President John called the
meeting to order.
Presidents Welcome – John welcomed a number of Visitors including; Nick,
Maggie & Josie from Ashfield Toastmasters visiting us to practice a speech.
Apologies – Tanya, Dai Fei, Glenn D, Paul V, Juliet, Meghan and
Marlowe
Chairman for the First Session – Mark
Reading of the Mission of the Club – Leo.
Word of the Day – Lyndal
challenged us with the word – Extemporize.
Introductions – Mark set a controversial theme asking us to
express ‘What we think about Global Warming’ setting off a chain of interesting
responses which although many but not all were similar views came at the topic
from a different angle.
Agenda Update – Kimberley
Leadership Manual Evaluations – Bernard.
Glen H filled an empty space as Toastmaster for the first 2 speakers.
Rino after just a few weeks membership presented
his Ice Breaker speech entitled “3 Great Reasons for Joining Toastmasters”.
Rino displayed surprising poise and audience connection breaking his talk down
into logical segments. A truly impressive start.
The second speaker was Peter with a ‘Touching
Story’ from the Advanced Communicator series entitled: Eaton Sienna, The Greatest Formula One Driver. Peter’s well
researched and very moving dedication to this outstanding World Champion
revealed an enormous amount about the life and times of a sporting legend.
Rino was Evaluated
by a very encouraging synopsis by Mark while Peter’s very polished speech was Evaluated by a highly experienced and
forensically detailed Philip.
John called the meeting back to order after the Break and handed the meeting over to
Chris as Chairman for the second
half of the Meeting.
Glen H presented a rather revealing Toast – To Public Servants – outlining
the responsibilities, risks and pressures endured by many particularly
high-ranking public servants in our community.
Brett as Toastmaster
for the Second Speech Session
introduced our visiting speaker Josie with her speech entitled ‘My New Puppy’.
Josie, with the aid of some cute fluffy props provided some highly experienced
insights into the care and upkeep of well-behaved puppies. As an extension of
her work, Josie is keen to develop her presentation with the view to eventually
having her own TV show.
Daniel used this opportunity wisely to practice his
Area winning Speech entitled “Why Can’t It Be You?”, a splendid speech even a
third time around. Daniel is seeking candid feedback and critique in order to
finely hone his speech in readiness for the Division Contest in a few weeks
time.
Josie was Evaluated
by Chris with a very engaging abd highly supportive array of observations,
while Daniel received some very solid points for improvement from Natasha.
John introduced
Table Topics with an intriguing look at the nuances of the English
language. Each participant was asked to come up and explain ‘The Difference’
between 3 seemingly similar if not identical descriptive nouns. For example;
What is the difference between a Lake, A Bay and a Harbor? Or a Vehicle, a Car
and an Automobile? The diversity and imagination demonstrated by a range of
speakers starting with more experienced Members and even involving some
visitors was truly amazing.
Sam and Kimberley had the Evaluation duties for Table
Topics and made some excellent observations and recommendations to all
participants.
Ums and Ahs were captured by Rino in his first foray into such a
task.
Lyndal undertook the Grammarian duties with great aplomb acknowledging the use of the
Word of the Day.
Brett presented Big Ears
with some excellent observations, but the ‘throwing arm’ could do with some improvement.
Angela delivered her first ever Timers Report with an emphasis on the ‘Time Over’ reporting.
Philip provided a very concise overview of the
evening with the General Evaluation
Forward
Planner – Kimberley
Guests
Comments – All of our Guests made positive
remarks and provided invaluable responses to their first evening at our Club.
Announcements – Brett as Immediate Past President urged all Club
members and current Executive members to be thinking now about a succession
plan and called for Members to seriously consider nominating for Executive
positions.
Chris (in company with Natasha) announced that they
will not be renewing their Membership and as such this would be their final
meeting, by paying tribute to their time in Concord West Toastmasters.
Treasurer Sam urged Members to make their Semi annual
Membership payments as a matter of urgency.
President’s
Closing Remarks –John thanked Chris
and Natasha for their enormous contribution to our Club and in wishing them
well as they enter a new phase in their lives thanked them for at least
providing the Club with an opportunity to farewell them rather than just
slipping off without a formal farewell.
John also thanked those Members who attended the
recent Area Competition in support of both Chris and Daniel and encouraged
Members to support Daniel at the Division Contest in a few weeks.
Plus outlined the progress in the preparation of the
Speechcraft Intensive seeking Membership involvement.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday
10th April –
Normal Meeting.
Tuesday
24th April – Normal
Meeting
Saturday
28th April –
Philip Division International and Evaluation Contest
11:45 for 12 Noon start at Liverpool
Catholic Club
424-458 Hoxton Park Road Liverpool West. $35.00 (includes formal Lunch)
424-458 Hoxton Park Road Liverpool West. $35.00 (includes formal Lunch)
Saturday
26th May –
Concord West 2012 Speechcraft Intensive – Concord RSL
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