Winter Vacations was a great theme for our meeting on Jan 26 (the day after the snow storm closed schools & some highways)
George started us off with his airport security check joke – do you know why knitting needles are prohibited on flights? -- Old lady may knit an Af….. Oops, you know what!
Chair John followed up with another plane joke with hunters trying to get their 2 moose home – funny thing, same thing happened previous year!
Marie’s Toast to Canada concentrated on our natural beauty with snow & ice on limbs (tree that is)
Surfacing from Monday’s Election, Audrey proposed ‘truthiness’ meaning perceived to be true, as our challenge for use this meeting.
First Speaker Jane gave us a fascinating demonstration on Quilting. The equipment & precision necessary interested us all.
Then second Speaker Keith helped us imagine a winter vacation in New Zealand—that would be in August – no snowmobiling & he’ll be broke for a long while IF he, Jane & Melissa go to meet up with Cameron (son).
Allan had a mischievous time setting up our two minute Table Topics (with little prep!) We had to speak on our holiday in unexpected locations remembering Opening, Body & Conclusion (& truthiness).
Diane & John gave smooth helpful evaluations of the speeches & Brenda wound up with the General Evaluation. Oh Marie described her frustrations with the stopwatch hilariously, & we’ll need to buy another before Contests night.
After Snack we had an Exec meeting. In order to earn any Distinguished Club status, Linguists needs more members out & completing projects.
How to accomplish this is the rub.
Brenda
Friday, January 27, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
January 19, 2006
The Linguist of Listowel had a night of 100 laughs as we gathered to celebrate the theme of "Flu Remedies". Marie skillfully chaired the meeting and kept everyone laughing as she incorporated each fu remedy into the introduction of the next person. Diane presented a Canadian toast where she instrusted everyone to pick up a car load of people and take them to vote. Allan gave us the new word "Prostration" which means to be utterly defeated or physically exhausted.
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Monday, January 16, 2006
January 12, 2006
It was a very interesting evening, Jan 12 with Small Claims Court as our theme. Gary started us off with a couple appropriate court jokes & John kept our attention with more. (John admitted to being the best doctor in the country, while under oath) As Language Enricher John challenged us with ‘notwithstanding’ which means nevertheless or although. I still can’t get its sense.
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Saturday, January 07, 2006
January 5, 2006
A great group gathered for a fun night with Toastmasters on Thursday night. Jane chaired a fun meeting with a theme of New Years Resolutions. Jane had a funny resolution for each member that was at the meeting.
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
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