4th Dimension Toastmasters

Dave Black called the meeting to order at 18.25.

The President, Andrew Timberlake, welcomed and asked everyone to introduce themselves.

Kirsten Long gave changes to the programme and Mathew Hindley proposed the Loyal Toast.

Kirsten as Toastmaster introduced firstly the Grammarian, Cheryl Koorn, who challenged everyone to incorporate the word “scintillating” into their assignment. Secondly the Timekeeper, Emma Dougherty, and thirdly the Hark Master, Sue-Ann Joe.

Speeches

Brendan van Niekerk presented his CC1, Entitled “Know Thyself “

Brendan introduced his speech by saying know thyself, be thyself and in the case of Toastmaster introduce thyself, so he would try to explain what makes him tick.

It appears that diversity, on all fronts, work, education and hobbies has been the force driving Brendan.

Two years ago he started at 4th Dimension and then disappeared, because he had a nervous breakdown and went through depression as a result of losing both a business in Australia and a family member

He spent time in Thailand, where learning how to kick box and silent meditation, helped him naturally cleanse and heal his body, bring perspective back to him and putting his life back on track.

From this he learnt that he had so much for which he could be grateful especially, that he now has a purpose and mission to his life and can see every set back as a gift.

This saw him looking at the family business in a new way, the result a scintillating new business plan with an inspired vision and mission, which will touch the lives of billions.

Christa Roux - Some Engineering Secrets

Christa opened by saying that engineers perceive things in a strange and different way to the rest of humanity.

Three things make engineers extraordinary. They notice things others may not, they appreciate the magic in the world and finally they are always willing to help.

She used creative examples, a concert at OppiKoppi, a talking frog and the wrong folding of a map to explain each of these phenomena.
She closed by saying that the moral of this is that you can choose to be more like an engineer by noticing things you never payed attention to before, you can appreciate the magic in the world and last but not least please let an engineer help you if they keep insisting on it.

Danie Roux – Tales of a Journeyman

Having completed his CC at 4th Dimension, Danie took us on a creative Journey, visiting the clubs in and even beyond the borders of Division H, as he presented humorous speeches to each one in order to achieve his ACB.

To his consternation when he felt his speech was the ultimate in humour, the evaluators indicated the opposite and where he felt least confident he received a rave evaluation!

In closing Danie said that the prime lesson he learnt as a Journeyman travelling to different clubs in the Division and beyond is to challenge all members to do the same go out of your club and see how the rest of the Toastmaster world operates. There are many beautiful towns, with excellent drinks and food, where the feedback does not have me laughed at!

Coralie Rutherford – Stars of the Antarctic – The Launch of Falcoquine Plus

Coralie briefed and motivated the Aegean sales force on the launch of a new product, Falcoquine Plus for the treatment of malaria. The market situation, product sales target, achievable, sales force incentives, lots of money and even a trip to Antarctica, and the benefits of the product, effective against all strains of malaria and at an affordable price, were presented.

Graham Nicholls - ACS

ACS Badge to Graham Nicholls - Andrew congratulated Graham on completing his ACS and presented him with his badge.

Evaluation

Richard Riche chaired this session. Mathew, Zibu, Graham and Richard evaluated respectively the speeches made by Brendan, Christa, Danie and Coralie.

Emma presented the Timekeepers report on the evaluations.

Grammarians Report – presented by Cheryl Koorn

Annual General Meeting

Andrew Timberlake chaired this section of the meeting and welcomed our special guests Graham Nicholls and Richard Riche.

New Committee - The following were unanimously elected:

Sargaant at Arms          Shared bySue-Anne Joe and Tayangwa Masawi

Secretary                      Raymond Smit

Treasurer                      Christa Roux

VPPR                          Tiaan Otto

VPM                            Monica Oosthuizen

VPE                             Danie Roux

President                      Kirsten Long

They were congratulated on their election.

Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 20.25

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