Meeting Agenda Nov 2, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, November 2, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Government of the People WOW: Constituent– noun; one who appoints or elects another to an office or employment. Ex: As a constituent, if you don’t vote – you can’t complain. 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Dick Larkin 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Matt Greenbergs 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Rhonda Walthall, CTM-3 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Jimmie Webb, CTM-3 12:42 TABLE TOPICS Joe Stewart 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Darcy Konold EVALUATOR #1 Hannah Zhao EVALUATOR #2 Open EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Jose de la Torre TIMER Open 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Dick Larkin 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday November 9, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Stephen Jaworski Table Topics: None Educational Moment: Darcy Konold General Evaluator: Open Speaker #1: Paul Pitt Evaluator #1: Hannah Zhao Speaker #2: Frida Vissuet Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Dick Larkin ATMS6 Evaluator #3: Open Timer: Matt Greenbergs Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Oct 26, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273Wednesday, October 26, 2005MINUTES Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 18 members and guests in attendance! ATTENDEES:Joe Stewart, Jose de la Torre, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Stephen Jaworski, Martin Olmeda, Paul Pitt, Matt Greenbergs, Arnold Ahyuen, Dee Williams, Rhonda Walthall, and guests – Alan Landers, Heather, Dakota Hills, Cindy, Kathy, Jennifer Morgan, and Kelly Straffield.12:09 Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao, welcomed everyone and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:10 Joe Stewart came to the lectern, welcomed everyone, and introduced Jose de la Torre as the Toastmaster. This was Jose’s first time as Toastmaster and he did a great job! 12:11 Jose welcomed our 1st time special guests (Heather, Dakota, Cindy, Kathy, Jennifer, and Kelly). Our guests participate in a local home school program whose curriculum includes a Toastmasters program. Jose introduced the theme: Guess Who I Am and the WOW: Incognito. Jose, who grew up in Mexico, talked about Halloween and how Mexico did not celebrate “The Day of the Dead” until about 25 years ago. He started celebrating Halloween when he moved to the US. While he does not enjoy wearing costumes, he enjoys seeing others in costumes and is looking forward to seeing his daughters in their Halloween costumes this year. A round of self-introductions followed in which everyone described a time when they were incognito or wished they had been incognito. 12:24 Jose introduced the Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, who presented the Educational Moment on “The Role of Secretary”. Rhonda described the functions that the Secretary in a Toastmasters club needs to perform during club meetings and outside club meetings and she handed out a description of each of these tasks. She also gave out M&Ms plain (for Minutes and Mailings) and M&Ms with Nuts (because you gotta be nuts to be the Secretary!) 12:28 Jose introduced the first speaker Dee Williams. The title of Dee’s CTM-7 speech was “Cold or Allergy”. Dee gave an excellent speech on the differences between colds and allergies. She listed a variety of common allergens, such as pollen, mold, dust, insects, venom, and various animals. Dee is an allergy sufferer herself and has particular trouble with chemical irritants, including perfume. Dee described the similarities and differences between cold and allergy symptoms. She stated that over 35,000 people in the US suffer annually from Upper Respiratory symptoms. She also stated that about 11M people in the US suffer from asthma and 40 –50M suffer from Hay Fever, which is an allergy to pollen. Dee provided some remedies for allergy sufferers. 12:36 Jose introduced the 2nd Speaker, Treasurer and Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao. The title of Hannah’s speech was “Financial Behavior”. Hannah did an excellent job in highlighting how most people’s financial behavior is emotion driven. She enlisted Stephen Jaworski and VP of Education, Darcy Konold, to participate in a financial game. When Stephen was given $1000 and offered the chance to receive an additional $500 or take a 50/50 chance that he would win an additional $1000 or $0, Stephen chose to take the 50/50 chance. Hannah pointed out that 90% of people would make the same choice. When Darcy was given $2000 and offered the chance to lose $500 or take a 50/50 chance that she would lose an additional $1000 or $0, Darcy chose to lose the $500 and not take the 50/50 chance. Hannah pointed out that 80% of people would have taken the 50/50 chance. Hannah explained that people are emotional about losing money, which is why they would take the chance of losing more ($1000) since there was a 50% chance that they would not lose anything. Hannah explained that people hate to lose money more than they like to gain money and that they would chose more risk in order to “avoid” more loss. She pointed out that people are also more comfortable about selling stock when they have a gain rather than selling when they have a loss. Hannah closed by saying that we should look at our entire financial picture as a whole rather than make a decision based on emotions. 