As does happen on occasion, things have been really busy recently
and I have not had time for writing blogs.
BUT in the interest of keeping you all up to date, decided to write one
or two now.
One of the things that has happened at Benjamin Toastmasters
is we have had a change of Executive. My
role has changed from VPPR (Public Relations) to VPE (Education and general
Agenda setting). The new VPPR has
returned from maternity leave and will take over blogs now, so hopefully they
will keep more up to date.
So current new Executive is:
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Position
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Name
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Geoffrey
Adams, CC
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Club
VP Education
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Karina
Redpath
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Ianon
Yusoff, ACS, CL
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Lili
Zhang
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Ianon
Yusoff, ACS, CL
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Dominic
Dolan, CC
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Peter
Herbert, DTM
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Just so you know what the letters after each name is, below
described the Toastmasters Education program.
(See the VPE Me has taken over already!)
Some highlights from
meetings of the last two months are;
Meeting 1048 on Friday
17th July
Dominic Dolan delivered his Project 5 Speech, forcing us all
to think about a complicated moral question.
Can you be considered criminally culpable if you are the small cog in
the wheel of a larger criminal/unethical organisation? He told the story of Oskar Groning who was an
accountant for Auschwitz for 2 ½ years, during which he assisted in the sentencing
of 3000 Jews to death. How he was
impressed by a powerful man who fixed his country and wanted to be part of his
organisation. He never actively participated in the crimes but supported the
Nazi organisation. What will be saying
in years to come about Border Force and the treatment of boat people?
Meeting 1049 on
Friday 31st August
I missed this meeting but I understand that there was a
visit by the new Area 17 Director, Frances Carleton!
Meeting 1050 on
Friday 14th August
The meeting of Friday 14th August was spectacular
because it was the day we were introduced to new member Laura who delivered her
Ice Breaker speech, “Three Words About Me”.
Laura shared herself with us in her warm and engaging style, explaining
what has inspired and motivated her. The
words were “play, “ease” and “listening”.
These are things that she has consciously become to understand and use
in her life. As a student in midwifery,
this seems highly suited to her.
Meeting 1051 on
Friday 28th August
Meeting 1051 was a Table Topics meeting as we had no speaking
projects proposed. Another new person,
Nicky, visited the Club. Ianon delivered
Table Topics to us and we all had two topics each.
Dominic told us that the worst advice he has been given is
to sit quietly and stay out of the way, and that he has been known to be persuaded
into buying things by advertising. Laura
told us that as well as a midwife she is also a marine biologist, and also that
her best childhood meal was her stepmum’s apple chutney chicken. Nicky told us that the most useful invention
to her was the brace that allowed her to rehabilitate her elbow from injury,
and also that her best holiday accommodation was a resort in the Great Barrier
Reef. Geoff told us that, in the dentist
chair, he thinks about opening his mouth wide, and that he overcomes self-consciousness
at social functions by finding a drink and a person to talk to. Karina told us the new technology item she
wants the most is an iPad, and also that the chores she loathes the most is
picking up toys and cleaning cloth nappies.
Peter told us the best item in a museum is early cars, and how the major
decision of installing solar panels has had a major effect on his life because
of the cost savings. Lili told us that
she the country she wants to visit most is her home country, China, as she
keeps putting back her visit because of having a baby etc, but her father is
getting old. Finally Geoff asked Ianon a
question so she didn’t miss out. Is one’s
personality born or made? She replied that personalities are some of each, but
that you can see the different traits from babies and gave the example of how differently
they react to swimming classes at her local pool.
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