Meeting 1149 "My Precious Treasure"

 President Gail opened the meeting and presented  Amy, Russell and Ben with their new member badges before handing control to Toastmaster of the evening, Arun.

Gail

Arun

Amy spoke about her precious treasure - her daughter, and presented a toast to "Our precious treasures - and Toastmasters."

Russell presented the word for the evening- "Perseverence."

Amy

                                     

Russell

 Round Robin Master Carmy introduced something we haven't done for a while - a continuing story, beginning with (not the exact words)"It was a sunny day and I decided to go for a walk at the beach and found.....

As members added to the story it grew more and more unbelievable and included finding an historical coin in the sand, hitch hiking to Cash Converters, winning money in a poker machine, hitch hiking with an axe, convincing police that it was a rubber axe.... etc. 

 There were 3 prepared speeches.

Gail W

Gail H

Gail W's amusing speech titled "Let Me Spell That For You" was about the trial's of growing up with an unusual surname. 

Evaluator Gail H commended her on her use of stage and gestures and gave some constructive  feedback.

Helen

  Helen used body language and vocal variety in her speech "The World in Your  Palm" as she explained that gestures in one language could mean something  totally different in another. eg. Don't use the OK signal in Japan!

Evaluator Narelle commended Helen on her closing summary  "Be aware.  Check if your message is clear." 

 

Jonathon

Shaun

  In his speech "The Golden Rule is Really Poo   Brown" Jonathon explained that the Golden Rule of "Treat others as you would be treated" is not as good  as the Platinum Rule - "Treat others as they would be   treated."
              

  As Evaluator Shaun said "we were better  off from   hearing it."                    

Ben was timekeeper.

Ben

 

How do you like Ben's socks?

  

Amy provided the raffle - which consisted of Australian and New Zealand alcohol, Anzac biscuits, home made candles and a toy donated by Amy's daughter.  It was later won by Gail H.

Amy

 

Raffle

  Supper was provided by Ben and Marlene.

Table Topics Master Marlene brought a box of small items and invited Liz, Russell, Amy, Narelle, Carmy, Gail H, Ben and Shaun to select one and tell why it is their "precious treasure."

Table Topic items

Liz, Russell, Amy and Narelle all chose the cat & spoke about a beloved pet (although Liz called it a dog) and Narelle cleverly took a photo of it with her mobile phone and spoke about her antique phone. 

Carmy chose the New Zealand power shell , Gail chose the frog (she loves frogs) Ben chose the mouse and Shaun told a fantastic tale about the lizard, which he swore was a true story.

Liz

The Table Topics were evaluated by Liz. She even had to evaluate herself! (The TT Master forgot that Liz was evaluating) 

 

 

President Gail H gave an evaluation of the entire meeting and reminded us that we should remain at the lectern and hand control back to the Toastmaster when we finish speaking. 

The evening's awards went to Jonathon (Best speech,) Narelle (Best Evaluation and Table Topic) Amy and Ben (Tie - Most Improved.)

Award winners 23 April 2024

Next meeting will be on Tuesday14th May. Remember, it will be 3 weeks till the next meeting, because there are 5 Tuesdays in April. 

Club Officer elections are coming up, so please consider taking on a role. You will find it a rewarding growth experience. 

For those who have registered for our Anniversary Dinner, we'll see you next Tuesday!