Meeting 1085 - Winter

 President Leanne presented Ribbons to several Members for their progress in Pathways, as well as Badges to Tony and Ed.

Toastmaster Gail introduced the topic of Winter with humourous stories of a Winter she spent in Ireland.

Gail

Ted dedicated the Toast to Winter, which was also woven around a winter tale.

Ted

The Word from JP was "Journey", stating that everybody is on a journey of their own and we should try to use the word throughout the Meeting.

JP

Arun introduced the Round Robin on the topic of "One thing you most enjoy about Winter". Members related stories of their memories and also many told of what they don't like about Winter.

Arun

Speeches:

Gokul's speech entitled "Dear Evaluator" was evaluated by Leanne.

Gokul

Leanne

Christiane spoke on "My First Week on the Job" which was evaluated by Liz.

Christiane

Liz

Trish's speech was from Level 2 Project "Discover your Leadership Style" evaluated by Marlene.

Trish

Marlene

The Raffle was provided by Liz and was perfect for a winter's night at home. Leanne was the winner.

Ed gave his Timer's reports through the evening and kept the Meeting running on time.

Ed

Leanne provided her "last supper" (as President).

Table Topics presenter Tony also chose Winter themed topics for Joshua, JP, Ted, Narelle, Arun and Dana.

Tony

Narelle

These were evaluated by Trish and Hazel.

Hazel

Dana as Grammarian put her own twist on the role and educated us on the use of Passive Voice and Active Voice, suggesting Active Voice is the best option.

Dana

The Show and Tell segment was delivered by Joshua and was the revelation that he owned and operated a drone - which he had brought along. 

Joshua

Darryl gave the General Evaluation as an overall wrap up of the entire Meeting, highlighting all roles and suggestions for improvement.

Darryl

Awards:

Best Speech: Gokul, Best Evaluator: Hazel, Best Table Topic: Ted, and Most Improved was jointly shared by Gokul and JP.

Ted, Gokul, JP and Hazel