DRUMMOYNE TOASTMASTERS CLUB

Meeting 835, Wednesday 9th November 2011

This weeks WINNERS! 
 
Best Speaker: Luis Gigliucci
Best Evaluator: Gabriel Bizcarra
Best Table Topic: Sandra Archer
Most Humorous: Mounty Hidayat
Most Improved: Luis Gigliucci

Thanks and Apologies      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Reg, Sabrina

Thanks to everyone who attended -

Members: Matt, Murphy, Luis, Mike, Marjorie, Rita, Lincoln, Gabriel, Mounty, Vince, Greg Carrigan, Sandra, Marc, Raj, Christine, Greg Phillips, Louise

Guests: Suzanne Berkley, Jon Griffiths, Anna Cole, Suzana Najdovski, Makoola Halamandanis, Anne Portelli

Thank you Raj for preparing the Blog.

Prepared Speeches

Luis's  2nd speech of the Competent Communicator Manual titled "Free Will", reflected on his time in Brazil to bring us a message about the importance of exploring better options. A very insightful speech!

Murphy's 3rd speech from the Competent Communication Manual, titled “The Ring", gave us a very humorous insight into what to look forward to after 7 years of marriage. Very entertaining! 

Suzanne's  speech was the 10th from the Competent Communicator Manual – "No act of Kindness is ever wasted". Suzanne inspired us with some recent experiences she had of people performaning great acts of kindness. Thanks for the inspiration!

Other events

16th Dec – Christmas Party! Stay tuned for details very soon.

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Remember the next meeting is on Wednesday the 23rd of November, 2011. See you there!

Meeting 834, Wednesday 26th October 2011
This week’s WINNERS! 

Best Speaker: Luis Gigliucci
Best Evaluator: Linda Penteado
Best Table Topic: Matthew Henderson
Most Humorous: Matthew Henderson; Luis Gigliucci; Linda Penteado
Most Improved: Christine Pollachini

Majorie Seddon Award: Luis Gigliucci

Apologies and Thanks      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Wendy Howlett, Sandra Archer, Marc Bourrigan, Reg Robinson, Greg Carrigan, Greg Phillips, Lincoln Gram, Nicky Morris, Mounty Hidayat, Sabrina, Raj Vaishya, George Brako, Murphy (Wang Weive), Ping Zhou, Louise Bourrigan.

Thanks to everyone who attended:

  Members: Matthew Henderson, Marjorie Seddon, Rita Davenport, Gabriel Bizcarra, Christine Pollachini, Vince Russo, Mike Van, Linda Penteado, Luis Gigliucci.

Gueset: Suzanne Berkely, Jon Griffiths

  GuePrepared Speeches

Matthew Henderson: - Speech #8 from the Competent Communication Manual, titled – “I Took the Road Less Travelled”. Matthew transported us from the rat-race of everyday life to the tranquility and visual experience of the “bush” – “getting lost”, no, not in the bush but in your mind – soaking up nature.

Christine Pollachini – Christine presented her 1^st speech – a practice speech for an up-coming wedding.  Titled: “Toast to the Bride” Christine gave us a sketch into the life of her good friend “Billy”.  Christine focused on an endearing caring characteristic of Billy’s – “I will look after you”; salient not only to Christine but also Billy’ husband-to-be Greg, Christine, with good humour, imparted some words of wisdom to Greg. Well done Christine!

Luis Gigliucci: - Speech #1 Icebreaker from the Competent Communication Manual, titled – “Coming to Australia”. Luis presented us with a detailed account of the process of coming to Australia.  Born in Brazil, Luis started to learn English in the year 2000 as the 1^st step in the process of getting to Australia.  It took him until 2007 before he finally arrived.  Along the way he was deterred by good job offers, better job offers, marriage to his wife Danielle and finally the Immigration process.  He has a son 14 months old who was born in Australia.  Well done Luis!

Mike Van: - Speech #1 Icebreaker from the Competent Communication Manual, titled – “One Sentence Describes All”.  Mike spoke powerfully of how we all create our own realty.  He spoke of himself as a “rough diamond, encrusted with crud and dirt” – a metaphor for all the pain/hurt/ frustration and fear that we carry in life that may hold us back or leave us feeling that we are not deserving of better.  How we think about ourselves can be a “self-fulfilling prophecy”, so why not let the brilliance of the diamond show through.  Mike is an aspiring young author who is co-authoring a book in the self-help genre.  Well done Mike!

Blogger: Rita Davenport

Meeting 832, Wednesday 28th September 2011

This weeks WINNERS! 
 
Best Speaker: Marc Bourrigan
Best Evaluator: Gabriel Bizcarra
Best Table Topic: Wendy Howlett
Most Humorous: Sandra Archer / Vince Russo
Most Improved: Raj Vaishya

Thanks and Apologies      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Greg Phillips, Sylvia Labra, Linda Penteado and George Brako

Thanks to everyone who attended: Drummoyne Members – Vince, Mounty, Marc, Sandra, Louise, Lincoln, Raj, Gabriel, Marjorie, Reg, Wendy, Luis, Greg Carrigan, Matt

Guests: Ben Cooper and Suzanne Berkeley

Thank you Louise for preparing the Blog.

