Sandgate Toastmasters Blog: Meeting 1083 "Mothers Day"

Friday, 14 May 2021

Meeting 1083 "Mothers Day"

We delighted to welcome back previous guests Ted and Arun and to be informed that they are both joining our club.

President Leanne welcomed all to the meeting and passed control to Toastmaster of the evening, John.

Leanne

John

John gave us some information on the origin of Mother's Day.

JP proposed a toast to "All mums."

Hazel's Round Robin created some laughter as we were asked to speak about "The worst Mothers Day gift."

There were three prepared speeches. Josh presented his Icebreaker speech titled "I Quit, I'm out of Here!" He used a map as a visual aid to show where he and his wife had gone when they quit their jobs and travelled around Australia.

Josh

His speech was evaluated by Dan.

Dan

The second speaker Tony told how his job as an "asbestos hunter" took him deep inside the Reserve Bank and he became "Nearly a Billionaire."

His speech was evaluated by Peter.

Tony

Peter

Marlene completed Level 2 of her Presentation Mastery path with her speech, "Some Things My Mother Taught Me."

It was evaluated by Hazel.

Hazel

Dan who had been on called on to provide a raffle at short notice, produced a bag of goodies, including a bottle of gin and a scented candle called "Sitting on the Couch doing Nothing." It proved to be a very popular raffle and was won by Gail.

Timer keeper Leanne announce that the meeting was running slightly behind time so the supper break was shortened, but still allowed us time to enjoy the delicious food that Trish had provided.

Gail was Table Topics Master and called on Josh, Peter, Tony, Dan, Marlene and Trish to deliver an impromptu 2 minute speech.

Gail

The topics were (paraphrased)

1. How do you know your mother loves you?

2.What was your mothers favourite music?

3.What is one thing you could do to make your mother smile?

4. If your mother was a cartoon character who would she be?

5. What was the hardest thing you had to do as a mother?

6. What do you do to thank your Mum for being your Mum?

The Table Topics were evaluated by Darryl and Carmy.

Darryl

Carmy

The Business Session followed chaired by Gail which included the Election of the new Club Officers for the coming Toastmasters year, (1st July 2021 - 30th June 2022.)

The elected officers are

President - John

Vice President Education - Marlene

Vice President Membership - Tony

Vice President Public Relations - Leanne

Secretary - Trish

Treasurer - Peter

Sergeant-at-Arms - Josh

Parliamentarian - Trish

Immediate Past President - Leanne

Grammarian Trish said there had been some filler words such as "Um" during the meeting and commended some of the members for their descriptive words and phrases.

Monica presented a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.