Meeting Minutes Sep 14 2005
Don’t forget to schedule your next Speech! Sign-up on the sheet at the next meeting or contact the VP of Education, Darcy Konold at beloquacious@aol.com to schedule your next Speech!
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 9-14-2005
Theme: Lessons Learned
WOW: Vicissitude – any of the changes in conditions during a person’s life. The Ups and Downs of life. The vicissitudes of life brought Mozart both fame and poverty
The September 14, 2005 meeting was called to order at 12:10pm by the Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhoa.
Even with only 11 members in attendance, the September 14 Century Toastmasters meeting was a great success!
Toastmaster, Jim Tucker, was introduced to the podium and spoke about lessons he learned as a child when his mother sent him out to pick out a switch. Jim asked the attendees to stand as a group and individually introduce themselves and state their favorite fruit. After everyone was introduced, Jim asked the group to repeat each other’s favorite fruit. This unconventional round of self-introductions emphasized the importance of listening. Self-introductions took 2:55 minutes.
Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, presented an Educational Moment regarding the role of the Speaker. Rhonda emphasized that the role of the Speaker is to plan prepare, practice, and follow through. Planning involves signing up to speak on the Sign-up sheet distributed each week or contact the VP of Education, Darcy Konold. Preparation involves reading the Toastmaster International book and preparing your speech to follow and meet the guidelines in the manual. Practice involves practicing until you are comfortable you’re your speech and the transitions. Follow Through involves showing up at the meeting early, bringing your book, notes, and visual aids, greeting the Toastmaster with a hand shake, acknowledging the fellow Toastmasters and guests, presenting your speech, and then listening to the Evaluator. Rhonda spoke for 3:06 minutes.
Darcy Konold presented her ATMS-8 speech – the Entertaining Speaker. The objective of Darcy’s speech was to draw on dramatic material from non-personal experiences. The title of Darcy’s speech was “Stop or Grow”. Darcy started by describing the three types of roadblocks we face in life: 1) small stumbling blocks from which we quickly recover, 2) mid-size blocks that we recover from with some effort, and 3) big, over-whelming boulders that may change the direction of our life. Darcy told the stories of Fred Luster and Kathleen Vestal Logan, who overcame boulders and grew. (Both stories were featured in the August 2005 Toastmasters magazine.) Darcy related how both Fred and Kathleen made the decision to grow rather than to stop. Darcy spoke for 7:47 minutes.
Hannah Zhao was the Table Topics Master. The participants were: Joe Stewart, Arnold Ahyuen, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall. Hannah quoted four different “old wives tales” and asked each of the participants whether they agreed or disagreed with the tales.
Doug Goodman, served as General Evaluator. Don Wiggins evaluated Darcy’s speech. Norma Toothman was the Timer. Arnold Ahyuen was the Grammarian/Ah Counter. Evaluations took 3:01 minutes.
Darcy Konold was awarded the Best Speaker. Doug Goodman and Don Wiggins shared the award for the Best Evaluator. Arnold Ahyuen was awarded the Best Table Topics.
Announcements:
The Induction & Awards Ceremony will be held on September 21.
Membership Dues are due October 1. The semi-annual dues are increasing to $35. Please pay Tony.
The Area 5 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests were held on September 10. Matt Greenbergs won the Humorous Speech Contest and Stephen Jaworski won the Table Topic Contest. Congratulations to both! The District Contests will be held on Saturday, October 8 at Solar Turbines on Ruffin Road. Please join us in cheering on Stephen and Matt. More information to come when the contest time is confirmed.
Dexter, our canine member who quietly participates in our 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 12:55pm.
Sincerely submitted,
Rhonda Walthall, Secretary
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 9-14-2005
Theme: Lessons Learned
WOW: Vicissitude – any of the changes in conditions during a person’s life. The Ups and Downs of life. The vicissitudes of life brought Mozart both fame and poverty
The September 14, 2005 meeting was called to order at 12:10pm by the Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhoa.
Even with only 11 members in attendance, the September 14 Century Toastmasters meeting was a great success!
Toastmaster, Jim Tucker, was introduced to the podium and spoke about lessons he learned as a child when his mother sent him out to pick out a switch. Jim asked the attendees to stand as a group and individually introduce themselves and state their favorite fruit. After everyone was introduced, Jim asked the group to repeat each other’s favorite fruit. This unconventional round of self-introductions emphasized the importance of listening. Self-introductions took 2:55 minutes.
Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, presented an Educational Moment regarding the role of the Speaker. Rhonda emphasized that the role of the Speaker is to plan prepare, practice, and follow through. Planning involves signing up to speak on the Sign-up sheet distributed each week or contact the VP of Education, Darcy Konold. Preparation involves reading the Toastmaster International book and preparing your speech to follow and meet the guidelines in the manual. Practice involves practicing until you are comfortable you’re your speech and the transitions. Follow Through involves showing up at the meeting early, bringing your book, notes, and visual aids, greeting the Toastmaster with a hand shake, acknowledging the fellow Toastmasters and guests, presenting your speech, and then listening to the Evaluator. Rhonda spoke for 3:06 minutes.
Darcy Konold presented her ATMS-8 speech – the Entertaining Speaker. The objective of Darcy’s speech was to draw on dramatic material from non-personal experiences. The title of Darcy’s speech was “Stop or Grow”. Darcy started by describing the three types of roadblocks we face in life: 1) small stumbling blocks from which we quickly recover, 2) mid-size blocks that we recover from with some effort, and 3) big, over-whelming boulders that may change the direction of our life. Darcy told the stories of Fred Luster and Kathleen Vestal Logan, who overcame boulders and grew. (Both stories were featured in the August 2005 Toastmasters magazine.) Darcy related how both Fred and Kathleen made the decision to grow rather than to stop. Darcy spoke for 7:47 minutes.
Hannah Zhao was the Table Topics Master. The participants were: Joe Stewart, Arnold Ahyuen, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall. Hannah quoted four different “old wives tales” and asked each of the participants whether they agreed or disagreed with the tales.
Doug Goodman, served as General Evaluator. Don Wiggins evaluated Darcy’s speech. Norma Toothman was the Timer. Arnold Ahyuen was the Grammarian/Ah Counter. Evaluations took 3:01 minutes.
Darcy Konold was awarded the Best Speaker. Doug Goodman and Don Wiggins shared the award for the Best Evaluator. Arnold Ahyuen was awarded the Best Table Topics.
Announcements:
The Induction & Awards Ceremony will be held on September 21.
Membership Dues are due October 1. The semi-annual dues are increasing to $35. Please pay Tony.
The Area 5 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests were held on September 10. Matt Greenbergs won the Humorous Speech Contest and Stephen Jaworski won the Table Topic Contest. Congratulations to both! The District Contests will be held on Saturday, October 8 at Solar Turbines on Ruffin Road. Please join us in cheering on Stephen and Matt. More information to come when the contest time is confirmed.
Dexter, our canine member who quietly participates in our 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 12:55pm.
Sincerely submitted,
Rhonda Walthall, Secretary
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