“Welcome to our wonderful and fantastic club” President, Jessie Macneil-Brown, opened the evening by praising how wonderful London Cardinals is.

Our Toastmaster, Craig Haffey, proclaimed that he was here to support the Toastmaster superstars for the evening, setting the theme –  “Born yesterday.”

Our Timekeeper – Jessica Forster – explained the Timekeeper role, “I’m not here to stop time for you but to ensure you get to the bar on time after meeting”.  Richard Russell, Grammarian, set the word of the evening: ‘satisfy’.

Glen Jones, Table Topics Master, set the evening’s theme of ‘Carry On films’.  Alex Hancock: going to school in a bikini; Maggie Etheridge: would love Sid James in the back of her cab.  Henry Lam: Going to Hong Kong to get away from it all. Jessie Macneil-Brown: “I’m already famous, I will not get out of a taxi if there is not a certain number of paparazzi waiting for me.”  Trang Le: British weather makes her lose her temper.  Kevin Sullivan: “the unexpected frightens me – its always a surprise.”  Sonalini Gunasekera: Having a wild time on a date and forgetting who her date was. Danny Callaghan: being the head of time travel and having a word with Socrates.  Richard Russell: the most disappointing location he has been to.  Denise Tyrell: “Student nurses get the dirtiest jobs.”  Monica Chong: Favourite villain film is No Country for Old Men.  James Gilpin: Being a spy in the Royal household.

Jo Holmes, Table Topics Evaluator, evaluated 12 table topics expertly in the time given.  Sergeant at Arms: Alex Hancock introduced 5 guests to “come up and satisfy our curiosity.”  Laura McCracken videoed the prepared speeches in the second half.

Gino Coquis Ortiz, Speech No 1, Icebreaker – ‘Generalisations’ “I come from Peru and you probably know my most famous country man – Paddington Bear.”

“A beautiful heartfelt speech.” Paul Walsh, Evaluator

Sinead Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Speech No 1, Icebreaker – ‘Innish Free’ “We all influence each other more often than we realise.”

“The entire room was hooked on what Sinead had to say.” Jessie Macneil-Brown, Evaluator

Sonalini Gunasekera, Speech No 2– ‘Cross racial adoption’ “At the end of the day every child needs to be loved.”

“The passion was just so powerful for a Number 2 speech.”  Denise Tyrell, Evaluator

Jenny Cutler, Advanced Speech, Humorous Speaking Manual – ‘Cultural Differences: UK v USA’ “The difference is huge – they speak a different language to start with”

“I commend Jenny for taking the courage to test the boundaries of this club” Laura McCracken, Evaluator

General Evaluator: Nigel Cutts gave the club and those that had not yet been evaluated some useful feedback, “I love the great buzzy energy in this club!”

WINNERS! Table Topic:      Danny Callaghan Best Evaluator: Laura McCracken Best Speech:    Jenny Cutler

 

Our next meeting – 21.11.11

Hope to see you at the next London Cardinals meeting on Monday 21st November.  We’re in for a treat – with Stephan von Posern as our Toastmaster, James Marshall as our Table Topics Master and a great line up of speeches!  The line up of speeches include a Number 2 from the fabulously entertaining Dara Lanlehin, a Number 3 from our resident Sergeant at Arms Alex Hancock and two advanced speeches from James Marshall and Laura McCracken.  So hope to see you all there!

Upcoming Meetings

Monday 5th December 2011

Monday 19th December 2011

Announcements

Cardinals Christmas Meal

Monday 12th December 7pm @ The Star Tavern (6 Belgravia Mews West, London SW1X 8HT)

It will be fun high energy evening to get you into the season spirit, full of great food, and of course after dinner speeches.  Due to the venue size, we have 34 places space. So first come first serve!

Secure your place now by contacting secretary@londoncardinals.com

Facebook page

If you have a Facebook account please visit the new London Cardinals Facebook page.  Copy and paste this link in to your browser: http://www.facebook.com/groups/londoncardinals/.  The Facebook page will have updates, news, links to newsletters, photos and more!  But do not fret – if you do not use Facebook everything will still be sent to you via email.

Bring your friends
We love guests at London Cardinals and we love to also promote the club – so why not spread the news to friends, family and colleagues about how fab we are and bring them along to the next meeting?

Other news

Gilly Cutts is now overseeing Competent Leaders and encouraging everyone to complete the Competent Leader manual.  Please help Gilly by making sure we have your correct email address.  If you have any questions about competent leadership skills please do not hesitate to contact Gilly or have a chat to her at a meeting.

Finally, please remember to let our VPE, Laura McCracken, know about when you want to do your next speech, and also about any roles you want to fulfil (e.g. Toastmaster, Timekeeper, Grammarian, TT Master, TT Evaluator, and Speech Evaluator).  You may email Laura at cardinalsvpe@yahoo.com or catch her at the next meeting.