Report by Ursula Beatty
Our final meeting for the year was held on Wed 13th Dec, 2017.I was the Toastmaster for the meeting and the intro of members question: "My most memorable moment so far this year...", gave everyone the opportunity to reflect on the past year, both in Toastmasters (see photos and notes below) and in our personal lives.
As part of her speech, Julie Anne Cantwell gave us a mini workshop and demo on "How to Juggle" - using 3 colourful chiffon scarves. This proved challenging for some and very easy for others: Nicole and Tom were natural Jugglers - and a great skill to have in their busy work and home life! This was a very entertaining and fun way to finish the meeting and the TM year.
Here are some of the memorable TM moments for the year. (See the individual blogs for more details.)
We had many memorable (and not so memorable!) themes, questions and speeches at our weekly TM meetings, which provided lots of laughs as well as being thought provoking and educational.
The milestones and TM events outside the club were probably the most memorable for me as VPPR.
January 2017 - Southern Division Leadership training: Ian Garvie, Nick O'Donnell, Sarafina Zubovic, Hannah Castellijn, Christine Lennon, Julie Anne Cantwell, Ursula Beatty and Matasha Nuss. 2017 Southern Division Leadership training
March 2017 Southern Division Conference and speech contests: Sarafina Zubovic, Christine Lennon, Julie Anne Cantwell (Winner of the Humorous contest.) and Ursula Beatty.
I particularly enjoyed being the contest Chair for the evaluation contest and interviewing the contestants afterwards. 2017 Southern Division Conference and Speech contests
May 2017 District 69 Annual conference and speech contests at Chinchilla, QLD.
At the Gala Dinner: Ursula Beatty, Julie Anne Cantwell, Christine Lennon and Sarafina Zubovic.
Julie Anne competed in the Humorous contest the following day and did herself, the club and the Southern division proud. 2017 District 69 annual convention
The Art of speech craft - June 2017. An Art workshop for our TM members with artist and TM, Rivella Lewis. Rivella gives Christine Lennon some pointers for her seascape work of art. The Art of speech craft - Art workshop
Club Officer training - June 2017. Sarafina Zubovic (Area 24 Director), Ursula Beatty (VPPR), Mark Butler (SAA) and Julie Anne Cantwell (President). 2017 SD Club officer training - Round 1
Club speech contest - September 2017. Daniel Black, Sarafina Zubovic, Hannah Castellijn, Julie Anne Cantwell, Ian Garvie and Ursula Beatty. 2017 HDB club speech contests
Meeting Theme: Pets.- September 2017. Aimee Simpson and other club members with special guest, Oliver "Ollie" Pidgeon. Ollie was so impressed, he wrote a special guest report for our blog.
Meeting Theme: Pets - September 2017
Meeting Theme: Oktoberfest.- October 2017. TM Visitor, Alicia Curtis from Gaelic TM in Sydney, helps to liven up our meeting with her presence and a fabulous selfie.
Meeting theme: Parties.-October 2017. We were privileged to have Mike Storkey (TMI Immediate past president), visit our early morning meeting.in October. L to R: Tom O Sullivan, Julie Anne Cantwell, Mike Storkey, Ken Lee (Kneeling), Ian Garvie, Christine Lennon and Daniel Black.
Area 24 Contest - October 2017. Tom O'Sullivan, Ursula Beatty, Christine Lennon, Julie Anne Cantwell, Daniel Black, Hannah Castellijn and Sarafina Zubovic (Area 24 Director) 2017 Area 24 Conference and speech contests
December 2017 - Club Officer training, round 2. with some changes to the committee for 2018. Christine Lennon, Matasha Nuss (Incoming VPPR), Sarafina Zubovic (Area 24 Director), Ursula Beatty (Incoming President) and Tom O'Sullivan (SAA)
Dec 2017 - Christmas party / end of year get together at the Oxenford Tavern "The Ox", with some members and guests. L to R: Sarafina, Ken, Nicole, Murray, Christine, Zen, Julie Anne, Jude, Daisy, Naomi, Paul, Matasha and Daniel.
This was also a farewell party for Julie Anne, who relocates and starts a new job in Brisbane in January. Best wishes Julie Anne.
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