Meeting 1103 - Different Perspectives

 Another Hybrid Meeting which was opened by Josh with a joke. President Trish welcomed guest Karen, who was introduced by Christiane. 

Josh

Trish carried out the induction of David as a new Member of our Club, with Dan becoming his mentor

David

Control handed to Toastmaster Paul, giving a little background about Different Perspectives.

Paul

A Toast to "Divergent Thinking" was proposed by John T.

Wordmaster David gave the word "Empower" and promised to take note of its users as well as grammar and good word usage.

Timers were Christiane and Peter D.

Shane conducted the Round Robin very well, with both on screen and venue Members. His topic was "How would you spend your first day as Prime Minister". It provided lots of humourous answers.

Shane

Speeches:

Arun spoke from Level 2 Pathways on Effective Communication, and the Speech was evaluated by Josh.

Arun

John T. gave a speech from Level 2 Visionary Communication on the topic of "Different Perspectives on Leadership". This was evaluated by Trish.

Trish

John T.

A Show and Tell segment by Monica gave insights into General Sir John Monash, as depicted on a DVD that she had watched recently. 

Monica

The Raffle was provided by Gail which included wine glasses and a bottle of red wine. Winner was Arun.

Gail

After the break, the Business Session was chaired by Gail. Hazel joined on Zoom to participate in this part of the Meeting. 

Table Topics were on the theme and presented by Christiane. Participants were Shane, Leanne, David and Tony. Evaluators were Liz and Carmy.

Christiane

Carmy

Liz

In view of upcoming Executive elections, VPM Tony and VPPR Leanne explained the role and urged Members to take on an Executive position.

Leanne

Tony

General Evaluator Dan gave a comprehensive wrap up on the entire Meeting.

Dan

Awards:

Best Speech - John T, Best Evaluator - Trish, Best Table Topic - David, and Most Improved - Arun.

David, John T., Arun, (Trish not present)