Canberra City Evening Rostrum Club

CCERC 2025




Founded 2003 from the former Club 4 and Foundation Club

ACT Rostrum Club of the Year 1977-78, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001 - as Club 4 1965-66, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1988, 1997, 2000 as Foundation Club, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2018 as CCERC

Welcome to our Website. It provides information for members and those who may wish to join. We meet every other Wednesday at 18:30 (6:30 pm). The meeting dates are set out below. We meet to develop Communications skills, debate hot issues, hear a different point of view and enjoy a social outing.

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Meeting dates 2025

January 29 (BBQ) February 5 19 March 5 19 April 2 16 30 May 14 28 June 11 25 July 9 23 August 6 20 September 3 17 October 1 15 29 November 12 26 December 10

Contacts: Terry Giesecke 6254 2896

0408 116 085

Program

Wednesday 19 February at 6:30 pm at Canberra Services club Blackall street Barton

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Topic

It's just a matter of time

Some Topics to be discussed in 2025

  • New year resolutions
  • Electric vehicles
  • The final frontier
  • Living the dream
  • High stakes
  • The debating competition will also be held in 2025.

    Rostrum originally formed to promote discussion

    Rostrum was founded by Sidney F. Wicks. He came to believe that people needed to think through their own decision-making processes rather than just accept the promotions of the press and other interested parties. On 21 July 1923, he founded a club in Manchester (under a yew tree) with the prime purpose to encourage men to listen to many sources before formulating their own opinions, and then to speak their minds to groups of others in a way that would encourage them to listen. Australian Rostrum was founded by Alan Crook in 1930.

    Australia's first Rostrum club was held under an Angaphora tree in Sydney

    Rostrum resources

    A guide to Debating-Warwick Everson Click here to read

    About! The Rostrum story

    Australian Rostrum has been in involved in the development of public speaking and other related skills since 1930. Is is active in all states and territories. CCERC is part of the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) Dais. Rostrum was established in the ACT in 1953.

    Canberra City Evening Rostrum Club was founded in 2003 and was formed out of a merger of long established Club 4 and Foundation Club both of which were established in the mid Twentieth Century.

    Rostrum is committed to developing speaking, communications and speaking skills in a supportive non-threatening environment.

    It is also committed to free speech in the Community and the need to speak up when necessary.


    News

    CCERC Stalwart Andrew Sellars won the ACT Legislative Assembly Speaker's trophy at the Annual Dinner on july 20. The trophy is awarded to a member of Rostrum who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of public speaking in the ACT.

    Sonali, one of our newer members won the new speaker of the year award at the annual dinner

    Australian Rostrum
    ACT Rostrum