Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,
 
Meeting #128 was the 2009 Humorous Speech Competition. Mark took on the role of competition chairman and chaired  the rest of the meeting. Our special guest and Chief Judge for the competition was the new Area 47 Governor Dinesh de Silva.

During the first half of our meeting, Geoff presented the Table Topics assignments to the non competitors:  Marcus, Mark, Dinesh and Tara. The table topics session concluded with Elke providing the evaluations.

The second half of the meeting this week was reserved for the humorous competition. The competitors in the humorous competition  were Jason, Geoff and Elke. The crucial time keeping duties went to Marcus.

Jason was the first contestant and delivered a speech titled “Tips for achieving peak performance”. Our 2nd contestant, Geoff, had a speech on his canoeing
adventures across 40 rivers (in 40 days?). The final competitor Elke delivered her speech
about a late night ‘bird’ experience in her first share house experience. The contestants were judged by the Dinesh, Mark and Tara.

The competition  was a closely contested event, with each judge nominating a different winner. And the winner was finally decided by the Tie Break points system.

The winner of the 2009 Blue Tongue Toastmasters Humorous Contest, who will represent our club at the upcoming Area 47 contest, is Elke van Ewyk.

Congratulations also goes to Geoff, who was the runner up for the event.

The evening concluded with Marcus delivering the timer’s report. And Dinesh delivering an evaluation of our club and for the evening.

Once again, thank you to everyone who took part in the humorous event. A special thank you to Elke for organising membership badges and championship trophies.
 
Reminder that Mark has the ‘Entertainment Book’ available for sale ($65) with all profits to help the club purchase equipment such as contest trophies and name badges. Please let Mark has books for review at the club meeting - it offers a large range of discounts (valid until 1st June 2010) to restaurants, clubs, events (eg movie tickets) etc.
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 2nd September and will back to our usual meeting format. 
 
When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 2nd September
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:  
My Word
Table Topics Evaluation (1)
Visitors Welcome
Toastmaster
Speaker Evaluators (2)
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  #126  was  “Change  Over”  dinner  meeting held at Nigiri’s Indian restaurant  at  St  Leonards.  The  dinner was held to welcome in the newly elected committee members and to thank the departing committee members. The meeting  took on an abridged format to accommodate for the members to enjoy the Nigiri banquet.

The meeting, charied by Mark, began with our newly elected president Dale dedicating a toast thanking the departing BlueTongue Executive welcoming in the newly elected BlueTongue Executive for 2009/10.

The  table  topic  this  evening was provided by Ying with a series of food related  topics  ranging  from;  how  we would promote foods from different countries  to  the  different  types  of  food  that  we would serve to the different type of guests.  It was evident that everyone has great knowledge in this area.

Geoff  provided  great  feedback to each member without spilling a drop of his Indian beer.

The  toastmaster  for  the  speech  assignment  was  taken on by Jorgen. He expertly introduced our first speaker Geoff.  In his speech, Geoff shared his passion for writing, travelling and wine  with  the  members.  It  was  an  entertaining  speech which everyone enjoyed.

Our second speech was an educational series on Impromptu Speaking presented by  Elke.  A number of members were busily taking down notes in preparation for next week’s Table Topics competition.

Tara  took  on  the  evaluation  duties  for Geoff’s speech. Her evaluation reflected  the  feelings  of  enjoyment  felt by all members listening that night.

Elke’s  speech  was  then  evaluated  by  Mark  who offered a well balanced feedback. And Jason followed with the timer’s report.

The meeting concluded at 7:20pm.
 
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters includes our 2009 Table Topics Competition (open to all club members). All members are encouraged to enter the Table Topics Contest. If you don’t wish to compete any help (to run this contest) will be greatfully appreciated  
 
When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 5th August
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:  

Timer for the evening (including the Table Topics Contest)
Evaluators for Table Topic contest
Sergeant at Arms for Table Topics Contest
 
Toastmaster
Evaluator (speech)
Visitors Welcome
Did you Listen?
 
So we can plan resources for the evening please confirm if you intend entering the Table Topics competition by return email (contestants so far – Jason, Dale, Mark, Geoff and Jorgen).
 
Best regards,
 
Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250