What a crazy meeting it was! Our Vice President Education Christiane had scheduled a backwards meeting.
President Helen welcomed our guests Monica, Katrina and Julie and new member Brett, then she announced the meeting closed and the meeting proceeded (or receded?) in reverse, making it a challenge for all participants to use their improvisation skills.
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| Helen |
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| Trish |
Toastmaster Trish shared some interesting facts throughout the evening about her favourite colour .
Timekeeper Carmy gave the final timers report for the entire meeting and speakers then tried to keep to those times.
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| Timekeeper Carmy with Trish |
Christiane delivered her Evaluation of how the meeting went. Everyone needed to pay close attention so that they could incorporate her remarks into their role.
Gail H presented a Listening Quiz about what was said during the meeting.
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| Christiane |
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| Gail H |
Trevor on his Soap Box had some comments about the USA Election.
TJ presented the Word Master report - without revealing what the word was!
Timekeeper Carmy announced the times the Table Topics respondents had taken (which they attempted to make come true.
Trevor and Gail W delivered an evaluation of the Table Topics speakers.
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| Gail W |
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| Gail W |
No one knew what their Table Topic was. Each participant selected a small parcel prepared by Marlene and told who they had bought it for and what they would do with it, before opening the parcel. It was a challenge for Paul, Helen, Christiane, TJ, Liz, Brett Gail H and Carmy.
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| Paul |
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| Helen |
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| Christiane |
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| Gail H |
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| Brett |
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| Liz |
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| Carmy |
Trevor presented his Raffle, which was a huge clock. It was won by Liz.
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| Trevor's Raffle |
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| Won by Liz |
Supper was provided by Gail H and Carmy.
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| Supper Time |
TJ (filling in for SAA Narelle) called the meeting back to order.
Carmy reported on the times taken for speeches (which we were yet to hear) and Trish introduced the Speech Evaluators Paul, Gail W and Helen, who evaluated the speeches before they had heard them!
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| Paul |
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| Gail W |
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| Helen |
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| Maddy |
Maddy's speech was her Icebreaker. She told how she joined Toastmasters to overcome her fear of Public Speaking.
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| Liz |
Liz's speech "Where Leaders are Made" was a helpful talk about Toastmasters and the Pathways Programme.
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| Marlene |
Marlene's speech was titled "Learning to Listen" and was about how to avoid being a "conversational narcissist."
Round Robin Master Helen's invited everyone to tell of an encounter with Royalty.
Word Master Gail H revealed that the word of the evening was "Unique."
President Helen asked our guests Monica, Katrina and Julie to comment on the evening, then closed the meeting by announce it open.
Award winners of the evening were Helen (Best Table Topic,) Maddy (Best Speech and Most Improved,) and Paul (Best Evaluation.)
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| Award winners 12th November 2024 |
Next meeting on the 26th of November will be a normal meeting and will be the final one before our Christmas Break Up on 10th December.
Plans for our Breakup have changed and it will probably be held at the RSL Hall. More information soon.
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