Pakuranga Toastmasters

Meeting 781 – 6^th August 2007 was a wonderful and fun evening.

Alas, there was no theme for the evening. Warren Frazer was our Chairman for the night. It was his first time in the role. Our Grammarian for the evening was Manissha Allabadi.

Pakuranga Toastmasters welcomed a handful of guests.

Michael Stevenson was our Toastmaster for the evening. There were three prepared speeches. The first one up was Caroline Luey with her speech – “Forgotten but not lost.” Her speech was from the Communication Manual #2. The second speaker was Beth Jobin with her speech “Special Delivery” This was also from the Communication and Leadership Manuel. Her project was the number four assignment. Our final speaker – was our President Jan Blyde CTM / CL and she delivered a well timed educational on Club Officer Roles.

Caroline Luey was evaluated by Alun Chisholm DTM and Beth was evaluated by David Aiken..

Simon Morley led the fun part of the evening as the Table Topics Master. The Table Topics were evaluated by Andrew Day DTM and Kevin Brown.

Reports of the evening were given by Manissha Allabadi – as Grammarian, David Parker– Um Ah Counter and David McArthur as Timer.

Jan Blyde was our Master Evaluator and evaluated the meeting as a whole as well as the roles that had not been evaluated.

Award Winners For The Night Were:

Best Prepared Speech – Beth Jobin

Best Table Topics – Christine Alcott ATM-B/CL

Best Role Holder – Warren Frazer.

Quotes

“ The Toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success” – Irving Berlin

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

“ We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake’ – Frederick Gouglass.

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams.

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” - Henry Ward Beecher.

“Cleaning your house while the kids are still growing, is like shovelling the walk before it stops snowing.” – Phyllis Diller

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” – Margaret Thatcher.

“A dry crust eaten in peace is better than a steak every day with an argument.” – Proverbs – The Bible.

Educational

Table Topics Master

The Table Topics Master – chairs the informal part of the evening.

Before the evening – organise about a dozen topics. Usually the topics should be around the theme of the evening.

On the night – the Chairman will call you up. Remember, the honorifics – then state “This is the fun part of the evening – interjections are welcome – Mr/Madam timer the timing will be 1 – 1 ¼ and 1 ½”

Ensure Toastmasters who have not had a speaking role are called upon. The first speaker should always be one of the experienced speakers. Visiting Toastmasters can also being picked on. At the refreshment break – ask guests who are not Toastmasters – if they would like to participate.

The best way to do the role is to give the topic the name – the name and the topic. Eg “Tell us about your favourite pizza topping” – Andrew Day. Andrew Day “Tell us your about your favourite pizza topping”.

Be aware of who your Table Topics Evaluators are and who is evaluating the odd and who is evaluating the evens. You may want to call upon them to deliver a table topic.

Depending on how the meeting is going for time will dictate the number of topics you will be able to cover.

When time is up - call up the table topics evaluators – they are given 30 seconds per table topic. Table Topics Evaluators should give a quick – commendation – recommendation – commendation. Table Topics Evaluators should not regurgitate the topic.

The Table Topics Evaluators then hand the meeting back to the Table Topics Master. The Table Topics Master reminds the members to vote for best Table Topics Speaker for the night. The Topics Master then hands the meeting back to the Chairman.

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 foster self-confidence and personal growth.