Cumberland Forest Toastmasters Club
District 70, Western Division, Area 52, Club 4009
What's New
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[19 Jul 10] Congratulations to the deserved recipients of our club's two highest awards
for 2009 - 2010.
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| [08 Jul 10] Added new Chairman's cheat sheet to the Meeting Assignments Guide page. | |||||||||
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| [01 Jul 10] Updated the web with 2010-2011 information, including change of Area | |||||||||
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| [17 Feb 10] Congratulations to all the participants of the International Speech and
Evaluation Contests, everyone did very well. Also thank you to our Area
Governor Lynne Harris as Chief Judge, and Evaluation Contest Test Speaker
from WPHTM Eleanor Maxwell for her moving speech. The race was tight, however
the Winner of both contests was Steve Makins, and runner up of both Sherryl
Rozario! The Hall of Fame has been updated with Steve's win.
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| [02 Sep 09] Added a new Google Map on the Contact Us page with our location marker, so folks can find us more easily |
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| [24 Aug 09] We've got a brand new photo gallery within our website! Click here to access the great photos that have already been put up - more to come! If you have something to share, please let Percy or Darren know and we can tell you how to upload, or do it for you. |
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| [17 Aug 09] CFTM Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contests a great success! An excellent participation, meant we had 3 contestants in the Humorous Speech Contest and 6 in the Table Topics. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Many of you stepped out of your comfort zones and did spectacularly well. Also we had a wonderful audience, and thank you to everyone who took on an official role. Particularly, our Area Governor Lynne Harris who acted as Chief Judge. Both were hard fought competitions, with the results as follows...
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| [20 July 09] CFTM award winners announced Congratulations to the deserved recipients of our club's two highest awards.
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| [30 June 09] Website updates! New 2009-2010 Club Executive page now in place, as well as updated contact details to Marcel Raffoul our 2009-2010 VPM in Contact Us. Also reinstated Performance Improvement Program (PIP) |
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| [28 May 09] Area 37 Governor selected Well done to our new Area Governor-elect for 2009-2010, Lynne Harris - who was elected by the Area Council this evening. It was wonderful to see two candidates Lynne, and Gerri Rich vie for the position. |
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| [23 May 09] We're a Distinguished Club Members and the executive have had another great year, and we will become a Distinguished Club in the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). Thank you everyone. |
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| [23 May 09] Congratulations 2009-2010 Executive! On Monday 18th May, we had our election night. Congratulations to all the new executive elected for 2009-2010. You can see details on the Executive Elect page, as well as the Hall Of Fame page. Please note the "CFTM Executives" page will be updated July 1st |
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| [18 August 08] New hosting site launched. This site gives us much more functionality, including PHP, MySQL, FrontPage support -- and ALL FOR FREE! (without ads!) www.freehostia.com for more info. |
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| [9th September 07] Lifeboat Debate (by Darren Gilchrist) Wednesday 29th August. Dural Toastmasters held their ever first Lifeboat Competition. I had the priviledge to act as a judge on the evening, along with our brilliant contestant Steve Makins; his lovely wife Nanda, and Alan McDonald as supporters. First up was a great socialiser to relax the crowd and let us get to know one another. 15 minutes of furious "Person Bingo" where we had to go around the room and find people who had done certain things, putting their names on the bingo card. Great fun! Now down to business. Eight clubs competing, Eight famous dead people! Here was the lineup... Margot Fontaine (the ballerina), Augustus (the first Roman emperor), Queen Victoria, Napolean Bonaparte (also known as "Blownapart"), The Australian Digger, Dom Pérignon (the French Monk who created Champagne), Sherlock Holmes, and of course Steve as Dr Christian Barnard (the renowned heart surgeon) Two qualifying rounds (four people each), with a final round (top 2 from each qualifying round), who would stay on the lifeboat? Who would take home the prize? With such strong competition (Napolean, Margot Fontaine were two highlights in the first round), it was clearly going to be tough job to even get into the final. Steve had a solid first round, even if perhaps slightly nervous :) and who wouldn't be! Then there was a break for dinner - and I'm not sure how Steve managed to get through the half hour break! Nerves were high (and that was just me!), as we waited to find out if Steve had made the final. On return the contestants progressing to the final were announced. YES! Steve