We hope you all have had an
enjoyable Spring Break
Our numbers, diminished by the holiday this week, actually
induced a more intimate and informal gathering.
Helping to set this atmosphere was Chairman, Gerhard Rentsch,
who General Evaluator Dave Stewart described as having earned an
‘A’ in the three ‘C’s: Comfortably in Control, Competent, and
Comfortable. To carry the accolades even further, Gerhard’s
bridging between Speakers was definitely admirable, as well.
Hamish Marshall, in performing his first official function for
us, was impressively “nice and brief as he introduced the
Chairman in a quiet, authoritarian manner” (to once again quote
the succinct and on the ball General Evaluator).
As a last minute recruit, Jim Sinclair found he had no trouble
delivering an off the cuff, well defined explanation of his role
as Wizard of Ahs, even making us laugh as he ruthlessly
collected the fines for our ‘word whiskers’.
Another newer member, Veronica Marshall, proved to be very well
spoken, and efficient in her first role as the Timer, while
Jokester Jan Khubyar had no trouble warming her audience up with
Sherlock Holmes and Watson’s ‘extraordinary deduction’!
The every resourceful Li Ying Kao brought a new dimension to
Table Topics:
Two little hand-made boxes labeled ‘Seasons’ and ‘Scents’. Each
Speaker chose one topic from each box and was asked to ‘use
their creativity and imagination to weave the two topics
together into a story. Who will forget Jan’s little cottage in
the forest with the ‘little people’, or Gerhard’s playboy
bunnies?!? In the end there was an unprecedented four-way-tie
for winners: Jan, Gerhard, Hamish, and Veronica
Thoroughly into her role, Li Ying’s bridging was deftly
delivered with amusing animation.
Pam Elliott’s dual roles proved to be a bit of a conundrum for
her audience because her presentation, based on Mark Chevalier’s
“Knicker Elastic is Fantastic!”, explains the importance of time
objectives, yet earlier she went overtime in her Table Topic
evaluations! (And she won’t be offended because she wrote this!)
Neville Cohen, on the other hand, was not ‘time challenged’ when
he evaluated Pam’s presentation. Stuart Manning did an excellent
job as Toastmaster with his Toast about spring, encouraging us
to have ‘new hopes and new challenges’, and Dave Stewart’s
General Evaluation was once again an award winning presentation.
Please join us on Monday April 4th as we host the Area Speech &
Evaluation Contests. NOTE the New Time: We will begin at 7 pm
sharp so that the people coming over from Bowen Island for this
event will be on time for their ferry.
Club 1085
Our numbers, diminished by the holiday this week, actually
induced a more intimate and informal gathering. 
