Meeting 990 "Celebrating Multiculturalism"

Another new member for our club! President Steve inducted Peter. He also welcomed our special guest District Administration Manager Jenny and first time visitors Trish, Jack and Caleb.

Steve inducted Peter

 Toastmaster Annette M introduced the theme of the evening, "Multiculturalism" and kept the meeting flowing smoothly.

Annette M

Zoe proposed the Toast, and Wordmaster Deb presented the word "Fortuitious" meaning "happening by chance."

Zoe

Deb

Nikki used humour in her second speech, "What I Learned about Life through Working with Death." She had 5 main points.
1. Our time is finite.
2. We are a society of Stuff.
3. Being present is a gift.
4. Little things can make a big impact.
5. There is a lot to be grateful for.

Nikki

 Leesa's speech, "My Italian Journey" was her 7th. Leesa is learning to speak Italian and she had brought her friend Denise to join her in a brief conversation in Italian at the beginning of the speech.

Leesa

Jim used the projector to explain how Hydraulics work and also gave a practical demonstration.

Jim

The evaluators were Jonathon, John and Marlene.

Jonathon

John

Blake's raffle was a bag of goodies, containing wine, chocolates, scented candle etc. It was won by Annette M.

Blake

 Time Keeper Karen reported that the meeting was running a little over time so the supper break was shortened. Biscuits were provided by Deb.

Karen

Table Topics Master Tim had prepared topics  related to multiculturalism, and had put them all on the whiteboard for his participants  Jenny, Blake, Deb,  Zoe, Peter and Nick to choose from.

Tim

Jenny - Many cultures

Blake - Music

Deb - Fashion

Zoe - Event

Peter - Restaurant

Nick - Festival

Table Topics Evaluators were Annette T and Steve.

Annette

Steve

Carmy presented a review of the movie "Lion."

Carmy

Robyn

In her "Show  and Tell" segment, Robyn showed the cow figurine  that she had bought when she attended the Margaret River Cow Parade.

Darryl conducted a lively Listening Quiz and Grammarian Gail reported on words and fillers used.

Darryl

Gail

Our special guest Jenny presented an encouraging address.

DAM  Jenny

Christiane gave a detailed General Evaluation of the meeting.

Christiane

Award winners were Leesa (Most Improved,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Nikki (Best Speech,) and Blake (Best Table Topic.)

Award winners 23 May 2017

The meeting finished a little later than usual.

Next meeting 13th June

Our Changeover Dinner will be held  on the 27th June.
The meal will be $35, but club members will be subsidised and will only have to pay $20. Please pay Jim next meeting or you can pay directly into the club's bank account. See Jim for details.

We have also been invited to Peninsula Club's Changeover on the 3rd July. Special guest speakers will be the International Speech winner who will be competing at the International Conference in Vancouver in August and the Humorous Speech winner. See Darryl for more information.