Starting from a chilly morning of -2, it was nice and warm in the Rakaia room.

Sergeant at Arms Roydon got us started with the matter of facts interspersed

with a bit of humour.

Toastmaster Kori welcomed us, along with new member Aaron and visitor

Julian, with the theme of “Childhood Dreams: When I grow up I want to be”.

He shared some of those dreams of people as he introduced them.

Grammarian Alannah did a rant about Joy of renting out before I realised the

word of the day was Rant.

After an introduction from Alana, Fraser gave us a speech about the ups and

downs and the lessons he learned from a first hike on the Abel Tasman.

Helen introduced Jacqui who informed us how to find and connect with your

target market when creating a media presence on Facebook.

Thomas introduced Louise who gave us an informative speech about how and

why to view Toastmasters as a competitive classification.

with Everyone’s a Winner Baby.

After a break Richard introduced Table Topics (and speakers)

Evaluations followed which included a very effective General Evaluation by

Stephen. One of the best I’ve heard.

Rounded off by the Timers Report, Boaters Bulletin and Toastie Award.

Until next week…

Member blog by John Beach