Meetng 966 "Anything Goes"

New Member Leanne was inducted by John T

Another new member for Sandgate Toastmasters! Leanne was inducte by president John T.

Rose & John T

John handed control to Toastmaster Rose, who was wearing her "Anything Goes" outfit.

Christiane proposed a toast to "The gift of today." Liz chose the word "Classic" as the word of the evening. Liz also acted as Grammarian and took note of the descriptive words and phrases throughout the meeting.

Christiane

Liz

Carmy presented her Icebreaker speech and told us about her multicultural background and her passion for teaching.

Carmy

Trish gave a humorous off the cuff speech about a boating accident while on holiday.

Trish

 Steve completed his Competent Communicator manual with an inspiring speech, "If you want to be a Toastmaster, Master the Toast."

Steve (in his "Anything Goes" hat)

The evaluators were Darryl, Annette and Tim.

Darryl

Tim

Annette T

 John T's raffle, chocolates, wine, Tina Arena CD & scratchy ticket was won by Marlene.
Yay!  

Jonathon had some imaginative Table Topics for Christiane, Darryl, Nick, John T, and AnnetteT.

Jonathon

Christiane (Advice to 15yr old self)

Darryl (What is Whafflestomper)

Nick (What's happening in picture)

John T (a favourite memory)

Annette (What did dead man say)

 Table Topics Evaluators were John T and Dave.

The Business Session was efficiently chaired by Tim, who also doubled as Secretary. 

Tim & Rose

Trish conducted the Club Officer Elections, which resulted in the following positions:

PRESIDENT: Steve

VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION: Annette T

VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP: Darryl

VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC RELATIONS : Marlene

SECRETARY: Tim

TREASURER: Jim

SERGEANT AT ARMS: Christiane

WEBSITE COORDINATOR: Marlene

BULLETIN EDITOR: Kirsty W (to be confirmed by Kirsty.)

Leanne

Leanne conducted a lively Listening Quiz.

The entire meeting was evaluated by Marlene. Paul was timekeeper.

Marlene

Paul

Nick posed in the background while President John T closed the meeting on time and presented the awards.

Nick & John T

Award winners 10th May 2016

Rose (Best Contribution,) Christiane (Best Table Topic,) Trish (Best Speech,) Annette (Best Evaluation,) Carmy (Personal Best.)

Next meeting 24th May. The theme will be "Olympic Fever."

District 69 Conference 2016

 We are very proud of Annette, who represented our club and Metro Division  in the Table Topics Contest. No, she didn't get a place, but she received a lot of favourable comments from other Toastmasters. Darryl, Leanne, Leesa and John T went to support her. They had a wonderful time.

The Table Topic was "It's a long way."

Thanks to Leesa for the photos. I don't know all the people in these photos, but you will recognise our members.

Winners of the Table Topics Contest

Remember our old friend Penne?

It can't be........is that Annette?

Leanne had added our banner to our group photo for the banner parade.

Meeting 965 "Valour"

Tim

Kirsty O

"Valour" was a fitting theme for the meeting held the day after Anzac Day.  The theme was carried throughout the meeting by Toastmaster Tim.

Wordmaster Kirsty O chose the word  "Courage."

Annette W proposed a toast "To the peace keepers."
Round Robin Master Carmy asked "Who in your life has shown valour?"

Annette W

Carmy

Guests Karen, Beren and Dillon were welcomed to the meeting, as well as our special guest Steve B from Bunya Toastmasters, who treated us with a preview of the speech he will present at the coming District 69 Conference.

Steve B from Bunya TM

There were 3 three other prepared speeches.
Reza's speech "The Land of the Great" was the 4th project in the CC Manual and was evaluated by Marlene.

Reza

Christiane presented her Icebreaker Speech, " Ossi, Aussie." and was evaluated by Darryl.

Christiane

Darryl

Dave's speech, "The Process of Creation, was evaluated by Rosanne.

Dave

Rosanne

 Our two newest members, Leanne and Wendy rose to the challenge of answering Steve R 's Table Topics, as did Leesa and Rosanne. 

Leanne

Steve & Wendy

Leesa

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette T and Liz.

Annette T

Liz

 As Club Officer Elections will be held next meeting, our current Club Executive Officers each presented a brief explanation of what their role involves.

John T - President

Nick - Sergeant-at-Arms

 Kirsty W conducted a lively Listening Quiz, and Grammarian Paul commented on the descriptive word usage during the meeting.

Kirsty

Paul

Rose delivered a thorough General Evaluation of the meeting.

Rose

 Annette W's raffle, chocolates and a casserole dish, was won by Annette T.

Awards were presented to Tim (Best Contribution,) Darryl (Best Evaluation,) Leanne (Best Table Topic,) and Christiane (Best Speech and Personal Best.)

Award winners 26th April 2016

The meeting finished on time (9.30pm).

Club Officer Elections next meeting. 10th May.
Interpretive Reading Contest  31st May. There are some tips for Interpretive reading on our online Handbook. http://sandgatetmhandbook.blogspot.com.au/p/interpretive-reading_7759.html

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