Meeting No 998 - Evaluation and Speech Contests

Sergeant-at-Arms Chris opened the Meeting and handed control to President Annette.

Guest Judges and Test Speaker Elsa were welcomed, along with first time guest Genevieve.
Annette presented new Member Lien with her Toastmasters Badge.

As it is Contest night, Blake provided some light relief with 2 jokes which were well received.

Nick proposed a Toast to Competitive Spirit.

Test Speaker Elsa

The Evaluation Contest Toastmaster Tim welcomed entrants Christiane, Leanne, Liz and Nikki. All gave supporting and helpful comments with their evaluations. Second place went to Leanne, and first place-getter was Liz.

Leanne demonstrating her Rodeo Queen moves

A thoughtful raffle comprising cool drinks to cover all tastes was promoted by Robyn.
Leanne was the lucky winner.

After supper, provided by Annette and Christiane, the International Speech Contest commenced, with John Topping as Contest Toastmaster.

Darryl's speech titled "Cool, Calm and Collected" had him taking on that role as he spoke. Christiane used the acronym "S.C.A.R.S." and urged us not to be afraid of our scars, but to learn from them. Second place was awarded to Darryl, and first place-getter was Christiane.

                                                                                       Darryl and Christiane

Our 4 winners will now represent Sandgate Club at the Area Contest at Redcliffe in November.

Annette closed the meeting with thanks to all who assisted in preparing for the Contest and contributed on the night with many roles.

Annette and Jenny                                                                          Gail

Meeting 997 "Spring is Sprung"

It is spring and our club is blooming.
New member Lien was inducted and our three guests Marie, Stephen and Tamati have all asked to join our club.

Toastmaster Jim  set a light hearted tone for the meeting which continued throughout the evening.

Jim - Toastmaster

Paul's word of the day was "Flourish."

Paul

Round Robin Master Robyn asked, "What make you feel young again?" There were some amusing replies and several managed to use the word of the day.

Zoe presented her second speech, titled "Have you ever driven a car when drunk?" and used a personal story to show how driving when fatigued can be as bad as driving when drunk.

Zoe

Nick's speech "I can see clearly now" was the 6th project in the CC manual. A personal story about overcoming a rare eye disease.

Nick

Evaluators Annette T and Christiane were very encouraging with some points to think about for next time.

Annette

Christiane

Peter's presented his raffle with humour,as he told of his effort to find a spring for a spring raffle - or "even a step to put a spring into." before deciding on flowers and chocolate.

It was won by Gail.

Peter, Gail, Blake

Supper was provided by John T.

Lien & Marie

Acting Sergeant at Arms Darryl called the meeting back to order and Gail chaired the business session. Business under discussion was the removal and storage of our cupboard as it can no longer be kept at the hotel. Daryl volunteered to provide a truck and storage. 

Also an assistant secretary as Tim has commitments that might prevent him from attending every meeting. Since many members were not at the meeting (its flu season) this will be discussed at a future meeting.

Chairman Gail, Treasurer Blake & Secretary Tim

Table Topics Master Paul had some imaginative topics for Robyn, Peter, Blake, Tim, Lien, Marie,

Robyn - Spring cleaning

Peter - Memories of Spring

Blake - What gets your goat

Tim - Garden gnome or fairy

Lien - Spring traditions

Marie - Spring is sprung

Evaluators were Marlene and Karen.

Karen

As well as being time keeper, Darryl filled in as grammarian and demonstrated the points he was making with a funny story.

Darryl

General Evaluator John T explained what had worked well during the meeting and gave some positive points for improvement.

John T

President Annette closed the meeting and presented awards to Nick & Lien (most improved,) Zoe (best speech,) Karen (Best Evaluation,) and Robyn (Best Table Topic.)

Award winners 9th Sept 2017

Next meeting on the 26th September will be a contest night. (International Speech and Evaluation.)

We are looking forward to inducting Marie and Stephen.

Marie & Stephen

Don't forget semi annuals have to be paid before the end of September.