Meeting 1065 - Enid Blyton

After President Leanne opening the Meeting and welcoming guests Eric, Callum, Zakk and visiting Toastmaster Philomena, control was handed to Toastmaster for the evening, Christiane. Joe from India, who is the Area Governor for D98, also joined the Meeting on Zoom.

Peter was called upon for the Toast - to Children's Stories.

Trevor presented the Word - Efficacy - which can be rather hard to pronounce, however it was used several times and the most appropriate user was Christiane.

Round Robin by Jakob asked everyone to describe their favourite book.

Speech 1 - Gail - Evaluated by Liz Wo. It was a Pathways Social Speech, and Gail chose a Eulogy to her Aunt, Ida Betts.

Speech 2 - Jonathon - Evaluated by Liz We. The title was “Leaders - Born or Made”.

The Raffle Master was John, who enticed us with a set of coffee mugs and bottle of wine. The winner was Leanne.

Timer Dan provided accurate records of all speeches and evaluations and kept the meeting running on time.

Table Topics presented by Leesa involved an Enid Blyton story. Speakers were John, Annette, Gokul, Carmy, Philomena, Chris D, Trevor and Jakob.

Table Topics Evaluators Leanne and Darryl gave supportive encouragement to all participants.

Annette provided feedback in her role as Grammarian. She particularly commented on the number of ums.

Marlene provided the General Evaluation, commenting that the sound did prove difficult for the Zoom participants, however it is all a learning curve.

Awards:

Best Speech - Jonathon. Best Evaluation - Leanne. Best Table Topic - Philomena. Most Improved - Jakob.

Meeting No 1064 - Transportation

Sargent-at-Arms Dan efficiently called the Meeting to order, followed by President Leanne welcoming guests. From Bracken Ridge Toastmasters Club, Denise, Sue and Dave, and first time guests Callum and Edward, also returning guest Eric.

Toastmaster Paul commenced the program calling on a Toast from Jonathon. In keeping with the theme, his toast was to "The Bicycle".

Paul

Wordmaster Gail chose "Attrition" and recorded those Members who were able to incorporate it in their segments.

Gail

Round Robin by Leanne was again themed - what was your most memorable transport.

Leanne

Prepared Speeches:

Hazel gave her Ice Breaker "What Brings Me Here" and it was evaluated by Christiane.

Dan truly convinced us with his speech "Why I need a Boat", evaluated by Chris H.

Timing was amazingly kept on Australian time by Liz W in the U.K.

Liz W with her colourful timing backgrounds

Carmy presented the Table Topics, choosing 4 participants - Casey on how to get to the North Pole, Monica about future transport, John became a racing driver, and Leanne was asked what was her best mode of transport.

Carmy on Zoom

The Table Topics were evaluated by JP and Annette.

Annette

A very innovative raffle of a fist full of scratchies (to go buy your essential supplies) was well sold by Casey. And the winner - Dan, who might even scratch enough to put a deposit on that boat.

Further Prepared Speeches:

Gokul also presented his Ice Breaker for Pathways, entitled "All About Myself" and it was evaluated by Trevor.

Chris D's speech (Evaluation Level 1) was titled "Never Underestimate the Knowledge of learning a new skill" and was evaluated by Liz.

Marlene very competently conducted the Business Session, finishing before the allocated time.

Grammarian Trish gave highlights and reminded us of pausing to take a breath rather than using ums and ahs.

Trish on Zoom

The night concluded with the General Evaluation by John.

Awards:

Best Speech - Dan, Best Evaluation - Liz, Best Table Topic - John, Most Improved - Hazel.

Dan, John, Liz, Hazel and President Leanne

 Return Guest Eric enjoyed the Meeting

Meeting 1063 "Vive La France"

It was our first meeting for the new Toastmasters year 2020 - 2021.  Some of our members were able to meet together in person, while the rest attended online. New President Leanne welcomed all to the meeting, with a special welcome to our guest Zakk, and handed control to Toastmaster of the Evening, John. 

President Leanne

John

John had chosen "Vive La France" as the theme and sported a mustache for Basille Day. He even entertained us with a smattering of French and song.

Word Master Dan had chosen the French expression "Faux Pas" which means "a gaffe, blunder or mistake."

Hazel proposed a toast to "Toastmasters Sandgate and their Wit, Wisdom, Commitment and Cooperation."

Round Robin Master Gail asked "What do you think of when you think of France??

Hazel

Gail

J.P. presented the 10th speech in the Competent Communicator Programme, using plenty of body language to  demonstrate "The Power of Yoga." It was evaluated by Leanne. 

J.P.

Leanne

Liz Wo  explained why she is a survivor in her account of her experience on a cruise ship during the Covid -19 outbreak. Her speech was evaluated by Jonathon.

Liz Wo

Jonathon

Trevor told an amusing tale of his "threesome relationship" with his wife and her mobile phone.

It was evaluated by Gokul.

Trevor

Gokul

Paul was Time Keeper.

Paul

Chris presented the raffle, which was chocolate and coffee sachets, and a flask to keep drinks hot or cold. It was won by Leesa.

 Leanne and Gail provided supper, with biscuits and cupcakes iced in the colours of the French flag, by Leanne's niece.

Cupcakes for supper

Marlene's Table Topics were everyday items that were invented by the French.

Calulator, Hairdrier, Pedal Bicycle, Sewing Machine, Folding Umbrella, Bikini.  Peter, Hazel, Christiane Gail, Liz We and Dan were asked to speak for 2 minutes about these items. 

Marlene

Peter

Christiane

Liz We

The Table Topics were evaluated by Monica and Carmy.

Carmy

Grammarian Chris commented on the use of words during the meeting.

Leesa gave a General evaluation of the entire evening, with some helpful suggestions.

Leesa

The evening's awards went to:  

Best Speech - Liz Wo,  

Best Table Topic - Christiane, 

Most Improved - J.P.,

Best Evaluation - Jonathon.

Jonathon has also gained a Competent Leader award.

J.P. Competent Communicator and Most Improved Award

The next meeting will be on the 28th July. Please contact us for details on how to attend.