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In This Issue
Roll of Honour
Let There be Light!
A Word from the President
Upcoming Events
Tip of the Month
Member Musings
First in the District!
Fifth in the World! We were first in the District and fifth in the world to achieve all 10 Distinguished
Club Goals .
This year our District leaders held a Club Officer Training session in December,
which allowed us to achieve the final goal earlier than usual by having a
minimum of four club officers trained during the December to February period.
Congratulations to Vanessa, Prem, Robyn, Matthew and Chandana who all
attended this training . If you were elected into a new club officer role beginning
January 1, you will still need to attend one of the sessions in February.
Here’s how we have achieved the goals.
Canning Vale Toastmasters Club Newsletter
January 2016
From the Editor
This is a short edition due
to only holding 2 meetings
during January, neverthe-
less, it is still jam packed
with great information,
achievements and photos
to remind you or prick your
conscience about the New
Year fun we have had at
Canning Vale Toast-
masters.
Enjoy!
Robyn
Criteria Achieved Recipient
2 CCs Yes
Vanessa Chang CC
Steve Chatterton CC
2 More CCs Yes Josh Lindgren CC • Matthew Hoskin CC
Ronnie Giandzi CC • Eloyise Braskic CC
Hazel Tang CC
1 AC Yes Michele Naidu ACS
1 More AC Yes Robyn Richards ACB
Maksud Zaman ACB
1 CL, AL or DTM Yes Mike Palmer ALS
1 More CL, AL Yes Mike Palmer DTM • Robyn Richards CL Michele Naidu CL • Michele Naidu ALB
4 New Members Yes
Prem – July
Viola – July
Masoud – August
Olivier – August
4 More New
members
Yes
Theuns – August • Marcus – October Shyamane – Sept • Jim – October Luke – Sept • Paul – December Hendra – October • Akash – December
Club Officers Trained
Yes July training – 5 Officers trained
December training – 5 Officers trained
Dues Paid on Time
Yes October dues paid
Our Newest Competent Communicator
Roll of Honour
AWARD MEMBER DATE ACHIEVED
CC Eloyise Braskic January 19th
Let’s Shed Some Intense Light on Toastmasters Acronyms
Let’s take a closer look at those acronyms. Now that you know what the acronym
stands for, this will show you the functions of each club officer role.
President—As the person who sets the tone for the club, the President is expected to provide
helpful, supportive leadership for all of the club’s activities. The President’s responsibilities
include presiding over meetings, ensuring the club earns Distinguished Club Recognition and
to lead and guide members.
VPE —Vice President Education—The Vice President Education schedules members’
speeches and projects and serves as a resource for questions about education awards,
speech contests and the mentor program. The VPE’s responsibilities include scheduling
agendas, assisting with educational awards, planning club speech contests and managing the
club mentor program.
VPM —Vice President Membership—The VPM promotes the club and manages the process
of bringing in guests and transforming them into members by initiating contact with guests,
making them feel welcome and providing them with the information they need to join. The
VPMs responsibilities include recruiting new members, conducting membership building
programs, assisting guests and processing membership applications.
VPPR —Vice President Public Relations—The VPPR promotes the club to the local
community and notifies the media about the club’s existence and benefits it provides. The
VPPR promotes the club, updates web content and keeps members abreast of all club
activities. The VPPRs responsibilities include publicising the club externally and internally and
safeguarding the Toastmasters brand, trademarks and copyrights.
Secretary—The Secretary maintains all club records, manages club files, handles club
correspondence and take the minutes at each club and executive committee meeting.
Treasurer—The Treasurer is the club’s accountant. They manage the club’s bank account,
writing cheques as approved by the executive committee and depositing dues and other club
revenues. They are also in charge of submitting membership-renewal dues to World Head-
quarters (accompanied by the names of renewing members) and keeping timely, accurate,
up-to-date financial records for the club
SAA —Sergeant At Arms— The SAA keeps track of the club’s physical property, such as the
banner, lectern, timing device and other meeting materials. The SAA arrives early to prepare
the meeting place for members and stays late to stow all of the club’s equipment.
Meeting 377 Our first meeting back in each
new year is traditionally our
outdoor meeting in Sanctuary
Waters Park, however nature
had different ideas this year
and sent a thunderstorm and
heavy rain down on Canning
Vale on January 19th. This
didn’t deter us from our meet-
ing and we just relocated to
John & Phyll’s house. Their
patio is almost totally en-
closed which protected us
from the weather and gave us
a different set of challenges to
conquer. Thanks John & Phyll!
