Hello, Fellow Werribeans,
Last night we held meeting 850; a nice round number product
of 31 years when our club has been helping women and men from the southwestern
side of town to develop into a better version of themselves.
This meeting was also our second online, adjusting ourselves
to these new strange days of COVID-19 and all its consequences. In my opinion,
online meetings are not nearly as interesting nor do have the personal impact
of in-person meetings. Nevertheless, they are still interesting and have value
for those of us participating. They show our collective resilience and our will
to remain connected.
The meeting was attended by 13 members, a guest, Val, a
friend of Elena M, and a visitor, Greg B, Area Director N31.Meeting Toastmaster
was Rajesh M, who with his usual affability guided us through the evening.
Kumar B, one of our newest members and recently appointed to the vacant VP
Membership seat, conducted the Table Topics. His questions were challenging but
fun. By the way, how I wish I had received the first question: What would you
do if you were a butterfly!
Area Director Greg B, then ably evaluated the topics. He was
encouraging, supporting and offered positive points of improvement. After a
short toilet/stretching break, we resumed proceedings with two excellent
speeches. Elena M. spoke from and advances manuals of the Legacy program about
the challenges and benefits of delegating. Clare M spoke about leadership
styles, which ones she preferred, and how important is to respect the other
person when you communicate.
The speech evaluators were Cynthia D and Daniel I. Both
offered valuable insights, warm support, and suggestions for improvement.
Yaseen M challenged our listening skills with an interesting
set of questions. Sahi S reported on our use of those ungrammatical sounds we
often utter when we speak. Hamed K, our timekeeper for the day, reported on the
time used by our Table Topics, prepared speeches and evaluators.
Finally, Patti K did the General Evaluation giving feedback
on general items and then she followed on her role as President to close the
meeting.
Meeting awards, as voted by those present, were:
Best Table Topic — Golsa ABest Evaluator — Greg B
Our next meeting (852) is on the fifth Wednesday of the
month. This means that a week later we’ll hold meeting 853. Meeting 853 on 6
May will see our members electing the club executive for 2020–2021. Elections
are held in May so the new club officers can be trained in June or early July
and be ready to take the reins on 1 July.
All members in good standing can nominate or be nominated
for the seven executive positions, in order of seniority: President, VP
Education, VP Membership, VP Public Relations, Treasurer, Secretary,
Sgt-at-Arms. If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else for any position
(including the ones with nominations), please send the nomination to Club
Secretary, Clare M.
Regards,
Daniel, VPE