Annual General Meeting Report 2008-2009

Turbine Talkers’ AGM was held on 6 May 2008.

The following new committee was elected:

President Caro Raven
VP Education Joy Ackrill
VP Public Relations Robyn Mackay
VP Membership Stacey Dravitzki
Secretary Grant Smith
Treasurer Caroline Wallace
VP Hospitality Amanda McDowell
Immediate Past President Joanne Conchie

Many thanks to the outgoing committee for all of their hard work.

Joy Ackrill

President's note

I am honoured to have been elected president of Turbine Talkers Toastmasters Club for the current Toastmasters year (2008/2009). I am very fortunate to have an experienced committee supporting me in this role.

I have been a Toastmaster and a member of Turbine Talkers for almost nine years. I originally joined the club when I first shifted to Wellington in order to meet people in my new city . Not only did I meet a lot of wonderful people but I also found that I was developing public speaking, communication, and leadership skills in my new club, so I never left. Nine years later I am still learning and improving – thanks largely to the vibrancy of our club. We constantly welcome new people to the club. So, not only am I still meeting lots of wonderful people, but I am also still learning new and different things from the wide variety of old and new members of Turbine Talkers.

My original decision to join Turbine Talkers was clinched when I met the president of the club at that time; a person with a pronounced speech impediment. I decided that if a group of people could be so welcoming, inclusive, and friendly as to make a person with a speech impediment feel comfortable and safe, then this was certainly a group of people with whom I would feel comfortable and safe. I cannot profess to be as inspirational as that former president but I can attest to the hospitality of our club.

Whether it's a friendly group of people or a safe environment to learn new skills that you are after, you'll come in search of the one and find the other as well. Welcome to Turbine Talkers Toastmasters Club.

Caro Raven

President