Meeting 1177 "Bread"

 It was a cold night, but quite cosy in the RSL hall. We were delighted to welcome a first-time visitor, Mali.

President Helen opened the meeting and presented Trish with an award for completing Level 2 in the Motivational Strategies path and to John for completing Level 2 in the Persuasive Influence path.

 It was Scarlett's first time in the role of Toastmaster. She kept the meeting running smoothly with some interesting facts and jokes between each segment.

Helen

Scarlett

Trish presented a toast to "bread - without it, we couldn't make toast," and to the "people who make up Toastmasters."

Carmy presented the word for the evening, "Loaf," and explained several different meanings of the word.

Trish

Carmy

TJ conducted the Round Robin session and asked, "If you were making a loaf of bread, what kind would you make?"

Round Robin

Gail presented a speech from the Leadership Development path, speaking about her experience as a high school teacher, and later on serving on committees in volunteer organisations. Her message was "Everyone has the ability to lead in some way."

Evaluator Paul had some commendations and recommendations.

Gail

Paul

Trish is working from the Motivational Strategies path. She delivered an inspiring speech "Stepping Outside your Comfort Zone." Jonathon gave an in-depth evaluation.

Trish

Jonathon

John, working from the Persuasive Influence path, had everyone laughing with his humorous speech, "Defined by Your Dog." It was evaluated by Narelle.

John

Chris, presented an Icebreaker speech from the Strategic Relationships path, taking on the persona of a smoke alarm, in his speech titled "Burning Down the House." Remember to check the battery in your smoke alarm! Arun gave a helpful evaluation of the speech.

Chris

Arun

Timekeeper Maddy kept the meeting running on time.

Madeline

Peter presented the raffle which consisted of Sourdough bread, cheese, jam, wine and chocolates. 

The lucky winner was Trish.

Peter

Raffle

A delicious supper was provided by Gail and Jonathon, consisting of spring rolls, mini quiches, chocolate chip muffins and chocolate biscuits, most of which was consumed before the photo was taken.

Supper - nearly all gone

Table Topics Master Marlene invited Carmy, TJ, Helen, Peter, Maddy, and our brave guest Mali to draw an item from a bag and tell why it is the "best thing since sliced bread." Not everyone knew what the item was and had to make it up, which proved to be very funny.

Marlene

"The best thing since sliced bread."

Peter presented a "Soap Box" rant and told why he hated the use of the word "Absolutely" for nearly everything. Another expression that annoys him is "It is what it is!"

The entire meeting was evaluated by Helen, who evaluated everything that hadn't already been evaluated.

Helen

The evenings awards went to John (Best Speech,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Peter (Best Table Topic,) and Scarlett (Most Improved.)

Award Winners 10th June 2025

Next meeting 24th June will be our Changeover meeting, when the club officers for the coming Toastmasters year (1st July 2025 - 31st June 2026) will be inducted. It will be held in our regular meeting place (RSL Sub Branch Hall) and we will have pizza for supper. Visitors will be welcome to attend.