It’s not often Spinnaker gets to welcome an international guest but this was a special night for us.

We welcomed Peter, whose home club is in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is on a 6 month trip to Asia Pacific, and tries to meet with Toastmasters clubs along the way. He estimates he has as visited about 20 clubs now, the last one being in Paihia, Northland. His professional activities currently include writing a book on Digital Infrastructures at scale (digitalinfrastructures.nl) – wow!

Peter participated in table topics run by Dirk with the theme of environmentally-related questions. Peter was asked about creative use of waste, and he responded with “what’s waste if you can still use it, is it still waste?”

About Spinnaker, Peter said, “I felt really welcomed as people knew I was coming, and recognized me. The speeches were of good quality, and made me think, which is always a good thing. Different clubs run meetings differently. For example, Spinnaker starts with Table topics, which we do last. Which one works better depends on the club. The big thing is to experiment every now and then. Having said that, it felt like a nice Toastmasters meeting, and I am happy I came.”

Thanks Peter, it was great to meet you and add an international flavour to our meeting. We hope you enjoy your travels around Aotearoa New Zealand.