Meeting 989 "One Unique Life" & Elections

What makes you unique? Toastmaster Karen explained how our unique brain works as she kept the meeting flowing smoothly.

There were two guests, Peter and Thomas.

Toastmaster Karen

 Gail proposed a toast to volunteers,
 Word Master Chris chose the word "Lustre."

Chris

Word of the evening

 Round Robin Master Blake asked us to tell what unique traits we have. This was a fun session as we discovered how unique our members are and what strange habits some have!

Robyn presented her "Ice Breaker" speech, "A Balancing Act" and told how  she was born under the sign of Libra (the scales) and has learned how to find balance in her life.

It was evaluated by Steve.

Robyn

Steve

Nick's speech was an interesting verbal tour of Government House, where he has worked in the gardens.  Nick's speech was evaluated by Trish.

Nick

Tris

Liz presented an Educational session on how to evaluate. Liz explained how to refer to the speaker in the opening, give 3 positive points, suggest 2 points for improvement, and summarise - and above all to encourage the speaker.

Liz

Robyn's raffle was a celebration of wine, chocolates, streamers and photo frames. The lucky winner was Gail.

Robyn's raffle

After a supper of buns, chocolate biscuits, crackers and dip provided by Zoe, Nick called the meeting to order and Leanne conducted the Business Session. It was her first time in that role.

Chairman Leanne

This segued into the Election of new Club Officers for the coming Toastmaster year, and was conducted by John. Jim wrote the names of the candidates on the whiteboard while Trish ensured that protocol was followed.

John - Election of Club Officers

The Election resulted in the following position:

President: Annette

Vice President Education: Christiane

Vice President Membership: Karen

Vice President Public Relations: Marlene

(assisted by Jonathon, Darryl, Liz, Kirsty & Annette M)

Secretary: Tim

Treasurer: Blake

Sergeant at Arms: Chris

Trish was appointed Parliamentarian.

These positions will take effect from the first meeting in July.

It was time for fun again. Darryl presented the Table Topics Session and called on Annette, Gail, Zoe, Leesa, Blake and Chris to speak impromptu on his topics.

TT Master Darryl

Annette - "talks to animals"

Gail - "unique challenge"

Zoe - "unique friend's wedding"

Leesa - "Unique outit"

Blake - "Unique moment"

Chris - "what makes me unique"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Jim and Christiane.

Christiane

Grammarian Annette Mc reported on the good word usage during the meeting, including the scientific words that Toastmaster Karen had used in her description of the brain. She recommended avoiding filler words like "so" and "you know" and suggested that "whatever" is not the best word to use to conclude a report.

Marlene gave a General Evaluation of the meeting.

Annette Mc

Marlene

Time Keeper John reported that the meeting was running overtime.

President Steve presented the evening's awards to Nick (Most Improved,) Christiane (Best Evaluation,) Annette (Best Table Topic,) and Robyn (Best Speech.)

Award Winner 9th May 2017

Next meeting Tuesday, 23rd May.

Thanks to Kirsty for helping with the photos. 

Kirsty