Meeting 1108 "Money, Money, Money."

It was a cold night, but there was plenty of warm friendship and fun at our meeting. Gokul, who will be Sergeant at Arms in the coming new Toastmasters year had some practice in the role as he called the meeting to order.

 

Gokul

President Trish (attending on Zoom) announced the happy news that our club has earned enough points to gain Presidents Distinguished Club status (the highest rating) for the third year in a row. Woohoo!!

Trish

What better theme for the end of the financial year than "Money?" The theme, chosen by Toastmaster of the evening Jonathon was carried out during the meeting. Monica (Online) proposed a theme related toast. Peter D chose "Thrift" as the word of the evening.

Jonathon

Peter D

Round Robin Master Arun asked, if money was not a criteria, what one thing would you like to buy? There were some interesting answers.

Arun

There were three prepared speeches. Peter B presented his Icebreaker speech, an inspiring account of his life's journey and was evaluated by Monica.

Peter B

Monica

John's speech "Mentoring for a Better World" was a level 2 speech in the “Visionary Communication” path. It was about the  work of A.I.M.E, which is an acronym for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.

It was evaluated by Leanne.

John

Leanne

Trevor presented a "Storytelling" speech from the Persuasive Influence path. He told us about some of his experiences in Toastmasters Clubs in Thailand. It was evaluated by Marlene.

Trevor

Supper was provided by Leanne and Marlene. Leanne's Corn Relish Dip was very popular.

Keeping to the theme, Table Topics were presented by Paul and Gail.  

Peter D, Arun, Christiane, Gokul, Marlene and Peter B were called on to each speak for 2 minutes on money related topics. 

They were evaluated by Narelle and Trish. 

Narelle

Gokul and Carmy were Time Keepers.

Christiane's raffle was won by Trevor. He was delighted with the silver and gold coins, not to mention the safeguard against another Covid panic - a roll of toilet paper!

Christiane

Grammarian Paul mentioned some colourful phrases and words used during the meeting.

Gail presented a helpful General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Paul

Gail

Everyone did so well, it was difficult to pick the award winners for the evening. John and Trevor tied for "Best Speech," while Christiane, Peter B, and Gokul tied for "Best Table Topic." Leanne won "Best Evaluation" and Peter B was "Most Improved."

Award winners 28 June 2022

There will be no regular meeting on the 12th July as we will be holding our Changeover Dinner at The Sands Social. If you are coming to the dinner, please contact Leanne as soon as possible. We need to know the numbers. Payment can be made by direct deposit or contact Peter D for alternate method.

Changeover Dinner 12th July

Meeting 1107 "Nocturnal Noises"

 It was our first meeting in our new venue, the RSL Sub Branch hall.

Dan, standing in for our Sergeant at Arms, called the meeting to order and passed control to our President Trish. 

Toastmaster Christiane introduced the theme of the evening, "Nocturnal Noises."

Trish

Christiane

The toast was proposed by Leanne. "To Sandgate Toastmasters and Adapting to change."

Toast by Leanne

Zoom attendees

Monica, who was attending on zoom, gave us the word for the evening - "Hair Raising."

This fitted well with the Round Robin introduced by David who was also on Zoom. He asked what we would do if it was the last day we would ever see the sun. There were many interesting answers, some were going to enjoy as much sun as they could before it disappeared, while others were going to join the rush for batteries and candles. 

Arun presented the first prepared speech, a Level 3 project in his Dynamic Leadership path, "Negotiation Strategies." It was evaluated by Trish.

Arun

Trish

The second speech was presented by Gokul, with the intriguing title, "Who would you love more - your Mum or your partner?"  It was actually about his love for both the country he was born in and the country he chose to emigrate to. Gail was his evaluator.

Gokul

Gail

The raffle was provided by Dan, who was attending on Zoom, but he had given it to Gokul to present at the meeting. It was a book about Johnny Walker and a generous selection of drinks. It proved to be a very popular raffle. It was won by Leanne.

Dan

Gokul with
part of raffle prize

Table Topics were conducted by Ted. (Sorry, I forgot to take photos for this session!) 

Monica was asked to speak about a frightening experience, John told why he was thankful for the night, Narelle explained what made her afraid of the dark. and Jonathon talked about a starry night.

They were evaluated by Dan and Hazel.

This was followed by a business session chaired by Tony.  The main items for discussion were our Changeover Dinner on the 12th July and our information stall at the Einbunpin Festival on the 31st July. 

Tony

The Time Keepers were John and Leanne.

Peter B was presented with his membership badge.

Peter, Tony & Trish

Paul conducted a General Evaluation with many constructive suggestions.

Paul

Award winners of the evening were, Best Table Topic, Narelle; Best Speech, Arun; Best Evaluation, Trish; and Most Improved, Gokul and Arun (tie).

Award winners, 14 June 2022

It was so good to see Jonathon and Trevor back. 

Jonathon and Gokul

Trevor and Leanne

Next meeting 28th June.

Changeover Dinner at "The Sands Social." 12th July. 

Stall at Einbunpin Festival 31st July.

New Venue

 Our next meeting on the 14th June will be held at our new venue, the RSL Sub Branch hall, 12 Burnett Place, Sandgate. Also on Zoom.