Club Meeting #248 - 21st December 2006 - Xmas Debate

A long standing club tradition was relived when 4 of our club members battled it out in a debate contest to see who is the best. With a good balance of experience on each team, a tough contest was had by all. Winners of the contest were Andrew and Tinal with Tom and Enri needing to regroup for next year. The perpetual trophy was awarded to both Andrew and Tinal by Tony who will have their names added to the list of winners and take a place in our club history.

2006 M23 Area Contests

Hi Toasty members !

An impressive representation by our club in the Area contests.

The Results of the M23 Contests are as follows ...

Table Topics Contest
Winner: Vivien (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Verena (Business Talk Toastmasters)

International Speech
Winner: George (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Frank

Speech Evaluation
Winner: Ian
Runner Up: Vivien (Business Talk Toastmasters)

Humorous Speech
Winner: Gail (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Manohar

Our club won 3 out of the 4 contests. I am sure you all feel proud of this significant achievement! The next stage is the Metro Division contest scheduled for 17 February 2007. The likely venue for these contests is within the RMIT complex subject of course to availability on the day. Details will be released early in the new year.

Please keep the date free. We hope all of you will be there to cheer our members to get through to the next stage.

Congratulations to those who have done a fantastic job in representing our club in the Area contests :

George
Rosetta
Verena
Vivien
Gail

Cheers!

Manel
Vice President – PR

2006 Club Competition Winners

Congradulations to the club competition winners. All contestants were of a high standard and was a pleasure to watch. Each winner will now go into the next level being the M23 Area Contests.

Our appreciation to all those who participated in the contests. We all learnt from the experience.

Special thanks to Gayle for organising the venue, Verena for arranging the meetings, Rosetta for getting the participants and Scott for getting the judges organised.

For all our members and guests, please cheer our winners at their next competitions.

Good luck to all!

The Results of the M23 Contests are as follows ...

Table Topics Contest
Winner: Vivien
Runner Up: Verena

International Speech
Winner: Rosetta
Runner Up: George

Speech Evaluation
Winner: Vivien
Runner Up: Manel

Humorous Speech
Winner: Gail
Runner Up: Scott

Scott becomes Competent Communicator

Lets all congradulate Scott in completing the first manual. What a great achievement and is one of the first milestones in progressing through the Toastmasters leadership program. Scott will now move onto an advanced manual to fine tune specific areas of interest.

The speeches Scott gave to achieve this milestone were.

1. 2004-11-11 - The quite achiever
2. 2004-12-09 - Optimal Health
3. 2005-02-10 - Heart Disease
4. 2005-04-14 - Water
5. 2005-05-12 - Safe Driving
6. 2005-08-04 - Jims Dilemma
7. 2005-09-28 - Communication
8. 2006-05-11 - Living with fear
9. 2006-07-27 - Water conservation
10. 2006-08-10 - 24 Hour Speech

You can view an article on Scott becoming Competent Communicator in the September 2006 Southern Cross newsletter.

http://d73.toastmasters.org.au/southerncross/sc_0609.pdf

July 2006 to June 2007 Club Executive

President - Scott
VP-Education - Verena
VP-Membership - Ashok
VP-Public Relations - Manel
Secretary - Rosetta
Treasurer - Glenn
Sgt.at Arms - Gail
Past President - Vivien