WB Financial
Ground Floor 22 Atchison St
St Leonards NSW 2065

Meet at front of building (which is on the other side of Atchison Street, behind the IBM Building) at 5.30pm

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The meeting # 133 was our first meeting for 2010 and held on Wednesday 13th of January. Elke (with some help from Dale) took on the role of the timer and Mark chaired the meeting.

Our third time visitor Lincoln provided us with the word of the day “Anomaly” (being a ‘deviation or departure from the norm.’) and Lincoln encouraged all members to use it in through the meeting.

Dale hosted the Table Topics session The questions that Dale asked challenged us all to think on our feet. Mark evaluated each table topics participant and provided constructive feedback.

After the break, Lincoln (3rd time visitor) welcomed our other guest, Rohit (a work colleague of Dale’s).

Te (one of our newest members) toasted the New Year (2010) and the changes that this time of recovery will bring us all. This was Te first prepared assignment and was delivered with confidence.

Mark took on the role of the ToastMaster and introduced Marcus/Mark’s 4th speech assignment. This was centred around Technology and Change,. The speech explored the rapid rate of technology and pervasive connectivity. Elke provided the evaluation for Jason’s Speech.
The second presentation was by Mark and was a prepared educational speech (from the Better Club series) titled “Evaluate to Motive”. This was opportune with our Evaluation contest to be held on 10th February.

Our newest member Te tested our listening skills with a range of questions.

Lincoln then presented My Word Report and also gave us feedback on our useage of filler words such as Ahs and Ums.

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

Our visitor Rohit commented on his impression of the meeting.

Jorgen complied a comprehensive General Evaluation report to provide feedback on all the areas of the meeting which had not already been evaluated.

The evening concluded, at 7:29, with Mark discussing dated for the Evaluation and International speech competitions (Evaluation on 10th February and International Speech on 24th February),
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 27th January:

When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 27th January
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:

* Chairman
* Table Topics evaluators(2)
* Did you listen?
* General Evaluator
* Visitor’s welcome
* Toastmaster

Best regards,

Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250
mransom@optusnet.com.au

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The meeting # 132 was our last meeting for the year 2009. It was held on Wednesday 9th of December. Truc took on the role of the timer and Mark chaired the meeting. We were presented with optional headgear (antlers & Santa hats) to help us get into the festive spirit (we didn’t need much encouragment).

Our second time visitor Lincoln provided us with the word of the day “CHARISMA”. And encouraged all members to include it in our speeches throughout the evening. Lincoln also delivered the “quote” of the evening by wishing everyone a “Merry Charismas”.

Mark Ransom continued on with a Christmas theme for Table Topics. During the session, Mark presented a variety of Christmas related questions to each member. The topics ranged
from asking about people’s “favourite reindeer” to finding  alternative form of Christmas greetings. The highlight of the session was Ying thrilling us all with her rendition of”Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer”.

Tara and Elke concluded the Table Topics session by evaluating each participant and providing each speaker with some thoughtful comments.

After the break, Sirisha welcomed our 2 guests, John and Lincoln (2nd time visitor).

Geoff Greenwood toasted the West Indies Cricket team. Geoff recognised that after a poor showing in the first TEST, the West Indies showed great courage in the second Test and nearly pulled off a stunning victory.

Ying took on the role of the Toast Master in introducing Jason’s 4th speech assignment titled: “Variety comes in cans, tins and bottles”. Jason’s speech was about the contribution to the food industry made by the psycho-physicist Howard Morzarwiz, in particular to helping
Campbells to introduce 36 varieties of spaghetti sauces into our super markets in the late 80s. Marcus provided the evaluation for Jason’s Speech.

Our newest member Te tested our listening skills with a host of questions from Jason ’s speech. And this was then  followed by Truc providing us with the timer’s report. Lincoln then presented  My Word Report.

The evening concluded with Elke delivering a general evaluation of the evenings proceedings at 7:30pm.

I want to take this opportunity to Welcome our newest members, Te and Truc. Congratulations to both for talking on assignments in their first meeting as a fully paid member.

To all members and intending members, on behalf of the Blue Tongue Toastmaster’s organisation, we hope you, and your families, had a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and wish you all the best in 2010.
 
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 13th January (our first meeting for 2010):
   
When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 13th January
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.
  
I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments: 
Chairman
My Word (Ums / Ahs)
Table Topics Evaluators (2)
Speaker Evaluator (3)
Did you listen?
General Evaluator  
   
 
Best regards,
   
Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests, Meeting #131 was the held on Wednesday 25th November. Truc took on the role of timer and Dale chaired the meeting.
Mark (R)  presented his Word of the Day – ‘Ability’. We were encouraged to use this word through the evening to demonstrate our ‘capabilities’.
 
Jason took on the Table Topics master’s role and presented the members and guests with a range of Festive themed questions. There were a number of challenges for all of us. Elke evaluated our performances in her usual objective manner.
 
The second half of the evening started with a toast by Dale. Dale was presenting 2 Appreciation Awards to Elke (Club President 2008/9) and Mark (Club VP Education/Treasurer 2008/9) for their efforts in guiding our club to achieve Distinguished Club status during the previous Toastmasters year (the first time tour club had achieved this recognition). Mark used this as an opportunity to present his speech from an Advanced Manual ‘Accepting an Award’.
 
Jason welcomed our visitors Te and Lincoln and encouraged them to tell a little of why they had both come to visit our club. 
Our toastmaster for the evening, Tara, introduced our two additional speakers in the prepared speeches part of the evening: Geoff and Elke.
Geoff delivered his 5th speech from the Competent Communicator manual – the speech was a practice for a technical presentation he was to deliver at work. It was on IT technology and Windows 7. Well done to Geoff for reaching the half-way point in the Competent Communicator program. Geoff’s speech was evaluated by Mark.
Elke delivered her second speech from her 2nd Competent Communicator manual. The speech was about Elke’s new passion about Kayaking on Sydney Harbour. This well crafted speech was reviewed by Geoff.
 
Mark’s acceptance speech, delivered earlier in the evening (refer Toast) was reviwed by Elke.
Mark provided us with the My Word report, including commentary on Grammar usage and Ums and Ahs.
The evening concluded with Truc providing the timer’s report.
 
Welcome to our 2 newest members to the club:
Truc Vo
Te Tan
 
Dale closed the meeting at 7:29pm.
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 9th December (this will be our final meeting for 2009):
   
When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 9th December
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.
  
I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments: 
Chairman
Table Topics Evaluator (1)
Visitors Welcome
Speaker (1)
Speaker Evaluator (1)
General Evaluator  
  
 
Our first meeting for 2010 will be held on Wednesday 13th January (details as above). We wish all members, vistors and thier families all the a safe and happy festive season
Best regards,
   
Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250
mransom@optusnet.com.au