Meeting 984 "Cities of the World"

Two new members! Chris and Blake were inducted by President Steve.

We welcomed guests  Allan (from Redcliffe Peninsula Toastmasters,) Tracey, Robyn, Nicole, Ian and Deb.

Toastmaster Darryl took us on a journey to cities around the world.

Darryl

Word Master Marlene chose the word "Twiffler" which is a plate that is sized in between a dinner plate and a side plate.  It comes from the dutch word twijfelen which means to be unsure.

Round Robin Master Nick asked, "What is your favourite city to visit?"

Nick

There were two Icebreaker Speeches.

Nikki's speech "The Cities of Me" was about her life in different cities.

Nikki

Chris told what had led him to join Toastmasters.

Chris

They were evaluated by Marlene and Dave.

Dave

 Allan treated us to a preview of the speech he will present in the Metro Division Contest.

Evaluator Jonathon invited everyone to give Allan some feedback.

Allan

Jonathon

Nick's raflfle was won by Jonathon.

Nick's raffle

Jonathon

John's Table Topics were answered by Leesa, Steve, Blake, Christiane, Anne

tte, Carmy, Karen and Liz.

TT Master John T

Leesa - "City better than Country"

Steve - "Best place to live"

Blake - "Where to take a friend in Brisbane"

Christiane -"Visit a city in the past"

Annette - "Mayor of  Brisbane"

Carmy -  "Country better than City"

Liz - "Why Brisbane best city"

Karen-"Brisbane in 2050"

They were evaluated by Paul and Annette.

Paul

Christiane conducted a Listening Quiz.

Carmy gave a review of a book she had read, "Two Hours that lasted Five Years"  by Billy Blake.

The General Evaluator was Jim.

Jim

The evening's awards went to Chris (Personal Best,) Darryl (Best Contribution,) Nikki (Best Speech,) Karen Best Table Topic and Jonathon (Best Evalution.)

Winners 28 Feb 2017

All the best to Annette who is competing in the Evaluation Contest and Allan in the Speech Contest at the Metro Division Conference on the 11th March.

Next meeting 14th March. Don't forget, Semi Annuals are due 1st April, so you will need to bring your fee next meeting unless you pay online..

Meeting 983 "Let's Get Romantic"

VPE Annette opened the meeting

Annette opened the meeting in  President Steve's absence. Get well soon, Steve! There were three guests, Robyn, Deb and Peter.

Toastmaster John

Round Robin  - Darryl

 Darryl's question was "What is your favourite romantic song, book or movie?'

Wordmaster Christiane

The word fo the evening was "Twitterpated," with an alternative "Smitten." Both meaning "to be completely enamoured with someone or something."


There were three prepared speeches by Kirsty, Carmy and Trish.

Kirsty - "Writing an Assignment"

Carmey - "Torres Strait Islands"

Trish - "Believe, Act, Share"

Which were evaluated by Jim, Annette, and Jonathon.

Jim

Annette

Jonathon

Table Topics Master Christiane called on Darryl, Marlene, Tim, Leanne, Chris, Annette T, Paul and Nick.

Daryl & Marlene - Exchanged wedding vows.

Tim - "Romantic candle"

Leanne - "heart"

Chris - "chocolate."

Paul - "Toastmasters instead of  Romantic evening

Nick - "St Valentine's on different day?

Peter - "Prenup

They were evaluated by Dave and Leesa.

Dave

Leesa

Leanne - Grammarian

 General Evaluator - Annette M

The Business Session was chaired by Jonathon. Paul was Time Keeper.
Annette T's mystery raffle was won by Chris. It was a dinner for two at The Full Moon.


Award winners were Carmy -( Personal Best,) John T Best Contribution,) Trish (Best Speech,) Jonathon (Best Evaluation,) and Leanne (Best Table Topic.)

Winners 14th Feb 2017

Next meeting 28th February.

Meeting 982 "Travel"

It was our first meeting for the year. We were pleased to welcome 6 guests - Nicole, Deb, Peter, Chris, Blake and Area 15 Director Annette M. (There were 3 Annettes at our meeting!)

Our president Steve was absent, so V.P.E. Annette T opened the meeting and handed control to Toastmaster Reza.

Reza

Wordmaster Paul introduced the word "Anticipation."

Round Robin Master Kirsty  asked "What are you going to do in 2017?"  which prompted some ambitious ideas.

Tim presented a speech on "Bullying." and was evaluated by Dave.

Tim

Dave

In her 5th project speech, Christiane spoke about her fear of dogs and spiders.

Christiane

It was evaluated by Annette T.

Annette T

Jonathon had prepared Table Topics about travel for Dave, Annette T, Marlene, Blake, Leesa, Carmy, Paul, Blake and Chris.

Jonathon

Dave - "Where to go."

Annette T + "Trip from Hell"

Blake - "20 cents a day"

Leesa  - "Romantic Trip"

Carmy - "Jet lag remedy"

Paul   - "Itinerary ."

Chris - "visit 3 heroes"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Annette W and Darryl.

Darryl

Annette W

Area 15 Director Annette M spoke about the coming Metropolitan Division Conference, which will be held on Saturday 11th March 2017 at the Tavernenetta Function Centre, Carseldine.

Annette M -  Area 15 Director

In her Show and Tell segment, Leanne used the projector to show pictures of the exciting event she had attended - and had been presented with an award for Sales Development Manager of the Year!

Leanne

Marlene was Grammarian and Carmy conducted a Listening Quiz.
Karen was time keeper.

Carmy

Karen

In her book review, Leesa explained why she loves "Poldark."

Leesa

Christiane's  "mystery" raffle was won by Leanne.

The General Evaluation of the entire meeting was presented by Liz.

Liz

The evenings awards were presented to Blake (Personal Best,) Annette T (Best Table Topic,) Reza (Best Contribution,) Darryl (Best Evaluation,) and Christiane (Best Speech.)

Award Winners 24 Jan 201

It will be an extra week until the next meeting, as there were 5 Tuesdays in January. See you on the 14th February.