Meeting 1036 "Lest We Forget"

With Anzac Day approaching, the theme was "Lest We Forget." 

Gail opened the meeting in the absence of President Christiane and handed control to Toastmaster of the evening, Chris.  Chris had prepared some interesting information about the Anzacs, which he shared throughout the meeting.

Gail

Chris

Stephen proposed a toast to "Anzacs - Lest we Forget." (We were delighted to have Stephen back with us again after his recent injuries.)

Stephen

Blake gave us a word that was first coined in circa 1200 - "Silence." It was fitting because a minute's silence is always observed on Anzac Day.

Round Robin Master Carmy asked, "What is your first memory of Anzac Day?"

Blake

Carmy

Darryl presented his speech "A Little Bit Sharper." and gave us some tools for memorising speeches, such as repetition, journey method, and story list.
He was evaluated by Trevor.

Darryl

Trevor

John T gave an entertaining tongue in cheek "election speech" titled  "Vote 1 Joe Blow for a Fair Go."

He was evaluated by Paul.

John T

Paul

Eileen used emotive body language in her speech "My Mother's Love." She was evaluated by Leanne.

Eileen

Leanne

All the speeches were projects from the new Pathways programme

Leesa was Time Keeper.

Raffle Master Gail enticed us with a bag of Anzac memorabilia which also included chocolate. It was later won by Eileen.

Leesa

Gail

A delicious supper was provided by Stephen. It was a good time to catch up with one another...

Darryl & Stephen

Monica, Leesa, Leanne

but whatever were Chris and Carmy doing??

Chris & Carmy

After the break, Table Topic Master Blake had some hypothetical questions for Stephen, Darryl, Carmy, Paul, Leesa, Marlene, Leanne and Jonathon.

 TT Master Blake

Stephen - "Dinner with Trump"

Darryl - "Zombie Apocalypse"

Carmy - "Superhero Powers"

Paul - "Choose band"

Leanne - "Music or Lanuages"

Leesa - "Plane crash"

Jonathon - "Ninja Tuirtles"

The Table Topic speakers were evaluated by Trevor and Casey.

Trevor

Casey

Marlene conducted a mini educational session on how to be Table Topics Master. Her main points were,
1. Keep the topics brief and easy to understand.
2. Prepare extra copies for the time keeper, and evaluators.
3. Call on members who don't have a major role on the programme.
4. Give the topic before nominating the speaker.

Grammarian Jonathon reported that there were no "ums & ahs" in the Round Robin, but there were 10 in the evaluations and 3 in the rest of the meeting. He commended various members on their use of  word puns, rhyming words, triads, short sharp sentences and vivid word pictures.

Marlene conducted a Listening Quiz, and Monica presented a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Monica

The evenings awards went to Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Jonathon & Leanne - tie (Best Table Topic)  and Eileen (Best Speech and Most Improved.)

Award winners 23 April 2019

Special Congratulations to our charter member John S, who has now been a member of our club for 45 years.  This is an early photo of John. We will celebrate our club's birthday in August.

John S - circa 1979

There will be 3 weeks till next meeting 14th May, because there were 5 Tuesdays in April.

Meeting 1035 "Easter"

President Christiane opened the meeting and welcomed our guests.

Christiane

A lovely unexpected surprise was a visit from our overseas member, Liz We and her friend Leonie. Liz was an active member of our club for several years before moving to the UK. Liz has retained her membership in our club.

Leonie and Liz

We also had a visit from our Area Director David who is also a good friend of our club, and we were pleased to welcome Shima back for another return visit.

Christiane chose the word for the evening - "Miraculous."

Carmy was Toastmaster of the evening and had prepared some interesting information about the origns  and customs of Easter.

Carmy

Vaughan told us that we could tell that Easter was near, because there were Easter eggs in the shops, and that "Sam" on the road safety signs now had bunny ears. He proposed a toast to   "Easter eggs and 'Slow for Sam' signs."

Vaughan

 Darryl's Round Robin created some fun when he asked what we would do if we had hired someone in a bunny costume for an Easter party and a playboy bunny turned up. There were some interesting suggestions.

Darryl

Chris presented a speech from the Competent Communicator Manual and spoke about inspiring leaders. 

Trevor's speech, "Drug your Way to Heaven" was about the dangers of combining different prescription drugs.

Chris

Trevor

The speeches were evaluated by Marlene and Gail.

Gail

A special segment was "Executive Roles Explained." As club officer elections are coming up next month, each member of the executive gave a brief summary of what their role entailed. 

Darryl presented his raffle - a bag of Easter Goodies and was kept busy selling tickets during the break. 

After a timers report by Eileen, we enjoyed a delicious supper of Hot Cross buns and Easter eggs which Casey had provided, even though she was unable to attend the meeting. Thank you Casey!

Eileen - time keeper

A Business Session was efficiently conducted by Jonathon, who kept it moving and completed in 12 minutes. The main items for discussion were subsidies for members attending the District Conference, and an educational mock business session to be conducted in May.

Jonathon

Leesa's Table Topics gave the participants Liz We, John, Christiane, David, and Vaughan an opportunity for plenty of body language.

Leesa

Liz We - "Where was Easter Bunny rushing to?

John - "Animal substitute for chocolate bunny"

Christiane - "Camping over Easter."

David - "Easter bunny at Kindy"

Vaughan - " What Easter means to me."

The Table Topics were evaluated by Leanne and Paul.

Leanne

Paul

Grammarian Monica commented on some well turned phrases that had been used during the evening, and cautioned us against using "you know" as a filler.

Blake gave a General Evaluation of the entire evening, with some commendations and a few suggestions.

Monica

Blake

Area Director David gave us a report on what is happening in our area. It is good to know that the Bracken Ridge Club now has enough members to charter.

Area Director David

The lucky winner of Darryl's raffle was Trevor. 

Trevor won raffle

The evenings award went to Chris (Best Speech,) John (Best Table Topic,) Leanne (Best Evaluation,) and Vaughan (Most Improved.)

Winners 9th April 2019

Marlene and Leesa posed for a photo with Liz We before saying goodbye. 

Marlene, Liz and Leesa.

Next meeting will be on the 23rd April.

Club Officer Elections will be held on the 14th May. Please consider taking on a club officer role. It is a very rewarding experience.