The meeting was delightful
with 8 guests attending,
undeterred by the weather and
late change of venue. The
highlight was Eloyise’s CC10
speech, where she reminded
us of her outstanding growth
in Toastmasters and her future
aspirations. Congratulations
Eloyise Braskic CC!
Vanessa thrilled us with her
tale of The Aussie Taj and
gave us a bucket list destina-
tion to check out. (See photos
on page 7) Masoud enlight-
ened us as to why it was
raining so hard in January —
Climate Change, of course.
Our guest, Krystal, stepped up
to evaluate the evaluators
which gave us a whole new
perspective. Thanks Krystal!
Our Annual Outdoor Meeting
I’ve turned
my
butterflies
into fireflies!
A smile is a great tool for
a new speaker. It shows
that you are confident.
Inspired by Ronnie, my new
year’s resolution is to only
have 3 drinks per session.
Our First Ever Rain Affected Outdoor Meeting Explained
Just over a millimetre of rain on Sunday January 31st proved to be significant for Perth, as it ensured a record breaking January for the city.
If you thought it was a particularly grey start to the year, you wouldn't be wrong, with the 31sts rain taking the amount of rain affected days in January to nine - the most since records began way back in 1876.
Early on that Sunday morning it looked like this January was going to equal the record, until the Perth rain gauge got a drop over one millimetre.
The previous record of eight days was shared in 1916 and 1990, while Perth, on average, usually gets 2.4 days of rain in January.
January also equalled the record for the most thunderstorm days, five, which it shares with 1992.
Strangely, despite the record number of rain days and unusually frequent number of thunderstorms, Perth only just pipped the January average of 15.4ml by a mere 0.1 of a millilitre.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster, Gianni Colangelo, said there wasn't one contributing factor to why January saw so many rainy days.
"You can't hang your hat on one reason," he said.
"You might get a couple of weather systems where it rains for two or three days. For January, we had two systems which each had three days of rain in them.
"Next year we might have three weather systems which brings three days of rain each, but it is highly unlikely."
The average day time temperature for January was down slightly from the average of 32 degrees to 31.2. While the minimum temperature was higher than the usual average of 18.1 degrees up to 19.3.
An excerpt from an article by Brendan Foster, WA News Today.
A record breaking January in 2016 with most days of rain ever
Meeting 378
Back at Canning Vale
College on Australia Day, we
slipped straight back into
routine with another fun
meeting. Mark was our
Toastmaster and kept the
meeting running smoothly.
Akash inspired us to not get
complacent, take a new
route to work. Jim stepped
up at the last minute with his
Tonic about his Dad & he
going to the footy together.
Cherish the moments with
your parents while you still
have them. They can be an
inspiration and funny situa-
tions arise, which make for
great speeches.
Our speeches were of the
usual high standard. Elena
encouraged us to try Uber
Taxis because there’s lots in
it for you. Steve had us
laughing at his Toastmes-
ser’s path and Dennis
demonstrated how to make
his world famous “Foo
Tonic”. Ronnie loved it, but
this little black duck could
take it or leave it. Maybe less
Kale and some berries might
make it tastier.
We were honoured to have
our Area Director, Andre,
attend for his official visit
and our Southern Division
Director, Cathy, visit at this
meeting. Both were highly
impressed with our
spectacular achievement of
10 DCP goals in only 6
months!
You do love
it, don’t you
Ronnie?
Australia Day Meeting
What an amazing, remarkable, magnificent and different start to our Toastmaster year in 2016! The first
meeting of the year was our annual park side gathering and it was once again a rather soggy experi-
ence. However rather than sitting in a pool of sweat we would have been waterlogged in torrential rain
had it not been for our amazing hosts Phyll & John Cecchi. At the 11th
hour the heavens opened and a
change of venue had to found and thankfully the Cecchi amphitheatre was available for the evening!
Despite the unusual weather we had 8 guests for the meeting 6 of whom have come again! Andre’s
Mum, Joyce. joined us once again and Krystal from Willetton Toastmasters. The calibre of speakers
and speeches for our very first meeting back was phenomenal but the highlight of the evening for me
came from a very special CC10 project speech. Eloyise Braskic
delivered a line that sums up her (& I’m sure many other)
Toastmasters experiences..... as she has turned her ‘butterflies
into fire flies’!
For all our new and existing members may 2016 be the year you
embrace challenges head on and allow your fire flies to fly!
