Minutes of Meeting 4th of May 2009

Toastmaster 4^th May 2009

The meeting starts with election for executive committee.

-          President: Hugh and Ross nominated themselves and Hugh won the presidency title.

-          Vice President Education: Nikkho won the position.

-          Vice President Membership: Vacant

-          Vice President PR: Vacant

-          Secretary: Celina won the position.

Congratulations to all of the winners of executive committee!

Word of the day: Fastidious

Round Robin: (Continuing the story) Starts with Ajit & Captain Cook arrive at the island.. ending with I arrived in toastmasters

Table Topic:

1. Do swine flu deter you from going overseas?
   1. Speaker: Ajit
2. Are you a believer in global warming?
   1. Speaker: Sam
3. With four horses are put down, should horse race be banned?
   1. Speaker: Jasmine
4. How would you solved victoria water shortage?
   1. Speaker: Al
5. The first home owner scheme is creating issues, should it be discarded?
   1. Speaker: Tram
6. Does Melbourne need a second AFL stadium?
   1. Speaker: Tim

Prepared speeches:

Carlos didn’t turn up, so we have 2 speakers:

1. Title: Dragonboat
   1. Speaker: Wilmar
   2. Description:
      1. In his 7^th speech wilmar talked about what interest him into dragon boat. He mentioned that it is healthy to be a dragonboat paddler and it is fun to be with the paddlers.
2. Title: Do you want to be my friend
   1. Speaker: Felix
   2. Description:
      1. In his icebreaker speech, Felix talked about 3 things: his passion, his love of music and what he would like to do before he died. His passion would be tennis, his music taste is jazz and he would like to speak to George Bush before he died. He concluded nicely that if he wants to be your friend, we need to vote for him.

Education and supporting roles:

Word of the day winner: Nikkho – said 4 times

Next meeting roles:

Next meeting will be the club’s 20^th anniversary. The following is the agenda:

-          Tania: Table topic

-          Kumar: Round robin

-          Robert: Wordmaster

-          Speakers: David

-          Time keeping: Jess

-          Harkmaster: Sam

There will be plenty of food and alcoholic beverages. So please come!