“The humour was exceptional tonight and really gave a feeling of
connectedness. Thank you.” “This was the most enjoyable meeting
yet – I never stopped laughing.” “We were not spoiled by the
number of members and guests, yet it was a very warm meeting.”
“Only 18 attendees tonight! After several weeks of ‘full houses’
it is funny to think of 18 as a small crowd when actually it is
an excellent number. That was proven tonight.” “The Theme (The
Magic of Colours) was so inspirational!” “Truly a ‘rainbow’ of a
meeting!” “Pam, in the Chairman role, brings lots of positive
energy. Her meetings are very smooth.” “Interesting responses to
her introductory question: ‘What is your favorite colour, and
why?”
“Christine had a plethora of colourful phrases and descriptions
to work with throughout this meeting, and didn’t miss even one
of them in her Wordsmith report. I found it most interesting
that the Word she chose for us to use is pronounced with the
emphasis on the ‘pleth’ with the ‘ora’ petering out: (pleth’ ora).
After all these years I will now start using it correctly! Thank
you for the education, Christine.” “I found this word
well-explained and easy to use.”
“I enjoyed Pam’s apt ad-libbing for her introduction for Jim.”
“Loved Jim’s fabulously humorous and emphatic introduction to
his role.” “He brought a little life into what could be a
mundane role.” “He gave the best introduction for Wizard of Ah’s
I have ever heard.” “He ‘callously’ (his words) charged us for
our ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ after putting on a funny show depicting
these infractions.”
“Delene’s Inspiration was a Highlight for me!” “Her lyricism is
always so beautiful. She is a natural poet.” “Appreciated her
necessary encouragement to us not to pack away our travel
revelations; but rather to keep them out as touchstones and
reminders of those things we need to / can change in our lives.”
“’After a trip don’t just package away your experiences and
memories in a box and tuck them away.’ That is exactly what I
used to do, but now I won’t, thanks to this Inspiration.”
“A good laugh; a good Joke.” “Bob’s scintillating humour was
sprinkled liberally throughout his personal golfing joke!” “Some
of the best jokes are personal stories and this one was no
exception. My goodness … who would want a handicap for anything
… it would certainly make it more difficult to play golf …
wouldn’t it?”
“First-time Timer, Atta, really kept everyone on his / her toes,
not missing a beat with the lights or the bell! The time was
very well reported, as well.” “He even stayed ‘on theme’ by
using ‘colours’ in the introduction of his role!”
“Elena arrived at the meeting without a role, took a look at the
Agenda and noticed no one was down to Introduce the Chairman.
She slipped in to do it so easily, and unasked, that no one was
even aware that it hadn’t been planned! That’s the sign of a
veteran Toastmaster!”
“Loved the Table Topics – colours with the associations they
bring up – fun, and less daunting!” “A very successful Table
Topics session. Colours made a surprisingly inspirational
topic.” “I really enjoyed this session. Hilary came up with the
wonderful idea of having different colours as the topics.” “She
provided a solid introduction to her session and guided
participants through interesting and memory-provoking questions
that were answerable by all!” “She was excellent in her bridging
and had some fun ways of introducing the colours.” Hilary on
Hilary: “I had fun doing this session – my most relaxed yet. I
always enjoy the new members’ speeches as they inspire me.”
“Loved the off-topic speeches! We are all so sly at changing
topics – the sign of true diplomats!” “Great Table Topic
speeches by pretty much everyone. Standouts for me included
Sutomi, Christine and Jim.” “Dave A.’s speech was so well
organized – an inspiration to the new members!” “Especially
liked Christine’s speech on the colour pink and her imagery of
swatches of material.” Congratulations to Christine – this
speech won her the coveted Best Table Topic ribbon … once again
“Dave F. had some excellent catches and made some very good
individually-tailored suggestions to each of the TableTopic
participants in his role (for the very first time) as Table
Topics Evaluator. As always, his humour made all of us laugh!”
“For the first time evaluating these speeches he used the
sandwich technique very very well … especially with Christine -
he was very careful and yet still got his suggestion across.”
“Very gracious criticism of Christine’s speech. I call it
nepotism!” Very effective, fun, evaluation by the Table Topics
Evaluator for his wife ”
“Unusual for a first-timer to do such a perfect ‘plus –
suggestion – plus’ evaluation for every single speaker. Kudos to
Dave.”
“’Close your eyes and imagine a world without colour.’ An
excellent Toast by Li Ying, followed by a very well organized
and well run Speech Session.”
“I appreciated Neville giving the newer members a glimpse of the
Toastmaster scene behind the actual club meetings. He described
some of the opportunities that clubs and individual members can
take advantage of if that is their desire.” “Great opening for
Neville’s Evaluation, Jill! ‘Something I didn’t like about this
…’ and then she really turned it into something positive!” “I
enjoyed her excellent and personal feedback for his speech.” “I
thought her evaluation of Neville’s Area Governor report was
quite masterful, even having time to incorporate a ‘thank you’
to him for tackling a large and time-consuming role for the
year.”
“Really enjoyed Jessica’s inaugural speech. Confident and
humorous.” “Jessica’s first speech was great! It was a beautiful
story presented with a sense of humour.” “It was filled with
powerful imagery and analogies between music and her medical
studies. Very well prepared and her bridging between the two was
powerful!” “One memorable excerpt for me was ‘Trust that the
constants of life are enough to keep your feet on the ground.’”
“A Speaker never knows what to expect from an Evaluator and this
can put anyone a little on edge – especially a first-time
Speaker, but the first words Kate spoke would have put Jessica
immediately at ease. What a relief! Everyone benefits from an
opening like this.” “Her evaluation of Jessica was a pleasure to
hear; very positive.” “She does a fantastic job. Her gestures
were expressive, she covers the whole, but has analyzed the
speech.” “As always, very supportive and good advice delivered
in a positive fashion.”
“Dave Stewart’s dramatic re-shuffling of the General Evaluation
report was fantastic and unexpected: a ‘mixed up, random
report’!” “He is energetic, innovative, and is generous in his
praise. Loved his humorous gestures – especially ‘the waste
basket gambit! This guy wasn’t taking any paper home.” “He
constantly adds new tools to our collective evaluation ’tool
kit’; thanks for the novel approach tonight, Dave ”
“His evaluation was a great way to finish off the year! His
selection of a humorous and off-beat delivery (and order!) was
characteristic of his outside-the-box thinking. As usual, his
warmth embraced us, just as his observations will improve us!
Thanks, Dave! ”
This Toastmaster year could be summed up by using our motto:
‘Learning through Fun and Friendship.’ Every single meeting we
learned something new, either about ourselves, about others,
about how to communicate or lead better, or all of the above.
Every single meeting we felt connected to an interesting,
fun-loving, warmhearted group of people. No matter how we felt
before going to a meeting, we invariably felt accepted,
encouraged, and lighthearted when we left.
This was the last formal meeting before our Summer Break. Our
Wind-Up Party will be Monday June 25th at Pam’s (604-986-1025
Pam Elliott) By the way, the number for the Westview Exit
off the Upper Levels is #17. Please let Pam know if you would
like to come and we somehow missed you – all former members are
most welcome to come renew old friendships and join in the fun.
Wishing you All a very happy summer. We will look forward to
seeing you at our first meeting on Monday September 10th. Happy
Holidays.
PS We are compiling a list of clubs that will be open over the
summer on the North Shore and will send them to you as soon as
we have all of their responses.
Club 1085