was in! As with all contests - controversy was sure to raise its head during the evening. The first taste was, that surprisingly, Margot Fontaine did not make the final. Many were clearly disappointed. Steve clearly left his best to last. Personally I thought he won hands down with his argument and exhibition of Toastmaster skills. Of course the second round was all about not only arguing why Steve should stay, but also how to knock off the competition! His use at the end of "we are not amused" (in such a dry way) to have a dig at Queen Victoria was priceless! Unfortunately the judges of the final were not allowed to be fellow club members - so I couldn't vote! The winner in the end - Napolean Bonaparte. May he sink on the way back to France! hehehe Steve did a great job nevertheless, as did all the contestants. Well done Steve! The night was a thoroughly enjoyable one, and I can't wait for the one next year - and there's sure to be another! I'd strongly encourage all our members to compete at our club level in 2008, and attend the event hosted by Dural TM (thanks for such a great evening!) |
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[3rd Mar 07] International Dinner night a great success Last night heralded our very first International Dinner night - where everyone was encouraged to bring a dish or drink from their home (or adopted!) country. There was food-a-plenty from Thailand, India, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Australia, Mexico, Sri-Lanka, to name just a few countries. All was eaten during the, ehhem, "extended" break - who would want to go back to a meeting with so much delicious food! Thank you to everyone who came along and participated. We will no doubt do another again soon. |
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[10th Mar 07] Congratulations to the International Speech & Evaluation Contest Winners!Congratulations to all the participants who "gave it a go" in
the contest. The levels of standard were exceptionally high this year,
which really shows the strength of our club. It was particularly gratifying
to see the Evaluation Contest with so many contestants!
The winners have been added to our Hall Of Fame. Photos up soon! |
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[20th Feb 07] International Speech & Evaluation Contests to be held MON 5th MARCHIt's the turn of our speakers and evaluators to STRUT THEIR STUFF at our club contest. |
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[22nd Jan 07] A challenge! Teleconference EveningOur second meeting for 2007 will no doubt prove to be a challenge! Attendees will be in different rooms, hooked up by phone. We'll learn how teleconferencing works, best practice, and things not to do. |
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[11th Jan 07] Our first meeting for 2007 on Mon 15th JanDon't forget our first meeting for 2007, coming up on Monday 15th January. It's a "Summer Holidays" theme, so get dressed up (or should that be down?!) in your best summer gear! (sunscreen, towels, sunnies, board shorts, thongs, beach balls, cricket bats are just some ideas :)) |
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[30th Oct 06] Our Halloween MeetingWhat a fantastic night we had at our Halloween meeting. Lots of decorations, lots of tricks and treats, lots of dressing up! Woooohoooooo! Thanks to our Area Governor, Bryan Billham for attending and looking the part too! Visit our Kodak Photo Gallery here. |
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[21st Aug 06] CFTM Club Humorous Speech & Table Topics ContestsSee photos of the participants and winners of our Humorous Speech & Table Contests. Congratulations to all who participated. Marcel Raffoul (Humorous) and Darren Gilchrist (Table Topics) will be representing us at the Area 37 contests. Visit our Kodak Photo Gallery here. |
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[16th May 06] CFTM member pledge page createdSee our new club member pledge by visiting this page! |
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[12th May 06] CFTM ANZAC Eve Commemoration / Aussie Spirit Celebration PhotosView the photos from our ANZAC Eve meeting on the 24th April (courtesy
of Chris Macfarlane - taken on his phone camera! Thanks Chris!). We decorated
the room in a "Bunker like" atmosphere. While photos don't do
it justice, you will get a glimpse of what the evening was like! Visit our Kodak Photo Gallery here. |
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[29th Apr 06] Whispering Woods May Edition: OUT NOW!Check out the new issue of Whispering Woods, our club newsletter, for recent club news and information. Download your copy here, or visit the newsletter page for this and other editions. |
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[26th Apr 06] District 70 Annual Conference - Agenda and ReportsCheck out the document library for the latest District 70 Annual Conference 2006 (19th - 21st May) Agenda and Reports |
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[25th Apr 06] Club Officer Elections - 1st May 2006Our Club Officers will be elected in the first meeting of May. |
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[17th Apr 06] New Whispering Woods Newsletter pageWe've added a new Whispering Woods page that contains all our newsletters! It is available from the main
menu on the left. |
