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Meeting 722 Evaluation Contest

February 20th, 2010 by david

A hot contest!

There were 4 contestants, each of whom gave an excellent evaluation.  Only two could be selected to represent us in the Area W21 Contest to be hosted by Gateway on Tuesday, March 10.

Neville Simmons
Neville Simmons

Lee Syminton
Lee Syminton

Our four contestants were, in speaking order,

Neville Simmons

Lee Syminton

Mark Williamson

Mark Hamilton

And the winners were
Neville & Lee
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Raf Cammarano
Raf Cammarano

Toastmaster for the night was Glenis Nicholas

Contest Chair was President Heljo Cameron

Chief Judge was David Nicholas who presented the Judging Workshop

The Judges were all our members, but not the contestants of course

The Usher was Colin Dwyer

The Timer was Gail Jenkins

The Tally Counter was Ty Brydon

The Test Speaker was Raf Cammarano from Canning Vale.
Raf’s title was “The Essence of Simplicity”.
He had three main points

    Find the core of the message
    Make the most of the first sentence – the core
    Use metaphors and analogies to engage audience emotion

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We had 4 Visitors and two of them took part in the Table Topics presented by Peter Law.

Next Week is the International Contest.

Again, we have a hot contest, with five contestants this time
Mark Hamilton, Colin Dwyer, Heljo Cameron, Lee Syminton and Neville Simmons.

Members, come and enjoy the contest as you hone your judging skills.

Visitors are very welcome.  You wont be disappointed with the fun we have and the skill our contestants display.

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Meeting 700

August 1st, 2009 by david

700th Meeting on August 26

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The meeting room

In 4 weeks time we will be celebrating our 700th meeting.  It’s quite a while since Victoria Quay had its first meeting on Victoria Quay wharf in April, 1995.  Peter Law and  Mark Hamilton both work at the Leeuwin Barracks in  Fremantle.  They have invited the Club to celebrate the occasion at Leeuwin.  A few of our members went there for lunch this week to check out the venue.  We thought it was excellent.  You can get an idea of the meeting venue from this shot.

An outdoors meeting?

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On the terrace

Well, not this time. But we often have an outdoor meeting or two during the summer months, and there is an excellent space for one at Leeuwin.

Expect our Vice President Education to respond to requests to petition Peter for such an event in late November or perhaps February. It’s a different experience speaking in the open air.

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