CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, November 30, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: It’s beginning to feel a lot like… WOW: Holidays – noun; A day set apart for commemorating some important event. Ex: My favorite holiday is Christmas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Darcy Konold 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All 12:14 SPEAKER #1 Jimmie Webb CTM-4 12:22 SPEAKER #2 Don Wiggins 12:34 SPEAKER #3 Dick Larkin ATMS-6 12:46 TABLE TOPICS Byron Shovlain 12:51 GENERAL EVALUATOR Joe Stewart EVALUATOR #1 Frida Vissuet EVALUATOR #2 Molly Frisbie EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Arnold Ahyuen TIMER Alan Landers 12:58 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Darcy Konold 12:59 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday December 7, Building 4, Room 4120C EVALUATION WORKSHOP Jim Tucker will be our guide as we explore the wonderful world of speech evaluation. - Learn the tricks of the trade: what to listen for, what not to listen for. - Receive instruction and practice the skills. - Learn how to be an effective evaluator. Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Nov 16, 2005
Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 16 members and guests in attendance! Thank you to everyone who brought munchies! ATTENDEES:Darcy Konold, Joe Stewart, Jimmie Webb, Frida Vissuet, Rhonda Walthall, Alan Landers, Alfred Balagtas and daughter Camille, Cathy Alfaro, Rob Cross, Dee Williams, Jose de la Torre, Greg Prescott, Jim Tucker, and Hannah Zhao.12:10 President and Toastmaster, Joe Stewart, came to the lectern, welcomed everyone, and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:12 Joe introduced the theme: Geography Awareness Day and the WOW: Migration. Geography Awareness Day was started in 1987 and is always the 3rd week of November. Joe asked each attendee to introduce themselves and tell where they had migrated from to get to San Diego. Self-introductions took 7:34 minutes. 12:20 Darcy presented the Educational Moment on “The Role of VP of Education”. Darcy provided a handout that described the primary functions of the VP of Education, in particular, planning successful club meetings so that each member has the opportunity to achieve his or her educational goals. Darcy also explained the additional responsibilities including attending training, promoting participation, tracking training records, and attending district meetings. Darcy spoke for 3:55 minutes. 12:24 Joe introduced the first speaker, Greg Prescott. The title of Greg’s CTM-1 speech was “I Work to Live, Not Live to Work”. Greg described how he works at home, works at work, and travels a lot, which creates a trap to neglect friends, family, and hobbies. He is striving to achieve balance in his life by infusing something he loves in life into his work. When he was 15, during Career Day, he decided he 1) wanted to be a professional golfer, 2) be a professional musician, and 3) be a professional chef. While in college, he majored in Voice. Afterwards, he studied culinary arts at a Trade School and became a chef. However, for the last 25 years he has been working in Sales. He has found that golf is a good tool for Sales and he is striving to add golf into his business dealings. As a kid, he was a caddy. He golfed with his Dad every Sunday, which enabled him to develop a close relationship with his father. In the last few years, he has ran 3 major golf events at prestigious golf courses and he recently received an offer to consult for Leverage Golf while playing a round of golf. Greg spoke for 6:04 minutes. 12:31 Joe introduced the Immediate Past President, Dick Larkin, to conduct the Officer Elections. Dick described how being a club officer helps to improve your speaking and leadership skills. Each nominee that was present was asked to stand and briefly describe what they expect to achieve for themselves personally and for the club while holding office. Alfred Balagtas, nominated for Sergeant At Arms, described his reasons and concluded that he has experience since he had been a sergeant in the Marine Corps. Hannah Zhao, nominated for Treasurer, described her reasons and stated that he had a Masters degree in Finance. Jose de la Torre, nominated for Secretary, described his reasons and stated that he hoped being secretary would help improve his writing skills. Matt Greenbergs, nominated for VP of Public Relations, was not present but asked Darcy to speak for him by saying “I’ll Do It!” Joe Stewart, nominated for VP of Membership, described his reasons and concluded that “members is what it is all about – gaining new members and retaining existing members.” Rhonda Walthall, nominated for VP of Education, described her reasons and concluded that she was looking forward to the challenge. Darcy Konold, nominated for President, described her reasons and stated that it was a huge honor to be a President’s Distinguished Club and she was looking forward to the challenge of maintaining that honor. The elections were held for the Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2006 term and the results were as follows: Sergeant At Arms: Alfred Balagtas Treasurer: Hannah Zhao Secretary: Jose de la Torre VP of Public Relations: Matt Greenbergs VP of Membership: Joe Stewart VP of Education: Rhonda Walthall President: Darcy Konold Congratulations to the newly elected officers! 