Table Topics & Educational

We had a fun table topics segment this evening thanks to Mounty entertaining us with his them of pursuasion and charisma. Thank you Reg and Wendy for evaluating.

The educational this evening was by Gabriel inspiring our newest members to do their icebreakers.

Thanks you Sandra for your Table Tonic: Van Gough Family Tree of Fun Tales – we all had a good laugh

Prepared Speeches

Rag presented his icebreaker titled "Reflecting Back". Raj took us through his journey to Australia, having to return to India then coming back to Australia again over the space of a decade. Raj reflected on the difficulties with changing countries, schools and having to make friends but also appreciating the deeper relationships he was able to make with his family which would not have been possible otherwise. Excellent work Raj!

Vince entertained us with his speech "Work Situations". Vince sharee various stories from being Pet store owner with mice ladies and chihuahua's down a ladies top, to his encounter with his employees wrestler boyfriend. You're our hero Vince!

Marc taught great sales techniques with his speech "The S Word". Marc took us through the simple and logical process of selling, making sure we ask for the sale, help the sale alone and show us how to go about it with a demonstration. Thank you Marc!

Other events

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Meeting 831, Wednesday 14th September 2011

Humorous and Table Topics Contests!

Contest WINNERS! 
 
Table Topics Contest
Winner: Linda Penteado
Runner Up: Gabriel Bizcarra

Humorous Contest
Winner: Greg Phillips
Runner Up: Gabriel Bizcarra
 

Thanks and Apologies      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Sandra Archer, Sylvia Labra, Lauren Stewart, George Brako, Mounty Hidayat

Thanks to everyone who attended: Drummoyne Members – Wendy (Chairman), Vince (Table Topics Master), Greg Carrigan (Toastmasters), Marc (Chief Judge), Marjorie (Judge), Luis (Vote of thanks), Linda & Sabrina (Counters), Rita (Sergeant At Arms/Blogger), Matt, Reg, Greg Phillips, Gabriel, and Lincoln.

Guest: Christine – welcome back!

And special thanks to our guest judges and timer: Suzanne, Belinda and Darin – thanks for making our contest night lots of fun!

Table Topics and Humorous Contest

Thanks to all the contestants, it's great to see people get involved!

The Table Topics Question was "If you could have invented anything that was invented in the last 100 years, what would it be and why?"

The 6 Contestants in order responded with: Gabriel - Imagination, Greg Carrigan- Facebook, Luis - a Spaceship Car, Linda - a hover vehicle, Reg - a system to make money, Matt - Da Vinci's Helicopter.

The four contestants for the Humorous Speech were: Reg who delighted us with his Philippines holiday experience, Gabriel with his first time account of Harry Potter experiences, Greg Phillips entertaining us with his colonoscopy woes and Lincoln with his conspiracy theories. 

Above: Wendy with Linda, Greg and Gabriel receiving their winners certificates.

New Members

Welcome again to our new members Sabrina and Luis who both received the New Member Kits. Looking forward to your first speech!

Canada Bay Sustainability Awards

Drummoyne Toastmasters Club was recently honoured at the City of Canada Bay 2011 Sustainability Awards dinner on 5 September.  The “awards” presented by Council since 2007, are in recognition of Businesses, community groups and individuals who have contributed to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the City of Canada Bay. 

90 nominations were received across six award categories.  Drummoyne Toastmasters Club was one of 31 winners.  The club was recognized in the Category of “Community and Business – 50 years of service.
A “media release” highlighting Drummoyne Toastmasters and a photo of the winners in this category (below) appeared both in the “Inner West Courier” and on the Canada Bay Council’s “E-News from the Mayor’s desk”.

Special mention to Rita Davenport, Vice President Public Relations, for putting together the nomination brief, in consultation with Marjorie Seddon, the club’s founding member, who instigated the process.  

Above: Rita and Marjorie together, accepting the award.

Upcoming Events

Friday 30th September – Area 31 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

The fun continues with the Area 31 contest, come along and support your club winners! Last time people from all the clubs ended up on the dance floor, including Marjorie! Details here

Friday 7th October – Lachlan Division Speech and Table Topics Contest

This is the first time we host a Division Contest so let's make it memorable! Details here

Other events

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Meeting 830, Wednesday 24th August 2011

This weeks WINNERS! 
 
Best Speaker: Linda Penteado
Best Evaluator: Gabriel Bizcarra
Best Table Topic: Gabriel bizcarra
Most Humorous: Marc Bourrigan
Most Improved: Vince Russo

Thanks and Apologies      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Wendy Howlett, Greg Phillips, Sylvia Labra

Thanks to everyone who attended: Drummoyne Members – Matt, Luis, Marjorie, Reg, Rita, Gabriel, Louise, Lauren, Sandra, Marc, Raj, Mounty, Vince, Greg Carrigan, Lincoln and Linda.