12:48 Jose came back to the lectern and reminded everyone to vote for the best speaker. He then invited the General Evaluator, Alan Landers, to lead the Evaluation portion of the meeting. Alan introduced VP of Public Relations, Matt Greenbergs, to evaluate Dee’s speech and Joe Stewart to evaluate Hannah’s speech. Both did an excellent job. Arnold Ahyuen gave the Timer’s report. Paul Pitt was the Grammarian/Ah Counter, but did not get called upon to give his report. Sorry Paul! 1:00 Jose asked everyone to vote for the Best Evaluator. He then announced that Hannah had won the Best Speaker award and Joe received the Best Evaluator award. Joe announced the Century Toastmasters had received a Founder’s Award for starting a new club. Thank you Jim Tucker and Martin Olmeda for starting the club in Rancho Bernardo for Sony employees! The ribbon will be displayed with the banner at each meeting. The Fall District Conference is this coming weekend. Nomination will be held on November 2 and Elections will be held on November 9. 1:05 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, SecretaryCentury Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Oct 19 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273Wednesday, October 19, 2005MINUTES Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 19 members and guests in attendance! VP of Education, Darcy Konold, recorded the minutes of the meeting. Thank you, Darcy! ATTENDEES:Joe Stewart, Jim Tucker, Jose de la Torre, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Stephen Jaworski, Doug Goodman (and Dexter), Martin Olmeda, Alfred Balagtas, Byron Shovlain, Molly Frisbie, Paul Pitt, Frida Vissuet, Dick Larkin, Matt Greenbergs, Norma Toothman, and guests - Tina Miller, John Davis, and Camille Balagtas12:05 Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao, welcomed everyone and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:06 Joe Stewart came to the lectern, welcomed everyone, and introduced Stephen Jaworski as the Toastmaster. 12:07 Stephen welcomed the guests (Tina Miller, John Davis, and Camille Balagtas). Stephen introduced the theme: Humor Me and the WOW: Shenanigans. He then verified that all the roles were filled and then invited the attendees to introduce themselves, use the WOW, tell where they would be going when they left the meeting today, and whether anyone would be involved in any shenanigans. Everyone used the WOW! 12:20 Stephen introduced President, Joe Stewart, who presented the Educational Moment on “The Role of Treasurer”. Joe did a great job of explaining what the Treasurer in a Toastmasters club needs to do. Joe handed out an itemized list of all the duties and a graph that showed where all of our TM dues are used. Joe ended his presentation with a reminder that there were still a few members that have not yet turned in their membership renewal dues by commenting “that is what the Treasurer does.” 12:28 Stephen introduced the first speaker Alfred Balagtas. ” Alfred is a stay-at-home dad, who loves 4 X 4s, his wife, and his two daughters. Alfred presented his #2 project from the C&L Manual. The title of Alfred’s speech was “Kids Will Be Kids”. Alfred gave an excellent speech on his knowledge and experience raising his daughters. When he first became a stay-at-home dad, he thought he had it under control. However, kids will be kids and even the best little angel has her exorcist moments! He talked about different styles of discipline because his father was very strict. One day Alfred overheard his daughters playing with their stuffed animals saying “Didn’t I tell you not to do that?” “How many times do I have to say it?” He was concerned about their conversation and he discussed it with his wife. Then he saw advertisement for a seminar on parenting that addressed this very concern so he and his wife signed up to attend. At the seminar, he learned the 3 types pf parents: #1 Drill Instructor, #2 Helicopter - this parent hovers over the child to prevent any bad from happening, and #3, the best kind -The Consultant. This type of parent allows growth by allowing child to learn from mistakes, has empathy but is not condescending, doesn’t solve problems for them, gives them choices, and lets them have the opportunity to make good choices. Alfred then shared some examples with us of experiences he has had with his daughters and how he