Meeting 1172 "Anniversaries"

 The meeting was a celebration of a special Anniversary - Trish's 30 years in Toastmasters. As well as being a member of our club, Trish has been an Area Director several times, Division Director, and has been District Historian. Our club president Helen presented Trish with flowers and a plaque commemorating her 30 years in our club.

Trish and Helen

Another highlight of the evening was the induction of our new member Robert. 

Gail H was Toastmaster. 

Robert

Gail

Robert proposed a toast to "Victory."

The word of the evening chosen by Eoin was "Heliotrope" - a shade of purple, which is Trish's favourite colour.

Eoin

Paul

Round Robin Master Paul invited everyone to share a memorable Anniversary.

George presented a short speech "Embracing Change" and told us about some changes in his life.

The second speaker was John with his speech "Valuing Members." - about the role of Vice President Membership.

George

John

Marlene's speech "Spread the Word" was about the Vice President Public Relations role.

Marlene

Evaluators were Peter, Arun and Chris.

Peter

Arun

Chris

Scarlett was timekeeper - her first time in the role.

Scarlett and Helen

In the absence of a Raffle Master, Trish volunteered to donate an hour with herself, which she quickly clarified to be for training purpose. It was won by Paul.

Helen had prepared a presentation of Trish's achievements during her 30 years in Toastmasters. When the computer failed to connect with the big screen, she quickly adjusted to "Plan B" which everyone could see.

Helen

This was followed by the presentation of the plaque and Trish responded with an entertaining impromptu speech.

Trish

Trish

The celebration continued with supper. Helen had prepared a cake with purple frosting, while John provided savoury snacks.

Purple cake

Helen

Trish & Helen

The meeting continued with Table Topics. Jonathon had some challenging topics for Paul, Eoin, Helen, Maurie, Trish and Trevor.

Jonathon

Eoin

Maurie

Helen

Trish

Trevor

The Table Topics were evaluated by Narelle and Maddy. 

Maddy

A General Evaluation of the meeting was conducted by Trish with some helpful suggestions.

President Helen invited comments from our guests Maurie and Allan, then presented the evening's awards to Narelle (Best Evaluation,) Trish (Best Table Topic,) Maddy (Most Improved,) and Marlene (Best Speech.)

Awards 8 April 2025

Next Meeting 22nd April. 

Extra meeting 29th April. (Debate.)

Meeting 1171 "Ireland"

 Our regular meeting place was undergoing storm damage repairs, but thanks to the resourcefulness of our president Helen and VPE Christiane and the generosity of the Redcliffe Church of Christ, we were able to conduct our meeting in the church hall.

Scarlett, Eoin and Robert

Because St Patrick's Day is in March, Toastmaster Narelle had chosen the theme "Ireland."

Marlene proposed a toast to "The Irish and their sense of humour."

Helen chose the word for the evening - "Harmonious." It was used at least once by most members.

Helen

Scarlett

Round Robin Master Scarlett asked "What travel item would you take with you to make a long trip more comfortable?"

Amy, Rusell, Arun, Trevor

Eoin (a genuine Irishman) presented his Icebreaker speech, "From the fields to the cloud."

Amy presented her second speech titled "Fear." 

Eoin

Amy

Arun spoke about his Toastmasters Journey and Christiane's speech "Please Explain" was about her leadership style as Vice President Education.

Arun

Christiane

Speech Evaluators were Gail H, Marlene, Trevor and Helen.

Gail

Marlene

Trevor

Helen

Chris presented his raffle - a beautiful pot plant and a large umbrella. The lucky winner was Arun. Chris was also timekeeper.

Chris

Supper was provided by Chris and Eoin.

Gail, Eoin and Trevor

Christiane had some challenging Table Topics for Marlene, Scarlett, Amy, Robert, Trevor and Eoin.

Marlene - "Builder of the Titanic"

Scarlett - " Guiness recipe" 

Amy - "Played the harp"

Robert - "Pirate"

Trevor - "Acting the Maggot"

Eoin - "Longest place name"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Chris and Arun.

Chris

Arun

Gail gave a mini speech on what the role of Secretary entails.   Marlene conducted a "Who am I?" segment. Amy was quick to guess that the person was Meghan Markle.

Gail

Robert presented a General Evaluation of the meeting.

President Helen announced the evening's award winners: Amy (Best Speech,) Eoin (Most Improved,) Marlene (Best Contribution and best Table Topic) and Helen (Best Evaluation.)

Award winners 25th March 2025

Next meeting on the 8th April we will celebrating Trish's 30 years in Toastmasters.

Semi Annuals are due NOW. Please contact us if you need the banking details.

Moreton Division Conference at North Lakes

 

Congratulations to the competitors from our club, John and Christiane! John took first place in the International Speech Contest with his speech "Are You Listening?"  Christiane came third in the Table Topics Contest. The topic was "Don't Panic."

John and Christiane

John

7 of our club members were able to attend. Marlene, Gail, Trish, Christiane, John, Helen and Will.

Sandgate Club members

John and Gail

Conference Room, Corso. North Lakes.