Congratulations to Christiane, Toastmaster of the Year!
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| Immediate Past President Steve with Toastmaster of the Year Christiane |
Christiane was overseas when awards were presented at our changeover dinner, so Immediate Past President Steve had the pleasure of presenting Christiane with her Toastmaster of the Year trophy at our first meeting of the Toastmaster year.
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| President Annette |
Our new Sergeant at Arms Chris called the meeting to order and President Annette welcomed everyone, including our first time guests Daryl H, Lien and Troy.
Nikki performed the role of Toastmaster of the Day for the first time and provided a lively commentary throughout the meeting.
New member Peter Dooley proposed the toast.
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| Nikki |
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| Peter |
Wordmaster Carmy chose the word "Journey," which was used often during the evening.
Blake presented the Round Robin and invited us to tell what wonder of the world we have visited or would like to visit.
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| Blake & Peter |
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| Carmy |
There were two Ice Breaker speeches. Zoe told us of events in her life that led her to become a lawyer.
Gail speech was "My Life in Education."
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| Zoe |
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| Gail |
Jonathan presented a "Speaking to Inform " project and showed us how to breathe properly and obtain "better pitch, pace, pause and power."
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| Jonathan |
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| Breathing exercise |
The speeches were evaluated by Darryl W, Jim and John T.
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| Darryl |
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| Jim |
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| John T |
Annette M's raffle was a bag of items including, a travel pack, puzzle books, adult colouring book and colour pencils, wine and mints.
It was won by Zoe.
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| Annette M |
After supper provided by Leesa, Christiane conducted the business session. Some topics for discussion were our information stall at the Einbunpin Festival on the 30th July and celebrations for our 1000th meeting on the 24th October.
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| Christiane |
Robyn had prepared Table Topics for Peter, Leesa, Deb, Nick, Chris, Annette M, Blake and Marlene.
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| Karen TT Master |
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| Peter - travel to special event |
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| Leesa - frightening travel experience |
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| Deb - memorable travel experience |
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| Nick - challenging adventure |
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| Chris - what like to do |
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| Annette M - bringing back memories |
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| Blake - wild life tour |
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| Marlene - choose travelling companion |
Leanne and Karen evaluated the Table Topics.
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| Leanne |
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| Karen |
Steve was Grammarian. Trish was Time Keeper.
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| Steve |
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| Trish & Blake |
Annette presented a General Evaluation of the meeting and gave some good points for improvement.
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| Annette |
Winners of the evening's awards were Zoe (Best Speech,) Blake (Best Table Topic,) John T (Best Evaluation,) and Nikki (Most Improved.)
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| Award winners 11th July 2017 |
Next meeting 25th July. The theme will be "Phobias."
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