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.
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| Tony |
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| John |
Toastmaster for the evening Gail introduced her theme of dreams with much information on the nature of dreams and their meanings.
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| Gail |
A Toast by Peter D. was to "Dreams".
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| Peter |
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| 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.
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| Carmy |
Speeches:
Leanne as Evaluator introduced Marlene, who was presenting her Ice Breaker in the Pathways Engaging with Humour.
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| Marlene |
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| Leanne |
Liz Wo. as Evaluator introduced Trish with her speech entitled "Networking Experiences" from the Level 3 Pathways on "Make Connections Through Networking".
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| Liz |
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| 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.
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| Hazel |
Timing for the Meeting was shared by Liz We. and Monica.
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| Liz We. |
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| Monica |
A "Real" Raffle was presented by Gokul, with something to help our dreams - wine and beer!
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| Gokul |
Table Topics were by Hazel, all with a "Dream" theme, and participants were Liz Wo, Narelle, Arun, Christiane, John T. and Carmy.
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| Narelle |
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| Christiane |
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| 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.
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| Paul |
Awards:
Best Speech: Marlene, Best Evaluator: Leanne, Best Table Topic: John T, Most Improved: Arun.
I can just repeat: It is great to be back in person. Not just for getting feedback on the "speech" you present - be it a Table Topic mini speech.
ReplyDeleteI've seen (part of) the work required to set up the hybrid meeting, so well done to the hybrid tech team!
Well done to Hazel for being so inspired by the Division Conference to give a short report. I hope it will inspire many more members to come together in a social and very educational setting at the next conferences.