Meeting Minutes for Jan 24, 2007

The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 14 members and two guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Jesse Wong, Jennifer Ebner, Jose de la Torre, Rob Cross, Don Wiggins, Darcy Konold, Natalie Williams, and Fabio Bottalico.

· Sergeant at Arms-Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
· President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Tania Fragomeno.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Sno Kidding
WOW: Querulous
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present.
· The Educational Moment was presented by Darcy Konold. She spoke about the Golden Gavel award.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Natalie Williams, presenting CC #2
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Darcy Konold. Darcy called upon Doug Goodman, Fabio Bottalico, Jose de la Torre, Brenda Gettig, Jesse Wong, Jim Tucker, and Rob Cross.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Rhonda Walthall. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators:
o Doug Goodman evaluated speaker Natalie Williams.
o Jennifer Ebner was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Ferdonya Henderson was Timer.
o Brenda Gettig evaluated Rhonda Walthall for Leadership Evaluation.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Natalie Williams.
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Brenda Gettig
• Darcy Konold announced the upcoming club contests. A mock trial will be held on March 14.
• Madame president adjourned the meeting.

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Century Toastmasters Agenda for Jan 24, 2007

Century Toastmasters 9273

Our Club meets every Wednesday, 12:05 - 1:00 pm
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Vision Statement: “YES YOU CAN!”
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Theme: Sno’ Kidding

Word of the Week: Querulous—/kwer’ u lus/ adj: Full of complaints, complaining.
Ex: Even with all the richness around me, still my querulous nature sometimes shows its
ugly face.

12:05 Sgt-@-Arms ………………………………………………………………………………… Ferdonya Henderson
Leads pledge of allegiance and introduces President
12:07 President …………………………………………………………………………………… Rhonda Walthall
Calls meeting to order, welcomes everyone, and introduces the Toastmaster
12:09 Toastmaster ……………………………………………………………………………….. Tania Fragomeno
Introduces the Theme / Word of the Week and leads the meeting

12:12 Self introductions

12:20 Educational Moment (2 minutes) ……………………………………….……. Darcy Konold
12:22 Speaker #1: ……………………………………………………………………….. Norma Toothman
12:30 Speaker #2: … CC #2 …..…………..………………………………………...... Natalie Williams
12:38 Speaker #3 … CC #2 …………………………………………………………… OPEN

(Optional) Table Topics: lead by ………(participants have 1 min. to respond) …..….….…Darcy Konold

12:45 TM introduces the General Evaluator ………(Evaluators have 2 min.) …..…. Rhonda Walthall CL-2

12:46 Evaluator #1………………………………………………………………. Jose de La Torre

12:48 Evaluator #2 …….…………………………………………….………….. Doug Goodman
12:50 Evaluator #3 ………………………………………………………………. OPEN

12:52 Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report …………………………………... Elizabeth Locano

12: 54 Timer’s Report …………………………………………………………… Ferdonya Henderson

12:56 General Evaluator’s report …………………………………………… Rhonda Walthall

12:58 Toastmaster gives awards, asks for guest/s’ comments, announcements, and welcomes
back the President.

1:00 President adjourns the meeting.


Next week: Jan. 31st Theme: Groundhog Day Word of the Week: Intuition - /in” too ish’ un/ noun

Toastmaster: Darcy Evaluator #1: OPEN

Ed. Moment: Ferdonya Evaluator #2: OPEN

Speaker #1: Hannah Evaluator #3: Optional
Speaker #2: Brenda Leadership Evaluator: OPEN

Speaker #3: Optional Timer: Jesse

Table Topics: Rhonda Walthall - CL-7 Grammarian/Ah Counter: Jose de La Torre

General Evaluator: Jim

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Meeting Minutes - Jan 17, 2007

The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m. and was attended by 11 members: Doug Goodman, Rhonda Walthall, Don Wiggins, Molly Frisbie, Darcy Konold, Natalie, Matt Greenbergs, Brenda Gettig, Hannah Zhao, Ferdonya Henderson and Jim Tucker.

