Meeting 903 "Setting Goals"

New member Ian inducted by new President Liz We

Our Toastmasters year always begins on the first of July, so this was a fresh start for us all. The first duty our new President Liz had to perform was to induct a new member Ian into our club. Dave has offered to be Ian's mentor.

Amanda

Amanda took on the role of Toastmaster of the evening for the first time. She
welcomed our guest Bronwyn and kept the meeting running smoothly, with inspiring quotes interspersed between segments.

Word Master Marlene introduced a  familiar word, "should've" which is a contraction of "should have" - not "should of." She explained that anyone who has written "should of" in an email should've used "should have." The same applies to "would have" "could have" and "must have."

Round Robin Master Nick sent us down memory lane when he asked  if we were a fan of the  Beetles and which one was our favourite.

Ron  used the theme of the meeting in his Table Topics. "The toughest goal you have ever set yourself," "Resolutions are meant to be broken," "How to present your goals to a long serving employee that you have to stand down." "When someone else sets goals for you," and "Why do they put round pizzas in square boxes?" (This is not the exact wording of the topics.)

Jim answers a Table Topic

The topics were answered by Bev, John T, Nicole, Jim, and Liz We.  Annette evaluated the Table Topics and congratulated the speakers and suggested that they could have moved the lectern aside to give them freedom of movement when answering.









Sharyn presented a speech from the advanced manual "The Entertaining Speaker." Her speech was about "Opinions." The speech was evaluated by Liz Wo.

Sharyn

Liz Wo

Jonathon was the first to try out our club's new data projector when he presented his speech, "Minding your Medicine."  It was evaluated by Maureen.

Jonathon tries the new projector,

The Business session was efficiently chaired by Trish. The main item discussed was the information stall we will be conducting at the local Einbunpin Festival on the 28th July.

General Evaluator John T commented  that it was a pity that our Parliamentarian was not present to see  how well the business session was conducted.

Grammarian Nicole commented on the use of  descriptive word pictures and alliteration by some of the speakers as well the ums and aahs, that some of us need to avoid.

John T

Nicol

Our Raffle Master Robert was not present, but he had sent the raffle prize with Dave, who presented the raffle. It was 2 bags containing pot plants. June and Del were the lucky winners.
Peter won the Books that Marlene had brought.

President Liz We closed the meeting after presenting the evening awards to Bev (Personal Best,) Annette (Best Evaluator,) Nicole and John T (Best Table Topic,) Jonathon (Best Speech,) and Amanda (Best Contribution.

Award Winners 9th July

Changeover Dinner 2013 (Meeting 902)

Executive Team 2013/2014

Welcome and Congratulations to our newly inducted  Executive Officers for 2013 -2014.

They are (from left to right) V.P. Education Marlene, V.P.Membership Maureen, V.P.Public Relations Amanda, President Liz (in centre) Treasurer Nicole, Secretary Leesa and Sergeant-at-Arms Ron.

Other members of the executive team are Immediate Past President Annette and Parliamentarian John S.

Area Governor Denise installed the new executive and presented Annette with the "Toastmaster of the Year" trophy. This award is based on a points system. The points are earned by filling meeting roles, earning Toastmasters Awards, winning Contests, etc.

Annette - Toastmaster of the Year with Area Gov Denise

Another surprised trophy recipient was Dave, who won the President's Award, which is sometimes awarded to a Toastmaster who performs above and beyond their call of duty. Dave never misses a meeting. He is one of the first to arrive to help set up. He is always ready to fill in at the last moment, compete in a contest, or to mentor a new member.

Dave won President's Award & 100%  Attendance

The theme of the evening was "stripes," and people certainly came in different stripes!  Sharyn and Trish wore more stripes than anyone else.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Incoming Area Governor Sharyn with Trish

We are thrilled that one our own members, Sharyn is to be Area Governor this year. Sharyn's effervescent personality is always evident at our meetings.

