page_title: Ron Kitchenn
section_title: Public Speaking
hierarchical_section_title: Ron Kitchenn / Public Speaking
caption_attribution_description: English: Ron Kitchenn Speaking at Rostrum Club 23's 50th Anniversary Dinner in 2008. Ron was one of the founding members.
context_page_description: Ron Kitchenn was a British electrical engineer.
context_section_description: Kitchenn  was an inaugural member of two Rostrum Clubs: Club 23 Melbourne formed in 1958 as a lunch time club where he was a member for over 50 years; Club 48 Preston formed in 1977 as an evening club. He was appointed a Life Member of both. He was elevated to the level of Rostrum Freeman on 24 July 1971.   Freemanship is awarded in recognition of a high level and long standing service to Rostrum and the community.  The concept of Freemanship was introduced at the first Rostrum club in Manchester by Sidney F Wicks.
  His roles include President of Victorian Rostrum from 1979 to 1981 and again in 1985,  Rostrum's National President 1981 to 1983.   He also participated as a member of State Executive  (Zone Council) over  many years  and was responsible for the creation of the Rostrum Office Bearers’ Manual .  He was an club Critic, a competition adjudicator and a tutor at Critics courses.
  He was an active assistant in the Rostrum Voice of Youth competition over many years with his last involvement being the year he passed away, 2010.
  In 2008 the Australian Rostrum Council awarded the Rostrum Gold Medal to Kitchenn for his service to Rostrum and to the broader community.  Rostrum's Victorian City Clubs have an annual speaking competitions named after Kitchenn.  The Ron Kitchenn Trophy consists of 3 parts, a ten minutes speech, a 3-minute reading and a 3-minute short notice speech.
  Kitchenn was also a member of the English Speaking Union.
caption: Ron Kitchenn Speaking at Rostrum Club 23's 50th Anniversary Dinner in 2008. Kitchenn was one of the founding members.
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