Rostrum Club 15
About Club 15
Ours is a club with a core group of regularly attending members that offers a supportive and collegial atmosphere. Our three weekly speeches are often of an interesting, well researched, and thus informative nature. Moreover, our resident purveyor of jokes is guaranteed to have the club in fits, provided he remembers that very few people learn Latin these days.
Venue: our venue is at Easts Leagues Club, now in a meeting room, on the lower ground floor of the club. LG is accessible only via the one lift that will arrive when you press the down button at the lift well near the Spring St entrance to the club. Once you exit the lift on LG, simply follow the meandering corridor, past the 90-degree right-hand turn, until you here voices coming from a room. That’ll be us.
Plenty of off street parking is available.
Bronte Rd entrance to the venue.
2022 Syllabus
| Date | Topic | Chairman | Word | Joke | Table Topics | Reading | 1st 8min | 2nd 6min | 3rd 6min | Coach |
| 17/01 | Chain-speaking #1 | |||||||||
| 24/01 | I won’t do that again (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 31/01 | The “Good Old Days” were Not so Good (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 07/02 | Intelligence is not enough (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 14/02 | Elections (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 21/02 | Royalty today (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 28/02 | “To Be or Not To Be” (William Shakespeare) (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 07/03 | I have a dream (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 14/03 | Staying safe (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 21/03 | Boring people (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 28/03 | The Best Holiday I Ever Had (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 04/04 | The bond of all companionship is conversation (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 11/04 | I am (wo)man (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 18/04 | “7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” – Steven Wright (MarcA) | |||||||||
| 25/04 | NO MEETING: Anzac Day | |||||||||
| 02/05 | A time to reflect | |||||||||
| 09/05 | NO MEETING: VOY regional final instead of regular meeting | |||||||||
| 16/05 | Global conferences (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 23/05 | My Guilty Pleasure (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 30/05 | Chain-speaking #2 | |||||||||
| 06/06 | Internal Freeman Seamons heat | |||||||||
| 13/06 | NO MEETING: Queen’s Birthday | |||||||||
| 20/06 | NO MEETING: Mid-winter dinner instead of regular meeting | |||||||||
| 27/06 | Always forgive your enemies (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 04/07 | My favourite day of the year is … (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 11/07 | Alcohol and society (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 18/07 | “What Price Freedom?” (Oscar Wilde) (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 25/07 | Youth is wasted on the young (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 01/08 | The most influential person in my life (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 08/08 | Government grants (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 15/08 | ??? ????? ?????????? – The One Who Is Silent Approves (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 22/08 | Being good isn’t good enough (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 29/08 | NO MEETING: New Voices competition instead of regular meeting | |||||||||
| 05/09 | We are all fashion victims (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 12/09 | Tears of joy (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 19/09 | My Favourite Place in the World (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 26/09 | It’s ok to lie (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 03/10 | NO MEETING: Labour Day | |||||||||
| 10/10 | AGM — prepare for altered agenda | |||||||||
| 17/10 | Manners matter (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 24/10 | Nuclear Energy for Australia??? (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 31/10 | The Best and Worst Days of my Life (JohnM) | |||||||||
| 07/11 | Euthanasia is justified (JeannineHC) | |||||||||
| 14/11 | The control of the media (JulieM) | |||||||||
| 21/11 | Chain-speaking #3 | |||||||||
| 28/11 | Food waste (JohnB) | |||||||||
| 05/12 | The Festive Season | |||||||||
| 12/12 | NO MEETING: Christmas Party instead of regular meeting |