A true Hawaiian welcome by President Leanne greeted Members and guests as they arrived at this Meeting, with the presentation of Leis for all to wear.
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| Leanne |
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| Aloha |
New Members Ed and Tony were inducted and guests Narelle, Josh, Ted and JP were welcomed.
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| Tony and Ed's Induction |
Leanne also fulfilled the role of Toastmaster and entertained us with interesting facts and even a film clip of an Elvis Hawaiian movie.
Ed proposed a Toast to "Sandgate Toastmasters".
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| Ed |
Marlene presented the Word - a multiple use one - "Lay and Lie" and explained the correct usage of each. Lay as to Place and Lie to Recline.
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| Marlene |
Round Robin was conducted by Tony with the theme - Hawaiian Pizza - is it okay to put pineapple on pizza - yes or no? Everyone had a definite opinion of their preference.
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| Tony |
Speech 1 by Hazel "Buddhism" was introduced by Evaluator Paul.
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| Hazel |
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| Paul |
Speech 2 by Darryl "The Heckler in my Head" was Evaluated by Trish.
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| Darryl |
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| Trish |
Timer Gail provided the timing of segments during the Meeting so efficiently we finished early.
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| Gail |
The Raffle was promoted by Hazel and the lucky winner was Ed.
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| Hazel |
John introduced the Table Topics: They included Hawaiian shirts (Tony), Where to Travel next (Ted), Planning a Luau (Hazel), What to do in Hawaii (Ed), Which Island - Iceland or Hawaii (Liz), Surfing in Hawaii (Josh), Hawaii or Queensland beaches (Paul) and Is Hawaii over commercialized (Trish).
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| John |
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| Guest Ted |
The Table Topics Evaluators were Monica and Gokul, who both gave positive feedback with points for improvement.
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| Monica |
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| Gokul |
Marlene gave an overview of the Executive role of the Public Relations Vice President, emphasizing that it is a team effort with assistance provided if taking on this position.
Grammarian Liz gave examples of good phrasing and alliteration used by speakers, and a reminder of using pause to prevent overuse of ums and ahs.
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| Liz |
General Evaluation by Dan gave an overview of the evening with pointers to enhance the experience.
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| Dan |
Awards:
Best Speech: Hazel, Best Evaluator: Trish, Best Table Topic: Paul, and Most Improved: Hazel.
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| Paul, Trish and Hazel |
Thank you for writing the blog. Sounds like an awesome meeting I missed!
ReplyDeleteGreat theme - and I love the accessories.
Thank you to Marlene for making it easy to remember when to use 'lay' and when to use 'lie'.