Meeting 977 "Sew it Seams"

Past President John T & President Steve

Our club is Select Distinguished! President Steve presented the new ribbon to John T, who was president during the period our club earned the award. The ribbon will be added to our banner.

Steve welcomed our guest Nikki to our meeting.

The theme was "Sew it Seams" and Toastmaster Christiane had decorated the tables with examples of her craftwork.

Toastmaster Christiane & President Steve

Darryl proposed a toast to his Auntie Marg who had passed away.

Wordmaster Annette T chose the word "Serendipity." which means "good luck in making fortunate discoveries by chance."

Wordmaster Annette T

Round Robin Master John T asked us to describe a patchwork quilt depicting different aspect of our lives. The responses were varied and imaginative.

Tim presented a speech on Childhood Sleep Apnea. It was evaluated by Marlene

Tim

Marlene

Nick spoke about Stuttering. He was evaluated by Dave.

Nick

Dave

Our third speaker was absent, so John T who has recently returned from an overseas trip, told us why we should visit Canada. He was evaluated by Darryl.

John T

Darryl

Jonathon dramatically presented the raffle that Leesa had donated - Scratchie cards.  It was won by Karen. Jonathon even made the timers report sound exciting!

Jonathon

Suppertime

The Business Session was chaired by Steve.

Chairman Steve

Carmy provided an entertaining session with Table Topics for Dave, Jim, John T, Annette T, Jonathon, Marlene and Steve. If you missed it, ask Jonathon what he did with his mother's dart!

Jim - ear pick?

Carmy - TT Master

Dave - constructing a shelter

John T - standing out from class

Jonathon - what is a dart?

Annette - hates fancy dress

Steve - costume for school play

Darryl - sewing on buttons

Marlene - quilt

The Table Topics were evaluated by Karen and Trish.

Karen

Trish

Grammarian Darryl commented on the use of filler words and warned us to avoid saying "could of" instead of "could have."

Daryl - Grammarian

Jim summed up the meeting with his General Evaluation.

Jim - General Evaluator

Awards for the evening went to Carmy (personal best,) Tim (best speech, Trish (best evaluation) Jonathon (best table topic,) and Christiane (best contribution.)

Award winners 11 th Oct 2016

Next meeting 25th October. We are looking forward to seeing some members who have been away. 

Don't forget to let Jim know if you are coming to the Area 8 Conference on the 5th November. You'll get the early bird rate if you register by the 21st. Come and support our contestants!

Meeting 976 Eval & International Contests

 Congratulations to all who took part in our contests last meeting, especially to our place getters.

Trish won the Evaluation Contest, with Annette in second place and Steve third.

Trish, Steve, Annette

Jonathon's speech "A Letter to Me" won him first place in the International Speech Contest. Darryl came second with "The Mr Look Formula, and Trish was third with her speech "The Three C's"

Trish, Darryl, Jonathon

Thanks to the judges  Ajit, Jenny, Terry, Rose, Rod and test speaker Greg.

Judges and Test Speaker -Ajit, Jenny,Terry,Rose, Rod, Greg

Toastmaster of the evening was Leesa. 

Leesa

 Contest Toastmasters were Marlene and Steve

Steve interviewing Jonathon

 Jokemaster Jim

Paul's raffle

Thanks to all the contestants Trish, Annette, Darryl, Steve, Dave, Paul, and Jonathon

and Timekeepers, Tally Counters and Sergeant Arms,  Leesa, Nick, Reza, Leanne, Jim 

Our Area Contests  representatives
Jonathon, Steve,Trish, Annette, Darryl

The first and second place getters will represent our club at the Area 8 Conference on the 5th November in the HACC room, at the Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside.

Come and bring your friends to support our contestants.

There will be an early bird discount on registration fees, which can be paid next meeting.

Meeting 975 "Spring is Here"

Spring was in he air at our last meeting. Toastmaster of the evening, Leesa had arrived early and decorated the tables with beautiful arrangements of spring flowers.

We had two guests, Alex from Bunya Toastmasters Club and Leesa's friend Cheryl who had grown the roses.

Alex and Leesa

 President Steve was Wordmaster. His word for the evening was "Bud." It was used frequently throughout the evening.

Steve

Reza proposed a toast to "Spring." Round Robin Christiane asked what memories certain flowers brought to mind - particularly Jacaranda. flowers.

Reza (in glass)

Christiane

There two prepared speeches. Steve presented a speech on Evaluation.  Jonathon spoke about marketing.

Steve

Jonathon

They were evaluated by Darryl  and Annette.

Darryl

Annette

Christiane spoke briefly  about  club passports. The idea is to visit as many Toastmasters clubs as possible and have the "Passport" signed by the club president.

The Business Session  was conducted by Marlene. Since the reports had been sent by email and there was no general business, the session was finished in record time.

Table Topics Master Liz had topics for Alex, Paul, Annette W, Jim, Reza, Nick and Dave.

Alex -Spring Cleaning

Paul - Hate Spring Cleaning

Christiane - Carnival of flowera

Nick -Fathers Day

Dave - Poetry

Annette W - Hayfever

Jim - Flowers you like

Sorry, I missed getting a photo of Liz & Reza.

The table Topics were evaluated by Karen and Carmy.

Karen

Carmy

Grammarian Paul commented on the word pictures used during the meeting.

Darryl "pulled our leg" with a funny joke.

Jonathon's "Mojo" raffle

Jonathon's raffle was won by Carmy (I think). Leesa's floral arrangements were also raffled and won by Annette T & Jim.

Dave

Dave had good advice for all in his General Evaluation.

The evening's awards went to  Jonathon (Best Speech,) Leesa ( Best Contribution,) Dave (Best Table Topic,) Carmy (Personal Best,) and Karen (Best Evaluation.)

Winners 13 Sept 20016

Next  meeting on the 27th September will be our Evaluation and International Speech Contests. 

More contestants are needed for the International Speech Contest! 

Semi Annuals are due next by the end of this month.

Meeting 974 Humorous & TT Contests

Congratulations to the place getters in the contests last meeting. We heard some funny speeches in the Humorous Speech contest. Darryl came first with his tale about an incident with a mango tree, Annette T spoke about an eventful cruise and came second. Jim's speech about a Career choice earned him Third place.

 Humorous Contest - Jim (third) Annette (Second) Darryl (First)

 The Table Topic contest was well represented. The topic was "One moment in time." Annette T won first place, Steve second and Christiane third.

Table Topics Contest - Annette (First) Steve (Second) Christiane (Third)

 Photos were not allowed during the contest, but here are some of the contestants being intervieved afterward.

Leanne

Annette T

Steve

Daryl

Contest Toastmaster Liz with Dave

Christiane

Jim with Contest Toastmaster Steve

Some of the audience

Supper Time

Jim's raffle (2 bottles of wine) was won by Annette W.

Jim's raffle

Annette W

Thanks to the judges who gave their time.

Rose, Rod & Jenny

Next meeting  13th September - still another week away, because there were 5 Tuesdays in August.

The Evaluation and International Speech contests will be held on the 27th September. More contestants needed!