This was our final meeting for the year. Sergeant at Arms Narelle called the meeting to order and handed control to President Helen, who inducted our two new members, Brett and Julie.
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| Helen inducted Brett and Julie |
Toastmaster of the evening was Arun, who kept the meeting flowing smoothly with some inspirational quotes between segments.
Christiane proposed a toast.
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| Arun |
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| Christiane |
Word Master Trevor presented a word that he hoped would stump our most prolific word user, (who unfortunately was absent.) "Vicissitude," meaning "a change of circumstances, particular one that is unwelcome." It was used at least once (although not always pronounced properly) by most members during Brett's Round Robin and throughout the evening.
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| Trevor |
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| Brett |
There were 4 prepared speeches. Will's inspiring speech from the Dynamic Leadership path, was "Manage Emotions with S.C.A.R.F." (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness.)
Trevor speech was an amusing story about buying a condo in Thailand.
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| Will |
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| Trevor |
Helen told a moving story about her grandfather.
John's speech, "My Glad, Sad, Bad, Mad World" was about Emotional Intelligence.
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| Helen |
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| John |
The evaluators of the speeches were Gail H, Jonathon, Rosie and Marlene.
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| Gail H |
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| Jonathon |
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| Rosie |
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| Marlene |
Christiane presented an educational session on "
Toastmaster of the Year" and explained how the points are allocated.
Timekeeper Maddy kept meticulous time.
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| Maddy |
Marlene presented her raffle consisting of some books that had been donated by a former member Tony, - and an Ant Farm! It was won by Gail H.
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| Raffle |
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| Raffle |
Supper, provided by Helen, Arun and Julie was a good time for socializing.
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| Supper time |
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| Rosie, Jonathon & Julie |
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| Trevor, Brett, John, Will, Gail H |
The Table Topics session was conducted by Gail H, who had prepared topics for Gail W, Rosie, Jonathon and Maddy.
Gail W had everyone guessing with her "Who Am I?" quiz until we guessed that the person was Barbara Streisand.
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| Will |
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| Gail W |
Narelle delivered a General Evaluation of the entire meeting.
The award winners of the evening were Jonathon (Best Evaluation and Best Table Topic,) Will (Most Improved, and John (Best Speech.)
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| Award winners 26 Dec 2024 |
Our Christmas Break Up will be on the 10th of December. Don't forget to bring a Secret Santa gift of 10 value, and an item for the grocery hamper raffle.
The next meeting will be after the Christmas break, 28th January, plenty of time to prepare a speech!
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