We fell a bit behind with our blog in the last month of the Toastmasters' year. In the May and June meetings we had speeches from:
Christine Murphy - Icebreaker - "Second Time Around"
Tom O'Connor - CC2
Michael Lynch - Icebreaker - "Fron Cork to the Congo"
Mary Murphy - CC3
Claire O'Leary - CC2
Nicola Hogan CC3 - "Some day my Prince will come...."
Kevin Bradfield - Icebreaker - "My Story"
Moira O'Brien - Storytelling 1 - How the Camel got its Hump"
General Evaluators were Melissa Beatty (Bandon club), Peter Neville, Pat Duggan, Peter Neville
Speech evaluators - Mary Walsh, Peter Neville, Moira O'Brien, Mary Murphy, Matt Murphy
Warm Up - Moira O'Brien, Beryl Cronin
Timers - Sharon O'Neill, Christine Murphy,
Ah Counter - Tom O'Connor, Christine Murphy
Grammarians - Margaret Lucey, Matt Murphy, Michael Lynch, Debbie Walsh
Table Topics - Claire O'Leary, Nicola Hogan, Matt Murphy
Toastmasters - Michael Lynch, Claire O'Leary, Christine Murphy, Moira O'Brien
As you can see, our members were able to fill many different roles during the two months.
At the last meeting we held our AGM and a new committee was elected as follows:
President - Moira O'Brien
VP Education - Nicola Hogan
VP Membership - Debbie Walsh
VP PR - Michael Lynch
Secretary - Matt Murphy
Treasurer - Moira O'Brien
Sergeant at Arms - Mary Murphy
As a prospective club, our aim has always been to gain enough members to charter as a fully fledged Toastmaster Club as soon as possible. We are delighted to report that, barring accidents, we will be chartering at the end of September with 20 members.