President John called the
meeting to order.
Presidents Welcome – John welcomed a number of Visitors returning for
the meeting including; Angela, Leo, Marlowe and Nick. We also welcomed Robin.
John also acknowledged the
assistance of VPM Bernard in setting up the room and explained that the Club is
in need of a new Sergeant at Arms as Edmond has had to step down from that role
due to number of unforseen commitments.
Apologies – Philip, Natasha, Chris, Tanya, Juliet and Brett.
Chairman First Session – Sam
Reading of the Mission of the Club – Dai Fei.
Word of the Day – Succinct – Paul
provided a thoughtful Word of the Day in the absence of a Grammarian.
Introductions – Sam’s theme for the Introductions was most
appropriately Valentines Day
Agenda Update – Kimberley
Leadership Manual Evaluations – Paul stepped into that role again.
Dai Fei as
Toastmaster led First Speech Session and introduced Bernard with Speech #9;
entitled “The True Acid Test” where Bernard outlined the circumstances and
uncertainty of a presentation he had to give in the presence of colleagues of
greater age and experience. How the presentation turned into a victory due in
significant part to the skills he has developed at Toastmasters. It was an
excellent speech, which gave credence to the very point that Bernard was
making. Bernard’s speech was brimming of humour, pathos, sincerity and great
pausing.
Bernard was Evaluated
by John who recalled the journey that Bernard has travelled in Toastmasters and
took the Evaluation back to the core ‘Objectives’ of the speech all of which
were ably addressed.
Daniel assisted by calling the meeting back to
order after the Break and handed the
meeting over to Paul as Chairman for
the second half of the Meeting.
Paul introduced Glenn to present the Toast.
Glenn revisited a similar theme he brought up at an
earlier meeting making a very valid point regarding ‘special celebration days’.
Glenn convicted us to think that we should not just focus on a special thought
like Valentines Day on just one day of the year, but be attentive to the
sentiments all year round. The Toast was: ‘…Not just on Valentines Day”.
The Second
Speech Session was lead by Daniel as Toastmaster
and introduced Peter with his speech entitled “A New Vision and Alignment”.
While Peter’s speech was his umpteenth ‘Ice Breaker’ speech his experience and techniques
came to the fore in a presentation to fellow colleagues regarding the new plans
and aspirations for his work place.
Peter was Evaluated
by Mark who paid homage to Peter’s obvious experience and meticulously unpacked
the techniques that Peter had employed in his presentation.
Peter was back to introduce Table Topics with a single scenario of presenting a rose (for
Valentines Day), but skewed to suit different relationship scenarios which were
presented in turn to each of the 6 Speakers. We had a number of the Visitors
take part which is always both encouraging and refreshing.
Meghan and Bernard had the Evaluation duties for Table
Topics and made some excellent observations and recommendations to all
participants.
Ums and Ahs were captured by Kimberley.
Sam undertook the Grammarian duties acknowledging the use of the Word of the Day.
Glenn presented
Big Ears with some excellent observations, but the ‘throwing arm’ could do
with some improvement.
Kimberley delivered the Timers Report encouraging members to keep to their allotted times
especially in the light of the upcoming Competitions.
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Glen H provided a very concise overview of the
evening with the General Evaluation with both astute observation
and a great touch of humour.
Forward
Planner – Kimberley
Guests
Comments – All of our Guests made
positive remarks and provided invaluable responses to their first evening at
our Club.
President’s
Closing Remarks – john concluded the
evening with an encouragement to participate at all levels in the upcoming
International and Evaluation Contests. Not only as speakers, but fulfilling the
crucial roles that keep the evening moving along.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday
28th February – Club
International & Evaluation Contest for 2012
Tuesday
13th March –
Area International & Evaluation Contest for 2012
Burwood Community Centre, 2 Comer Street, Burwood.
Burwood Community Centre, 2 Comer Street, Burwood.
Tuesday
27th March – Normal
Meeting
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