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[15th Apr 06] New Kenny The CFTM Koala pageSee our new mascot on the Kenny the CFTM Koala page. Hover over him on the main page to get a surprise (ok the interim webmaster just found a new feature in Websphere Studio Homepage Builder that's all hehe) |
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[6th Apr 06] Performance Improvement Program (PIP) PageVisit the new PIP page to find out how you are doing in our unique rewards program. |
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[6th Apr 06] Agendas are "online"Visit the newly revitalised "Agendas" page to find the latest (and recent) agendas AND the Forward Planning document to allow you to plan your assignments during Toastmasters year! |
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[27th Mar 06] CFTM 10th Anniversary Dinner Photos!View the photos from our 10th Anniversary Dinner on Monday 20th March. (courtesy of Joseph Baraya!) As you can see, a great time was held by all the attendees. Too much great stuff was happening in the meeting to get any photos, so you'll just have to imagine what went on! Visit our Kodak Photo Gallery here. |
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[8th Mar 06] CFTM International Speech & Evaluation Contest Photos available!View the photos from our contest held Monday 6th March. We apologise for the low quality of some photos. You don't need to sign up to view the photos, simply click on "View Photos without signing in". Visit our Kodak Photo Gallery here. |
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[6th Mar 06] Whispering Woods March Edition: OUT NOW!Check out the new issue of Whispering Woods, our club newsletter, for recent club news and information. Download your copy here. |
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[28th Feb 06] Cumberland Forest Toastmasters 2005 Club Quality Audit ReportWe had excellent participation in the club audit this year. Thirteen (13) members and one (1) lapsed member contributed to this important survey. Again thank you to everyone who has assisted by providing your feedback or support during this effort. A special thanks to Cecilia Strachan, one of our members who sat on the audit committee. The survey responses were returned in two groupings. The first group was received in August 2005, while the second was provided in January 2006. Over all, the club is performing very well. No category polled more uncertain/negatives than positives. There is however, room for improvement in all areas. Areas in which we excelled - the top 2 categories
Areas we should particularly look for improvement in are the bottom 2 categories
"New Member Orientation" being the second worst categories has appeared again in this list of poor performers (though it was ranked last in 2004/2005 so perhaps some improvement has been made). Using our newly created "3Rs" motto or our club: Recruitment, ...we will be particularly focusing on the following 4 questions: [priority #1] Q08 – Are new members assigned a coach / mentor
for one-on-one assistance? (Realisation / Retention) Documents available on this topic: |
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Congratulations to Marcel Raffoul, our newly elected Vice President of EducationBy popular demand, our Vice President of Membership is now also our Vice President of Education, as of last night's club meeting. Marcel is a valuable executive of the club and has been a great mentor to many of the new club members. He has kindly accepted the double responsibility until the end of the executive term. Thank you Marcel! |
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Whispering Woods January Edition: OUT NOW!Check out the new issue of Whispering Woods, our club newsletter, for recent club news and information. Download your copy here. |
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CFTM would like to wish all our members and guests a happy new year!Welcome to 2006, a brand new year and lots of brand new agendas on the list for Cumberland Forest Toastmasters! If speaking well in public while having fun, make new friends, and develop better communication skills is part of your new years resolution for 2006, come and join us!Click here to view our club meeting times and location! Looking forward to seeing you at our meetings!!!! Greetings from your CFTM Executives. |
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End of Year Christmas Party club meeting!On Monday 19 December 2005, the club members and guests all joined together for a fun and eventful Christmas Party meeting with a new role introduced: The BBQ Master! The meeting started off with a short normal meeting session, with two great speakers deliverying speeches about christmas. Then the meeting went onto fun and games when we all played Jeopardy where members battled for points by answering questions ranging from history to sports, followed by executives giving a session on The Year in Review, talking about what they found exciting throughout the year and what they look forward to in 2006. Barry, our Sergeant at Arms dressed up as surprise santa (whom in my opinion, was a little to thin!) and presented each present member and guests with a christmas gift, ending a very fruitful day at toastmasters. Photos can be viewed at this Kodak Gallery. You don't need to sign up to view the photos, simply click on "View Photos without signing in". |
Click here for our club calendar for your information on the upcoming meetings!
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