12:46 Joe returned to the lectern and invited the General Evaluator, Molly Frisbie, to lead the Evaluation portion of the meeting. Molly explained what the evaluation portion of the meeting and spoke for 0;58 minutes. Molly then introduced Jimmie Webb to evaluate Greg’s speech. Jimmie spoke for 1:11 minutes. Molly then introduced Alan Landers who gave the Grammarian / Ah Counter’s Report. Alan spoke for 1:12 minutes. Molly then introduced Rhonda Walthall, who gave the Timer’s Report. 1:52 Joe asked everyone to vote for the Best Evaluator. He then announced that Greg had won the Best Speaker award and that Jimmie had won the Best Evaluator award. Joe announced that our next meeting would be on November 30. 1:02 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, Secretary Century Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Meeting Agenda Nov 16, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, November 16, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Geography Awareness Day WOW: Migration – verb; The act of moving from one place to another to reside temporarily or permanently. Ex: The theme for this year’s Geography Information Services Day is Migration: The Human Journey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Hannah Zhao OPEN MEETING Joe Stewart 12:07 TOASTMASTER Dee Williams 12:09 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS Joe Stewart 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT Darcy Konold 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Arnold Ahyuen CTM-1 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Greg Prescott CTM-1 12:34 NOMINATION OF OFFICERS Joe Stewart 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Molly Frisbie EVALUATOR #1 Frida Vissuet EVALUATOR #2 Jimmie Webb GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Alan Landers TIMER Rhonda Walthall 12:47 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Joe Stewart 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday November 30, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Darcy Konold Table Topics: Byron Shovlain Educational Moment: Open General Evaluator: Joe Stewart Speaker #1: Jimmie Webb CTM4 Evaluator #1: Frida Vissuet Speaker #2: Don Wiggins Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Dick Larkin ATMS6 Evaluator #3: OpenGrammarian/Ah Counter: Arnold Ahyuen Timer: Open Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Nov 9 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273Wednesday, November 9, 2005MINUTES Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 14 members and guests in attendance! ATTENDEES:Darcy Konold, Joe Stewart, Paul Pitt, Matt Greenbergs, Arnold Ahyuen, Jimmie Webb, Don Wiggins, Frida Vissuet, Byron Shovlain, Rhonda Walthall, Alan Landers, and first-time guests – Deanna Barker, and Dwight and Cynthia.12:05 VP of Education, Darcy Konold, came to the lectern, welcomed everyone, and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Darcy did an excellent job in getting the meeting started and filling the role of the Toastmaster. 12:07 Darcy introduced the theme: Clue (the game) and the WOW: Conservatory. A round of self-introductions followed, in which everyone used the WOW. Self-introductions took 7 minutes. 12:14 Darcy presented the Educational Moment on “The Role of VP of Membership”. Darcy provided a handout that described the primary functions of the VP of membership, including attending training, promoting membership goals and campaigns, and following up with guests. Darcy spoke for 3:10 minutes. 12:18 Darcy introduced the first speaker, Paul Pitt. The title of Paul’s CTM-1 speech was “His Adventures”. Paul began his speech by singing a cappella “Owed My Soul to the Company Store.” The group joined Paul by snapping their fingers. Paul described growing up in the coal-mining town of Hazleton, PA. When he was a young boy, his family left Hazleton and moved to Skokie, IL. Paul joked about not being his father’s favorite son, even though he was his father’s only son. Paul left home at 18 and joined the Navy. He went to “Sonar School” in the Navy and then attended Loyola University on the GI Bill. He earned his pilot’s license and then “fought the Vietnam War with a coffee cup”. Paul considers his biggest challenge in life was raising his daughter, although it did come with benefits – 5 or 6 cheerleaders in the car at any given time. “Papa Smurf”, as he was called by his daughter, was proud to see her graduate from college and even prouder when she gave him a granddaughter. Paul recently traveled to Greece with the philosophy that “You can get killed anywhere, but living is the issue”. He also spent 27 days at sea crossing the Atlantic in a 50-foot sailboat. Paul passed around a series of pictures that spanned his life and adventures. Paul spoke for 7:10 minutes. 