Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The meeting # 134 was held on Wednesday 27th of January. Truc took on the role of the timer and Mark chaired the meeting.

Our long time member Brendan provided us with the word of the day “Transparent” and Lincoln encouraged all members to use it in through the meeting.

Sirisha hosted a unique and challenging Table Topics session. The session required each speaker to speak on topics randomly selected from two separate cups, one containing general topics while the other contains a topics of a personal nature. It was definitely a challenging assignment as most speaker took at least 10-15 seconds before speaking. The session was expertly evaluated by Jorgen and Elke.

After the break, Tara welcomed our only guest for the evening, Ying. Ying have previously been a member of a toastmaster’s club in the city. She is now on the look out for a new club since she has changed work.

In the spirit of Australian Day, Jason Chan proposed a toast to acknowledge all the new Australian citizens.

Mark took on the role of the Toastmaster and introduced Brendan’s speech assignment, titled “BEACH BOUND”. Brendan’s speech centred on his family’s rediscovered joy for the beach during the Australian Day holidays. The speech was entertaining while encouraged the audience to take the time out and relax on the beach.

The second speech was prepared by Jorgen. The speech titled “Insurance companies have no imagination” was a humorous account of Jorgen’s encounters with Insurance companies. It was an entertaining speech which left our timer Truc spellbound.

Our final speech was by Elke. She spoke about the upcoming competition to help drive the club membership. This new initiative is the brain child of Elke, and it encourages each member to bring along guests for the next 8 meetings. Each member who will earn a point each time they bring along a guest. At the end of the 8 weeks, the member with the most points will be the winner. The prize for the winner will include a trophy and free Toastmasters membership for 12 months.

Te tested our listening skills with a range of questions from the evening’s speeches.

Brendan then presented My Word Report with the help of Jason.

Truc presented the timer’s report to provide feedback on how we tracked against scheduled assignment timing.

Our visitor Ying commented on his impression of the meeting.

Jorgen presented a general evaluation of the evening.
Mark closed the meeting at 7.29pm.