Her slogan for this year is "Formula Fun!"

Sharyn in Table Topics

Sharyn won a raffle prize

It was a memorable night. Toastmaster Trish entertained us with information about stripes and she had prepared a Trivia quiz that tested our lateral thinking as well as our knowledge.

John T and Nicole had some really challenging Table Topics for  Annette, Dave, Liz Wo, John S, Sharyn, Maureen, Trish & Harry.

Maureen & Nicole

Liz & John T

Annette

John S

Harry

Trish

Last year's book raffle was so popular, we repeated it this year. Everyone brought books - most of them pre read but in pristine condition. They were raffled in bundles of four or five and there were enough for 10 lucky winners.

Incoming President Liz We presented an inspiring speech. She spoke of the club's past achievements and  our aspirations as we approach our 40th year.

Incoming President Liz Wo

Our 2013 - 2014 Toastmasters year is off to a good start!

Meeting 901 "Pets"

Jazzi Rose

The theme of our meeting was "Pets," so I couldn't resist showing you Leesa's new pup, Jazzi Rose. Now for the meeting itself....

 Trish opened the meeting, in the absence of our president Annette and handed control to Toastmaster for the evening, Marlene.

Maureen was prepared

Our Wordmaster was not present, but Maureen was prepared and presented the word "Excogitate," meaning "to think out, or to study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully" It is so good when members come prepared to fill in where needed!

Round Robin Master Liz We asked us to tell about a pet we have owned. Some of the pets mentioned were, lambs, calves, chickens, parrot, cats, dogs - poodle,  daschund, tree snake, and someone (guess who!) mentioned unicorns and dragons!

Peter

Amanda

Peter conducted the Table Topics session and encouraged the participants to use plenty of body language. The topics were all related to pets and were answered by Inge, Maureen, John S, and Jonathon.


They were evaluated by Amanda.

Liz We  demonstrated her skills in using visual aids with her speech "From Novice to Expert."
It was evaluated by Nicole.

Liz We

Nicole

John T's speech was titled "Get on the Floor and Work Your Core" He sucessfully fulfilled the objectives of the manual project "Your Body Speaks." 

John T uses effective body language.

Jonathon evaluated John's speech.

Jonathon

Maureen presented the raffle, which was an assortment of items and it was won by Liz. 

Maureen's raffle

Trish

Trish gave an interesting report on the recent District 69 Conference.

The Business Session was conducted by John S. The main items were discussed were;
Changing our club's account to a local bank and the decision to purchase a projector for our club. Time keeper Dave report that we were running over time.

Inge tested our listening skills with a quiz.


The entire meeting was evaluated by General Evaluator, Liz Wo.



Trish presented the evenings awards to Peter (Personal Best,) Marlene (Best Contribution,) Jonathon (Best Table Topic and Best Evaluator) and John T (Best Speech.)

Peter, Marlene, Jonathon & John T

Remember our 'Childhood Memories' meeting...well Jennine, I think Harry was playing the scary zombie game...

Why I Do What I Do - Great Toastmaster's Speech

This speech recording was made some time ago, but it's well worth revisiting. If you missed it the first time, what do you think?


How many people can honestly say they love what they do? How many people actually know "WHY" they do what they do in life?
This speech offers an explanation about why it is so important to know you "WHY" and to make sure you do what you love.

Meeting 900 "Wheels"

I missed our 900th meeting, but Leesa has taken some photos. Thanks Leesa! 

If you were at the meeting we'd love to have your input on what happened.

John S

John  S. was Toastmaster of the evening.

Jonathon

Jonathon presented the raffle. It was won by our guest, Ian.

Some of the Audience

Annette

Annette had the winning ticket for the raffle from the District Conference. Unfortuntely, the prize was a kilo bag of salted nuts & Annette is on a salt free diet. The raffle was redrawn & Liz We won it.

