S@A
Glenn D called the meeting to order and handed the meeting over to Club
President Philip for a General Welcome, which
included the news that the Club had achieved the Smedley
Award for Membership Recruitment for the first half of the
Toastmaster Year..
There were formal Apologies from: Meghan, Kimberly, Melanie,
Glen H and Marlowe.
Tiffany tackled her first role was the Chairman for the first half of the meeting.
Samuel read the Mission
of the Club with great conviction.
Tiffany asked the members to reflect on their Christmas and
New Year break with a broad diversity of pursuits. The Agenda Update and Forward
Planner update were officiated over by Philip while there were no
requirements for Leadership Manual
Evaluations.
The Toastmaster
for the first Speech Session was Daniel, introducing 2 speakers;
Tiffany
took us on a wonderfully picturesque
travel log in a speech entitled “A Road Trip
of The West Coast of the U.S.” providing a great incentive to visit
this divergent and abundantly beautiful coastal fringe of her country of birth.
The second speaker was Farzad
with an intriguingly entitled speech: “Eyes In The
Sky” in which Fazard revealed a whole other area of personal
expertise in the assessment of how some experts had ‘broken the bank’ at major
Casinos playing Blackjack by ‘counting cards. Intriguing stuff!
Lyndal
provided a very considered and encouraging Evaluation
of Tiffany’s superb travel log while Glenn
D provided a very comprehensive Evaluation
of Farzad’s very well researched and presented speech.
The half-time General
Evaluation was delivered very succinctly by Heather.
S@A Glenn D brought us back after a 10 minute Break and
handed over to Farzard in his first
role as Chairman for the second half
of the meeting.
Glenn
D delivered a very moving Toast “To Having Roots” after relaying his
recent return to this very large extended family in Indonesia over the holiday
break.
As Toastmaster
for the Second Session Heather, introduced
2 speakers; Dai Fei continuing her
Advanced Communicator Series with a “Press
Conference” in which Dai Fei gave an updated account of the physical
and emotional condition of the young fire victim Yu Yang and her path to
recovery and how everything is being done to get her back up to speed with her
studies. The topic being close to reality for Dai Fei she was then required to
field questions.
Paul
then delivered a very thought provoking speech entitled: “Be
a Good Citizen” in which he drew on a life of observations of how
peoples attitudes have changed over the years toward caring for others and
being accountable for our own actions. A very pointed and evocative challenge
for us all.
Dai Fei was Evaluated
by Philip and Paul by Mark in text book assessments and observations of balance
and encouragement.
Table
Topics was presided over by John who started a ‘Round
Robin’ style storyline about a Road Trip to central Australia which
as each member in turn had to respond to the tightly timed 60 seconds that had
preceded them, took on all manner of extraordinary twists and turns. A very challenging way
of getting everyone involved and thinking on their feet.
There were no Evaluations delivered.
Ums
and Ahs Count was recorded by Sanga in his first attempt at this role.
Grammarian
and Word of the Day were duly noted
by Paul.
The Big Ears was
presented by William with anticipated
humour.
Timing
was recorded by Samuel in his first
attempt at this very busy role.
Tiffany
drew a line under this second part of the evening with a very well delivered General Evaluation.
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| VPM Mark (Left) with William and Samuel receiving their Membership Badges |
VPM Mark presented William and Samuel with their Name Badges
before President Philip delivered his Closing
Remarks.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Normal
Meeting
Tuesday 22nd January
2013
Special
Speeches Only Meeting
Tuesday 29th January 2013
Tuesday 29th January 2013
