Meeting 1017 - Ancestors

New Sergent at Arms Carmy called the Meeting to Order. Immediate Past President Annette opened the Meeting and presented the trophy for Most Improved to Toastmaster Chris. Gail had managed to keep this a secret this past two weeks since the Change Over Dinner. Annette also welcomed back Leanne and Peter who have been absent for a while.

Most Improved 2018 Award presented to Chris

Leanne

Toastmaster for the night Monica kept the Meeting flowing and firstly introduced Gail, who proposed a Toast to All our Marvellous Ancestors.

Toastmaster Monica

Gail and Trish

 This was followed by Trish's word of the evening - Parentage. It was not used frequently during the meeting, despite being within the theme, much to Trish's disappointment.

The first of the 4 prepared speeches was presented by Carmy, entitled "Christmas Shopping in July".
It was evaluated by John.

Second speech entitled "Suicide Involves Everyone" was presented by Stephen and Evaluated by Liz.

Carmy, John and Stephen

Casey presented Table Topics, which an interesting range of topics concerning our Ancestors.

Casey

Leanne, Paul, Annette, Blake, Trish and Leesa all provided insightful responses, with Blake as usual providing a most amusing tale about red heads in his family.

Blake or is that "Red Beard"

Marlene and Peter (first time in this role) presented the Table Topics Evaluations.

Marlene and Peter

 Round Robin session was conducted by Annette, with the Topic "Where did the majority of your ancestors come from". The answers were varied and apart from claims to royal blood, provided us with increased knowledge of Members' backgrounds.

The Raffle was well thought out by Paul, and the lucky winner was Peter.

Paul and a brazil nut candle to read by

 Speech 3 by Steve was entitled "The Full Moon" and was not about the hotel where we meet, but about the different names of the full moon around the world. It was evaluated by Leesa.

Speech 4 entitled "Organisational Health" by Jonathon was based on his requirement to present a Report to the audience. He used both hand-outs and projection screen to enhance his speech. It was evaluated by Darryl.

Leesa, Steve, Jonathon and Darryl

The Business Meeting was chaired by John, and finished within time allocated. Eileen was Time Keeper and gave Timers Reports through the evening.

Eileen

Chris presented the General Evaluation, noting all areas performed throughout the evening.

Chris

 Awards: Best Speech: Jonathon, Best Evaluator: Darryl, Best Table Topic: Blake, and Most Improved: Carmy.

Blake, Jonathon, Carmy and Darryl

Annette reminded Members that there will be a third Meeting on July 31st.