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Awards Night
Tomorrow night – Wednesday 18 – we have our annual awards night, in which we recognise excellent contributions to the club and find out who has secretly been a cactus all this time. Come see this historic event at 6 p.m. in 260-040C (Arts 1). Plus there will be comestibles so come get some of that in ya.
Tabletopic Night! Featuring BIZTALK!
Good Evening my fellow members!
The tabletopic competition is fast approaching and Varsity has decided to join forces with Biztalk to try and get you prepared for the oncoming competition. Not only is it the perfect opportunity to hone your own skills, but to observe your fellow toastmasters and those from another club.
If you have any dietary requirements or questions drop us a comment on the facebook event or email us (Email can be found in the contact section).
https://www.facebook.com/events/1817510091814760/
I’ll see you all there!
Demo Meeting
Ladies, Gentlemen and my fellow Toastmasters,
Just around the corner is our semi-annual demo meeting. Not only an option invitation for guests to explore and experience our club first hand but to bring to you an action packed evening filled with only the finest table topics. The speed and wit of your mind will be put to the test, so for those of you returning as members be prepared! And for those of you coming to see what we are all about don’t hesitate to take the initial plunge into the deep wondrous unknown that is Toastmasters International.
The very best and largest leadership, communication and public speaking organisation in the world bringing you 92 years of excellence.
Time: 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm
Date: Wednesday 27 July
Location: 206-216 [ Arts 1 Building ]
Hostile Takeover
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
After a recent election I have acquired the executive powers over the website. Meaning two things; this is now the domain of the Webmaster, and I will be enforcing vast, wild and radical changes.
Once we are again in the full swing of things, your Secretary (Gen) will be providing regular updates of the club . These will be accessible through the side bars provided.
We will also be cataloging the very best speeches, not only as a way to preserve our clubs’ history but to allow new and current members a source to benchmark their own writing abilities against. This will also function as a guide to help you complete your CC manual and compliment the educationals, mentoring program and other resources on offer.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to message us at the Varsity organisation facebook page or drop us a comment on the group.
Kind Regards,
Webmaster
The Beginning and The End
Last week, we had a meeting which drew the beginning of Georgia’s speech history at Varsity and the end of Vicky’s novice speech giving.
Georgia gave a great speech of herself (tradition of any Icebreaker) and Vicky gave a meaningful and moving speech about her struggle with Geiteskrankheit.
The end marks a new beginning, so Varsity would like to congratulate:
VICKY LING
for completing her CC manual and earning the title of Competent Communicator.
As some of you may know, Kaala (our VP-Ed) has fled our country and will not be back till July, thus a survival of the fittest election took place to determine who will take her place as the temporary VP-Ed. Swords were drawn and blood was shed, and from it came the victor.
Varsity would like to congratulate the new temp. VP-Ed:
NETHMIE GALLA
A lot of congratulations for one night. So if you have missed the night, then please congratulate the two on their achievements as well as cry over the fact that you have missed out on Swiss chocolate and Polish fudge.
The day we went to Top Gunn
For all of you who didn’t know, our lovely president and toastmaster of the year: Karl, went to the Division H – International Speech Contest at the Fickling Convention Centre on Saturday.
He battled through the minutes with the stories of school and university and came out filled with blood, sweat and tears. Okay, not tears because he’s the president. The president does not shed a tear.
Karl battled like Maverick and had the sweetest moves but the judges did not agree with his daredevil ways
-Natalia
Varsity would like to congratulate and acknowledge Karl for getting this far! And also for Natalia, Sonny and Vicky for going and supporting him.
TOTYS Success
We would like to congratulate everyone who won an award at TOTYS last Wednesday. It was an awesome and relaxed meeting filled with awards, mini and normal speeches, followed up with lots of alone time with other members.
If you haven’t already, pop over to our FB page to check out the photos and the award winners. And if you missed out, here are the winners:
TOASTMASTER OF THE YEAR
KARL WATERS
Most likely to be the Wolf of Wall Street
Sunny
Most likely to participate in a blind date
Michael
Most likely to be exiled from NZ
Vicky
Most likely to rewrite world history
Hemanth
Most improved
Hemanth
Best storyteller
Kaala
Best Table-Topic-er
John
Best speaker
Nethmie
Loch-Ness Award
Elise
Area Contest – Winner
Congratulations are in order for our current president Karl Waters, who has managed to trudge his way through the Area Contest taking home the gold.
For those of you who have no idea what it is, it is a head to head with the finest speakers in our zone, which ended in only the very best being pitted against each other.
So not only has Karl killed people at our club with words to get there, he also managed to slaughter the other speakers at the Area Contest without a sweat or stutter. Finally, coming out supreme as the most ultimate speaker of all time (in our zone).
On behalf of the members at Varsity:
CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT KARL
Und im Namen von der deutschen österreichischen sprachigen Menschen:
HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWÜNSCH PRÄSIDENT KARL
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