“This was a terrific, festive meeting which involved us all very
well.” “Our guests were amazing!” “A marvelous, enjoyable
meeting. We all participated and had a lot of fun! The
attendance was good, and the familiar guests were present.” “I
liked the fact that several spouses / partners attended.” “The
ambiance was warm, fun, educational, and as a guest I felt
highly welcomed. Thank you.” “All-in-all an upbeat, festive,
successful evening – this is why so many spouses and guests keep
coming back!”
Once again our Dinner Meeting was held at Cheers Restaurant in
North Vancouver. “Jack, Linda, and all of the staff at Cheers do
a very good job hosting our dinner meetings. Tonight was no
different.” “We appreciate the delicious meals and consistently
fine service we receive at Cheers.”
“Don did a fantastic job setting the festive tone for the
meeting.” “I was impressed with the appropriate bridging by Don
as Chairman.” “Don’s introduction, A Season for the Senses, was
well chosen and well presented.”
Every available attendee ‘danced’ to The Table Topics Twist. “I
always enjoy Table Topics – a Highlight for me. Everyone is so
creative!” “Great Table topics session with everybody making
excellent presentations.” “Table Topics were a Highlight! What
excellent topics, and all speakers handled their subjects well,
giving demonstrations of changing sides in mid-speech is very
good practice.” “Pam’s unique approach to Table Topics
entertained us and at the same time encouraged the participants
to think about both sides of an argument. Everybody was in the
position of the devil’s advocate. What a challenge, especially
with the unnerving bells!” “A terrifying Table Topic ‘dance’!!
Wow, Pam! … Kudos or castigation…?!...” “The participants
deserved the numerous accolades they received – every one of
them arose admirably to the occasion.” “Elena’s fabulous Table
Topic speech / argument about donating to charities was
energetic, empathetic, and persuasive on both sides of the
argument.” “In Elena’s Table Topic take on charity, she gave her
usual ‘out of left field’ take on a subject which, as usual, was
well thought out.” “I loved Dave F.’s positive take on the Table
Topic theme he was given, with his usual darkly sardonic twist.”
“I thought Dave F. did very well with his Table Topic,
especially his humour, excellent transition, and the fact that
he spoke right to the maximum 1 ½ minutes.” “Katie’s image of
National Lampoon’s Christmas movie of bungling was memorable,
including the not-so-salubrious moment where the rottweiler
vomits under the dining-room table!” “Csaba’s ‘manic delivery’
was absolutely hilarious!” In fact, it was so popularly enjoyed
that it was the winner of the Best Table Topic ribbon.
“Stuart’s Toast reflected ‘the many elements of Christmas’,
which was an interesting extension, in a way, to Don’s opening
about the ‘seasonal senses’”.
His Speakers received their share of praise: “The prepared
speeches were very good, especially Jill’s. It fitted the theme
very nicely – something that doesn’t happen very often. Such a
difficult, personally challenging speech was handled with
expertise and a rich variety of verbal imagery and genuine
emotions that touched us all.” “Excellent speech, well
organized, by Wendy.” “Wendy’s speech was fantastic.” “I found
Wendy’s speech very informative, and enjoyed her good sense of
humour.” “Wendy’s speech was a Highlight: fabulous introduction
connecting current events with those from her past. Also,
interesting facts from the Yukon, especially the fact that some
of the best dog sled ‘mushers’ are female teenagers.”
Dave F.’s joke was great – really terrific punchline!” “A
Highlight for me was Dave’s nice joke.” “I liked Dave’s use and
explanation of the expression ‘tightwad’ in his joke.” “Dave’s
joke was a hoot!”
Christine was really initiated by fire volunteering to do her
first time in the Timer’s role at a dinner meeting – twice as
complicated as in a regular meeting. “Christine should be
applauded for her role as first-time-Timer. Timing and eating at
the same time proved to be great multitasking!”
“Kate brought ‘life’ to the Ah Counter.” “Kate’s introduction of
wizard of Ahs was a great variation on the theme.” “Kate’s
explanation of the role of Ah Counter had a humorous twist with
her mention of the previous record she set as the “Um Queen at
the meeting last week!”
“Dave S.’s Word of the Evening, salubrious worked – with humour
as well.” “I found the Word of the Evening innovative and a
challenge to use in presentations. It fitted the theme fairly
well.” “The Word of the Evening was used extensively and people
clearly had fun with the choice.”
“Omar gave a superb Inspiration that included a prop (not an
element of most inspirational presentations) to start the
meeting.” “Omar’s Inspiration was different … It really got me
thinking.” “Omar made an excellent choice for his Inspiration –
‘Leaving Microsoft to Change the World’.” Omar’s prop was the
aforementioned book, which one of the attendees won at the end
of the meeting, with the promise to share it. There is a waiting
list for it already! Thank you, Omar.
“Karen gave a very confident and competent evaluation of Wendy’s
speech.”
“Ruth’s evaluations are often a Highlight for me. Her
meticulously detailed analysis of Jill’s speech was useful to
all of us.”
“Li Ying’s Table Topic Evaluation was, as always, energetic,
meaty, and constructive.” “Li Ying always has useful comments
for the speakers.”
“I thought Jim’s thorough and humorous General Evaluation was a
Highlight.” Jim was the winner of the Best Evaluator ribbon.
“Jim’s evaluation was thorough and lighthearted.” “Jim’s General
Evaluation was excellent.” ”Jim’s excellent use of humour in his
General Evaluation showed how he can be so amazingly
well-prepared and witty for something prepared throughout a busy
dinner meeting. Bravo! A great way to end Toastmasters for
2006!”
“It was really nice to be able to get together with everyone
before the holidays.” “The spirit of Christmas filled the entire
evening! Well done, organizers!!”
Wishing everyone a warm-hearted, fun-filled holiday.
Our first meeting in the year 2007 will be on January 8th in our
regular room in the church at 7:15 pm. Guests are always welcome
to come, and they find that they soon relax in our atmosphere of
fun and friendship.
This is the time of year when many people make New Years
Resolutions. If you are checking out our website with the
thought of joining a Toastmaster Club in the New Year, please be
sure to visit us. You will be glad you did.
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