S@A Glenn D called the meeting to order
and handed the meeting over to Club President Philip for a General Welcome to a very large gathering that included Visitors;
Yanti, (Glenn D’s mother), Helen, Melanie and Samuel.
Philip also
announced that a member of Gourmet Toastmasters he had just won the District 70 Table Topics Competition at
the recent District 70 Conference.
Philip also
made mention of a special Monday night Club
Executive Meeting that had been held the evening before at which some new
initiatives were discussed, some of which were being implemented tonight.
Formal
Apologies had been recorded from Peter, Nikita, Raghar, Heather and Amelia.
Daniel was
the Chairman for the first half of
the meeting.
Ua read the
Mission of the Club with great
thought and pace and John was invited to provide us the challenge of the Word of the Day – Assiduous!
In the
interests of time Daniel asked the members provide very brief Introductions while Visitors were asked
to give a brief account of what they hoped to achieve from Toastmasters.
Philip
stood in as VPE to take us through some minor updates to the Agenda while Glen
H took on the Leadership Manual
Evaluations.
The
Toastmaster for the first Speech Session was Mark, introducing 3 speakers;
Lyndal
conducted an Educational on Evaluations. A very well prepared and crafted
speech based on a wealth of personal experience while retaining much of the
guidelines set down in the Toastmaster’s Club Series.
The second
speaker was William with his Ice Breaker.
William gave a sterling performance with a narrative that gave us an insight
into his journey to Australia, his studies and his early career journey.
The third
speaker was Glenn D with a speech entitled; “I Will Smash Them All, Whoever
They Are!” in which Glenn set out a very insightful account of the life and
times of the former President of Indonesia – President Suharto. Glen called on
his depth of knowledge and deep personal interest in Indonesian politics to
give us a very balanced account of this man of immense power and influence.
Philip
provided a very encouraging and helpful Evaluation
of William’s Ice Breaker providing a depth of experience necessary in giving a
balanced and informative assessment of this a very important first speech.
Glenn D was
Evaluated by Lyndal again calling on a wealth of experience in the role to
provide points for praise, improvement and praise.
In a new
initiative coming from the latest Executive Meeting John provided a General Evaluation of the first half of
the meeting. This initiative will mean that more members will now get the
opportunity to both be on their feet for speaking practice, but also to ease
into the all important Evaluation
roles. John provided a succinct overview of the meeting so far providing
feedback for those roles that had as yet not been appraised.
Following a
10 minute Break S@A Glenn handed the
meeting to Philip continuing as Chairman
for the second half.
Neelan
presented his first ever Toast
recalling the impact that Michael Jackson had had on society in our lifetime,
before Philip stepped into the role of Toastmaster
for the Second Speech Session.
Bernard
presented a speech based on Getting Comfortable with Visual Aids entitled: “The
Next Big Thing” which was a visual feast as Bernard unpacked his very detailed
and highly organized plans for a romantic holiday in Tasmania with his
girlfriend. Using amusing collaged images of themselves enjoying the
adventurous and tranquil vocational opportunities available in Tasmania Bernard
had clearly put in a lot of effort and preparation in a highly entertaining
presentation.
Mark then
presented a speech entitled; “The Graduate” in which he unfolded a story of
great drama and pathos revolving around a tragic accident that occurred on a
normally tranquil Irish country lane where the story had as many twists and
turns as the lanes themselves. Mark built the tension right to the end
revealing a surprisingly personal involvement in the tragedy. Maybe it was
Mark’s Irish lilt, but the speech was reminiscent of the excellent ghost
stories that used to be featured by Irish comedian Dave Allen on his TV shows.
Bernard was
Evaluated by Marlowe in her first
ever Speech Evaluation with a well-structured
and highly observant assessment of Bernard’s presentation that had excellent
balance between praise and improvement.
Mark was Evaluated by Glen H with great care and
attention leveled at a speaker of significant experience and capability.
Table Topics was presided over by Dai
Fei who presented the speakers with the challenge of being eye-witnesses to a
variety of somewhat serious scenarios chosen at random by the speakers. This
called on the speakers imaginations to build vivid images in the minds of the
audience of what they had ‘witnessed’ as much as to respond with intuition to
the scenarios they were confronted with. Most of our Visitors took part which
is always very pleasing to witness.
Evaluations
were undertaken by Neelan and Ua both of whom took on this rather frenetic task
for the first time and carried it off admirably.
Ums and Ahs Count was recorded by Bernard.
Grammarian John picked up a couple
of outings by the Word of the Day and had both questionable phrases and some articulate
phrases to draw our attention to.
The Big Ears challenge was administrated by
Tiffany in her first ever attempt at the role.
Fazard kept
track of the Timing for the evening
in what was again another first for the evening.
Paul
provided a very succinct second-half General
Evaluation with an expected degree of experience.
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| Daniel (left) receiving his somewhat belated Area 6 International Speech Trophy from Club President Philip. Daniel’s name appears a number of times on this Area 6 perpetual Trophy along with a number of other Concord West Club members. |
All
Visitors provided very supportive feedback in the Guests Comments before President Philip presented his Closing Remarks and officiated over an
informal albeit belated presentation to Daniel of his Area 6 International
Speech Winners Trophy for 2012, a task which had fallen through the cracks
earlier in the year with the premature retirement of the past Area Governor.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Next Normal Club Meeting
Tuesday 27th November 2012
Final Club Meeting for 2012
Tuesday 11th
December 2012
