Our first meeting for 2020 got off to a good start with president Gail presenting Peter and Stephen with their recently earned Competent Communicator badge.
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| Peter & Stephen received CC badges |
Gail also welcomed our guests Deborah, Hayley, Jose and Shane.
Toastmaster Jonathon had chosen the word "Resolutions" as the theme of the meeting.
Leesa presented a toast to the victims of the terrible bushfires we have been having in Australia.
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| Jonathon |
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| Leesa |
In the absence of the Wordmaster, Jonathon suggested the word "Purpose." Our guest Hayley volunteered to keep track of how many times it was used during the evening.
Christiane introduced the Round Robin, by beginning a story about a rat (it's the year of the rat) and each person added to it, making it a very improbable tale involving a hallucinating rat that somehow travelled between India and Queensland and ended up back at The Full Moon Hotel.
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| Christiane |
We heard 3 excellent speeches. Paul's speech "What is the Coronavirus?" was very authoritative and would have allayed any fears that anyone might have about the virus.
It was evaluated by Gail
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| Paul |
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| Gail |
Darryl's speech "Give Peas a Chance" was light-hearted and created some laughs while conveying in-depth information about peas.
Leanne (his wife) managed to give an unbiased evaluation.
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| Darryl |
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| Leanne |
Chris, who is a fire fighter gave us an insight into the work he is doing and some of his aspirations in his speech "Level Up."
It was evaluated by Blake.
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| Chris |
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| Blake |
Raffle Master Peter kept us laughing and guessing what next he would pull out of his bag of Australian goodies. It was won by Jose, one of our guests.
Timekeeper Dan reported that the meeting was running on time.
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| Peter |
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| Dan |
Supper, provided by Carmy, was a good time to mingle.
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| Supper time |
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| Supper time |
Table Topics Master Monica had prepared some theme related topics and called on Christiane, Leesa, Stephen, and Peter as well as guests Jose and Hayley (who had bravely volunteered) to deliver a 1-2 minute impromptu speech.
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| Monica |
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| Christiane |
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| Leesa |
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| Stephen |
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| Jose |
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| Peter |
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| Hayley |
The Table Topics were evaluated by Casey and Peter.
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| Casey |
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| Peter |
Marlene presented a story telling segment, by reading a familiar story
"Ladle Rat Rotten Hut" which was written in different words to show the importance of correct intonation when telling a story.
Liz was General Evaluator and gave a report on had what worked well and what could be improved during the meeting.
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| Marlene |
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| Liz |
President Gail presented the evenings awards to Paul (Best Speech,) Blake (Best Evaluator - not in photo. He left early.) Christiane (Best Table Topic) and Stephen and Chris (tie - Most Improved.)
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| Paul, Chris, Stephen, Christiane, Gail. Awards 28 Jan 2020 |
Next meeting on the 11th February will be a "Draw" meeting. All meeting roles (except prepared speeches) will be drawn from a hat or other suitable container, so come prepared to do anything!