has applied what he has learned and the positive results he has had. He closed by pointing out that good parenting skills bring less guilt and less spanking. “Kids will be kids, they just shouldn’t be treated like it.” 12:43 Stephen introduced the 2nd Speaker, VP of Public relations, Matt Greenbergs. Matt works for SDG&E with several titles behind his name and loves time with his wife and kids. Matt presented his 2nd project from the Successful Club Series. The title of Matt’s speech was “Closing the Sale”. Matt did an excellent job. He provided a handout that concisely listed each point he covered as he explained the 6 Successful Clubs Standards, the 3 possible Outcomes Of Closing The Sale, the 4 Reasons Why People Join Toastmasters, and the 5 Approaches To CLOSE the Deal. Matt emphasized how to “Really Close the Deal” and to do it ASAP! 12:55 Stephen came back to the lectern and reminded everyone to vote for the best speaker. He then invited Hannah to lead the Evaluation portion of the meeting. She introduced Molly Frisbie to evaluate Alfred’s speech and Dick Larkin to evaluate Matt’s speech. Both did an excellent job. Hannah then asked Paul Pitt to give the Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report and Byron Shovlain to give the Timer’s report. Hannah then made a few brief comments. 1:04 Stephen asked everyone to vote for the Best Evaluator. He then announced that Alfred had won the Best Speaker award. Dueto the lack of time, he invited Joe up to the lectern to finish any business while the votes for Best Evaluator were being counted. Joe announced the Fall Conference coming up on October 28th and awarded Molly the Best Evaluator award! Elections will be held on November 2. Since the club Treasurer resigned, a new Treasurer is needed through the remainder of the year. Dick nominated Hannah and Matt 2nd the nomination. Joe called for any other nominations. Dick moved the nominations be closed and Stephen 2nd the motion. The MOTION CARRIED and Hannah will be our Treasurer and the Sergeant-At-Arms until the term ends on Dec 31st. Frida Vissuet offered to help with the Sergeant-At-Arms responsibilities. Second, the club voted on the increase in dues. The motion was made, Dick 2nd the motion. The members voted to approve dues increase.1:08 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, Secretary Century Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Meeting Agenda Oct 26 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 26, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Guess Who I Am - Halloween WOW: Incognito – adverb and adjective; in concealment; to disguise the real. The king toured the country incognito. 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Jose De La Torre 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Rhonda Walthall 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Dee Williams, CTM-7 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Hannah Zhao, ATMB-7 12:42 TABLE TOPICS Rhonda Walthall 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Molly Frisbie EVALUATOR #1 Frida Vissuet EVALUATOR #2 Joe Stewart EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Darcy Konold TIMER Open 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Jose De La Torre 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday November 2, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Dick Larkin Table Topics: None Educational Moment: Matt Greenbergs General Evaluator: Open Speaker #1: Rhonda Walthall CTM3 Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #2: Jimmie Webb CTM3 Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Joe Stewart ATMB1 Evaluator #3: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Timer: Open Visit our website at
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Sargeant at Arms, Hannah Zhao leads the Pledge
Club President Joe Stewart kicks off the meeting
Stephen Jaworski as the dynamic, enthusiastic Toastmaster
Tina making a self introduction
John (second time guest) making a self introduction
Alfred - self introduction
Byron - self introduction
Molly - self introduction
Jose talked about trick or treating in Mexico City as a child
Tina (a second time guest) expressing her goals of building speaking confidence
Darcy and her self introduction
Paul imitating his Mother's Irish blessing
Frida showing off her stylish hat
Martin Olmeda self introduction
Jim Tucker denying doing any "shenanigans"
Alfred's speech on parenthood
Camile showing how patient she can be
Alfred talking about being an effective parent
Matt Greenberg's speech earning him "Competent Leader"
Molly Evaluating Alfred's Speech
Camile admiring Dad's "Best Speaker" trophy
