Meeting 1100 - Building Bridges

 An opening address by President Trish welcomed Area Director Mark, and return guest Shane. This was a fully Zoom conducted Meeting, owing to the usual venue still observing restricted access.

Liz We. was Toastmaster, and what she doesn't know about bridges, their history, location and variety, isn't worth knowing. Our edification was extensive.

Liz We.

Toast by John T. was to "The Importance of Building Bridges in our Lives".

John T.

Hazel

Wordmaster Hazel provided the meaning and extensive examples of the word "Collaborate" and it's derivatives. Liz We. used it the most.

Paul conducted Table Topics, and posed the question - describe a memory associated with your favourite bridge.

Paul

Timer Leanne adeptly monitored the times with a set of traffic lights making it easy for Members to keep an eye on the timing.

Leanne

Speeches:

Josh was introduced by Evaluator Gail, the title of his speech "Preventing Waste through a Circular Economy". It was from Level 1 Researching and Presenting. Congratulations Josh on completing Level 1 of Pathways.

Josh

Gail

Gokul's speech entitled "The Opportunity" was evaluated by Arun. Congratulations also to Arun for completing Level 1 of Pathways.

Arun

Gokul

Trish presented a speech entitled "My Mentoring Experience" from Level 2 Visionary Communication. It was evaluated by Liz Wo.

Trish

Liz Wo.

Area Director Mark addressed the Members, and presented Tony with his 15 year service Award, if not in person, in spirit.

Mark

Table Topics segment was a joint effort by Carmy and Tony. Participants Marlene, Trish, Gail, Paul Leanne and Gokul gave interesting responses to "bridge" related questions. The topics were evaluated by Paul and Hazel.

Marlene

Carmy

Tony

Peter B. used his Show and Tell segment to tell of his love of Music and playing guitar. He had a particular Music Book to assist his learning journey. His advice - start at the beginning.

Peter B.

General Evaluation was presented by John T, dissecting our progress and reflecting on the Meetings progress.

Awards: Best Speech: Trish; Best Evaluator: Paul; Best Table Topic: Leanne; Most Improved: Arun.

Best Quote of the night: Go Build a Bridge - and Get Over It.

Next meeting on zoom

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Meeting 1099 - Love is in the Air

 The Club once again ran a Zoom Meeting, with the hope that the next will be a hybrid.

Trish opened the Meeting and welcomed guests David (from Peninsula Club), Shane and Heidi, giving a total of 18 participants on Zoom.

Trish

Toastmaster Leanne asked Marlene to give program changes.

Leanne

Marlene

Hazel followed this with a toast to a great writer "Thich Nhat Hanh," a Vietnamese monk. He lived to age 95, only passing away last month. He spent a lifetime writing about love including books "The Art of Living" and "True Love". His message was simple - to be present for the people you love.

Hazel

Gail was Wordmaster and provided a suitable word in "Allure, or Alluring". Hazel's French pronunciation of this word was delightful.

Gail

Round Robin was conducted by Gokul - with the topic "Something you love". There were various loves among the members and guests, including travel, quilting, chocolate, partner and family.

Gokul

John T. gave a speech from Level 5 Pathways - which was a marathon effort at 18-22 minutes. His topic "You are only Young Twice" kept the audience engaged with humour and personal stories. A memorable quote was "I decline to decline". The speech was evaluated by Tony.

John

Tony

Timekeeper Liz Wo. kept the coloured backgrounds operating for correct timing.

Liz Wo.

A Business Session was very ably conducted by Paul. Congratulations for the Reports format which were distributed by email prior to the Meeting.

Paul

Table Topics Master was Paul, who gave love themed topics to Gokul, Peter, Marlene, Hazel, Carmy and Trish.

Peter

Carmy

These were evaluated by Josh and Arun.

Josh

Arun

Liz We. was General Evaluator. She covered all areas of the Meeting. She also congratulated Members and expressed appreciation for the fellowship prior to beginning the Meeting, which she hopes can be in person next Meeting. 

Liz We.

Awards:

Best Speech: John T; Best Evaluator: Tony; Best Table Topic: Trish; Most Improved: Arun.

Meeting 1098 - Burns Night

 This was a Zoom Meeting owing to closure of our usual venue at the Brighton Wellness Hub.

Josh opened the Meeting and introduced President Trish. We were reminded of the Division Conference to take place on 19 March at Nundah. Member Liz We. was welcomed back to Australia and to our Club, if not in person just yet.

Josh

Trish

Toastmaster John T. then explained the Burns Night theme. Robbie Burns was known as the "Bard of Scotland".  He was a storyteller, poet, and wrote the famous "Auld Lang Syne" lyrics. His birthday was 25 January so the celebration is held in his honour each year.

John T.

Carmy proposed a toast to "Robbie Burns" .

Carmy

The Wordmaster Chris gave us "Supper"  - referring to the meal partaken on on Burns Night. It was widely used all evening, as well as John explaining what comprised such a supper.

Chris

Round Robin topic by Hazel was "Who is your favourite storyteller or poet? Many varied answers included Billy Connolly, Pamela Ayres and Jeanne Robertson.

Hazel

Gail presented Table Topics. Participants were Marlen, Tony, Josh, Carmy, Trish and Chris. The Evaluators were Liz Wo. and Hazel.

Liz

Gail

Set Speeches:

Arun's Speech "Staying Relevant in Changing Times" was evaluated by Marlene.

Arun

Marlene

Leanne's Speech "Preparation is the Key" was evaluated by Paul.

Leanne

Paul

Timer Paul kept that clock ticking and provided coloured backgrounds to signal times.

Tony evaluated Liz We's speech "What is Orange".

Tony

Liz We.

General Evaluation was presented by Trish, giving helpful tips for when holding Meetings via Zoom, which included how to emphasise hand gestures and choice of background. She congratulated all on an easy conversion to online Meetings.

Awards:

Best Speech: Liz We.; Best Evaluator: Hazel; Best Table Topic: Carmy; Most Improved: Carmy.

The next Meeting with also be via Zoom.

Meeting 1097 Christmas Break Up

 What a fun night our Christmas Break Up meeting was! There was so much laughter!

The Round Robin conducted by Dan "What was your worst Christmas gift?" was one of the funniest ever. 

Dan - Round Robin

Dana & Josh

Christane & Shane

We had a short speech by John which was a report on our successful District 69 50th Anniversary Dinner. 

John - Level 5 Speech

Tony - introduced speech

Trish conducted a heads or tails Christmas Trivia Quiz.  

Trish - Trivia Quiz

There was a Photo Quiz by Christiane, who had collected childhood photos of us all. 

Christiane - Photo Quiz

Who is it?

Can you guess?

And a Christmas Supper.

Lots of yummy food.

We had a Secret Santa and finished with Table Topics. 

Peter S

Arun

Hazel

Paul

Chris

Gail

Peter D & Trish

Narelle

Gokul

Three lucky people won the Christmas Hampers.

We were completely "whelmed" by it all. There, I used Gail's word for the evening!

Merry Christmas Everyone! We'll be back on the 25th January 2022.

Those present - thanks to Shane for taking photo.