Two more new members were inducted by President John T. Welcome to Kirsty W and Kirsty O.
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| Kirsty W & Kirsty O inducted by John T |
John T had another pleasant task. On behalf of the club, He presented Reza with a rug for his new baby Adam. The rug was made by Dave's wife Sandy.
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| John, Dave & Reza |
The meeting theme was International Women's Day. Toastmaster Trish, appropriately dressed in purple, had given everyone a slip of paper and asked them to write what woman had inspired them the most. Trish read these out during the meeting.
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| Trish |
Darryl's toast was "Pledging for Parity" which is the theme of this year's International Women's Day.
Word Master Nick chose the word "Lass."
Special guests at our meeting were Metropolitan Division Director Jenny and Area Governor Kris. Also Kris's daughter Natalia. Both Jenny and Kris presented an entertaining speech.
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| Jenny - Metro Div Director |
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Kris - Area Director
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Other speakers were Paul, who lives with an unpredictable cat and a dog that sleeps on his head. Paul's speech was "Pets for Life."
And Steve, who has recently returned from a trip to Vietnam. He gave us tips on how to plan a good holiday.
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| Paul |
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| Steve |
Table Topics Master Annette had some themed topics for Rose, Tim, Carmy Nick, Marlene and JohnT.
Some of them were "Can women multitask better than men?"
"What woman has had the most influence on your life?"
"Should there be an International People's Day?"
"What woman has had the most influence on history?" etc.
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| Annette & Rose |
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| Tim |
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| Carmy |
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| Nick |
They were evaluated by Reza and Darryl.
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| Reza |
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| Darryl |
Jim, Steve and Jenny evaluated the speeches.
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| Jim |
Christiane's raffle, a colouring book, pens, etc was won by Marlene.
Sharyn was time keeper.
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| Christiane |
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| Sharyn |
Steve conducted the business session. There were some questions about the increase in semi annual fees.
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| Steve |
Grammarian Annette W. had suggestions for us on ways to improve our grammar.
Dave presented an encouraging evaluation of the meeting.
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| Annette W |
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| Dave |
John T presented the evening's awards to Darryl (Best Evaluation,) Trish (Best Contribution,) Carmy (Personal Best,) Paul (Best Speech,) and Marlene (Best Table Topic.)
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| Darryl, Trish, Carmy, Paul, Marlene. |
Aaargh!! Why didn't someone tell me my skirt was crooked?
Next meeting 22nd March will have an Easter theme. There will be an extra meeting on the 29th (5th Tuesday of the month.) with lots of speeches.
