August 24 Meeting Minutes
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 8-24-05
Theme: Under the Sea
WOW: SCUBA – noun; an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
- verb; an underwater swimming activity
The August 24 2005 meeting was called to order at 12:05pm by the Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao.
If you were not one of 21 people in attendance at the August 24 Century Toastmasters meeting, you missed a great meeting!
VP of Education, Darcy Konold, started the meeting by speaking about her SCUBA experiences. She asked each of the attendees to introduce themselves and to speak about any SCUBA diving experiences they had had. Self-introductions took 9:13 minutes.
Toastmaster Dick Larkin was introduced to the podium. Dick spoke for 3:13 minutes regarding his recent experience at a conference in which he had the confidence to approach strangers and begin a conversation. Dick credited Toastmasters for his confidence and his ability to connect to people.
Hannah Zhao presented an Educational Moment regarding the role of the Timer. Hannah emphasized that we all have deadlines and that it is important to the success of the Toastmasters meetings that we meet the timing deadlines. Hannah explained the three key functions of the Timer: 1) at each meeting, explain what each timing signal means, 2) accurately time and signal the speakers, and 3) give a final report regarding the timing for each of the meeting participants. Hannah spoke for 2:14 minutes.
Darcy Konold presented her ATMS-7 speech, focusing on interpretative reading. The title of Darcy’s speech was “Molly’s Paper”. Darcy read a charming story she co-wrote with a colleague. The story focused on a little girl named Molly who lived by her grandmother’s words “What is written down gets done.” Darcy spoke for 12:51 minutes.
Jim Tucker, presented his CTM-10 speech, focusing on inspiration. The title of Jim’s speech was “Live”. Jim portrayed Fear as the outlaw that shoots the Toastmaster-To-Be. Sadly, the Toastmaster-To-Be falls dead from Fear’s 3 bullets: 1) the procrastination bullet, 2) the stagnation bullet, and 3) the justification bullet. Jim emphasized that the death of the Toastmaster-To-Be could have been prevented if the Toastmaster-To-Be had been wearing a bullet-proof vest and lived by the 3 S’s: Start, Share, and Stay. Jim turned the meeting back to the Sheriff Toastmaster after 10:50 minutes.
Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, served as General Evaluator. Byron Shovlain evaluated Darcy’s speech. Doug Goodman evaluated Jim’s speech. Jose De la Torre was the Grammarian/Ah Counter, and Jude Awiyilika was the Timer. Evaluations took 7:00 minutes.
Jim Tucker was awarded the Best Speaker. Doug Goodman was awarded the Best Evaluator.
Dexter, our canine member who enjoys our Toastmaster meetings from under the table, is selling calendars for $10 to benefit the CTS. If you would like to buy one of these calendars, please see Doug Goodman.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00pmVisit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
Theme: Under the Sea
WOW: SCUBA – noun; an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
- verb; an underwater swimming activity
The August 24 2005 meeting was called to order at 12:05pm by the Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao.
If you were not one of 21 people in attendance at the August 24 Century Toastmasters meeting, you missed a great meeting!
VP of Education, Darcy Konold, started the meeting by speaking about her SCUBA experiences. She asked each of the attendees to introduce themselves and to speak about any SCUBA diving experiences they had had. Self-introductions took 9:13 minutes.
Toastmaster Dick Larkin was introduced to the podium. Dick spoke for 3:13 minutes regarding his recent experience at a conference in which he had the confidence to approach strangers and begin a conversation. Dick credited Toastmasters for his confidence and his ability to connect to people.
Hannah Zhao presented an Educational Moment regarding the role of the Timer. Hannah emphasized that we all have deadlines and that it is important to the success of the Toastmasters meetings that we meet the timing deadlines. Hannah explained the three key functions of the Timer: 1) at each meeting, explain what each timing signal means, 2) accurately time and signal the speakers, and 3) give a final report regarding the timing for each of the meeting participants. Hannah spoke for 2:14 minutes.
Darcy Konold presented her ATMS-7 speech, focusing on interpretative reading. The title of Darcy’s speech was “Molly’s Paper”. Darcy read a charming story she co-wrote with a colleague. The story focused on a little girl named Molly who lived by her grandmother’s words “What is written down gets done.” Darcy spoke for 12:51 minutes.
Jim Tucker, presented his CTM-10 speech, focusing on inspiration. The title of Jim’s speech was “Live”. Jim portrayed Fear as the outlaw that shoots the Toastmaster-To-Be. Sadly, the Toastmaster-To-Be falls dead from Fear’s 3 bullets: 1) the procrastination bullet, 2) the stagnation bullet, and 3) the justification bullet. Jim emphasized that the death of the Toastmaster-To-Be could have been prevented if the Toastmaster-To-Be had been wearing a bullet-proof vest and lived by the 3 S’s: Start, Share, and Stay. Jim turned the meeting back to the Sheriff Toastmaster after 10:50 minutes.
Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, served as General Evaluator. Byron Shovlain evaluated Darcy’s speech. Doug Goodman evaluated Jim’s speech. Jose De la Torre was the Grammarian/Ah Counter, and Jude Awiyilika was the Timer. Evaluations took 7:00 minutes.
Jim Tucker was awarded the Best Speaker. Doug Goodman was awarded the Best Evaluator.
Dexter, our canine member who enjoys our Toastmaster meetings from under the table, is selling calendars for $10 to benefit the CTS. If you would like to buy one of these calendars, please see Doug Goodman.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00pmVisit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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