12:26 Darcy introduced the 2nd Speaker, Frida Vissuet. The title of Frida’s CTM-3 speech was “Travel – Just Do It”. Frida described her love of traveling without making extensive plans. She works as a travel agent at “Just Do It” and enjoys all the benefits that come with being a travel agent, such as great discounts at hotels and free upgrades to suites and to first class. While at a wedding in Maryland, she decided to take a trip to Tibet with her mother, sister, and cousin. She had read a book about Tibet and became inspired to see the country. At first, she was concerned about her 78-year-old mother and how she would handle the high altitude of Tibet. Because her mother practiced Yoga and was very healthy, she handled the altitude better than the “young people”. Frida encouraged everyone to just travel and don’t worry about making too many plans. Frida spoke for 7:30 minutes. 12:24 Darcy returned to the lectern and reminded everyone to vote for the best speaker. Darcy then invited President, Joe Stewart, to assist her with the nominations of officers for the term Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2006. The following nominations were made: President: Joe Stewart, Darcy Konold VP of Education: Rhonda Walthall VP of Membership: Joe Stewart, Arnold Ahyuen VP of Public Relations: Matt Greenbergs Secretary: Darcy Konold Treasurer: Hannah Zhao Sergeant-At-Arms: Alfred Balagtas, Jimmie Webb 12:32 Darcy returned to the lectern and invited the General Evaluator, Arnold Ahyuen, to lead the Evaluation portion of the meeting. Arnold mentioned that because he was in the Navy and his wife was a former travel agent, he could relate to both prepared speeches. VP of Public Relations, Matt Greenbergs, gave the Timer’s report. Secretary, Rhonda Walthall, gave the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report and then concluded with “Professor Plum did it in the Library with the Rope.” Alan Landers did an excellent job evaluating Paul’s speech and stated that he loved the humor and all the pictures. Joe Stewart evaluated Frida’s speech and concluded with “Colonel Mustard did it in the Conservatory with a Carnivorous Plant.” 1:42 Darcy asked everyone to vote for the Best Evaluator. She then announced that Paul had won the Best Speaker award and concluded with “Mrs. White did it in the Kitchen with the Knife.” 1:45 Joe Stewart returned to the lectern and announced that he had won the Best Evaluator award. He then presented Matt with his Competent Leader Award. Joe announced that a Variety Show will be held on November 14 (hosted by Spirit Masters) and that the Officer Elections would take place at our next meeting on November 16. If you are interested in being an officer, please contact Joe, Darcy, or Dick Larkin. 1:02 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, Secretary Century Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Meeting Agenda for Nov 9, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, November 9, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Clue (the game) WOW: Conservatory– noun; A large greenhouse for exotics, in which the plants are planted are planted in beds and borders rather than tubs and pots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Darcy Konold 12:18 SPEAKER #1 Paul Pitt 12:26 SPEAKER #2 Frida Vissuet 12:34 SPEAKER #3 Open 12:45 NOMINATION OF OFFICERS Joe Stewart 12:47 GENERAL EVALUATOR Arnold Ahyuen EVALUATOR #1 Alan Landers EVALUATOR #2 Hannah Zhao EVALUATOR #3 Open GRAMMARIAN/ AH COUNTER Rhonda Walthall TIMER Matt Greenbergs 12:07 TOASTMASTER – PRESENT AWARDS Stephen Jaworski 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Joe Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday November 16, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Open Table Topics: None Educational Moment: Darcy Konold General Evaluator: Open Speaker #1: Arnold Ahyuen CTM1 Evaluator #1: Frida Vissuet Speaker #2: Greg Prescott CTM1 Evaluator #2 Open Speaker #3: Open Evaluator #3: OpenTimer: Rhonda Walthall Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open Visit our website at
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Meeting Minutes Nov 2, 2005
