Meeting 1030 - Summer

A warm (summer) welcome back to all Members for the first Meeting of 2019.
Guests Jen, Debbie and Josh joined us for the first time. Carmy got the Meeting started on time.

Carmy

President Christiane conducted a brief Business session to find a solution for two motions. It provided a good educational on Meeting procedure as well.

Toastmaster John effortlessly kept the Meeting on track and raised the vibe throughout the evening.

John and Chris

The Toast to "Humidity" by Chris was met with mixed feelings, some getting hot under the collar, however it was quite apt. Chris also provided the Word "Smuggle" and it was used surprisingly often along with derivations of the word. The usual champion Trish once again took out the "most use" title.

The Round Robin introduced by Christiane - name your favourite summer event - was embraced with enthusiasm by all participants, showing their likes and dislikes of summer time.

Speech 1 by Vaughan was introduced by Marlene. This was Vaughan's Ice Breaker entitled "Full Circle" and showed that he is an up and coming Toastmaster with his strengths.

Vaughan and Marlene

 Speech 2 entitled "My View of the NDIS World" by Stephen was introduced by Evaluator Darryl.

Stephen and Darryl

Speech 3 by Blake "The World of Strata Finance" gave us a humourous and entertaining view of this topic, of which he spoke at length. The Evaluator was Trish.

Blake

Trish

Trish as Raffle Master predictably provided a purple bag containing the goodies, which were won by Liz, who also fulfilled the role of Timer.

The all time favourite of Table Topics was introduced by Gail. All topics contained a "Summer" theme and were answered by Trish, Marlene, Jonathon, Leanne, Casey and Darryl, but it has to be said that Leanne's was the "hottest".


Evaluators of Table Topics were Christiane and Carmy.

A treat was the Show and Tell segment presented by Leanne, as she is now officially the holder of a HR Driver's Licence.

Truck Driver Leanne

Casey gave tips for better speech with her Grammarian role, including trying to avoid the use of ums and ahs.

Casey

Jonathon gave a precise and insightful General Evaluation, highlighting areas where we shone and also some tips for running a better meeting.

Jonathon

Awards:

Best Speech: Vaughan, Best Evaluator: Trish, Best Table Topic: Marlene, Most Improved: Casey.

Happy Award Winners: Trish, Marlene, Vaughan and Casey

Christmas Break Up 2018

Our Christmas Break Up Dinner was a night of fun and festivities. The food was delicious. The pictures can tell you the rest of the story. 

See you all at our next meeting 22nd January 2019. 

Meeting 1028 "Procrastination."

It was the final meeting for the year, and it was a good one. Toastmaster Stephen had chosen the theme "Procrastination" which was something everyone could relate to.

Stephen

Vaughan

 Wordmaster Vaughan introduced the word "Delay."

Round Robin Master Monica asked, "What have you been putting off doing?" Just about everyone admitted to procrastinating.

Monica

 There were three prepared speeches. John T, who is an advanced Toastmaster is beginning the Pathways programme and presented his Icebreaker speech, "It's Only a Matter of Time."

Evaluator Marlene reassured new members that they would not be expected to be as proficient as John when they present their Icebreaker.

John T

Casey's speech was titled "Chasing the Rainbow Unicorn," and Eileen completed her Pathways Level 1 with her speech, "Finding Your Feet."

Casey

Eileen

They were evaluated by Leesa and Darryl.

Leesa

Darryl

Time Keeper Paul advised that there was time for a 15 break to enjoy the supper provided by Monica.

The Table Topics session was conducted by Trevor, who had brought children's books for participants to select and to speak about the titles. Our new members Vaughan and John A took part for the first time, and even our guest Beatriz answered a topic confidently.

Trevor

Gail -"Keeping Time"

Vaughan - "Parts make up a Whole"

John A - "Your Body"

Annette - "Riches from Nature"

Beatriz - "Changing Weather"

Paul -"Rules"

Chris - "Around the World"

Carmy - "Counting Stars"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette and Christiane.

Christiane reviewed a book she had enjoyed, "The Wedding Planner" by Melanie Lee Brody.

Christiane

Blake got on his Soapbox and told us how he feels about people who can't make a decent sandwich, particularly people whose job it is to make a sandwich. They "grind his gears!" Remember, tomato should not be the first thing placed on the bread, and the salt goes on the tomato!

Blake

Carmy

In a Show and Tell segment, Carmy showed a photo of her father and told us why it was special to her.

Leesa's raffle, a bottle of wine and scratch it tickets was won by Casey.

Leesa's raffle

Grammarian Chris commented on some of the colourful phrases used during the meeting  and Peter delivered a General Evaluation of the meeting.

Chris

Peter

President Christiane closed the meeting and presented the evenings awards to Darryl (best Evaluation,) Gail and Vaughan - tie (Best Table Topic,) Vaughan (Most Improved,) and Eileen (Best Speech.)

Award winners 27 November 2018

If you are coming to our break up dinner on the 11th December and haven't registered with Blake and paid for your meal, you will need to do it by 3rd December. 

Next meeting 25th January 2019.