilots

Liz - Dishonourable discharge for dog

Steve- Love or loathe slouch hat

Trish - volunteer for charity

Chris - First Anzac Day I remember

Jonathon - Soldier Cookies or Anzacs?

Table Topics Evaluators were John and Annette M.

John

Annette M

Blake presented a review on a book he had enjoyed, "Breakfast of Champions."  which he described as "dark, quirky dry humour." 

Blake

In his Show and Tell segment, Chris used humour to explain why he loves the old red hat that he bought during an overseas trip many years ago and is loathe to replace it in spite of hints from family and friends.

Chris

Grammarian Trish said there were 58 "Um's" during the meeting. She also commented on the good word pictures used.


Steve conducted a lively Listening Quiz.

Trish

General Evaluator Paul said it was a great meeting, centred around the Anzac theme.

Paul

President Steve presented the evening's awards to Leanne (Best Evaluator,) Trish (Best Table Topic,) Tim (Best Contribution,) Carmy and Chris ( tied for Personal Best,) and Darryl (Best Speech.)

Award winners 25 April 2017

Club Officer elections will be held next meeting on the 9th May. 

The theme will be "One Unique Life."

Meeting 987 "My Music"

Toastmaster Carmy had set the scene with some of her favourite CD's and kept the meeting flowing with facts and anecdotes about music. It was her first time in that role.

There were three guests, Gail, Matt and Jayne.

Car

Chris

Chris proposed a toast to "Learning."

Wordmaster Blake introduced the word "Interlude," meaning a short interval or pause. It is a term that is also used in music.

Blake

John T presented a dramatic reading of Alfred Noye's Poem, "The Highwayman," and stunned his audience when he dropped "down  like a dog on the highway"

John getting up again

John T

In her "Icebreaker" speech, Deb told how her parents and grandparents had helped her to develop "mind, body and soul" and inspired her to help others.

Deb

Tim completed his Communicator Manual projects with a presentation about the Competent Leader projects and explained  how the roles performed at meetings can fulfil CL projects.

Tim

The speeches were evaluated by Karen, Steve and Annette M.

Karen

Steve

Annette M

Jim's Easter raffle, two Lindt chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs was very popular.

Selling raffle tickets

Raffle prize

Supper was provided by Trish.
What is that on Nikki's head?

Queen Nikki

Time Keeper Nick kept the meeting running on time.

Nick

Leesa

Leesa chaired the Business Session. One of the items discussed was the meeting awards. The club voted to change the "Personal Best" award to  "Most  Improved." to avoid confusion and to drop the "Best Contribution" award.

:Liz's Table Topics took the form of "This is Your Life." Annette was called out to the front, and the TT participants were asked to tell what they knew about Annette.

Liz

Annette, This is your life!

Nikki - met Annette at school

Darryl - Annette's pupil

Jonathon - Annette's teacher

Jim - Annette as a teenager

Zoe - school reunion

Chris - Squash champion

Robyn - Annette's neighbour

Blake- Annette as Toastmaster

The Table Topics were evaluated by Christiane and Marlene.

Christiane

Marlene

Grammarian Jonathon commented on words and phrases during the meeting and the Um's and Ah's.

Trish presented a thorough evaluation of the entire meeting.

Trish - General Evaluator

Award winners of the evening were Karen, (Best Evaluation) John and Deb, (Best Speech) Nikki,(Best Table Topic) and Carmy (Best Contribution and Personal Best)

Award winners 11th April.

Next meeting 25th April. (Anzac Day.) The theme will be "Honour, Duty, Service."