Meeting 1028 "Procrastination."

It was the final meeting for the year, and it was a good one. Toastmaster Stephen had chosen the theme "Procrastination" which was something everyone could relate to.

Stephen

Vaughan

 Wordmaster Vaughan introduced the word "Delay."

Round Robin Master Monica asked, "What have you been putting off doing?" Just about everyone admitted to procrastinating.

Monica

 There were three prepared speeches. John T, who is an advanced Toastmaster is beginning the Pathways programme and presented his Icebreaker speech, "It's Only a Matter of Time."

Evaluator Marlene reassured new members that they would not be expected to be as proficient as John when they present their Icebreaker.

John T

Casey's speech was titled "Chasing the Rainbow Unicorn," and Eileen completed her Pathways Level 1 with her speech, "Finding Your Feet."

Casey

Eileen

They were evaluated by Leesa and Darryl.

Leesa

Darryl

Time Keeper Paul advised that there was time for a 15 break to enjoy the supper provided by Monica.

The Table Topics session was conducted by Trevor, who had brought children's books for participants to select and to speak about the titles. Our new members Vaughan and John A took part for the first time, and even our guest Beatriz answered a topic confidently.

Trevor

Gail -"Keeping Time"

Vaughan - "Parts make up a Whole"

John A - "Your Body"

Annette - "Riches from Nature"

Beatriz - "Changing Weather"

Paul -"Rules"

Chris - "Around the World"

Carmy - "Counting Stars"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette and Christiane.

Christiane reviewed a book she had enjoyed, "The Wedding Planner" by Melanie Lee Brody.

Christiane

Blake got on his Soapbox and told us how he feels about people who can't make a decent sandwich, particularly people whose job it is to make a sandwich. They "grind his gears!" Remember, tomato should not be the first thing placed on the bread, and the salt goes on the tomato!

Blake

Carmy

In a Show and Tell segment, Carmy showed a photo of her father and told us why it was special to her.

Leesa's raffle, a bottle of wine and scratch it tickets was won by Casey.

Leesa's raffle

Grammarian Chris commented on some of the colourful phrases used during the meeting  and Peter delivered a General Evaluation of the meeting.

Chris

Peter

President Christiane closed the meeting and presented the evenings awards to Darryl (best Evaluation,) Gail and Vaughan - tie (Best Table Topic,) Vaughan (Most Improved,) and Eileen (Best Speech.)

Award winners 27 November 2018

If you are coming to our break up dinner on the 11th December and haven't registered with Blake and paid for your meal, you will need to do it by 3rd December. 

Next meeting 25th January 2019.

Meeting 1027 - Leadership

Carmy capably brought the Meeting to Order and read the Mission Statement. President Christiane welcomed guest Toastmasters Annette M from Adventurers Club, Eliza from Pines Club and Area Director David. Peter's Son Steven was also a guest, and Skye was welcomed back.

Vaughan and Christiane

New Member Vaughan was then inducted into the Club by Christiane. Also Liz was presented with her 30 Year Service badge from District 69.

Toastmasters Darryl gave us a definition of Leadership and named some famous leaders during the evening.

Darryl

The Toast by Vaughan was to "Leadership and John Monash".

Word Master Carmy selected "Direction" as the Word and gave examples of its various meanings.

Carmy

Chris conducted the Round Robin segment, with the theme of "Who is your Inspirational or Motivational Leader". Many and varied people were named as great Leaders, from world famous to local heroes.

Chris

Speeches:
Stephen spoke on "Good Friends and Humility" and was evaluated by Trevor.

Stephen with Mango Wood bowl and Trevor

 Gail gave us "The Biggest Work in Progress" (Crazy Horse Monument) and was evaluated by John.

Gail and John

Kirsty gave her 10th Speech in the Competent Communicator Manual - Inspire your Audience - with a speech titled "Knowledge". It was evaluated by Liz. Congratulations Kirsty on reaching this milestone.

Kirsty and Liz

 The Raffle was a dual prize event and was presented by Marlene. Winners were Gail and Stephen.

Marlene with Raffle Prizes

 Timer for the evening was Peter who gave accurate and precise reports.

Peter

A Business Meeting then was chaired by Stephen.

Stephen

Table Topics presented was Blake, who posed an interested array of topics for David, Annette M, Carmy, Annette T, Peter and Trevor.

Blake and Monica

 Evaluators were Chris and Monica.

Grammarian Christiane highlighted the over-use of ums and ahs, and praised good grammar and phrases.

General Evaluator Marlene presented her report on how the evening shone and how to improve some areas.

Area Director David gave a brief report, then the Awards were announced:

David

Best Speech - Kirsty
Best Evaluator - Liz
Best Table Topic - Peter
Most Improved - Stephen

Stephen, Peter, Kirsty and Liz

Area Conference 2018

The Area Conference was held on the 11th November - Remembrance Day. Nearly everyone bought and wore a red poppy in memory of those who died in the war. 

It was a successful day, thanks to all those who organised or took part. 

Christiane came third in Evaluation and Humorous Speech contest. Darryl came third in Table Topics and first in Evaluation ( representing his other club, Redcliffe Club).

We are also proud of our new members Stephen and Eileen, who competed in the contests. 

Most of these photos were taken from where I was seated in the audience. There are some really good ones on Redcliffe Toastmasters Facebook page, taken by their photographer Kris. 

Gail at registration table

Area Council meeting

Humorous speech contestants

Humorous Speech place getters

Morning tea

Raffle prizes

Table Topics Contestants

Darryl & Christiane

Guest Speaker Terri Tonkin
(click for more info)

Division Director Rod
presented Leesa with 15 year badge

Congratulations Leesa!

Kirsty chaired Evaluation contest

Test speaker Helen with Kirsty

Evaluation Contest participants

Evaluation place getters

John T chaired International Contest

Area 8 Director Dave

Kris from Redcliffe Toastmasters has put much better photos on their Facebook page. Be sure to check out both Part 1 and Part 2.