Warm greetings from the Bossuet Gaveliers Toastmasters Club executive committee for 2023-24, at your disposal also via bgtmclub@gmail.com:
President - Adam LANGHAM
Immediate Past President and Vice-President for Education - Dirk STOCKMANS
Vice-President for Membership - Nancy JANS
Vice-President for Public Relations - Marina TATARAM
Secretary - Anna JORNA
Treasurer - David LEWIS
Sergeant-at-Arms - Sylviane DESCOTTE
IT Support - Marina TATARAM
The toast, aptly delivered by Toastmaster Jans against the background of yesterday being the day of nothing, honoured the celebration of life with friends and a glass of fine wine, in all its admirable simplicity.
The table topics centred on fantasizing about winning three very generous lotteries and even choosing among two or any proposed prizes. Toastmaster Stijns was the luckiest; as area director, he had the privilege of choosing any work of art from any museum - and he picked Rodin's Penseur for company. Toastmaster Lewis justified his choice for a castle on the west shore of Scotland rather than a private island in the Carribbean, whereas Toastmaster Tataram picked a yacht over a private jet, both fully staffed, for a one-ear voyage around the world and getting in touch with her maritime first name.
Dirk Stockmans evaluated the educational session.
In addition to the programme below, we had a debate exercise in preparation of the Toastmaster Leadership Institute session to be held at the Luxembourg City Youth Hostel on 27 January 2018.
Below the rules for the debate this evening. The debate host was Andrei Costica. The two teams were the following, and lots were drawn to establish which side each team would take:
· BG: Marina, Szymon and Gerard
· EIB: Andreas, Tomo, Sînziana (will substitute Marta who unfortunately could not attend the BG meeting this evening).
The subject of the debate was the following: "School uniforms should be mandatory". We imagined that the motion was up for vote in Luxembourg – to make things more interesting.
Structure of the debate:
Constructive speeches
Time
Affirmative 1
Negative 1
Affirmative 2
Negative 2
RECESS
Refutation and rebuttal
Negative rebuttal
Affirmative rebuttal
RECESS
Affirmative – closing remarks
Negative – closing remarks
Speaker responsibilities
Constructive speeches
Affirmative 1:
1) Introduction
discuss and define the subject of the debate
show the purpose and importance of the debate
give brief history
summarize the affirmative position
explain the procedure (who from your team will cover what)
2) Present the first main affirmative argument
3) Summarize your main points and refer again to what your partner will cover
Negative 1:
1) Introduction
accept or reject the definition of the subject, as presented by affirmative 1
fill in any missing information from the introduction, as presented by affirmative 1
briefly refute the points covered by affirmative 1
summarize the negative position
explain the procedure (who from your team will cover what)
2) Present the first main negative argument
3) Summarize your main points and refer again to what your partner will cover
Affirmative 2:
briefly refute the points covered by negative 1
remind the audience of the plan by reiterating the structure of your argument as presented by affirmative 1
present main affirmative argument 2
present main affirmative argument 3, if any
summarize your main points
close the affirmative case by restating your position and by appealing to the audience for acceptance of your case
Negative 2:
briefly refute the points covered by affirmative 2
remind the audience of the plan by reiterating the structure of your argument as presented by negative 1
present main negative argument 2
present main negative argument 3, if any
summarize your main points
close the affirmative case by restating your position and by appealing to the audience for acceptance of your case
Agenda
19:30
President s Introduction
Dirk STOCKMANS, DTM DL5 EC4
19:33
Toast
Nancy JANS, DTM EC1
19:35
Toastmaster of the Evening
geleuge
19:37
Table Topic Master
geleuge
19:47
Table Topic Speaker
1:00
1:30
2:00
19:49
Table Topic Speaker
1:00
1:30
2:00
19:51
Table Topic Speaker
1:00
1:30
2:00
19:53
Break
20:03
Educational Session
Arnoldas
Better Speaker Series 1. Beginning Your Speech
Making A Great First Impression
10:00
12:30
15:00
20:18
1st Speaker
adamlang
Competent Communication Manual 7. Research Your Topic
The Empty Cradle
Collect information from numerous sources; Carefully support the points and opinions with specific facts, examples, and illustrations gathered through research.
5:00
6:00
7:00
20:25
2nd Speaker
ChristianBi
The Entertaining Speaker 5. Speaking After Dinner
How to Feel Rich
Deliver an entertaining after-dinner talk on a specific theme; Deliver the talk using the skills developed in the preceding projects.