An unusual meeting that was well attended despite the unusually large number of regular members that were absent.
Meeting commenced at 7:15pm
Presidents Welcome – John welcomed our Area Governor Vanessa and explained some of the reasons behind the large number of absentees and thanked Paul M (in his absence) for coming in earlier to set things up despite not being at all well and then needing to head home to recoup.
Apologies – Kimberley, Philip, Natasha, Chris, Peter, Brett, Jane, Juliet, Glenn D, Paul V and Paul Martin
Welcomed – Area Governor Vanessa from Yaralla Club
Chairman First Session – Sam
Reading of the Mission of the Club – Mark. Who it should be noted was just one word off attaining Philip’s challenge of reciting the Mission of the Club from memory. A feat that has a nice bottle of wine on the offer from Past District Governor Philip. Well done Mark!
Word of the Day [Didactic] Meghan (Grammarian)
Introductions – The Topic of the Introductions was ‘Are we a Nation of Whingers?’ prompting some very didactic responses from all members present.
Agenda Update – John
Leadership Manual Evaluations – Glen H had only about 5 Manuals to complete for participants in the evenings Leadership roles.
First Speech Session was led by Daniel as Toastmaster and introduced John doing his 2nd Speech from the Advanced Communicator Manual – Story Telling – with a title – The Story of the Old Man who made withered trees to blossom – in Japanese – Hanasaka Jiisan.
John provided some background of how Japanese Folk Tales have been retold and illustrated in children’s storybooks and gave an overview of the underlying themes employed in these tales. John using the storybook John retold this unusual tale filled with intrigue, greed, envy, murder and mayhem.
Meghan Evaluated John’s speech in one of her first Speech Evaluations, demonstrating both keen listening skills and analytical observation, with advice for improvement.
Break
Chairman Second Session – John
Toast – Mark
Second Speech Session was led by Sandra as Toastmaster and introduced Edmond presenting his Ice Breaker Speech No 1. Edmond tackled a seemingly straightforward topic in a highly informative and original manner talking about why he joined Toastmasters he took us back to high school science presentations and the fears we could all relate to. Edmond’s first speech caught everyone by surprise with what was a polished and well-prepared speech that was presented with surprising confidence and finesse. A great job!
Edmond was evaluated by Bernard who provided an excellent Evaluation of an Ice Breaker offering tremendous encouragement and sincerity in responding to such a fabulous first speech.
Table Topics – was presented by Josh who challenged each participant had 60 seconds to expand upon the notion of being the ‘World’s Best…’ in the nominated field, activity or pursuit he presented to them. We had everything from the world’s fastest to the most flexible and everything in between. The results were as diverse and surprising as the challenges themselves.
The Evaluators Glen H and Vanessa for the odd and even numbered speakers provided excellent observation, advice and encouragement in their Evaluations.
Umms and Ahs – Mark
Grammarian – Meghan (with about 4 people using the Word of the Day)
Big Ears – Josh
Timers Report – Edmond
General Evaluator – Daniel
Forward Planner – John
Guests Comments – Area Governor Vanessa thanked the Club for its efforts in hosting the recent Area Humorous and Table Topics Competition and announced the dates for next year’s Area 6 International Speech Contest on Tuesday 13th March 2012.
Announcements – Members were reminded about replacement Name Badges
President’s Closing Remarks – John encouraged Members to keep track of their Leadership manual Evaluations
Meeting Closed – A few minutes after 9:15pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday 11th October – Normal Meeting
Tuesday 11th October – Executive Meeting to Follow Normal Meeting
Tuesday 25th October – Normal Meeting
Wednesday 14th December – Area 6 Combined Christmas Party
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