UM Masters Meeting - 24th September 2014 - Human Rights

This was my last official meeting with UM Masters after 17 years and I know in my heart that I am leaving the club in good hands and that it will excel.  Mouna was our Toastmaster for the day and it was her first time, although you wouldn’t have known it as she did a superb job.  She chose the theme “Human Rights” which was very appropriate with the opening of the new Human Rights Museum here in Winnipeg.

 

Cathy was our Grammarian and she picked the word Liberty which fit in well with the theme.  Mouna asked us to introduce ourselves and speak on Human Rights while incorporating the word of the day “Liberty”.  We had 19 people in attendance (5 of them were guests).  This was our last meeting of the month so we had 2 speakers and no Table Topics.  Our first speaker was Nora (a fairly new member) who gave a well organized Ice Breaker speech.  We definitely had a better idea of who Nora was after listening to her ambitions and accomplishments. 

 

Our second speaker was Dinesh who spoke on Acid Rain.  A very well delivered speech and very well researched.  I loved his art work which he put on the podium showing us how acid rain is produced. 

 

Amy and Danielle gave great evaluations using the sandwich method to point out good points, growth points and ending with good points once again.

 

Our guests were given an opportunity to comment on the meeting and our SAA – Nicole closed the meeting. The quote on the bottom of the agenda read “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

 

Blog by Dianne Winser

Past President.

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