Guest: Nicky – welcome back!

Thank you Raj for preparing the Blog.

Newest Members!

Welcome to our newest members of Drummoyne Toastmasters Luis Gigliucci and Louise Bourrigan. We look forward to learning more about you in your icebreaker and watching you grow into better and more confident speakers. Remember we want you to succeed and are all there to support you.

Prepared Speeches

Vince was doing his 3rd speech from the CC Manual “Half-time in the Toastmasters Game”. Vince demonstrated great interactive participation with the audience and made sure that we all fully understood his message, which was to “get going” on those toastmaster goals – do those speeches, engage other members.  Motivate, encourage, give feedback, evaluate, listen and learn.  Well done Vince – we all enjoyed your speech!

Linda inspired us all with her 10th Speech from the CC Manual “You’re the Voice”.  Congratulations Linda on achieving this goal! Linda demonstrated that to inspire others you don’t have to be a CEO or Celebrity with “noble motives”.  You just need to have absolute belief, unwavering support and unconditional love for another.  For Linda, this was her parents.  And when the going got really tough, Johnny Farnham helped with his hit song “You’re the Voice”.

Belated Awards

At the end of each Toastmasters year (ending in June) we tally up all the winners from every meeting night and acknowledge the overall winners for the year. When we presented these a few meeting ago some people were absent and these were presented tonight. The awards went to:

Best Evaluator 2010/2011: Reg Robinson
Most Humouros 2010/2011: Sandra Archer
Best Table Topics 2010/2011: Sandra Archer

Congratulations to all the winners!

Upcoming Events

14th September – Club Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

Get your funny pants on and your speeches ready, this is your chance to have some fun! Everyone can do a Humorous Speech and Table Topic so there you there!

Friday 30th September – Area 31 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

The fun continues with the Area 31 contest, come along and support your club winners! Last time people from all the clubs ended up on the dance floor, including Marjorie! Details here

Friday 7th October – Lachlan Division Speech and Table Topics Contest

This is the first time we host a Division Contest so let's make it memorable! Details here

Other events

Check out what's on in your district here.

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Meeting 829, Wednesday 10th August 2011

This weeks WINNERS! 
 
Best Speaker: Greg Carrigan
Best Evaluator: Wendy Howlett
Best Table Topic: Marc Bourrigan
Most Humorous: Mounty Hidayat
Most Improved: Ping Zhou

Thanks and Apologies      ansdfklajsflasjfkladjsfljThank 

Apologies: Sandra Archer, Linda Penteado, Pauline Hosie, Bernie Fisher

Thanks to everyone who attended: Drummoyne Members – Marjorie, Sylvia, Marc, Matt, Mounty, Linda, Bob, Vince, Lincoln, Rita and Gabriel.

A huge thank you to our special guest David Griffiths for his speeches and open evaluation, I think we all took something away from it.

Thanks to all our guests: Brien, Christine, Kerry-Anne, Louise, Luis, Monica, Natalie, Allan, Marco, Mark McPherson, Melody, Nick, Rosemarie, Suzanne

And thanks to all our members in attendance: Gabriel, George, Greg Carrigan, Greg Phillips, Lincoln, Marc, Marjorie, Matt, Mounty, Ping, Raj, Reg, Rita, Silvia, Vince, Murphy, Wendy

Special thanks to Melody and Mark, both visitors from other clubs who helped immensley with the evaluations. Thank you for helping make the night informative and fun.

Prepared Speeches

Lincoln's speech, Armageddon, is his 3rd from the Competent Communicator manual and what a speech! The the opening sentence "The world is stuffed" to his final words "Ignorance is Bliss", Lincoln thrilled us with his battle with conspiracy theories. Very captivating!

Greg's speech, Shantaram was Speech 1 from the Advance “Interpretive Reading” manual. Greg gave a great synopsis of the book of the same title and proceeded to read us a passage where he brought to life the characters of Prabaker the Bombay guide and Lin as they attempted to board a train in a busy Bombay train terminal. We really did feel like we were there!

Upcoming Events

14th September – Club Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

Get your funny pants on and your speeches ready, this is your chance to have some fun! Everyone can do a Humorous Speech and Table Topic so there you there!

Friday 30th September – Area 31 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

The fun continues with the Area 31 contest, come along and support your club winners! Last time people from all the clubs ended up on the dance floor, including Marjorie! Details here

Friday 7th October – Lachlan Division Speech and Table Topics Contest

This is the first time we host a Division Contest so let's make it memorable! Details here

Other events

Check out what's on in your district here.

Next Meeting

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Remember the next meeting is on Wednesday the 24th of August, 2011. See you there!