An evening to switch off, and tune out

Toastmaster of the evening was Jan who did an outstanding job running the meeting. Starting and finishing on time. Making sure the guests were acknowledged and most importantly, signing the visitors book.

Graeme, our Sergeant-At-Arms, was first up bringing the meeting to order then introducing Jan. Craig read the mission statement and then it was all go from there. My Team to help me was Time Keeper Denise and Grammarian Craig.

First Speaker Tony – Switch Off Tune Out, Evaluator Greg
Second Speaker Graeme – Margaret and Eftpos, Evaluator Poppy
Third Speaker Kerry – Regenerative Farming, Evaluator Ian
Table Topics Ian – Wordle – Evaluator Roz

Our first speaker was Tony title of the speech Switch Off Tune Out – An amazing speech regarding technology. The evaluator Greg gave a great introduction and evaluation with commendation and recommendation.

Next speaker was Graeme – Margaret and Eftpos – Another amazing speech that I believe suited in with the first speaker regarding how different things were back when he was young till now especially with his topic. Loved it that he opened up with a question. The evaluator was Poppy who gave a great introduction, the evaluation not only came with commendation but also recommendation.

Then there was Table Topics and Ian was the Table Topic Master. He explained what Table topics was about especially for our guest. He spoke about the game that is actually commonly used by most being wordle-New York Version. The lucky chosen ones to speak on a one word topic were Craig - Roams, Song - Shark, Mondy - Cheat, Poppy - Water & Jan - Catch who actually spoke to their random word and gave their version of what it meant to them. The evaluator was Roz who as we all know did an amazing job, especially not only evaluating Ian but all those that gave their mini speeches. Recommendations and Commendations were also given.

The Last Speaker was Kerry – Regenerative Farming – What an amazing speech especially being Kerry’s second speech. You could tell that the subject was familiar and more importantly she was prepared. Her evaluator was Ian who gave a great introduction and evaluation with commendation and recommendation.

The Evaluators tonight, I believe spoke to the speaker as the 3rd person. Gave amazing commendation and recommendations that I know the speakers will use when they give their next speech.

The Business Session and General Evaluator’s session wound up the night assisted by the Grammarian, Craig with his word of the night, disparity, which was used regularly and the Time Keeper, Denise – being her first time gave us the speech times and kept us to time.

Lastly congratulations to Jan – Winning the Evaluation Contest & Roz the Table Topics and International Contest where they will both be representing the Napier Toastmasters at the Division R Conference on 26 March 2022.

Best Speaker – Graham
Best Evaluator – Ian
Best Table Topics – Craig
Best Contribution - Ian