Meeting 1160 "The Eagles"

 It was another great meeting. We had 5 guests, Peter, Robert, Madonna, Claire, Ray. And a new member! Maddy has joined our club.

President Helen inducted new member Maddy and presented John with a ribbon award for completing level 2 of the Motivational Strategies Path.

Helen inducted Maddy

John recieved ribbon

Toastmaster of the evening Narelle explained that she had chosen "The Eagles" as the meeting theme because she loves the group's music.

Maddy's first role was to propose a toast. She proposed it to "Those who step outside of their comfort zone."

Maddy

George

George chose the word "laughter" as the word of the evening. Although it wasn't used a lot, there was plenty of laughter during the evening.

Round Robin Master Trish invited us to tell what music reminded us of a special event in our lives.

There were 4 prepared speeches by Arun, Helen, Paul and Trish.

Arun

Helen

Paul

Trish

Speech Evaluators were Gail W, Marlene, Christiane and John.

Gail W

Marlene

Christiane

John

Timekeeper Gail reported on the timing of the speeches and evaluations.

Gail W

Tracey

Tracey had brought a raffle, consisting of a mug, coffee, tea, biscuits, cheese, and other snacks. It was won by Marlene.

Supper was provided by Russell and Marlene.

Supper

Supper Break

Russell had prepared some theme related Table Topics for his "victims" who were evaluated by Arun and Paul.

   

Russell

Helen 

Helen had everyone guessing with her "Who am I?" segment.

Marlene delivered an evaluation of the entire meeting.

The evening's awards went to Tracey (Most Improved,) Helen (Best Speech,) and John (Best Table Topic and Best Evaluation.)

Award Winners 24 Sept 2024

There is still time to enter the International Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest to be held at our next meeting on the 8th October.