Meeting 1102 - Dreams

 For the first true hybrid Meeting this year, there were very few glitches and the on site Members were happy to meet in person once again. They were joined by 7 Members on Zoom.

Stand In Sergeant-at-Arms Liz We. opened the Meeting and handed control to President Trish. She congratulated Tony for his achievements of winning both the Evaluation and Table Topics Competition at Division Conference last weekend. Also congratulations to John T. for an his excellent speech. Trish inducted new Member Shane into Sandgate Toastmasters Club.

Tony

John

Toastmaster for the evening Gail introduced her theme of dreams with much information on the nature of dreams and their meanings.

Gail

A Toast by Peter D. was to "Dreams".

Peter

 Wordmaster Shane gave the word "Cognisant" and defined its meaning as having knowledge or awareness of something.

Shane

Carmy started the Round Robin with the sentence - I fell asleep and I had a dream - and each person then had to complete the sentence. It invoked many varied responses about our dreams.

Carmy

Speeches:

Leanne as Evaluator introduced Marlene, who was presenting her Ice Breaker in the Pathways Engaging with Humour.

Marlene

Leanne

Liz Wo. as Evaluator introduced Trish with her speech entitled "Networking Experiences" from the Level 3 Pathways on "Make Connections Through Networking".

Liz

Trish

Hazel presented a short overview of her thoughts on attending the recent Division Conference, which were all very positive. She gained so much that she has urged fellow Members to try to attend Conferences at any opportunity in the future.

Hazel

Timing for the Meeting was shared by Liz We. and Monica.

Liz We.

Monica

A "Real" Raffle was presented by Gokul, with something to help our dreams - wine and beer!

Gokul

Table Topics were by Hazel, all with a "Dream" theme, and participants were Liz Wo, Narelle, Arun, Christiane, John T. and Carmy.

Narelle

Christiane

Arun

These were evaluated by Gokul and Arun.

Two short "Job Description" segments were presented by President Trish and Education Vice President Marlene, on what to expect in that role. This is in view of the upcoming change of Executive and asking for Members to take up the challenge. Both emphasized what you will get out of it, rather than what it entails.

Tony as Grammarian highlighted the use of alliteration and great descriptive words used by participants.

General Evaluator Paul provided great feedback for the entire Meeting. He had great suggestions for improvement, especially with the hybrid logistics, and commended the technical team for their commitment and knowhow.

Paul

Awards:

Best Speech: Marlene, Best Evaluator: Leanne, Best Table Topic: John T, Most Improved: Arun.

Meeting 1101 "International Women's Day"

Whilst the first hybrid Meeting for 2022 had a few hiccups with connectivity, it was a great opportunity to sort out the issues and hopefully work out solutions. Thanks to the Team of Josh, John T, Tony, Arun, Gokul and Darryl at The Hub for your efforts.

Trish

President Trish opened the Meeting and welcomed guest David. 

Liz Wo.

Control was handed to Toastmaster Liz Wo. The Meeting was interspersed with information about the origins of International Women's Day, including the theme for 2022, the meaning of the colours purple, green and white and the role women around the world play in all aspects of society.

Josh presented the Toast to "Women's Gender Equality".

Peter B. provided the Word for the evening - Humility. 

Peter B.

Table Topics segment was conducted by Peter D. and Monica. The topics were in line with the theme, and answered by Peter B, Gail, David, Trish, Hazel and Marlene.

Monica

Peter D.

The Table Topics Evaluator was Liz We.

Liz We.

Speech 1 was introduced by Hazel. Arun's speech was from the Leadership Style project, and was titled "Effective Leadership".

Arun

Hazel

Timers Dan and Marlene provided updates on time progress throughout the Meeting.

Speech 2 by John T. was introduced by Trish. Entitled "The Gift of Life", John used the opportunity to rehearse his Contest Speech for the upcoming Moreton Division Conference on 19 March.

John T.

A Group Evaluation was held to assist John in honing the best aspects of his speech, with many useful tips being provided.

Speech 3 was by Darryl W, entitled "Up in Flames". This was introduced by Gail. This was also a rehearsal for his Contest Speech. 

Gail

Darryl

A Round Robin style Group Evaluation was conducted at its conclusion.

The Club wishes them both success at the Contest.

A General Evaluation of the Meeting was provided by Chris H, giving incite into both well done aspects and areas for improvement.

Chris H.

Awards:

Best Table Topic was awarded to Marlene, and Trish awarded Hazel the Best Evaluator award.

Marlene

All Members to can or wish to attend the next hybrid Meeting - can join us at The Hub, or if not an option, via Zoom.