Meeting 990 "Celebrating Multiculturalism"

Another new member for our club! President Steve inducted Peter. He also welcomed our special guest District Administration Manager Jenny and first time visitors Trish, Jack and Caleb.

Steve inducted Peter

 Toastmaster Annette M introduced the theme of the evening, "Multiculturalism" and kept the meeting flowing smoothly.

Annette M

Zoe proposed the Toast, and Wordmaster Deb presented the word "Fortuitious" meaning "happening by chance."

Zoe

Deb

Nikki used humour in her second speech, "What I Learned about Life through Working with Death." She had 5 main points.
1. Our time is finite.
2. We are a society of Stuff.
3. Being present is a gift.
4. Little things can make a big impact.
5. There is a lot to be grateful for.

Nikki

 Leesa's speech, "My Italian Journey" was her 7th. Leesa is learning to speak Italian and she had brought her friend Denise to join her in a brief conversation in Italian at the beginning of the speech.

Leesa

Jim used the projector to explain how Hydraulics work and also gave a practical demonstration.

Jim

The evaluators were Jonathon, John and Marlene.

Jonathon

John

Blake's raffle was a bag of goodies, containing wine, chocolates, scented candle etc. It was won by Annette M.

Blake

 Time Keeper Karen reported that the meeting was running a little over time so the supper break was shortened. Biscuits were provided by Deb.

Karen

Table Topics Master Tim had prepared topics  related to multiculturalism, and had put them all on the whiteboard for his participants  Jenny, Blake, Deb,  Zoe, Peter and Nick to choose from.

Tim

Jenny - Many cultures

Blake - Music

Deb - Fashion

Zoe - Event

Peter - Restaurant

Nick - Festival

Table Topics Evaluators were Annette T and Steve.

Annette

Steve

Carmy presented a review of the movie "Lion."

Carmy

Robyn

In her "Show  and Tell" segment, Robyn showed the cow figurine  that she had bought when she attended the Margaret River Cow Parade.

Darryl conducted a lively Listening Quiz and Grammarian Gail reported on words and fillers used.

Darryl

Gail

Our special guest Jenny presented an encouraging address.

DAM  Jenny

Christiane gave a detailed General Evaluation of the meeting.

Christiane

Award winners were Leesa (Most Improved,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) Nikki (Best Speech,) and Blake (Best Table Topic.)

Award winners 23 May 2017

The meeting finished a little later than usual.

Next meeting 13th June

Our Changeover Dinner will be held  on the 27th June.
The meal will be $35, but club members will be subsidised and will only have to pay $20. Please pay Jim next meeting or you can pay directly into the club's bank account. See Jim for details.

We have also been invited to Peninsula Club's Changeover on the 3rd July. Special guest speakers will be the International Speech winner who will be competing at the International Conference in Vancouver in August and the Humorous Speech winner. See Darryl for more information.

Meeting 989 "One Unique Life" & Elections

What makes you unique? Toastmaster Karen explained how our unique brain works as she kept the meeting flowing smoothly.

There were two guests, Peter and Thomas.

Toastmaster Karen

 Gail proposed a toast to volunteers,
 Word Master Chris chose the word "Lustre."

Chris

Word of the evening

 Round Robin Master Blake asked us to tell what unique traits we have. This was a fun session as we discovered how unique our members are and what strange habits some have!

Robyn presented her "Ice Breaker" speech, "A Balancing Act" and told how  she was born under the sign of Libra (the scales) and has learned how to find balance in her life.

It was evaluated by Steve.

Robyn

Steve

Nick's speech was an interesting verbal tour of Government House, where he has worked in the gardens.  Nick's speech was evaluated by Trish.

Nick

Tris

Liz presented an Educational session on how to evaluate. Liz explained how to refer to the speaker in the opening, give 3 positive points, suggest 2 points for improvement, and summarise - and above all to encourage the speaker.

Liz

Robyn's raffle was a celebration of wine, chocolates, streamers and photo frames. The lucky winner was Gail.

Robyn's raffle

After a supper of buns, chocolate biscuits, crackers and dip provided by Zoe, Nick called the meeting to order and Leanne conducted the Business Session. It was her first time in that role.

Chairman Leanne

This segued into the Election of new Club Officers for the coming Toastmaster year, and was conducted by John. Jim wrote the names of the candidates on the whiteboard while Trish ensured that protocol was followed.

John - Election of Club Officers

The Election resulted in the following position:

President: Annette

Vice President Education: Christiane

Vice President Membership: Karen

Vice President Public Relations: Marlene

(assisted by Jonathon, Darryl, Liz, Kirsty & Annette M)

Secretary: Tim

Treasurer: Blake

Sergeant at Arms: Chris

Trish was appointed Parliamentarian.

These positions will take effect from the first meeting in July.

It was time for fun again. Darryl presented the Table Topics Session and called on Annette, Gail, Zoe, Leesa, Blake and Chris to speak impromptu on his topics.

TT Master Darryl

Annette - "talks to animals"

Gail - "unique challenge"

Zoe - "unique friend's wedding"

Leesa - "Unique outit"

Blake - "Unique moment"

Chris - "what makes me unique"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Jim and Christiane.

Christiane

Grammarian Annette Mc reported on the good word usage during the meeting, including the scientific words that Toastmaster Karen had used in her description of the brain. She recommended avoiding filler words like "so" and "you know" and suggested that "whatever" is not the best word to use to conclude a report.

Marlene gave a General Evaluation of the meeting.

Annette Mc

Marlene

Time Keeper John reported that the meeting was running overtime.

President Steve presented the evening's awards to Nick (Most Improved,) Christiane (Best Evaluation,) Annette (Best Table Topic,) and Robyn (Best Speech.)

Award Winner 9th May 2017

Next meeting Tuesday, 23rd May.

Thanks to Kirsty for helping with the photos. 

Kirsty

District 69 Conference, Chinchilla 2017

Sandgate Toastmasters Members Annette, Leanne, Darryl, Liz and Christiane attended the District 69 Convention in Chinchilla last weekend. The theme was "Experience the Difference" and "Make Every Moment Memorable".

It showcased high standard Speech Contests as well as Workshops to support members both new and long standing. It also provided the opportunity to meet up with other Toastmasters Clubs to network and exchange ideas.

Western hospitality was abundant and Western District should be proud they hosted such a successful event. The road trip out there was memorable, ask Leanne about Dalby! And remember - what happens in Chinchilla, stays in Chinchilla.

Darryl, Annette, Liz, Leanne and Christiane

Christiane won the prize (bottle of Mumm champagne) for filling out all the projects that she would choose when doing the new Pathways path.

Christiane

Thanks to Liz for this entry and for the photos.

For more photos and names of the contest winners, visit the District 69 Facebook.