Meeting Agenda Oct 19, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, October 19, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Humor Me WOW: Shenanigans- noun; mischief or trickery. His shenanigans were never done except for fun. 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Stephen Jaworski 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Joe Stewart 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Alfred Balagtas CTM-2 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Jose De la Torre CTM-4 12:34 SPEAKER #3 Matt Greenbergs CL-2 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Hannah Zhao EVALUATOR #1 Molly Frisbie EVALUATOR #2 Open EVALUATOR #3 Dick Larkin GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Paul Pitt TIMER Open 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Stephen Jaworski 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday October 26, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Jose de la Torre Table Topics: Rhonda Walthall Educational Moment: Rhonda Walthall General Evaluator: Open Speaker #1: Dee Williams CTM7 Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Open Evaluator #3: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Timer: OpenVisit our website at
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Meeting Minutes, Oct 12 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273 Wednesday, October 12, 2005 MINUTES Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 19 members and guests in attendance! ATTENDEES: Don Wiggins, Joe Stewart, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman (and Dexter), Martin Olmeda, Alfred Balagtas (and Camille), Molly Frisbie, Dick Larkin, Rhonda Walthall, and Jude Awiyilika. FIRST TIME GUESTS: Lindsey, David, Tina Miller, John Davis, Renaldo, and Dimitri Fulton. 12:08 Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao, welcomed everyone and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:09 President, Joe Stewart, came to the lectern and recognized all the many first time guests. Joe introduced Hannah as the Toastmaster. Joe spoke with 0:32 seconds. 12:10 Hannah introduced the theme: “I’ll never do that again!” and the WOW: Temerity. Hannah then lead the meeting with a round of brief introductions since there were so many first time guests. Hannah ran down the agenda to ensure that all roles were filled. Hannah spoke for 1:18 minutes. 12:12 Hannah presented the Educational Moment: The role of the Sergeant-At-Arms. Hannah emphasized the three main functions of the role: 1) arrive early and set up the room, 2) start the Pledge of Allegiance, and 3) track the inventory for awards and supplies. Hannah spoke for 2:19 minutes. 12:15 Hannah introduced the first prepared speaker, Martin Olmeda. Martin was the District 5 Governor (1998-1999) and just recently founded a new club in Rancho Bernardo. 12:16 The title of Martin’s speech was “Eight to Ten Minutes”. Martin discussed the history of Toastmasters International, which was founded in October 1924 by Ralph Smedley. The first meetings were held in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, CA and were attended by professional businessmen seeking to improve their speaking skills, in particular, their skills at giving toasts at social banquets. The first international club was formed in Westminister, Canada in 1930. In 1972, women were welcomed into Toastmasters International. Today, there are over 193,000 members world-wide in 86 countries. The goal for 2010 is to have over 200,000 members in 200 countries. Martin gave a brief overview of the various speaking levels: CTM (Can’t Talk Much), ATM (Able To Talk Much), and DTM (Don’t Time Me). Martin also pointed out that Toastmasters International trains 64,000 leaders every 6 months with new officer elections. Martin concluded with the statement “The program works if you work the program.” Martin spoke for 13:34 minutes. 12:30 Hannah introduced the second prepared speaker, Immediate Past President, Dick Larkin. Dick gave his ATMS-5 speech, which is the final speech in the AMTS series. The goal of Dick’s speech was to deliver bad news regarding a crisis that would have a significant impact on the audience. 12:31 The title of Dick’s speech was “Crisis Management.” Dick described an accounting irregularity in the pension program at SDGE. As a result of the irregularity, pension payments were suspended immediately and indefinitely. Dick calmly described the $2.1B shortfall that resulted from poor investments made in risky real estate deals in New Orleans. Dick also stated that an investigation had been launched since some of the investments appeared to be fraudulent. Dick also expressed with remorse that the pension plan was not guaranteed under the PBGC since malfeasance appeared to be the cause of the shortfall. A round of questions and answers followed, with emotions flaring. Dick spoke for 5:01 minutes and followed with Q&A for 5:13 minutes. 12:52 Hannah introduced the General Evaluator, Don Wiggins. Don introduced each of the evaluators and spoke for 0:27 minutes. 12:53 Joe evaluated Martin’s speech and emphasized that Martin had used a lot of techniques and a slogan to deliver his message. Joe spoke for 1:50 seconds. 