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS MEETINGCLUB #9273Wednesday, November 2, 2005MINUTES Century Toastmasters had a great meeting with 17 members and guests in attendance! ATTENDEES:Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Dick Larkin, Paul Pitt, Matt Greenbergs, Arnold Ahyuen, Jimmie Webb, Jim Tucker, Don Wiggins, Tony Gutierrez, Frida Vissuet, Byron Shovlain, Rhonda Walthall, and guests – Alan Landers, Greg Prescott, Amir, and Penny McGuire.12:05 Sergeant-At-Arms and Treasurer, Hannah Zhao, welcomed everyone and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. 12:06 VP of Education, Darcy Konold, came to the lectern, welcomed everyone, and introduced Dick Larkin as the Toastmaster. 12:07 Dick introduced the theme: Government of the People and the WOW: Constituent. Dick quoted a Harvard study that found that a direct correlation existed between vocabulary and how much money you make. Dick then asked everyone to introduce themselves and complete the sentence “As a constituent, I …” Self-introductions took 9 minutes. 12:20 Dick introduced the VP of Public Relations, Matt Greenbergs, who presented the Educational Moment on “The Role of VP of Public Relations”. Matt stated that he was very honored to be the VP of Public Relations of the best club in the area. He described the functions that the VP of Public Relations performs in reaching out to current members, new members, and the community. He distributed a sheet with the club’s website information. Matt spoke for 3:40 minutes. 12:24 Dick introduced the first speaker, Secretary Rhonda Walthall. The title of Rhonda’s CTM-3 speech was “11 Minutes Warning”. Rhonda described the events that lead up to the April 3, 1974 tornado outbreak in which 148 tornadoes touched down in 13 states over 16 hours. She provided statistics regarding the six F5 tornadoes that were produced in the storm and showed the Fujita-Pearson tornado classification scale. She described how in 1974 meteorologists were not able to issue warnings until a visual confirmation was given but by 1999, thanks to a $4.5B weather system modernization, the average lead-time for a tornado warning was 11 minutes. Rhonda urged everyone to support President Bush’s $55M forecasting equipment spending package. Rhonda spoke for 7:20 minutes. 12:33 Dick introduced the 2nd Speaker, Jimmie Webb. Jimmie is the proud father of 4 great kids (2 boys, 2 girls). The title of Jimmie’s speech was “Sowing and Reaping”. Jimmie did an excellent job in creating an analogy between a gardener who sows seeds and reaps the benefits of his garden and how we live our lives. Jimmie emphasized that we are the sum of the things we have sown, in particular, our health, our finances, and our families. Jimmie explained that when you sow, you automatically reap; you must sow first before you reap; when you sow, you reap in kind. He held up a cherry tomato, which has about 25 seeds in it. In a few years time, the cherry tomato can become six billion cherry tomatoes. Jimmie concluded by saying that we are consumers and not “sowers” and he ate the cherry tomato. Jimmie spoke for 7:20 minutes. 12:42 Dick came back to the lectern and reminded everyone to vote for the best speaker. He then invited the General Evaluator, VP of Education Darcy Konold, to lead the Evaluation portion of the meeting. Darcy began by presenting Tony Gutierrez with his CTM-10 Badge. Tony accepted the badge and spoke about how recently he jumped in and filled in for a speaker at La Costa. Because of Toastmasters, he felt comfortable in leading the class. Darcy introduced the Hannah Zhao to evaluate Rhonda’s speech and Frida Vissuet to evaluate Jimmie’s speech. Both did an excellent job. Byron Shovlain gave the Timer’s report. Arnold Ahyuen gave the Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report. Evaluations took 13 minutes. 1:01 Dick asked everyone to vote for the Best Evaluator. He then announced that Jimmie had won the Best Speaker award and Hannah had won the Best Evaluator award. The Evaluations and awards took 13 minutes. Dick announced the Officer Nominations would take place on November 9. If you are interested in being an officer, please contact either Dick or Darcy. 1:04 The meeting was adjourned. Sincerely submitted, Rhonda Walthall, Secretary Century Toastmasters Club #9273 Visit our website at
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Spirit Masters 14th Annual Founders' Day Celebration
Spirit Masters is holding a fun filled evening with variety show
talent. Stand up comedians
Talented Musicians
Humorous Contest Winners Monday, November 14th Pacific Church of Religious Science
123 Camino de la Reina, in Mission Valley
(across from Union Tribune Building) See the flyer here
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