Southern River Toastmasters

Club: 1363463 Area: S31 District: 17

Where Leaders are Made

August, 2019

From the President's Pen Hi SRTC Members, I appreciate the opportunity to be your President, taking over from Julie. This is not my first time as President, but I see this as a wonderful opportunity to continue developing my leadership skills, growing and learning with your help and support. I want to thank Julie for the work during her presidency which led to Southern River being one of the leading clubs within District 17, especially in the area of Pathways awards achieved. The club also achieved President's Distinguished status, which is something to be very proud of. Well done to all of you for the hard work that you put in. As your President for 2019-20120, my goals are to achieve President's Distinguished status in the Distinguished Club Program, but more than that, to be a leader in maintaining and setting standards that other clubs will aspire to. With regards to the Distinguished Club Program, we have already 3 out of the 9 points we need for President's Distinguished, and we are on track to meet this goal. The program rewards excellence across the areas of educational programs, membership, training and administration. I am looking very forward to working and supporting you all this year, just as I know that I will be receiving the support and guidance from you during my term. Best Regards President Southern River Toastmasters Club Graham Watson 0426506896

In this Edition In this edition, we will introduce the new committee for July to December, 2019. Club Awards and Achievements. New club members since Jan 2019. Our club Social media connections. Speech marathon.

Vijaya Ethirajan, VP Public Relations

Upcoming Events

August 31st Speech Marathon

See you there!!!

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Meet Your Committee – July to December, 2019

Graham Watson, President. Graham Watson elected as President for the term. During this time, he aims to continue building on the strengths of the club to ensure that it remains a welcoming and fun place, which helps everyone achieve

their goals. He is extremely passionate about Toastmasters and wants to put his efforts to further improve the club under his Leadership.

Valerie Wills, VP Education. Val continues as VPE for a second term in the club. Val has been very

enthusiastic, focusses on continuing with the strategies and processes that she has implemented in the last term to reinforce best practices. She brings with her management experience, and a real desire to see people grow in both leadership

and public speaking skills.

Nyasha Mutete, VP Membership. Nyasha continues in the committee in the role of VP Membership. She has a strong desire to connect with people and to share the benefits of Toastmasters with visitors and guests. Nyasha has been actively engaging with the guests and

new members of the club and played an important role in the development of the club in the past term.

Vijaya Ethirajan, VP Public Relations. Vijaya joined the Southern River Toastmasters Club Committee this term. She

expressed interest to contribute to the Toastmasters club by engaging in Public relations. Vijaya is keen to grow the engagement and Social media presence of the

club.

Julie Dall, Secretary Julie took over the role of Secretary in this term. Julie has played a key role in the Club development during her last role as

President and now looking forward to help grow the club as Secretary in this term.

Jonathan Punzalan, Treasurer Jonathan continues in his role as Treasurer helping ensure that the club stays

financially healthy. Jonathan has done a great job as Treasurer in past term and he is looking forward to continue in this term also and champion the financials of

the club.

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Carrie Reedy, Sargent at Arms Carrie joined Southern River Toastmasters club committee this term and was happy to take over the role of Sargent at Arms. Carrie is very enthusiastic and wants to support the club. Carrie has rich experience as Nutritionist and her knowledge and experience is definitely a plus!

Club awards and achievements 2018/2019 District 17 Positive Promotion Premiership Award Southern River Toastmasters Club has been awarded the District 17 Positive Promotion Premiership Award for 2018/19 at District 17 Awards Night 2019. The Positive Promotion Award is given for promoting the club in the community - via Social Media, website and traditional media. Kudos to the members of Southern River Toastmasters Club for the achievement !!

Triple Crown Winners 2018/19 The Triple Crown award is for passing 3 or more levels in a 12-month period or finishing 3 awards in the Traditional path. Our club members Julie Dall, Graham Watson, Iroshi Dasanayaka, Valerie Wills and Nyasha Mutete were awarded with Triple Crown. Congratulations for the Achievement!!

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Pathways Mentor award 2018/2019 The Pathways Mentor Award is given to people who have finished one Path and the Pathway Mentor Program. Julie Dall is warded the Pathways Mentor award for the year. Great job Julie, you are an inspiration!!

New members of the club

TLast term we inducted many new members Over the last six months we have inducted many new members into the club. They have joined to improve their public speaking and leadership skills. We hope the new members will have a heart warming and memorable learning experience at Southern River Toastmasters Club. We welcome Ming Tan Joe Thomas, James Yu, Vanessa Joe, Jessica Joe, Shibu John, Mai Nguyen, Diane Russell and Raj Naidu to our club!!

Being Social

Southern River Toastmaster's Club can be found on the web at: http://www.toastmasters-sr.org.au/

The website has had a facelift with more features and useful information. Check it out! Our Social Media links are as below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SRTOASTMASTERSCLUB/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sr_toastmasters/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRtoastmaster1

Please FOLLOW our Social handles and kindly engage in the posts through LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE options.

Speech Marathon "We have introduced a Speech Marathon, which gives an opportunity for the club members to do extra speeches." The Speech Marathon is scheduled monthly, please check your agenda or the website for the dates. If you would like to take part, please fill in a speech request form, and email the VPE to advise.

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New Roles to be introduced from September 1st. Toastmaster clubs often split the Grammarian role across a number of different roles, and we want to introduce two of these to a club meeting.

Ah Counter – the Ah Counter is responsible for counting and reporting on filler words (um, er, ah, so, and) that members use.

Harkmaster – the Harkmaster asks questions to see how well the members were listening to the speeches. They also count the number of times the word of the day was used.

This leaves the Grammarian free to focus and report on language usage and grammar. They will need to listen for examples of good grammar, and where things could have been worded more correctly. They will also listen for and report on the use of similes, metaphors and triads.

The intent of this is to lift the level of language usage in the club and to give more people the opportunity to perform roles on a weekly basis.

Advanced Mentoring Southern River has a good structure for mentoring new members which is proving very successful. However, mentoring can go beyond new members and into what is known as "advanced mentoring". Advanced mentoring is normally done to help people reach specific goals. For example, if a speaker wants to improve on vocal variety, they might ask a member who is good at this skill to help mentor them. The advanced mentor relationship can be as short or as long as necessary. Anyone can have an advanced mentor. You are able to approach the person directly, but please do advise the VPM of any mentoring arrangement, so that we can take a note of it.

Pathways Mentor Program Have you finished Level 2 in a Path? If so, you're eligible to unlock the Pathways Mentor Program. This is a fantastic program to help you become a great mentor. The resources are extremely informative and you have the opportunity to mentor two people. If you are interested in this please email Julie (julie_dall@outlook.com) for information on how to unlock the Pathways Mentor Program. District 17 Announces New Club Roles

District 17 has requested that all club appoint a Mentor Coordinator and a Pathways Coordinator to help their members. The Committee has nominated that these roles are filled by the following:

Mentor Coordinator - Nyasha Mutete Pathways Coordinator - Julie Dall These people can be approached with any questions on mentoring or pathways. As these are non-elected roles, they can change when required. If you would like to be considered for these roles in the future please let Graham know.