12:55 Doug Goodman evaluated Dick’s speech. Doug pointed out that Dick’s voice and body language were very calming when delivering his negative message regarding the pension crisis. Doug spoke for 2:26 minutes. 12:58 VP of Education, Darcy Konold, gave Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report and spoke for 1:40 minutes. Alfred Balagtas gave the Timer’s report. 1:00 Martin recommended that the first time guests comment on their impression of the meeting. 1:05 Martin received the Best Speaker Award and Doug received the Best Evaluator Award. The results of the Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests were not announced. Steven Jaworski and Matt Greenbergs participated in the contest but neither were present to give a report. 1:08 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, Secretary Century Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Agenda Oct 12, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 12, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: I’ll never try that again! WOW: Temerity- noun; foolish or reckless boldness; rashness. Jumping off the Clam at La Jolla took temerity. 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Matt Greenbergs 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Doug Goodman 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Martin Olmeda 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Dick Larkin – ATMS-5 12:34 SPEAKER #3 Open 12:42 TABLE TOPICS Stephen Jaworski 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Don Wiggins EVALUATOR #1 Joe Stewart EVALUATOR #2 Alan Larsen EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Darcy Konold TIMER Alfred Balagtas 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Matt Greenbergs 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday October 19, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Open Table Topics: Open Educational Moment: Joe Stewart General Evaluator: Hannah Zhao Speaker #1: Matt Greenbergs CL-2 Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #2: Alfred Balagtas CTM-2 Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Jose de la Torre CTM-4 Evaluator #3: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Timer: Open Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Oct 5, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273Wednesday, October 5, 2005MINUTESATTENDEES:Don Wiggins, Joe Stewart, Jim Tucker, Jose de la Torre, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Stephen Jaworski, Dee Williams, Doug Goodman (and Chester), Martin Olmeda, Alfred Balagtas (and daughters), Alan Landers (turned in his application and $ after the meeting), Jimmie Webb, and Dick Larkin. 12:08 Sergeant-At-Arms, Hannah Zhao, welcomed everyone and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:09 President, Joe Stewart, came to the lectern, recognized Alfred’s daughters as guests, and introduced Don Wiggins as the Toastmaster…”We have a veteran TM as our Toastmaster today.” 12:10 Don welcomed Alfred’s daughters as guests, asked them how many times they had visited our club…”Two times”…”That makes you eligible for Table Topics!” Don introduced the theme: Seasons Come and Seasons Go and the WOW: Variegated. Don ran down the line up to make sure all spots were filled and let us know who was doing what. 12:13 Don introduced the Educational Moment- Doug Goodman. 12:14 Doug came to the lectern to deliver an Educational Moment on Club Formats. He talked about the different ways different clubs do things: Some clubs, like ours, allow everyone to join. Some clubs are set up within an organization and allow only members or employees of that establishment to join such as Singles, Military, Men Only, ATM and Above, and SDG&E in the beginning. He also talked about the different times clubs meet:Some meet for breakfast, some for lunch, some for dinner, some meet at 7am and don’t eat, some meet at 7pm and don’t eat. Some hold their meeting for an hour, others meet for 90 minutes, and still others meet for two hours. Those clubs that meet for 90 minutes or more get to participate in a business meeting and experience parliamentary procedure. Lastly, he quickly talked about all the areas where Toastmasters was available. 12:18 Don was welcomed back to the lectern and expounded a little on the variegated styles of the various Toastmasters clubs.12:20 Don introduced Joe Stewart to lead us in a round of Table Topics: Joe began by mentioning our theme, Seasons Come and Seasons Go, then told us Table Topics would not be based so much on the changing seasons, but more closely related to Chinese seasonings. He then gave everyone a fortune cookie and said those who are called on will open their cookie, read their fortune and tells us how that “fortune” relates to them. Jimmie Webb - ”Be more sensitive of other’s feelings.” He had been spending too much time at Century Park and not enough time at home with his family, so he’s been working on it and doing better.Alfred Balagtas - ”A visit