Meeting 1003 Cowboys and Indians

The Wild West came to Sandgate complete with horses, a Sheriff and even a Saloon barmaid and assorted cowboys and cowgirls.
President Annette opened with Meeting by acknowledging Area 8 Contestants and winners. She also welcomed guests Casey and Andrea, and visiting Narangba Valley Member Daniel.

Just horsing around

Toastmaster Leanne, dressed as an Indian Squaw, guided us with precision with a series of stories about Cowboys and Indians and segued from each item on the Agenda with ease.

Blake presented the Toast - to John Wayne (aka Marion Morrison) - 'The Duke".
He quoted one of The Duke's many memorable lines - "Out here, due process is a bullet".

Blake

Wordmaster Lien gave us "Courageous" as the word for the meeting. She had well researched its meaning and gave examples.

Lien

Carmy was Round Robin Master. She asked us all to give our American Indian name. This provided all Members with a challenge and many imaginative names were created.

Carmy

Speech 1 was an Ice Breaker by Marie, entitled "What will I do when I grow up", which told her very interesting life story. The Speech was evaluated by Darryl.

Marie

Darryl

Speech 2 was also an Ice Breaker by Stephen, entitled "Façade, Humility and Achievement". This was another fascinating story of Stephen's triumph over illiteracy, and was evaluated by John.

John

Stephen

Kirsty evaluated Annette's informative speech entitled "Killer Condiment" about salt and the many dangers of over indulging.

Annette

Kirsty

Marlene kept in the theme with an innovative Raffle containing a John Wayne DVD, Wagonwheel biscuits and a rice cooker (complete with recipes for Cowboy Rice). It was won by Carmy.

Nick was a very efficient timekeeper and gave his reports succinctly and precisely.

Time Keeper Nick

Peter also kept with the theme with Table Topics. Participants Karen, Blake, Marlene, Chris, Tim, Jim, Daniel and Jonathon all gave creative answers to some tricky questions, amid much laughter.

Peter

The Topics were evaluated by Christiane and Tim.

Christiane

Tim

New segments on the program added interest. Monica gave a quote "Challenges are what makes life interesting" and elaborated on the challenges that the American Indians had faced to survive and live off the land.

Monica

Gail

Show and Tell gave Gail an opportunity to display her masterpiece quilt which she finds a fulfilling passion.

Soapbox presented by Karen told of how Curiosity is the Essence of Life, and applied to us all.

Karen

Jonathon

Grammarian Jonathon enlightened us on the use of fillers - e.g. ums and ahs. His wise advice to take a breath, and pause instead, is sure to be heeded by all Members.

Listening Quiz was conducted by Chris, testing our attention to all sections of the agenda.

Chris

The General Evaluation was conducted by Liz.

Liz

Are these guys the 3 Amigos?

Awards:   Best Speech             -    Stephen

           Best Evaluation       -    John

                  Best Table Topic     -    Jonathon

                 Most Improved        -    Stephen

Christmas Break Up Dinner on the 12th December . If you haven't paid for your dinner yet, contact Blake for details on how to pay by this Friday 1st Dec.

Meeting 1002. Going to the movies

 "Going to the Movies" was the theme of the meeting.

Paul, standing in for Sergeant at Arms Chris called the meeting to order and handed control to President Annette.

Paul

Annette

 

Annette welcomed our guest Casey, and presented Leanne with a certificate of appreciation for her outstanding leadership and contribution in organising our club's recent 1000th meeting celebrations.

Leanne

Blake was Toastmaster of the evening and kept it flowing smoothly. It was his first time in that role.

Blake

The Toast was presented by Tim, who is working through the Special Occasion speech manual.
Since it was a manual project, the toast was evaluated by Nikki. It was Nikki's first time as evaluator.

Tim

Nikki

Word Master Robyn chose the word "surreal." which is uesd to describe an event, circumstance or situation that seems unreal.

Robyn

Round Robin Master Stephen  asked us to tell about our favourite movie. There were a  variety of responses.

Stephen

Lien & Christiane in audience

Table Topic Gail called on Marlene, Liz We, Leesa and Steve to tell about their first, scariest, worst and most viewed movie.

Gail - TT Master

Marlene - First Movie

Liz We - Scariest Movie

Leesa - Worst Movie

Steve - Most seen Movie

They were evaluated by  Kirsty and .John.

Kirsty

John

Supper was supplied by Steve, who in keeping with the "Going to the Movies theme, had brought ice creams for everyone.

Yum!

Pathways Guide Christiane presented an informative session and answered questions about the new Pathways educational programme that our club will soon be using.

Christiane

A business session followed, with Karen acting as chairman.

Karen

Grammarian Leanne commented on the use of words during the meeting.

Leanne

Time keeper Darryl reported that the meeting was running on time.

Darryl

Jim was the General Evaluator

Jim

Jonathon's raffle, a bag of Christmas goodies, was won by Liz Wo.

Jonathon

Liz We

President Annette closed the meeting and presented the evening's awards to Karen (Most Improved,)
John (Best Evaluation) and Marlene (Best Table Topic.)

Karen, John,Marlene

Next meeting on the 28th November will be the final one before our Christmas Break Up Dinner. Blake will be accepting payment from those who will be attending the  dinner

Pathways next meeting

Our club will soon be using the exciting new Pathways programme. Next meeting Christiane will explain how it works and answer any questions you may have. There will still be time for our usual fun with Table Topics, Round Robin etc.

Tuesday 14th November at The Full Moon Hotel (upstairs). 6.30pm for 7pm.

See you there!

Area 8 Conference 2017

The Area 8 Conference was a wonderful success, thanks to the efforts of Area Director Irene and her team and to all who competed in the contest or acted as officials.

Here are some photos.

Contest Toastmaster Annette briefed Evaluation Contesantts

The time keepers are ready - Liz We & Gail

Jonathon - Conference Chairma

Test Speaker Alison

Trophies

Evaluation Placegetters
Danielle third, Liz Wo First, Darryl second

Stretching exercises

Table Topics
Contest Master Teena, 1st place Christiane, Area Director Irene

Table Topics
Leanne 3rd, Christiane 1st Daniel 2nd

Christiane with husband Shane

Teena & Marilyn

Contest Toastmaster Jenny interviewed Humorous Contestants

Humorous Speech Participants

Humorous Speech
1st Allan, 2nd Nikki, 3rd David

Guest Speaker Marilyn

Always entertaining

Always inspiring

International Speech
Area Director Irene, 1st place Darryl, 2nd Allan, 3rd David, Contest Toastmaster Brendan 

Area Director Irene & Darryl

Sandgate members (Liz Wo, Karen, Gail & Chris had already left).

 Jonathon with Winners from Sandgate
(Liz had already left)

 Liz Wo 

Kris (of Redcliffe Peninsula Toastmasters) was the official photographer at the Area 8 Conference.

You can see his photos on this page.