October 17th 2007

We all faced a tough challenge yesterday. Not only it was our Area Governor's official visit, but our Advanced Silver Toastmaster Xavi had to manage a somewhat 'eventful' speech contest meeting. Everyone hailed him in acknowledgement of his seamless performance. Our humorous speech contestants Marie and Liam received instant additional feedback from the audience in order to help them prepare for the Area Contest on October 20th. It was indeed difficult for the contestants' evaluators (Melinda, Rose) to provide feedback in such a short time focusing on the speech/contest requirements in terms of quality and delivery. Tricky also for David to evaluate Kai's uniquely and well delivered ice breaker where he told us about himself indirectly via introducing three of the most important people in his life. Even harder for Edith to evaluate one of Belinda's best speeches. We ALL were persuaded not to buy commercial eggs! We also benefitted from Jeff, our General Evaluator who gave productive and honest feedback with regards to the meeting setup. Not forgetting Joan who threw knotty roles at Marly and Carol Ann with his Table Topics on creating a better environment for women at work. Our new member Adela volunteered giving a response and impressed all of us with her own view of how to encourage the women workforce. Last but not least, it was great to have our members volunteering to fill other important roles such as Timer (Jose Antonio, our new member), Birgitte (Ah Counter) and Carol Ann (we did have a Gramarian last evening)!

Thanks & see you in the next meeting!
Rose