Vanessa
A Few Words from the President
Queensland’s Spanish Castle
Upcoming Events
Club Officer Training There will be 3 opportunities to attend Club Officer Training
during February. If you are a club officer and didn’t attend the
session in December, this is another opportunity for you.
When: Saturday February 13th, 1.30pm—5.30pm
Thursday February 18th, 6pm—10pm
Sunday February 21st, 1.30pm—5.30pm
Where: The Innovation Centre, Technology Park, Bentley
District 17 City of Dreams Convention
May 27—29, 2016
Four Points by Sheraton, Perth
International Speaker Mark Brown
1995 World Champion of Public Speaking
Come Chase Your Dreams
Speech Contests
Our Club International and Evaluation Speech Contests and the
Area Final will all be held in February. You need to have complet-
ed at least six speeches from the Competent Communication
Manual to compete in the International Speech contest. If you
would like to compete or perform a contest Chair role in any of
these contests, Please advise Prem ASAP.
When: International - Tuesday February 16, 2016
Evaluation - Tuesday February 23, 2016
Area Finals - Tuesday March 1, 2016
Where: Canning Vale College
If you would like to perform a role on any of these nights, contact
Mark ASAP.
Tip of the Month
3 Tips to Make You Feel Confident When Giving a Presentation
1. Avoid using words you might misread during your talk when you glance at your notes.
If you wrote, “It assures our success” on a note card for a presentation you were going to give, it would be easy to mis-takenly read it as “assumes” if you glanced only briefly at it
during the talk – especially if you were talking fast.
If you’re going to refer to written notes during a live presentation, think through the words you’re writing down. Ask yourself if you can imagine misreading any of those words when the crowd is in front of you (“darling” for “daring,” for example). Cut out words that could easily be mistaken for others.
2. Watch out for words you regularly stumble over.
During a live presentation, you get just one chance to deliver each line, each word, flawlessly. If you stumble over or mispronounce a word, it can severely disrupt your flow. If it happens more than a few times, it can also make both you and your audience uncomfortable. So monitor yourself for particular words that trip you up and make a point of keeping those words out of your talks.
It’s also a good idea not to use long, complex words. All of us occasionally trip over words like “inexplicable” or “extemporaneously.” So try not to include words like these in your presentations.
3. Avoid words or phrases that might confuse your audience.
Former presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan, in her book On Speaking Well, tells an interesting story about a foreign policy speech she wrote for President Reagan. After reviewing the draft, Reagan’s chief of staff handed it back to Noonan and told her to change the phrase “muscular altruism.” When Noonan asked why, he said, “It sounds like a disease.”
What the chief of staff realized was that when people hear the word muscular, they think “dystrophy.” Add to that the fact that the second word in Noonan’s phrase is a word most people don’t know and which ends in “ism,” and you can see where the whole phrase could confuse and even frighten the public.
When crafting your presentation, think through any words or phrases that your audience might misconstrue or even hear incorrectly (because they’re so used to hearing those words in different contexts). Then find different words to make the same points.
An excerpt from an article by ROBBIE HYMAN http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/3-tips-make-you-feel-confident-when-giving-presentation.html
Member Musings What keeps me in Toastmasters after 14 years
It’s no longer about me at all these days. It’s all about inspiring others to become better
speakers and leaders. I get a thrill out of watching others improve and overcoming their fear,
becoming more confident and growing into leaders, not only in Toastmasters but in their every-
day life as well.
I enjoy encouraging others to take on club leadership roles and learning new skills. Some bring
new ideas to the table and enrich our club with these. Others become so self-assured that they
take on District leadership roles and I take pleasure in watching them develop more skills,
knowledge and understanding of Toastmasters as an organisation.
I have held most club officer roles and every district leadership role from Area Governor
through to District Governor. I am still very active in our District holding the role of Chief
Ambassador for the Revitalised Education Program and presenting at TLIs or workshops as
required. Currently I have nominated for the role of International Director for Region 12 and
believe my experiences gained throughout these years began with a mentor encouraging me
to take on the Sergeant At Arms role. My wish is to be that inspiration for Canning Vale
members.
I am very proud of the number of
our members who step up to take
on any new role and believe we
have many more waiting in the
wings. I will always be supportive,
encouraging and empathetic of
your position, willing to mentor or
advise whenever required.
Mark Richards DTM
We meet every Tuesday @ 6.30pm
Canning Vale College Library Dumbarton Road Canning Vale Toastmasters
@CVTMPerth
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Phone: 0417915464
Email: president@toastmasterscv.com
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