Meeting 972 "Up in the Air"

 

President Steve

Toastmaster Liz

It was Steve's first meeting as our new president.

The theme was "Up in the Air" and everyone was in high spirits. Toastmaster Liz had prepared snippets of information covering hot air balloons, aeroplanes, and space travel.

Kirsty W

Karen

 Kirsty W  spoke about  planes that have gone missing and proposed a toast to the brave pilots who continue to go up in the air.

Karen had a challenge for us with her word "polymath," which is a person who knows a lot about a lot of subjects. 

Darryl during Round Robin

Tim's Round Robin topic was "What was your most memorable experience up in the air?" Some people got carried away with the topic.

There were two prepared speeches.

Christiane

Christiane had recently performed a thorough research before buying  a new heater, and in her speech, "This is a warm up," she explained how different types of heat work and why she bought a radiant heater.

Annette

Annette T used a range of facial expressions, body language and vocal variety to tell about an encounter with the law in her speech, "Innocent"

The speech evaluators were Rose and Darryl.

Rose

Darryl

Leesa was Time Keeper.

Supper time - provided by Kirsty W

 Jim's Table Topics followed the theme. "Up in the Air." The lucky participants were Kirsty O, Karen, Nick, Tim, Steve, Dave Annette W, and Leesa.

Kirsty "Worst flight experience"

TT Master Jim

Karen  " looking down from air"

Nick "most exciting trip"

Tim "sky diving"

Steve "hot air ballon"

Dave "magnificent men"

Annette W "up in the air"

Leesa "fly like a bird"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Reza and Nick.

Reza

Nick

Grammarian Annette said the use of language during the meeting was exemplary but she had counted many um's and ah's - particularly during the Round Robin.

Kirsty O collected some fines with her Listening Quiz.

Kirsty O

Steve told a joke about a plane missing an engine.

In the absence of a third scheduled speech, Dave delivered an impromptu  review of a book he has enjoyed, "The Invention of Nature," by Andrea Wulf.  about German Naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt.

Dave

Marlene's raffle, a bottle of wine and chocolates was won by Annette T.

Steve had some good points for improvement in his General Evaluation.

 The award winners of the evening were Liz (Best Contribution,) Rose (Best Evuation,) Annette T (Best Speech,) Nick (Personal Best,) and Steve (Best Table Topic.)

Winners 26 July 2016

Next meeting 9th August. The theme will be "Trains."

See you at the Einbunpin Festival next Sunday. 31st July. 

Meeting 971 "Paint the Town Red"

 Trish is back from San Francisco with her  trophies. Gold Winner in the 2016 Women World Awards Woman of the Year - Mentor or Coach of the Year and Bronze Winner in the 2016 Women World Awards Female Entrepreneur of the Year.

It was a night to "Paint the Town Red"  Some made an extra effort by dressing in red.

Rose in red

In the absence of our new President Steve,  Past President John T welcomed our guests Allan from Peninsula Toastmasters, and first time visitors, Kylie and Chris.

John T

Nick set the scene by proposing a toast to "fun and relaxing times."
Wordmaster Paul chose the word, "Celebrate."
 The Toastmaster of the evening was Marlene.

There were three prepared speeches.

Karen presented her Icebreaker Speech and spoke about  the "Places of Safety" she had found during her life, and concluded with the thought that the real place of safety lies within ourselves.

Her speech was evaluated by Darryl.

Karen

Darryl

Jim's speech (his sixth) was "One Man's Junk," an amusing observation on our current local Kerbside Collection.
  It was evaluated by Wendy.

Jim

Wendy

 Another Icebreaker "My Way" was presented by Leanne, who delighted her audience by endiing her speech with a rendition of the song, "My Way."

Leanne's speech was evaluated by Trish.

Leanne

Trish

Annette created an air of mystery with her raffle. She wouldn't reveal what it was, but assured us that it was something we wanted.  Leesa was the lucky winner and found it was a sheet of  Scratch-it cards.

Annette

Leesa won raffle

After supper, provided by Carmy, John T chaired a brief Business Session.

John T

 Table Topics Master Leesa had topics for Liz, Nick, Allan, Rose, Paul, Tim, Carmy and Dave.

Leesa

 

Liz

Nick

Allan

Rose

Paul

Tim

Carmy

Dave

Table Topics Evaluators were Christiane and Kirsty O. It was the first time in that role for both of them.

Chritiane

Kirsty O

Grammarian Rose commented on our use of words,  Liz conducted a Listening Quiz, and General Evaluator Jonathon had some tips on improving the meeting.

Liz

Jonathon

The evening's awards went to Marlene (Best Contribution,) Leanne (Best Speech, and Personal Best) Allan (Best Table Topic,) and Wendy (Best Evaluation,) and Karen (Personal Best)

Award winners 12th July 2016

 Next meeting 26th July. The theme is "Up in the Air."

Coming up: 31st July. Our information Stall at the Einbunpin Festival. 

23rd August. Humorous Speech Contest.

Club Officer Training Day

Don from DC Club with Steve, Marlene & Annette

Annette, Christiane & Steve with Don

It was tempting to skip  Club Officer Training on a cold winter morning. I have been VPPR so many times, and attended training each time - surely I knew all there is to know about the role?

Wrong! I'm glad I made the effort, because there is always something new to learn, and meeting old and new friends from other Toastmasters Clubs always fills me with fresh enthusiasm.

Besides, it was worth going for the scrumptious morning tea!

I pinched these photos from the Metro Facebook page

More photos from the Training Day on the Metro Division Toastmasters Facebook.