CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS MEETING No: 1116 – Tuesday 8th November 2011

Meeting commenced on time.

Presidents Welcome – John welcomed back Paul V and Dai Fei after extended breaks due respectively to work and HSC pressures.

Apologies – Philip, Paul M, Glen H, Katrina and Sam

Chairman First Session – GlennD

Reading of the Mission of the Club – Edmond.

Word of the Day [Shambles] Kimberley (Grammarian)

Introductions – Glenn’s topic for Introductions was ‘Your Best Achievement of the Year’ which revealed some startling revelations including an upcoming marriage proposal. Stay tuned!

Agenda Update – Kimberley

Leadership Manual Evaluations – Brett had about 6 Manuals to complete for participants in the evenings Leadership roles.

First Speech Session was led by Bernard as Toastmaster and introduced Tanya with her second speech entitled: “Forget the Corporate Ladder”. A very detailed appraisal of attitudes and trends in relation to work life and seeking success which had some very profound advise embedded in a well presented second speech.

Bernard then introduced Josh with his speech entitled: “The Benefits of Physical Activity” Josh drew on a significant amount of knowledge and insight in the area of health and fitness to present a somewhat confronting as much as informative speech on the requirements for ongoing good health and well being.

Meghan Evaluated Tanya’s speech focusing on some very astute and helpful observations of the speech content as well as delivery in what is just Meghan’s second Evaluation of a full speech and finished with a good summary.

Chris gave a textbook Evaluation of Josh’s speech that was well-structured, and displayed excellent listening skills.

Break

Chairman Second Session  – Bernard

Toast – Juliet reminded us that in the midst of all the talk of gloom and doom we do have something to be positive about… the Future with her Toast to “Happy Days Ahead”.

Second Speech Session was led by Peter as Toastmaster and introduced John presenting a speech from the Advanced Communicator Storytelling Series – The Moral of the Story – with a speech entitled: “Never Assume” where John retold the unfolding story from his youth of leaving a 13-year old member of a youth group he was in charge of hundreds of kilometers down the coast and how the experience was a life-changing one for the youngster involved.

Peter then introduced Mark with his ‘R’ Rated story also from the Advanced communication Storytelling manual entitled: “The F Word and the Club of Penguins” where he shared with us the joys of the unexpected things that come out of the mouths of babes under the influence of older siblings. A wonderfully amusing tale that all parents could relate to.

John was meticulously Evaluated by Natasha who provided some excellent observation and critique as well as having her own ‘little moment’ of mirth.

Mark was very capably Evaluated by Daniel.

Table Topics – was presented by Brett with an excellent scenario gleened from the Toastmaster Resources on line. Brett gave each speaker the name of an animal which they then had to present their case to ‘Noah’ to gain access to the Ark, arguing their case as to why they (or their species) should be permitted to survive. The audience was charged also with the task of identifying the animal, which was not to be revealed. There were some excellent arguments put forward with enormous enthusiasm and excellent turns of phrase.

The Evaluators were John and Edmond who provided an excellent account in his first ever Table Topics Evaluation which requires a great deal of concentration and precision in delivery.

Umms and Ahs – Dai Fei

Grammarian – Kimberley (with another record number of uses of the Word of the Day)

Big Ears – Paul V

Timers Report – Juliet

General Evaluator – John

Forward Planner – Kimberley

Guests Comments – NA

Announcements – A belated formal presentation was made to Dai Fei for completing her Competent Communicator Manual sometime ago – and in record time.

Kimberley reminded us of the upcoming Dinner Meeting and stressed the need for people to commit to the Forward Planner.

President’s Closing Remarks – John informed Members of plans to update some equipment and confirmed arrangements for the Dinner Meeting and announced the formation of a 50^th Anniversary Planning Sub-Committee.

Meeting Closed – A little bit overtime at 9:25pm.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 22nd November – Normal Meeting
Tuesday 29th November – Dinner Meeting
Wednesday 14th December – Area 6 Combined Christmas Party