Sergeant-at-Arms Darryl opened the meeting by humming (!) the mission statement as well as reading it.
Stephen was Toastmaster for the evening and kept the programme flowing smoothly.
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| Stephen |
Trish spoke about the encouragement a good evaluation can give, and proposed a toast to Evaluations.
Gokul had chosen a challenging word for the evening - "Incitation," meaning to stimulate to action. He gave some examples on the use of the word.
Round Robin Master Vaughan began a story which everyone took part, each ending with the word "fortunately" or "unfortunately" for the next person to continue. (It was a convoluted tale involving a school swimming team eating "Whizz Fizz.")
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| Vaughan |
There were three entertaining speakers. In his speech "Evil Screens," Trevor related some of his experiences in Thailand and how the culture has changed with the introduction of technology.
Blake presented his Pathways Icebreaker speech, & told how he was trying to escape the "Scaly Talons" of social media.
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| Trevor |
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Chris also presented his first speech in the Pathways Programme and spoke about his journey in Toastmasters.
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| Chris H |
Speech Evaluators were Gail, Marlene and Leesa
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| Gail |
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| Leesa |
Carmy was Time Keeper.
Monica's raffle was a selection of cheeses and tickets sold very well during the supper break.
It was won by Gail.
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| Carmy |
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| Monica |
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| Supper time |
Eileen had theme-related Table Topics for Gokul, Chris D, Vaughan, Monica, Trish, and Paul.
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| Eileen |
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| Gokul |
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| Chris D |
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| Vaughan |
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| Monica |
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| Trish |
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| Paul |
Liz and Blake evaluated the Table Topics.
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| Liz |
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| Blake |
Darryl entertained us with an inspiring personal story.
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| Darryl |
Grammarian Paul commented on some colourful word pictures, eg, "grainfed rats," "spewing out words on the keyboard," and "dark minion of evil underlings." and alliteration - "prepare, practice and present."
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| Paul |
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| Jonathon |
Jonathon gave a General Evaluation of the entire meeting, and suggested that evaluators highlight what they are looking for, and to give reasons, eg "It worked because of that..."
President Gail closed the meeting and presented the evenings awards to Chris and Blake -tie (Best Speech,) Chris was also awarded Most Improved. Paul (Best Table Topic,) and Liz (Best Evaluator.)
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| Award winners 26 November 2019 |
This was the final meeting before our Break Up. We will be in recess until the 28th January.
If you are attending our Break up Dinner on the 12th December, you will need to register and pay for the meal by Tues 3rd December. Details are on eventbrite.
Also, bring a wrapped $10 gift for the Secret Santa Swap and an item for the Christmas hamper raffle.
