Club News
20/07/2010Tonight two Club members received official recognition of their achievements. President Jo Spiegelhauer presented
Competent Communicator certificate to
Sophia Smith and
Advanced Communicator Silver to
Roslyn Host.
06/07/2010
Installation of New Club Officers
Past President Brian Neary conducted a handover ceremony transferring authority from the outgoing Executive Committee to the newly elected Committee. Brian thanked the outgoing Committee for their dedication and service over the past year, before introducing the new Club Officers. The final Club officer introduced was President, Jo Spiegelhauer, who then presented a speech, entitled The Next Step, in which she traced her progression through Toastmasters and outlined the challenges ahead.
Newly elected Executive Committee for 2010-2011 : Vlad Antropov (VPE), Peter Boesch(VPPR), Jo Spiegelhauer (Pres), Leon Chia (Treas), Iris Llosa (Sec), Akon Dey (SAA). Not present, Carole Gan (VPM).
02/07/2010Our Club reached
10 goals out of 10 in Distinguished Club Program in 2009/2010.
01/07/2010For
30 years Hornsby District Toastmasters Club has been serving community. This achievement has been recognised and commended by Toastmasters International which sent us this
official Certificate.
30/06/2010
25/06/2010
Today Kathleen O'Rourke and Leon Chia accepted an invitation from Salvation Army Employment PLus to present the benefits of joining Toastmasters International, to a group of potential members.
Kathleen in action at Employment Plus.
15/06/2010
Vice-President Education Jo Spiegelhauer presented Advanced Communicator Bronze certificate to Don Low who completed "Storytelling" and "Humorously Speaking" advanced communication manuals.
01/06/2010
Club Officers Reports
President, Brad Smithers introduced each of the current Club Officers and invited them to give a brief verbal report on their various areas of responsibility.
Election of Club Officers 2010/2011
Brad Smithers, as Club President, announced that nominations had been obtained for the remaining positions on the Executive Committee for the new term of office from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. As required by the constitution, a vote was then carried out for each of the positions and all were duly elected. The newly-elected Club Officers were:-
Vice-President Public Relations:
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Peter Boesch
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| Secretary: |
Iris Llosa
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| Sergeant-At-Arms: |
Akon Dey
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Printing of Beyond Meeting Roles booklet
A motion was moved by Kathleen ORourke and seconded by Jeanette Neary that the club spend the sum of $223 for the printing of 50 copies of the new booklet titled Beyond Meeting Roles, developed by Kathleen as an upgraded version of The Cheaters Guide to Meeting Roles which she had compiled a few years ago. Following brief discussion the motion was passed. It was intended that the booklet would be made available to all current members as well as to new members free of charge. Kathleen undertook to arrange the printing in time for the booklets to be available at our next meeting on 15 June.
Induction of New members
Brad Smithers awarded Certificates of Membership to the following new members:-
| John Egan |
Frayda Cooper |
Ben Godding |
| Akon Dey |
Bridget Margan |
John-Paul Hinojosa |
Hidden Phrase Competition Winner
Brad Smithers announced that the winner of the Hidden Phrase Competition in relation to the issue of the Beyond Meeting Roles booklet was John-Paul Hinojosa. John-Paul was presented with a copy of the book Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds.
Special Website Award
At the District 70 Conference Dinner Hornsby District Toastmasters was one of only five clubs out of the sixty clubs in the District to receive a special award for excellence in design and ease of access to their club website. In recognition of his excellent work in developing the club website, Vlad Antropov was awarded a Certificate of Merit by Brad on behalf of the members.
Distinguished Club Program 2009/2010
Brad Smithers announced that the club was on track to successfully complete all ten requirements to qualify for the Presidents Distinguished Club Award for 2009/2010, which is the highest level in the Distinguished Club Program. The remaining two tasks would be completed by our final meeting of the Toastmasters year on 29 June.
18/05/2010
(photo courtesy of Andrew Host)
President Brad presents Judy with her prize for winning the club speech contest.
04/05/2010
Elections were held for positions on the Executive Committee for the year from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. Those elected to the various positions were:-
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President |
Josephine Spiegelhauer |
| Vice-President Education |
Vladimir Antropov |
| Vice-President Membership |
Carole Gan |
| Treasurer |
Leon Chia |
The positions of Vice-President Public Relations, Secretary and Sergeant-At-Arms were not filled due to lack of nominations. President Brad Smithers announced that the vacant positions would be appointed by the Executive Committee at the earliest opportunity.
Brad thanked the outgoing Committee for their dedication and hard work, congratulated the newly-elected Committee and wished them much success in the year ahead.
04/05/2010
Tonight our members had an opportunity to practice organising and competing in a speech contest. The contest followed official Toastmasters International rules but will not proceed beyond the club level. Congratulations to the contest winners:
- Judy Recher
- Leon Chia
- Roslyn Host
Left to right: Judy Recher, Roslyn Host, Leon Chia, John Inglis (Chief Judge).26/04/2010On Monday 26 April two members of our Club attended the seminar with the visiting
International President of Toastmasters Gary Schmidt. It was a wonderful evening and Jo and Kathleen both learnt a lot from the experience. Our Area also had one of the best turnouts - 7 people from the 6 clubs in Area 16 attended! Six of them were captured in this photo with Gary Schmidt:
From left to right: John Inglis (Area 16 Governor), Jo Spiegelhauer (Hornsby VPE), Leanne (Berowra VPM), Gary Schmidt (International President of Toastmasters), Theresa (Turramurra President), Kathleen O'Rourke (Hornsby VPM), Iain (Turramurra S-A-A).
20/04/2010
This night we had a record number of guests visiting our Club: 13. Many of them were returning guests which is a true testament to the Club's friendly and welcoming atmosphere.
20/04/2010
Toastmasters meetings are always rewarding, but this was especially true this night for two of our members - Don Low and Sophia Smith - who earned Advanced Communicator Bronze and Competent Communicator awards, respectively. We congratulate Don and Sophia on this achievement, which also advances our Club to its goals in Distinguished Club Program.
06/04/2010
Donrita Reefman was an impromptu speaking star of the night. Not only she was voted the best Table Topics Speaker, but she also won Something Special award for her Cold Call presentation which required solid off-the-cuff speaking skills. Well done, Donrita!
The best Evaluator award went to Jo Spiegelhauer for her beautifully crafted evaluation of John-Paul's Ice Breaker speech. Good job, Jo!
06/04/2010
Tonight Club members witnessed a rare presentation of 2 (two!) Competent Leader awards. Congratulations to Judy Recher and Ethleen Low on this significant accomplishment!
News from previous months are available in the News Archive.