Dave

Dave evaluated Trish's speech

Liz We

 General Evaluation by Liz We

Trish

 Trish was voted best Speaker

Winners
Amanda, Peter, Trish, Jennine & John S

Amanda (Personal Best,) Peter (Best Table Topic,) Trish (Best Speech,) Jennine (Best Evaluation,) & John S (Best Contribution.)

Meeting 899 "Childhood Memories" & Election

Toastmaster Dave, Amanda

It was another fun filled meeting. 
Toastmaster Dave kept us entertained with stories from his childhood. 

The Toast was presented by Jim and the Mission Statement read by Nick.

Jim, Nick reading Mission Statement, Harry

 We welcomed Ben, a member of ACS Toastmasters, who was visiting our club. also Ernie who has been a member of our club, but hasn't been able to attend meetings for some time.

Our Word Master was not present, but Amanda who was in the Hot Seat had come prepared and presented the word "Gambol." It means to play boisterously, or (noun) a light hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. 

Several people used the word during the evening.

Round Robin Master Ron asked what naughty things we had done during our childhood. This resulted in some amusing confessions.

Monica had prepared the first three Table Topics, which Jonathon presented in her absence.
They were "I wish I was young again because....., " 

"Why are today's childhoods just as good as they were in the past?"  and

"Tell about some games you played as a child."

Robert, Ron and Inge seemed to have no trouble speaking on these topics.

Robert, Ron & Inge

The second three topics were presented by Inge.
"If you accidentally bumped and dinted another car in a parking lot and nobody was around, would you report it?"

"What profession would you have chosen, other than the one you did?" (This is not the same wording Inge used.)

"Manners."  (Can't remember the exact topic, it was very involved.)

These were answered by Leesa, Marlene & Sharyn.

Leesa,  Marlene, & Sharyn

The Table Topics were evaluated by John T and our guest Toastmaster, Ben.

John T

Ben

There were two speeches. The first scheduled speaker was unable to attend, so Marlene presented a speech she had performed many years ago.  (It's a good idea to keep a  copy of your speeches. You never know when they might be needed.) It was about incidents from her son's childhood and how his behaviour was appropriate for his age.

Harry

Later, when Time Keeper Liz W confessed that she had forgotten to time one of the meeting segments, Sharyn said, "That's alright, that's appropriate for your age!"

Harry gave us an informative speech on visual aids, and offered some useful tips, such as never use coloured text on coloured backgrounds, and never use the font, comic sans.
 (Later when passing round the self nomination sheet for next meeting, VPE Marlene said "You'll notice the names are printed in Comic Sans....")

The speeches were evaluated by Terry and Maureen.

Terry

Maureen

Robert provided the biscuits for supper and thoughtfully had brought some gluten free crackers for those on a special diet.

The Business Session was chaired by Amanda, bravely stepping in at the last minute. It was her first time in that role and Parliamentarian John S congratulated her on the way she handled it. Immediate Past President Sharyn was called on to conduct the Election of Club Officer during the Business Session.

Congratulations to our newly elected club officers who will take on their roles from the beginning of July, when our new Toastmasters year commences.

President	Liz We
Vice President Education	Marlene
Vice President Membership	Maureen
Vice President Public Relations	Amanda
Secretary	Leesa
Treasurer	Nicole
Sergeant at Arms	Ron
Parliamentarian & Auditor	John S
Web Site Coordinator	Marlene

Leesa's raffle was a selection of sweets that we all remembered from childhood - Clinkers, Freckles, Jaffas, etc. It was won by Amanda.

Did you know that John S is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror? He had brought a long list of descendants to prove it.

Nicole

Annette

Nicole gave us an encouraging General Evaluation and Annette handed out the evenings awards. They went to
Amanda (Personal Best,) Maureen and John T - tie (Best Evaluation,) Harry (Best Speech,) Ron (Best Table Topic,) and Dave (Best Contribution.)

Award winners 14 th May 2013