S@A Glenn D called the meeting to order
and handed the meeting over to Club President Philip with great ‘Presidential
Fanfare’ for a General Welcome to a
very large gathering that included Visitors; Mughi, Helen, Melanie and Simon.
There were
no formal Apologies recorded for the evening.
Mark was
the Chairman for the first half of
the meeting.
Kimberly
read the Mission of the Club and
Meghan set up the Word of the Day – Assimilate!
Mark asked
the members provide brief Introductions
with just a hint of what we had planned for Christmas.
VPE took us
through a very challenging Agenda Update with many holes to fill and numerous
changes while John took on the Leadership
Manual Evaluations, but ended up with none to fill in.
The
Toastmaster for the first Speech Session was Paul, introducing 2 speakers;
Philip
conducted an Educational on the ABC of Articulation. A very well prepared and
professionally presented ‘audience participation’ session in which we learned a
great deal about the art of articulation or the power to say ordinary words in
extra-ordinary ways.
The second
speaker was Kimberly with another of her excellent ‘off-the-cuff” impromptu
Speeches entitled ‘Produce to the People’ Kimberly provided a very thought
provoking insight into the availability and distribution of fresh produce from
the farm-gate to the fridge. A topic Kimberly is clearly well versed in and
highly qualified to speak on ‘off-the-cuff.
Lyndal
provided a very detailed and meticulous Evaluation
of Philip’s presentation while Dai Fei took on the task of providing some
excellent observations of Kimberly’s speech
The
half-time General Evaluation was
delivered very purposefully by Heather demonstrating the usefulness and purpose
of this new initiative with clarity.
Following a
10 minute Break S@A Glenn handed the
meeting to Philip continuing as Chairman
for the second half.
Glenn D
presented a very amusing Toast to
Batman the super hero of all super heroes.
Toastmaster
for the second session of speeches was Dai Fei who introduced Paul with a Speech
entitled: “A Walk Through My Life” in which Paul revealed aspects of his life’s
journey that were even as yet unknown to those of us who have known him for
some considerable time.
Peter was
introduced to deliver a workplace related address entitled: ‘The Goodwill
Charter – Customer Charter’ which brought to the fore a number of new
initiatives and changes that are occurring in his area of the Public Sector. A
very insightful look into Peter’s world.
Paul was Evaluated by John pointing out both
praise improvement praise in a traditional evaluation format, while Peter was Evaluated by Daniel again with great
experience and insight.
Table Topics was presided over by “birthday
girl” Marlowe with an excellent and relevant scenario – “Help Me with My
Birthday Party” in which speakers were presented with a birthday preparation
scenario and had provide some helpful and logistical advice on achieving their
task. A very funny and challenging Table Topics.
Evaluations
were delivered by Philip and John.
Ums and Ahs Count was recorded by William
who always manages to inject a piece of riotous humour.
Grammarian and Word of the Day were duly noted by Raghar.
The Big Ears challenge was administrated by
Peter with considerable aplomb.
Kimberly
kept track of the Timing for the
evening pointing out a number of excesses that had put us over time.
Heather
followed up with a very succinct second-half General Evaluation very conscious of the time excesses.
All
Visitors provided very supportive feedback in the Guests Comments before President Philip presented his Closing Remarks.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Final Meeting for 2012
Tuesday 11th December 2012
To include a longer break with refreshments and socializing.
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