Gail, as stand-in president, welcomed our guests, Area Director Suresh and first time visitors Fiona, Catherine and Tom.
These three are all advanced, confident speakers.
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| Gail |
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| Arun |
Toastmaster of the day Arun, explained the benefits of clapping and was rewarded with an enthusiastic applause. Arun also shared some wonderful quotes about friendship throughout the meeting.
Marlene proposed a toast to "Friends."
Gokul presented the word of the evening "Amity" which means friendship - usually between nations.
Suresh conducted the Round Robin Warm Up asking "Who is your best friend and why?"
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| Gokul |
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| Suresh |
There were three prepared speeches, all from advanced speakers. Liz's speech "Do you know Me?" was from the "Know you Communication Style project"
John speech was "Lessons learned through Toastmasters", and was from the "Leading in your Volunteer Organisation" project.
Tony's presented a speech from the Effective communication path. "Contestant Junkie."
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| Liz |
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| John |
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| Tony |
New members and visitors need to remember that most of us are not like that when we first join Toastmasters!
Evaluators were Jonathon, Hazel and Helen.
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| Jonathon |
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| Hazel |
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| Helen |
Trevor provided the popular raffle prize which was won by lucky Arun. (I really wanted those pigs!)
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| Trevor |
Trevor conducted the Table Topics Session, calling on Gokul "Something you didn't tell your mother", Gail "Something you were recently afraid of", Trish "Can you climb trees?" Suresh "What is sweet in your life?" Marlene "How long do you want to live?" and Jonathon "Long Live the King."
Evaluators were Chris and Helen.
Dan was Time Keeper.
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| Dan |
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| Trish |
Trish chaired a business session and Election of Club Officers which resulted in the following positions to take effect from the 1st July.
President: Gail H
Vice President Education: Liz We
Vice President Membership: Arun T
Treasurer: Peter D
Secretary: Chris H
Sergeant at Arms: Helen P.
Grammarian Gail commented on the use of words during the evening and Narelle gave a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.
Gail presented John with a certificate from Toastmasters International for completing Level 5 in the Presentation Mastery path.
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| John and Gail - Level 5 Certificate. |
The evenings Awards went to Tony (Best Speech) Marlene (Best Table Topic) Helen (Most Improved) and Jonathon (Best Evaluation.)
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| Award winners 9th May 2023 |
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 23rd May. There will also be an extra meeting on the 30th May - a Lucky Dip meeting.
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