Meeting 1066 - Springtime

After an Introduction by Sargeant at Arms Dan, President Leanne welcomed guest Joy and Area Director Kirsty. As this Meeting had to change to a total Zoom format, it was pleasing to see 25 attendees.

Dan

Leanne

Guest Joy

As Toastmaster for the evening Trevor promised a slick packed program and kept everything moving along.

Trevor

Word Master Chris H. gave us the word SALUBRIOUS, with the explanation as "favourable to or promoting well being". More than half the Members used it in correct context and JP even used it in his speech.

Chris H.

Round Robin by Hazel asked "What comes to mind when you hear Springtime". There were some uplifting and inspiring responses.

Hazel

Carmy

Set Speeches - Carmy presented "Communication is the Key" and was evaluated by Leesa.

Leesa

JP presented "The Philosophy of Life" which was evaluated by Jonathon.

Jonathon

Trish's speech was entitled "Are you Listening" and the evaluator was Dan.

Trish

Raffle Master Monica gave us a "virtual" Bonsai Tree with instructions, and the winner was JP.

Monica

As Table Topics Master, Casey was inspired by the Springtime theme and gave topics to Chris D, Liz Wo, Hazel, Leanne, Gail and Darryl (this last one had a twist - "Do you prefer a spring mattress or latex". 

Casey

Chris D

Liz Wo.

Gail

Darryl

The Speakers were evaluated by Paul and Peter.

Paul

Peter

The Business Meeting was chaired by John T, and required an extension of time to finalise important matters and motions.

John T.

Area Director Kirsty in her first official visit, offered support as always and praised our Club's ability to adjust to the current restrictions.

Timer Christiane had a novel way of displaying the timing lights - by changing the colour of her Tshirt to indicate the times. Well done Christiane.

Christiane

Grammarian Liz We. gave a very good wrap up of the word usage, like triplets and alliteration, and reminded everyone to avoid the ums and ahs by using pause.

Christiane

General Evaluator Gokul was comprehensive in his report on the whole evening's agenda. Congratulations for listening so well.

Gokul

Awards: Best Speech, JP, Best Evaluator, Jonathon, Best Table Topic, Leanne, and Most Improved was a tie with Carmy and Dan.

Next Meeting is a Contest night, fingers crossed it will be in a real meeting format. Apologies for missing photos of Toastmasters.

Meeting 1065 - Enid Blyton

After President Leanne opening the Meeting and welcoming guests Eric, Callum, Zakk and visiting Toastmaster Philomena, control was handed to Toastmaster for the evening, Christiane. Joe from India, who is the Area Governor for D98, also joined the Meeting on Zoom.

Peter was called upon for the Toast - to Children's Stories.

Trevor presented the Word - Efficacy - which can be rather hard to pronounce, however it was used several times and the most appropriate user was Christiane.

Round Robin by Jakob asked everyone to describe their favourite book.

Speech 1 - Gail - Evaluated by Liz Wo. It was a Pathways Social Speech, and Gail chose a Eulogy to her Aunt, Ida Betts.

Speech 2 - Jonathon - Evaluated by Liz We. The title was “Leaders - Born or Made”.

The Raffle Master was John, who enticed us with a set of coffee mugs and bottle of wine. The winner was Leanne.

Timer Dan provided accurate records of all speeches and evaluations and kept the meeting running on time.

Table Topics presented by Leesa involved an Enid Blyton story. Speakers were John, Annette, Gokul, Carmy, Philomena, Chris D, Trevor and Jakob.

Table Topics Evaluators Leanne and Darryl gave supportive encouragement to all participants.

Annette provided feedback in her role as Grammarian. She particularly commented on the number of ums.

Marlene provided the General Evaluation, commenting that the sound did prove difficult for the Zoom participants, however it is all a learning curve.

Awards:

Best Speech - Jonathon. Best Evaluation - Leanne. Best Table Topic - Philomena. Most Improved - Jakob.

Meeting No 1064 - Transportation

Sargent-at-Arms Dan efficiently called the Meeting to order, followed by President Leanne welcoming guests. From Bracken Ridge Toastmasters Club, Denise, Sue and Dave, and first time guests Callum and Edward, also returning guest Eric.

Toastmaster Paul commenced the program calling on a Toast from Jonathon. In keeping with the theme, his toast was to "The Bicycle".

Paul

Wordmaster Gail chose "Attrition" and recorded those Members who were able to incorporate it in their segments.

Gail

Round Robin by Leanne was again themed - what was your most memorable transport.

Leanne

Prepared Speeches:

Hazel gave her Ice Breaker "What Brings Me Here" and it was evaluated by Christiane.

Dan truly convinced us with his speech "Why I need a Boat", evaluated by Chris H.

Timing was amazingly kept on Australian time by Liz W in the U.K.

Liz W with her colourful timing backgrounds

Carmy presented the Table Topics, choosing 4 participants - Casey on how to get to the North Pole, Monica about future transport, John became a racing driver, and Leanne was asked what was her best mode of transport.

Carmy on Zoom

The Table Topics were evaluated by JP and Annette.

Annette

A very innovative raffle of a fist full of scratchies (to go buy your essential supplies) was well sold by Casey. And the winner - Dan, who might even scratch enough to put a deposit on that boat.

Further Prepared Speeches:

Gokul also presented his Ice Breaker for Pathways, entitled "All About Myself" and it was evaluated by Trevor.

Chris D's speech (Evaluation Level 1) was titled "Never Underestimate the Knowledge of learning a new skill" and was evaluated by Liz.

Marlene very competently conducted the Business Session, finishing before the allocated time.

Grammarian Trish gave highlights and reminded us of pausing to take a breath rather than using ums and ahs.

Trish on Zoom

The night concluded with the General Evaluation by John.

Awards:

Best Speech - Dan, Best Evaluation - Liz, Best Table Topic - John, Most Improved - Hazel.

Dan, John, Liz, Hazel and President Leanne

 Return Guest Eric enjoyed the Meeting