CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS MEETING No: 1146 – 12th February 2013

S@A Glenn called the meeting to order and handed the meeting over to Club President, Philip for a General Welcome, and a special welcome to 6 Visitors: Minjong, Nick, Leonne, Edna, Mahdi and the long absent Rino before turning the meeting over to the Chairperson for the first half Glenn D.

There were formal Apologies from: Meghan, Glen H, Amelia, Heather and Paul.

Introductions were centered on our memories of our very first Toastmaster Meeting, which extracted an interesting diversity of first impressions.

Rino read the Mission of the Club.

Grammarian Tiffany presented Word of the Day was [Perspicacity]. A real challenge.

The Agenda Update and Forward Planner update were officiated over by President Philip again with a significant number of holes to fill. And Leadership Manual Evaluations were delegated to Lyndal.

The Toastmaster for the first Speech Session was Brett, introducing 2 Speakers;

Philip delivered an Educational on Contests with particular focus on the International Contest guidelines, judging and purpose. It served as a excellent guide to demonstrate to ALL Club Members how everyone has a role to play – and opportunity to learn – even if you are not yet qualified or yet willing to actually compete.

Peter then delivered a presentation from the Advanced Communicator Manual “The Radio Interview” in which he enlisted the assistance of John to conduct a Radio Interview. John played the role of the Interviewer on a popular Radio Show interviewing Peter about his involvement in Toastmasters. It proved to be an excellent insight into the workings, purposes and practices of the organization, particularly give the number of Visitors we hand on hand tonight.

The Educational required no Evaluation but Peter was Evaluated by Daniel.

Peter delivered the half-time General Evaluation very succinctly.

Glenn D brought us back after a 10 minute Break and handed over to Helen in her first ever role as Chairperson for the second half of the meeting.

Farzad delivered the Toast with a tribute to ‘Those who make us smile”.

As Toastmaster for the Second Session Brett, introduced; Daniel with a speech entitled “The Abstract Concept” and was expertly Evaluated by Lyndal.

Table Topics was presided over by Mark utilizing modern technology with an App on his SmartPhone to pick random topics for each participant. It worked exceptionally well and provided a great variety of divergent issues for members to address. Evaluations were presented by John and Farzad.

Ums and Ahs Count was recorded by Philip.

Grammarian and Word of the Day were duly noted by Tiffany.

The Big Ears was presented by Samuel in his first venture into this role.

Timers Report was recorded by Marlowe.

The Second Half General Evaluation was again delivered by Peter.

Visitors were all invited to provide their impression of the evening’s meeting before President Philip delivered his Closing Remarks. 

VPMembership Mark paid a special tribute to retiring S@A Glenn D who will be leaving to return to Malaysia for work reasons in about one month. Mark paid tribute to Glenn’s amazing contribution to the culture and warmth of the Club.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Club International and Evaluation Contest

Tuesday 26th February 2013

Normal Meeting
Tuesday 12th March 2013

Area 6 International and Evaluation Contest

Hosted by Concord West Club at Concord RSL

Saturday 16th March 2013 – 1:00pm

CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS MEETING No: 1145 – 29th January 2013

This Meeting was a Special 5th Tuesday Speeches Only Meeting but unfortunately the Editor was unable to attend and no record was kept of the Individual presentations.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Normal Meeting

Tuesday 12th February 2013

Club International and Evaluation Contest

Tuesday 26th February 2013

Normal Meeting
Tuesday 12th March 2013

Area 6 International and Evaluation Contest

Hosted by Concord West Club at Concord RSL

Saturday 16th March 2013 – 1:00pm

CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS MEETING No: 1144 – 22nd January 2013

Standing in for an absent  S@A John called the meeting to order and handed it over to Area 6 Governor Brett for a General Welcome, which included 2 Visitors: Mike and Alicia before turning the meeting over to the Chairperson for the first half, VPE Meghan.

There were formal Apologies from: Peter, Amelia, Kimberly, Tiffany, Dai Fei, Farzard, Lyndal, Daniel, Marlowe, Samuel and Glenn D.

In keeping with Australia Day this week, Meghan asked us to all stand to acknowledge the Australian National Anthemas it was played. Before setting us the task of outlining our plans ahead for the New Year as part of our Introductions.

Helen read the Mission of the Club for the first time.

Grammarian Paul presented Word of the Day – [Petulant]

The Agenda Update and Forward Planner update were officiated over by VPE Meghan with a significant number of holes to fill. And it was decided as a new innovation to have Leadership Manual Evaluations handled by the person immediately next to you.

The Toastmaster for the first Speech Session was Brett, introducing 1 speaker;

Melanie presented her Ice Breaker with extraordinary clarity, preparation and confidence, in which, in keeping with the Ice Breaker concept we all learnt a great deal more about Melanie. (The Editor apologizes that the Speech title was not recorded).

Meghan provided a very encouraging Evaluation of Melanie’s Ice Breaker confirming the meetings enthusiasm at such a well presented speech.

The half-time General Evaluation was delivered very succinctly by Glen H.

John brought us back after a 10 minute Break and handed over to himself as Chairman for the second half of the meeting.

Heather delivered the Toast with meticulous attention to the procedural aspects of a Toast from which all new Members can learn a great deal.

As Toastmaster for the Second Session Mark, introduced 2 speakers; Sanga with a speech entitled “Cloud Computing” in which he demonstrated his expertise in this latest foray into digital file sharing with a very clear and well structured presentation.

Paul then delivered a very amusing glimpse into his recent circumstances with a speech entitled: “Let’s Move House” in which he had to focus particularly on Vocal Variety. Paul took us through the all too familiar pain of packing, moving and unpacking and all the unrelated issues that confront us when taking this somewhat drastic step.

Sanga was ably Evaluated by Glen H and Paul by Heather in text book assessments and observations of balance and encouragement.

Table Topics was presided over by Meghan drawing on the earlier theme of ‘Australia Day and how to Celebrate’. This theme stimulated a number interesting responses from participants all of whom were Evaluated by Heather and Bernard.

Ums and Ahs Count was recorded by Neelan in his first attempt at this role.

Grammarian and Word of the Day were duly noted by Paul.

Big Ears was presented by Helen with anticipated humour.

Timing was recorded by Sanga in his first attempt at this very busy role.

L>R: Two New Member Inductions for Neelan and William with Vice President Membership Mark

Announcements were made by John standing in for SA@ Glenn D while Area Governor Brett delivered his Closing Remarks.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Special Speeches Only Meeting

Tuesday 29^th January 2013 

Normal Meeting

Tuesday 12th February 2013

Club International & Evaluation Contest

Tuesday 26th February 2013

CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS MEETING No: 1143 – 8th January 2013

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.

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 22^nd January 2013

Special Speeches Only Meeting
Tuesday 29^th January 2013