Pakuranga Toastmasters
Meeting 769 – 19th February 2007

Our demonstration meeting. Jan Blyde CTM/CL was our Chairman. Our Grammarian was David Parker and our word for the evening was “Ordeal”.

Pakuranga Toastmasters welcomed the many guests we had for the evening.

David Aiken was our Toastmaster. There were three speakers and one educational.

Our first speaker – was Warren Fraser – and the topic he spoke on was “Car Crazy”. The next speaker up was Michael Stevenson – who shared his passion of Photography and how it had changed. The third speaker was Manissha Allabadi and her topic was “A Pearl Harbour Survivor” The educational for the evening was delivered by Andrew Day DTM. His Educational was the “Importance of Good Speaking Skills”.

There were three warm evaluations. Ilona Bors CTM/CL evaluating Warren, Christine Alcott ATM-B/ CL evaluating Michael Stevenson and Patti Leigh CTM evaluating Manissha.

As Pakuranga Toastmasters was quorate – we were able to vote in Michael Stevenson as a new member.

Ilona Bors was our Table Topics Master. Our Table Topics evaluators were Patti Leigh and Ilona Bors.

Reports of the evening were given by David Parker– as Grammarian and Um Ah Counter and from Greg as Timer.

Alun Chisholm DTM was our Master Evaluator and evaluated the meeting as a whole as well as the roles that had not been evaluated.


Meeting 770 – 5th March 2007 was chaired by David Aiken.

Pakuranga Toastmasters welcomed the many guests we had for the evening.

This meeting was our Evaluation contest and there were six contestants:

Manissha Allabadi, Ilona Bors, Christine Alcott, Andrew Day, Alun Chisholm and Jan Blyde.

Alun Chisholm was placed first, Jan Blyde second and third was Andrew Day.

Apart from the contest we had two speakers for the evening: Simon Morley who spoke on “The Poor Knights” and Alun Chisholm who spoke on the “History of Language” and where it came from.

There were two warm evaluations. Patti Leigh evaluated Simon Morley – whilst Jan Blyde evaluated Alun Chisholm.

Desire Truter CTM/CL was our Master Evaluator and evaluated the meeting as a whole as well as the roles that had not been evaluated.

Quotes

 Don’t be a porcupine! There’s no use having a lot of good points if no-one can get close.

Contentment is being appreciative for what you already have!

Nobody is defeated until they start blaming somebody else.

No person has ever gone blind from looking at the bright side of life.

I am no bigger than what it takes to upset me!

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals!

Educational

Time Keeper

Your Role: To assist the Chairman in keeping the meeting to time.

Before the Meeting

  1. Know the meeting schedule by having the Meeting Agenda on hand.

  2. Learn how to operate the lights before the meeting starts. (Ask any experienced Toastmaster).

  3. Obtain timings for the Prepared Speech Program from the Toastmaster.

At the Meeting

  1. If you are not sure of the timing or lights, ask for clarification from whoever has control of the meeting (i.e.-The Chairman, or Table Topics master or Toastmaster.

  2. When operating the lights, make sure that only one light stays on at a time. e.g – if switching between the green and the orange lights, switch on the orange one and then turn off the green light. Leave each light on until the next light is turned on.

  3. Don’t be afraid to flash the red light several times or sound the hooter if a speaker has gone over time. (30 seconds over is a good starting point). Timing is one of the disciplines in Toastmasters – encourage speakers to say their piece within the time allowed.

  4. Report by exception any speaker who goes over or under their allotted time.

The Mission of the Club

The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn fosters self-confidence and personal growth.