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Monday 29 June 2015

Change Over Dinner 2015 "Light my Fire"

Club Officers 2015 - 2016
Welcome and Congratulations to the new Club Officers for 2015 - 2016. They are (from left to right)  Sergeant at Arms Nick, Treasurer Jim, Secretary Tim G, Vice Presidents Public Relations Marlene, Vice President Annette, Vice President Education Steve, and President John T.
Other club officers are News Bulletin Editor Sharyn and Parliamentarian John S. Past President Nicole is hidden behind Area Governor Jenny (on the right), who performed the induction ceremony.

Highlight of the evening was the awards to three club members who have performed exceptionally well during the year.  Nicole, was awarded Toastmaster of the Year and also won the 100% Attendance award, Most Improved  Toastmaster was Darryl and an Encouragement Award went to Amanda who has made consistent progress.

Amanda (Encouragement Award) Darryl (Most Improved)
Nicole (Toastmaster of the Year and 100% Attendance)

Another special  acknowledgement was for Trish, who received her 20 year badge. Trish has been an inspiration to the club since she joined in 1995.

Trish
Other highlights were...

Peter

Sharyn















The Invocation - Peter couldn't resist bursting into song.

Toastmaster Sharyn had plenty of quotes and poems in keeping with our theme "Light my Fire."

Table Topics.  Steve and Rose chose theme related topics for John S, Harry, Tammy, Marlene, Annette  Jenny. Darryl, and Trish.

Steve
Rose


Harr

Darryl

Marlene
Annette
Trish
Jenny

John S
Tammy

Incoming President's address. John T presented a stirring speech.


New President John T
The fellowship.
Catching up over a cuppa.



Our new Vice President Education was keen to allocate a role on next meeting's programme for our two newest members.
New members Tammy,& Tim with VPE Steve
Thanks to all who helped to make it a great night.

And thanks to Are Governor Jenny for your support and friendship during the year.

Because there were five Tuesdays in June, it will be an extra week till next meeting. See you all on the 14th July!


Friday 19 June 2015

New Position for Rose

Rose - Area 19 Governor
Congratulations to Rose on being apointed Area Governor for Area 19. No, not for our area - Area 19 takes in  Narangba, Western Suburbs, Bunya, Pines and SeeChange Clubs.

But Rose's home club is still Sandgate.

Sunday 14 June 2015

Meeting 945 "Ahoy, Me Hearties"


Pirates - Rose, Sharyn, John S, Jean S, Amanda, Marlene
A jolly time was had on the good ship, Sandgate Toastmasters. Toastmaster Long John S kept us entertained and informed with snippets of  historical facts and stories of pirates. John is actually the 36th grandson of the infamous Rollo the pirate.

John S
There were 6 guests, Heather, Rod, Zung James, Paul and Sandra.

President Nicole had the pleasure of inducting two new members, Tammy and Tim. Their mentors Annette and Jim promised to guide them in their Toastmasters journey.

Nicole inducted Tammy and Tim

Terry
Word Master Terry chose the word "Luxuriate," meaning to indulge in luxury. He also filled in as Round Robin Master, and, referring to the recent death of Alan Bond who was famous for his part in winning  America's Cup,  Terry asked, "What would you do to win America's Cup." This evoked some imaginative replies.
Table Topics Master John T threatened to make his victims walk the plank and called on "Actress" Nicole, "Scientest" Tim G, "Social Celebrity" Liz, and "Sports Star" Jim to use their persuasive speaking skills to save themselves.

John T


Nicole

Tim G



Liz W
Jim

They were evaluated by Peter.

Peter

There were three prepared speakers. Darryl spoke enthusiastically about "Power Posiing."

Darryl






















Steve told about his life on "The Isle of Man."


Steve

Jean S presented her "Icebreaker" speech and told us why life is like riding a bicycle.

Jean S






















The audience was rapt.


Nicole listening attentively

Evaluators were Rose, Liz and Dave.

Rose
Dave

The Business Session was chaired by Annette. 

Annette

Nicole's raffle, a voucher for a meal at "The Full Moon" was won by Tim G.

Ah and Aargh Counter Rose gave her report.

Grammarians Marlene and Nick commented on the use of nautical terms during the meeting, as well as colourful speech and grammatical slip ups.


Nick
Amanda conducted the General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Amanda
Award winners were Jean S (Best speech and Personal Best,) John S (Best Contribution) and Liz W (Best Table Topic and Best Evaluation.)

Winners 9 June 2015

Jean's colourful costume deserves an extra photo.

Jean S

Next meeting is our Change Over Dinner. It is a catered meal, so if you have not already done so, you will need to let Nicole know if you are coming and pay for your meal. The theme will be "Light my Fire." 

Don't forget to bring a book in good condition for the raffle.



Saturday 30 May 2015

Meetiong 944 "Mind Your Language"



Marlene
The vagaries of the English language provided entertainment at the meeting. Toastmaster of the evening Marlene gave some examples of Spoonerisms and Malaprops.

We had three guests, Paul, James and Tami.


Word Master Jean S chose the word "desist," meaning "to stop doing something, cease or abstain."

Jean

Dave
Dave was Round Robin Master and asked us for a favourite word or phrase.

A few of them were "chocolate," "celebrate," " philosophy," " immune," " Mississippi," " Daddy, " "risk it for the biscuit" "wisdom doesn't grow on whiskers" "Carpe Deum." etc.







Pam had Table Topics for Jean, Nick and Jim. She described scenarios and asked "What would you say..."

Pam

Jean

Nick
      
Jim

Harry had topics for Liz, John T and Rosanne.

Harry
Liz
                                                                                                                                                             
John 
Rosanne

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette.

Annette
Reza's speech "Wandalust" was evaluated by Peter.

Reza

Peter







Nicole evaluated Amanda's speech about white lies.

Amanda
Nicole























Tim's speech "Get to the Point" was evaluated by Trish.

Tim

Trish







An Educational Session on Goal Setting was presented by John T.


John T

Time Keeper Rosanne announced that we were running overtime.

Grammarian Sharyn reported on our use of  language during the evening.

Sharyn

Dave's raffle was two scarves made by his wife Sandy. 

Dave






















They were won with great enthusiasm by Trish and Sharyn. 


Raffle prize for Trih


Sharyn ran for her prize

Rose
The General Evaluator was Rose.

President Nicole presented Jean with her new member badge.

Badge for Jean
The evenings awards went to Trish (Best Evaluator,) John T (Best Table Topic,) Amanda (Best Speech,) Jean (Personal Best,) and Marlene (Best Contribution.)

Winners 26 May 2015