Celebrating 1000 Meetings

Night of a Thousand Stars was the theme, and whilst maybe not 1000, there were 53 former and current Members and guests present to enjoy a fun night of memories. A party buzz was in evidence the moment you stepped into the room, with old acquaintances and friends catching up amongst much laughter.

Jonathon

Toastmaster Jonathon warmly welcomed all visitors and guests. A visual presentation then allowed a window into the past 999 Meetings with scenes of Award Winners and much merriment with themed events captured on film. Surprisingly none of us have aged over the years!


Marlene read the Toastmasters Invocation, followed by a Toast to Toastmasters International and founder Ralph Smedley proposed by Moreton Division Director Annette M.

Marlene

Annette M

Steve

An interesting segment led by Steve was about "being a Sandgate Toastmaster". He drew on current Members to express their views on - Themed Meetings, Table Topics, Memorable raffles, Executive roles and presenting the Ice Breaker speech. Responses by Paul, Zoe, Kirsty, Jim and Lien were both entertaining and insightful.

Paul and Zoe

Kirsty                                 Jim                                            Lein

A splendid meal was produced by the Full Moon Hotel and silence reigned briefly during dinner.

Guest Speaker Marilyn F, recently returned from Toastmasters International Conference in Vancouver, Canada, enlightened the audience by relating things she learnt on her journey to reach the Semi-Finals for International Speech Contest this year. She took audience participation to a new level when we were all instructed on how to warm up our voices by humming until our lips tingled, and neigh like a horse.

Marilyn                                                            Irene

A Toast to Sandgate Toastmasters was proposed by Area 8 Director Irene, who also related kind words about her visit to our friendly Club.

Charter Member John responded to the Toast by congratulating the Club on its depth of knowledge with many long term members Annette, Liz, Marlene and Trish. Their combined membership length is over 100 years.

John

As with all important and significant events, a cake cutting ceremony was conducted by John and President Annette.

You can never escape Table Topics and Liz and Trish called on past Members to relate their most memorable Speech or Table Topic. Penne, Lenore, Dave, Kylie, Liz We and Edith all highlighted the vast wealth of training that Toastmasters had provided and enriched their lives.

Penne                               Kylie                                                           Liz

Dave

Edith

Final Address was by District 69 Director Ben, who gave an inspiration speech encouraging all to challenge ourselves. Ben then presented a Certificate for achieving 1000 Meetings to President Annette. Sandgate Club also achieved Select Distinguished for the past year and a ribbon was presented.




3 Raffle prizes courtesy of Rhonda from HelloWorld Sandgate were drawn and lucky winners Trish, Trevor and Marie went home a little richer.

This memorable Meeting was closed by President Annette, reminding all Members of the extra Meeting next Tuesday night. It certainly was a Night of 1000 stars.

Members Dinner next meeting.

Next meeting is our thousandth meeting and we are celebrating with a dinner. Due to limited seating it will be restricted to members and invited guests. 
Visitors will be welcome to attend an extra meeting on the 31st October.

Meeting 999 - Comedy

Make us laugh! It's Comedy night.
What a fun meeting - most of us went home with a different brain - or so we were told.
President Annette inducted new Member Stephen and welcomed him to the Club. She also welcomed guests Casey and Charlene, as well as welcoming back Kirsty and former Member Sharyn.

Marlene was Toastmaster and she sprinkled jokes and comedy (intended and sometimes unintended) through the meeting. In fact General Evaluator Jonathon observed no less than 15 amusing tales.

Lien toasted Comedy in all its forms.

 

Gail was the Wordmaster and offered Facetious, which means joking or amusing in an inappropriate way. Gail also drew our attention to the fact that all 5 vowels appear in the word in alphabetical order. There were some facetious comments throughout the night.

Nick introduced Round Robin or Warm Up session by asking "what really made you laugh recently" and was rewarded with a delightful array of stories which all seemed to happen to Members during this week.

First Speech was by Robyn, as introduced by Karen. The title was "Age is a State of Mind". Robyn truly encapsulated this theme with examples of seniors who have achieved great things. As this was only her second speech to the Club, we can be assured she will continue to impress with her talents.

Karen was very insightful in her evaluation which commended Robyn in so many areas and for achieving all objectives.

Christiane introduced Chris with the topic of "Water On". He was able to relate so much more of what happens on a fire truck, and certainly knew his subject. Christiane offered helpful suggestions to enhance this speech.

Peter presented his Humorous Speech Contest speech again to seek feedback from a group evaluation led by Liz.

The raffle was provided by John - and it was a book of Australian jokes, together with bottles of wine and a scratchie. Lucky winner was Jonathon.

After supper, the Business Session was chaired by Blake. Despite some interjecting and clarification of Motions and Amendments, the desired outcome was carried. Well done Blake for your first time as Chairman.

Table Topics were prepared by Paul. He kept with the theme by asking about such topics as your  favourite comedian, favourite comedy TV show, is laughter the best medicine etc. The 6 recipients all spoke easily on the topics.

Carmy kept the meeting running to the program with her excellent timer's reports.

Darryl and Nikki evaluated the Table Topics offering points for improvement and praising good structure.

Towards the conclusion of the meeting, a demonstration was given by Marlene and Annette, on the correct way to pass the gavel and shake hands at the same time.

Awards: Best Speech - Robyn, Best Evaluator - Darryl, Best Table Topic - Annette,
               Most Improved - Peter.

Sandgate Club is pleased to have Sharyn re-join as a Member. Every night will be comedy night now.