Meeting 1075 - Australia Day

Welcome to the 2021 Toastmasters Year.

President Leanne welcomed Members and guest Alvaro to our hybrid Meeting, and promised us a year of fun.

Leanne

Gail

 After program changes were announced by Gail, Toastmaster Hazel (in this role for the first time) took control. During the night Hazel provided interesting facts about the origins of Australia Day and also about the First Fleet's arrival on our shores.

Hazel

Darryl proposed the Toast - to Great Leadership - and cited both Amanda Gorman and Grace Tame as true leaders in their field.

Darryl

The Round Robin was lead by Christiane and the topic was "What was your Best Australia Day".

Christiane

First Speech was delivered by Trevor, with the title "We Don't Know Vaccine". The speech was evaluated by Peter.

Trevor

Peter

The first set of Table Topics were by Leanne, who had a mystery bag of items. As a Member's name was drawn, she selected an item from the bag for their topic. 

Leanne

The participants were - Christiane, a toilet role; Trish, slippers; Darryl, a BBQ Mate; Liz We, Vegemite; Peter, a teddy bear; and Liz Wo, a pair of thongs.

During the break a delicious Australia Day themed supper was provided by Leanne.

Timer Jonathon worked tirelessly via Zoom to provide Members with timing reports.

Jonathon

Second set speech was presented by Trish, entitled "Terra Australis", giving the very early origins of this continent we call Australia. The speech was evaluated by Gokul.

Trish

Gokul

The second set of Table Topics were presented by Liz Wo. 

Participants were Marlene (The Lucky Country), Trevor (The Black Stump), Jonathon (What item should the First Fleet have brought) and Hazel (describe your favourite Australian Food).

Liz Wo.

 General Evaluation was presented by Marlene with helpful suggestions for future meetings.

Marlene

Grammarian Liz We. gave valid comments on the effectivness of good word usage, repetition and the power of three. She gave examples of these to reinforce her message.

Liz We.

Awards: Best Speech, Trish; Best Evaluator, Gokul; Best Table Topic, Jonathon; and Most Improved award to Hazel.

Hazel, Trish and Gokul