FIFTH TUESDAY SOCIAL
EAT OUT ON MAJORS BAY ROAD
A great night of fellowship and some delightful dining at the local Organic in Majors Bay Road.
A relaxing night of chat and catch up.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Monday, August 21, 2023
CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS CLUB – 22nd AUGUST 2023 – MEETING No: 1446 – F2F
“TABLE TOPICS EVENING”
Venue – Concord Memorial Hall
Call to Order – Matthew S.
President’s Opening and Guest Welcome – Glenn T.
Visitor Introductions: Shashank S.
Agenda Update: Lana S.
Apologies: Sonya D, Shawn L, Peter C, Kate C, Moji A, Jing S.
GAMES SESSION ONE: – Lana S.
1. Start with a single Word and expand the story and go to the next person – ALL
2. Follow a Common Theme and expand the Dialogue – ALL
3. Teams of 3 Draw a single narrative using just 3 Lines. Choose one narrative and all 3 prepare to act/mime out the story – ALL
4. Follow a Common Theme and expand the Dialogue – ALL
5. 2 Members start a mime action then have each member in turn call FREEZE then tap one participant and replace them with an alternate action. ALL
BREAK:
The questions were challenging and the Sessions were great fun.
GAMES SESSION TWO: – Lana S.
1. Who Am I Questions. A member leaves the room. The remaining Members select a prominent person and when the member returns they can provide responses to a series of questions in order to obtain their Identity. –
a. Glenn T – The Rock (Wayne Johnson) Had never heard of him 😊
b. Mario G – Mother Theresa (Got it in 2 questions)
2. Expert Interviews; 2 Members are given a topic in which they are experts.
They are interviewed by a panel of journalists who have to guess their area of expertise;
a. John H & Kelly Z = Oil Refining Industry
b. Lana S & Stacey K = Catapillars
c. Dennis S & Brendan D = Healing Crystals
3. Teams of 3 Draw a single narrative using just 3 Lines. Choose one narrative and all 3 prepare to act/mime out the story – ALL
4. Teams of two were given a 2 part Script of boring text.
Together they had to bring the text to life in a manner that evoked a scenario
The rest of the audience then had to predict what that scenario and those characters were.
Business Session: Melody L. (Treasurer)
Spoke to the proposal of a Fee increase for the Semi Annuals from October 2023 to cover the increased costs form Toastmaster International.
The relevant Motion was put and voted on unanimously by a Quorum of Active Members
Visitor Feedback: Shashank S.
Planning Forward: Lana S.
Presidents Final Closing Remarks: Glenn T.
Immediate Past President John H presenting
current Club President Glenn with a Triple Crown Pin
Coming Up:
Next Meeting – 5th September 2023 – Zoom
5th Tuesday Club Social
Eat Out on Majors Bay Road
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS CLUB – 8th AUGUST 2023 – MEETING No: 1445 – F2F
“SUPER SHUFFLE”
Venue – Concord Memorial Hall
Call to Order – Lana S. (On behalf of S@A Matthew S).
President’s Opening and Guest Welcome – Glenn T.
Chairman One – Stacey K.
Agenda Update: Lana S.
Apologies: Sonya D, Shawn L, Melody L, Kelly Z, Dennis S, Alex T, Kate C, Jing S.
Visitor Introductions: Shashank S.
Reading of the Mission of the Club: Brendan D.
ICE BREAKER:
“What was your most unexpected event you recall?” ALL
PREPARED SPEECH SESSION:
Toastmaster: Kevin Z.
Introduction: Lana S.
VPE Lana had written all the individual roles and activities for the entire Agenda on individual slips of paper.
Lana then went round as each Member (and Visitors) drew a piece of paper and that task became your role for the evening.
An opportunity to swap roles was available but no one took it up except overlaps.
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| Glenn presenting the Call to Federation Speech by Sir Henry parkes |
Speaker One: Lana S – “An Act of Kindness Can Change the World”
Speaker Two: Glenn T – “The Tentafield Speech”
(Call to Federation by Sir Henry Parkes
Speaker Three: Alex L. – “Are You My Type?”
Speaker Four: Mario G. – “Why Bees?”
Evaluation One: – Peter C.
Evaluation Two: – Alex L.
Evaluation Three: – John H.
Evaluation One: – Glenn T.
BREAK:
Call to Order – Lana S. (On behalf of S@A Matthew S).
Chairman 2: Rumi M. [FIRST]
Toast: Brendan D. – “To Living in Australia” [FIRST]
TABLE TOPICS: “Job Interviews”
Toastmaster: Brendan D. [FIRST]
Evaluation Odd Speakers: – Lana S.
Evaluation Even Speakers: Rumi M.
Ums & Ahs: Stacey K.
Book/Film/Food Review: Glenn T. “To Trinity and Beyond” [FIRST]
Book/Film/Food Review: Kevin Z. “Chinese Rest” [FIRST]
Timers Report: Mario G.
Big Ears: Peter C.
Visitor Feedback: Shashank S.
Planning Forward: Lana S.
Presidents Final Closing Remarks: Glenn T.
Special Presentation to our newest Member Brendan
Club President Glenn presenting New Member Brendan with his Certificate of membership
Coming Up:
Next Meeting – 22nd August 2023 – F2F
Friday, August 4, 2023
DISTRICT 70 CLUB OFFICER TRAINING – 2023
CONCORD WEST TRAINING FACILITATORS
Concord West Toastmasters are strongly represented across all the the 2023 Club Officer Training Sessions as Facilitators and/or Co-Facilitators.
Congratulations and a big thank you from the District 70 Program Quality Directorate headed up by Mike Kano-McCallum assisted by our very own
Harini Sundaramurthy as the Training Co-Leader.
Facilitators from Concord West Toastmasters participating include:
Peter Crosby
Kate Crosby
John Hughson
Lana Shaba
Harini Sundaramurthy
Dennis Szabo
Glenn Turner
Kelly Zhong
Members of our Club make up almost 30% of the total District 70 Members
involved in the newly designed Club Officer training for 2023.
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