Meeting 1198 "All Things Greek."

It was a rainy night and a few members were away due to illness, so attendance was lower than usual. We were pleased to welcome our visitors Karen and Christina.

Sergeant of Arms TJ called the meeting to order and handed control to Helen who had stepped in for our President Chris. 

Toastmaster Trish introduced the theme "All Things Greek" and kept the evening running smoothly with information about Greece.

Trish

Helen announced the programme changes and proposed a toast "To Ancient Minds." 

Word Master Eoin introduced a word with a Greek origin, "Metamorphosis"

Helen

Eoin

Round Robin Master Narelle invited all to speak for 20 seconds each about a visit to Greece.

Marlene conducted an Educational Session on how to choose a topic for a speech.

Marlene

Christiane delivered a speech from the Persuasive Influence Path, Level 4 - Leading in Difficult Situations. It was evaluated by TJ.

Christiane

Arun conducted a Table Topics session, fulfilling the Active Listening Project by commenting after each speaker. His session was evaluated with some suggestions by John.

Arun

John

Narelle introduce her raffle prize, a gardener's delight, consisting of a worm buffet, and other items including a bag of passionfruit. It was won by Trish. 

Raffle

Time Keeper Mali announced that the meeting was running slightly ahead of time.

Mali

Supper was supplied by Jill and Marlene.

TJ called the meeting back to order and Eoin and Jill evaluated the Table Topic Speakers.

Word Master Eoin reported that Trish had used the word "Metamorphosis" the most times.

Helen conducted a General evaluation.

Award winners of the evening were Christiane (Best Speech,) Helen (Best Table Topic,) and Jill (Best Evaluation and Most Improved.")

Christiane and Helen (Jill not in photo.)

Next meeting: Tuesday 9th June.