from a friend-some come and some travel.” He always enjoys visiting with friends. Sometimes they come to him, other times he travels to visit with them.Dee Williams - ”Expand your views, the possibilities are endless.” She felt she had been focusing too much on her own life and that it was time for her to “move out of the box”. She agreed that she needs to expand her views and discover new things.Martin Olmeda - ”Glory is reached by many different roads.” He agreed this is true and used the examples of Alfred’s love for his family and Dee’s need to step out of her box to illustrate that we each have different desires and things that are important to us. Jose de la Torre - ”Count your blessings today.” “I haven’t yet today” but had been in Minnesota recently where the seasons are changing and he was able to take time to appreciate all the fall colors and the opportunity to see his family. He recognized how blessed he was. 12:30 Joe asked all to vote for the Best Table Topics Speaker and welcomed the Toastmaster back to the lectern. Don mentioned our changing seasons pointing out that we are in Fall as well, then shared with us our weather forecast for the week is supposed to be in the 80’s! 12:31 Don introduced the 1st speaker - Hannah Zhao...she was born in China, works at the Coastal Credit Union, and loves to ski. She gave her ATMB-7. She was to give a fact-finding speech in which she would present a problem that required research, that she was interested in, and had her own opinion about. Her time was 8-10 and her title was Chinese Currency. 12:32 Hannah shared with us the recent history of monetary dealings between the United States and China. She shared the information she had gathered to demonstrate why there is a trade deficit between China and the US. She expressed her opinion courageously and did an excellent job on a tough assignment. 12:45 The Toastmaster introduced Stephen Jaworski as the General Evaluator. Stephen began by talking briefly on our seasons and masterfully got the WOW in a couple of times. 12:46 Stephen introduced Jim Tucker to evaluate Hannah’s speech. Then he asked Dee Williams if she would like to evaluate the speech that was not given. Dee replied, “It was great, just a little short.” Alfred was asked to give the Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report and Jose gave the Timer’s report. 12:53 Stephen evaluated the meeting: We’ve been starting our meetings late a lot lately. Recognized that we’re all busy, but we really need to make the effort to arrive on time. If there’s anything the officer’s can do to facilitate this or anything we can do as members to help set up the room, we should all help to get our meetings started on time. Stephen loved Joe’s Table Topics with the cookies and Doug’s Educational Moment on the variegated choices we have when choosing a Toastmasters Club. 12:55 Don came back to the lectern, gave awards for Best Table Topics and Best Speaker, thanked the guests for being with us, and welcomed the president to the lectern. 12:57 Joe announced the Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests this Saturday, 2:30pm, at Solar Turbines. There will be food. Also reminded those who have not paid dues yet-need to. Martin Olmeda announced the chartering of a new club-”Like No Other Speakers” at the Sony Corporation. Martin was the sponsor, Jim Tucker was on the team as well. Joe pointed out that Martin had just finished a Speech Craft with the Charger Girls. 1:00 The meeting was adjourned. Visit our website at
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Meeting Agenda Oct 5, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, October 5, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Seasons Come and Seasons Go WOW: Variegated –adjective; marked with different streaks or different patches. Having variety; varied. Ex. I enjoy the variegated colors in the fall. 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Don Wiggins 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Doug Goodman 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Hannah Zhao,ATMB-7 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Tania Fragomeno, CTM-2 12:34 SPEAKER #3 Open 12:42 TABLE TOPICS Joe Stewart 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Open EVALUATOR #1 Dick Larkin EVALUATOR #2 Matt Greenbergs EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Open TIMER Open 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Don Wiggins 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday October 12, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs Table Topics: Open Educational Moment: Hannah Zhao General Evaluator: Open Speaker #1: Joe Stewart Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #2: Dick Larkin ATMS5 Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Open Evaluator #3: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Timer: Open Visit our website at
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