Meeting 994 - "Phobias"

Annette

With a theme of Phobias, this meeting promised to be an interesting one.
President Annette was Toastmaster who provided the definition of the word together with many examples of phobias. Annette welcomed guests Daryl H and Lien, as well as Tamati and Clint.

Acting Sergeant-at-Arms Nick opened the Meeting.

Nick

A toast to Peace, inspired by Nelson Mandela Day, was proposed by Robyn.

Robyn

Nikki

Round Robin was introduced by Nikki, who put twist into asking for a suggestion for a movie title to describe our phobia.

Peter presented his Ice Breaker speech, entertaining us with his humour about stepping out of his comfort zone once he reached 50 years of age. His speech was evaluated by Paul.

Peter

Paul

Deb presented her second speech entitled "Science of Breath" and gave excellent examples of how important breathing correctly can be to our health and well-being. This was evaluated by Leesa. 

Deb

Leesa

John gave us an Interpretative Reading from the Advanced Manual. His reading was entitled "I have a Dream" which was an excerpt from the 1963 speech by famous orator Martin Luther King Jnr.
Jonathon ably evaluated the speech.

John

The raffle was a play on words from Steve. Phobia was pronounced "Four Beers" and that was exactly what his raffle was, plus some other options in case of other phobias such as "fear of no chocolate in the raffle". It was won by Paul.

Steve with one of his "Four Beers"

After supper (provided by Leanne) Blake introduced his Table Topics. To suggest they were obscure and "out there" would be an understatement. Members were given two unpalatable options to choose from, and give reasons why. All 8 participants handled the challenge admirably, despite their fears and phobias of the subject matter.

                                                                                                    Gail our Timekeeper                                                                                    

Darryl

Table Topics were evaluated by Liz and Christiane.

Christiane

Darryl presented a Book Review for "The Happiness Trap" by author Russ Harris.

Tim, pictured below, provided the Grammarian segment, highlighting our correct usage together with how to avoid using the extended AND to connect sentences.

A presentation not seen for some time, that of "Soapbox" was provided by Liz with the subject of Technology - and what she hates about it.

Liz on her soapbox

Listening Quiz by Jonathon was challenging our listening skills.

Marlene provided the General Evaluation with many helpful suggestions for improvement.

Marlene

Award Winners: Best Speech - John

                            Best Evaluation - Jonathon

                            Best Table Topic - Leanne

                            Most Improved - Blake

Winners are Grinners

      Next meeting   Tuesday 8th August.