Meeting 1024 - The Life of John Lennon

Tonight Stephen was in his role as Toastmaster. His knowledge of the theme was impressive, and he kept the Meeting moving along with stories of the Beatles.

Stephen

President Christiane welcomed back guest Vaughan.

The Toast was to "Music Writers" and was delivered by Stephen.

Monica gave us the Word of  "Imagine" for use throughout the Meeting. It was easy to incorporate into most segments, but of course the award for most usage, as usual, went to Trish.

Monica

Round Robin was also John Lennon themed, Gail asking each Member to speak about their Beatles experience.

Gail

Prepared Speeches were by:

Paul "A Buzz of Excitement", evaluated by Casey.

Paul and Casey

 Jonathon "What's Your Frame", evaluated by Eileen.

Jonathon and Eileen

 Kirsty "Awareness and Choice", evaluated by Darryl.

Kirsty and Darryl

 The Raffle (another mystery prize - just use your imagination) introduced by Christiane, was won by Trish.

Christiane

A highly efficient and educational Business Meeting was conducted by Trish within the time frame allocated. Well done.

Trish

Annette presented the Select Distinguished Club Ribbon for 2017/18 to Christiane. Well done all Members to achieve this award.

Christiane and Annette

Table Topics - Annette also themed the topics, and participants Monica, Christiane, Liz, Gail, Trevor, Stephen and Leanne suitably answered. Only Leanne could excel at delivering the John Lennon Song "Imagine". They were evaluated by Marlene and Carmy.

Leanne

Marlene and Carmy

 Grammarian Gail offered suggestions about using ums, and overall was pleased with the word usage.

General Evaluator Christiane also provided excellent feedback for improvement of our Meetings.

Christiane

Awards:
Best Speech: Kirsty
Best Evaluator: Darryl
Best Table Topic: Leanne
Most Improved: Eileen

Kirsty, Leanne, Eileen and Darryl