An opening address by President Trish welcomed Area Director Mark, and return guest Shane. This was a fully Zoom conducted Meeting, owing to the usual venue still observing restricted access.
Liz We. was Toastmaster, and what she doesn't know about bridges, their history, location and variety, isn't worth knowing. Our edification was extensive.
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| Liz We. |
Toast by John T. was to "The Importance of Building Bridges in our Lives".
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| John T. |
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| Hazel |
Wordmaster Hazel provided the meaning and extensive examples of the word "Collaborate" and it's derivatives. Liz We. used it the most.
Paul conducted Table Topics, and posed the question - describe a memory associated with your favourite bridge.
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| Paul |
Timer Leanne adeptly monitored the times with a set of traffic lights making it easy for Members to keep an eye on the timing.
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| Leanne |
Speeches:
Josh was introduced by Evaluator Gail, the title of his speech "Preventing Waste through a Circular Economy". It was from Level 1 Researching and Presenting. Congratulations Josh on completing Level 1 of Pathways.
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| Josh |
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| Gail |
Gokul's speech entitled "The Opportunity" was evaluated by Arun. Congratulations also to Arun for completing Level 1 of Pathways.
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| Arun |
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| Gokul |
Trish presented a speech entitled "My Mentoring Experience" from Level 2 Visionary Communication. It was evaluated by Liz Wo.
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| Trish |
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| Liz Wo. |
Area Director Mark addressed the Members, and presented Tony with his 15 year service Award, if not in person, in spirit.
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| Mark |
Table Topics segment was a joint effort by Carmy and Tony. Participants Marlene, Trish, Gail, Paul Leanne and Gokul gave interesting responses to "bridge" related questions. The topics were evaluated by Paul and Hazel.
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| Marlene |
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| Carmy |
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| Tony |
Peter B. used his Show and Tell segment to tell of his love of Music and playing guitar. He had a particular Music Book to assist his learning journey. His advice - start at the beginning.
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| Peter B. |
General Evaluation was presented by John T, dissecting our progress and reflecting on the Meetings progress.
Awards: Best Speech: Trish; Best Evaluator: Paul; Best Table Topic: Leanne; Most Improved: Arun.
Best Quote of the night: Go Build a Bridge - and Get Over It.
Thank you Liz Wo for writing the blog!
ReplyDeleteI love the final quote. So true.
Congratulations to both Josh and Arun for completing Level 1 - what an achievement.
Sorry to have not joined you, but I hope to be there at the next meeting in person.