Today was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Bad Day!

Toastmaster Steve opened the meeting and introduced himself. Guests were introduced to the meeting and welcomed. Apologies were recorded as follows Tom,  Rebecca, Sarah J., and Ian.

Steve then handed the meeting to the Humorous Chair Sarah L.
Sarah conducted a very successful humorous contest.

Contest entrants were:

• Amy with 'Spectacular Spectacles'  
• Hannah with 'Murphy’s Law'
• Peter with Your Vote Counts
• Netta with 'Today was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Bad Day' 

Well done Sarah.

Sarah handed the meeting back to Steve and we proceeded with the regular meeting.

Hannah introduced herself and her role as General Evaluator

Graeme introduced his word of the night - 'Jolly';  meaning full of good humour.

Time keepers for the meeting were Paul and Chris. Chris introduced the role for the benefit of the guests.

First speaker was introduced by Craig who gave us some personal details about the speaker James who then delivered his ice breaker (1st speech) entitled “It owes you nothing”. James completed the saying with “the world owes you nothing - it was here first”. James told us about several different positions that he has held and finished with the thought “For someone to invest in you - you must first invest in yourself.”

Well done James for starting on your Toastmasters speaking career.

Craig provided James with a useful evaluation giving him some pointers on how he could improve the presentation.

As the Contest had run overtime Steve shortened the Supper time and the educational was rescheduled to a later meeting.

After the break Paul introduced the Table Topics session. He had a number of topics on slips of paper for the participants to choose from.

Christine Receiving a Topic from Paul

• Christine chose 'If I was a TV star my favourite role would be . . . '
• Robyn chose 'When my parents were teenagers ...'
• Wayne chose 'I'm going on holiday soon. Where would you recommend'
• Dee chose 'Teenagers would be better off if . . . '
• Colin chose 'Teenagers smoke because . . . '
• Sarah chose 'If you were an author who’s book would you write'
• Paul closed the table topics session by thanking all the speakers

The session was evaluated by Sheryl and Netta

President Sarah conducted the business session. 

• Sarah promoted the Area D2 Contests on Friday 26th September held in Napier.
• The Division Contests will be held on the 12th October in Rotorua.
• The District Convention and Contests on 8th November will be held in the Bay of Islands.
• Chris presented certificates to the Table Topics contestants.
• Craig noted that Toastmasters is 90 years old this year.
• Treasurer Sheryl noted that subs are due.

Sarah announced the Humorous Speech Contest results:

• 1st Place: Netta Brown
• 2nd Place: Amy Edwards

Humorous Contest Winners Netta & Amy

Well done Netta and good luck for the Area contest.

Hannah presented her general evaluation of the meeting with recommendations for the evaluators. Well done Hannah. Graeme presented his Grammarian’s report commenting on the use of the word Jolly and on other good uses of the English language. Chris presented the times of the speeches in his Time Keepers report.

Toastmaster Steve announced the awards of the night:

• Best Table Topics Speaker: (guest) Robyn
• Best Evaluator: Sheryl
• Best Contribution for the night: Graeme

Well done to you all.

All the guests said that they had enjoyed the meeting. Steve asked members for feedback on the change of format of the agenda. – printed on ½ of an A4 sheet.

The meeting closed slightly overtime.

Thought for the night was: 'There is no limit to the power of love.' John Morton

Christine.