12:10: Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
12:11: President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Rhonda, performing the role as Toastmaster, introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: If I were rich
WOW: Munificent
12:14: Self-introductions – Introduce and explain what you would do if you were rich.
12:20: Toastmaster introduced the day’s first speaker, Doug Goodman.
12:21: The purpose of Doug’s speech was “show what you mean.” Doug related being a Toastmaster to learning how to fly and being a pilot. Flying takes mental and physical power and good communication skills – also traits of a well-trained Toastmaster!
12:30: Toastmaster introduced the day’s second speaker, Jim Tucker.
12:31: Jim’s speech titled “Good to Great” focused on the three major steps we can take to be a GREAT human being and Toastmaster. Jim recommends finishing the CTM and Advanced Speaker series and maintaining a schedule of completing 10 speeches per year. He also suggests figuring out which functionary positions in a Toastmaster meeting make us feel “safe” and “unsafe” and volunteering to fill “unsafe” roles in meetings. And lastly he suggests brainstorming a list of special moments and memories from our lives – these make great speech topics! People love to hear personal stories and experiences from speakers.
12:45: Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Molly Frisbie. Molly called upon Natalie, Hannah and Darcy.
12:50: Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Ferdonya. Ferdonya introduced her team of evaluators:
- Don Wiggins evaluated speaker Doug Goodman
- Brenda Gettig evaluated speaker Jim Tucker
- Matt Greenbergs served as the grammarian/ah counter and timer
12:58: Rhonda announced awards
- Best Speaker: Jim Tucker
- Best Evaluator: Ferdonya Henderson and Brenda Gettig
- Table Topics Speaker: Natalie
1:00: Rhonda adjourned the meeting. The International Speech Contest is coming up on February 28 !

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Meeting Minutes - Jan 10, 2007

he meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 11 members and three guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Matt Greenbergs, Jesse Wong, Jennifer Ebner, Jose de la Torre, and Hannah Zhao.
12:05: Sergeant at Arms-Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
12:06: President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Jim Tucker.
12:06: Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: What I Accomplished in 2006
WOW: Feat
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present.
12:15: The Educational Moment was presented by Jim Tucker.
12:21: Toastmaster introduced the day’s speaker.
Speaker #1, Brenda Gettig, presenting CC #4
12:30: Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Matt Greenbergs. Matt called upon Jose de la Torre, Jennifer Ebner and Doug Goodman.
12:38: Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Jesse Wong. Jesse introduced her team of evaluators:
Hannah Zhao evaluated speaker Brenda Gettig.
Rhonda Walthall was Grammarian/Ah counter.
Tania Fragomeno was Timer.
Ferdonya Henderson evaluated Rhonda Walthall for Leadership Evaluation.
12:47: Toastmaster announced best of awards:
Best Speaker: Brenda Gettig.
Best Evaluator: Ferdonya Henderson.
Best Table Topics Speaker: Jennifer Ebner
12:55: Madame President announced the next officer’s training will be Jan. 27, and there will be new postings to the website. Madame president adjourned the meeting.

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Meeting Agenda for Jan 17, 2007

Century Toastmasters 9273
Our Club meets every Wednesday, 12:05 - 1:00 pm
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C
Vision Statement: "YES YOU CAN!"
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Theme: If I Were Rich
Word of the Week: Munificent—/myoo nif’ u sunt/ adj: Extremely liberal in giving, very
generous.
Ex: The munificent millionaire whose start in life was hard and humble, is now teaching the
youth in this community how they can do the same.
12:05 Sgt-@-Arms ………………………………………………………………………………… Ferdonya Henderson
Leads pledge of allegiance and introduces President
12:07 President …………………………………………………………………………………… Rhonda Walthall
Calls meeting to order, welcomes everyone, and introduces the Toastmaster
12:09 Toastmaster ……………………………………………………………………………….. Rhonda Walthall
Introduces the Theme / Word of the Week and leads the meeting
12:12 Self introductions
12:20 Educational Moment (2 minutes) ……………………………………….……. Darcy Konold
12:22 Speaker #1: ……………………………………………………………………….. OPEN
12:30 Speaker #2: ..………………………….………………………………………..... Jim Tucker
12:38 Table Topics: lead by ………(participants have 1 min. to respond) …..…..….…Molly Frisbie
12:45 TM introduces the General Evaluator ………(Evaluators have 2 min.) …..…. Ferdonya Henderson
12:46 Evaluator #1……………………………………………………………… Don Wiggins
12:48 Evaluator #2 ………………………………………………….………….. Brenda Gettig
12:52 Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report …………………………………. OPENl
12: 54Timer’s Report …………………………………………………………… Matt Greenbergs
12:56 General Evaluator’s report …………………………………………… OPEN
12:58 Toastmaster gives awards, asks for guest/s’ comments, announcements, and welcomes
back the President.
1:00 President adjourns the meeting.

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Meeting Minutes for Jan 3, 2007

The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 10 members and six guests:Darcy Konold, Joe Stewart, Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Matt Greenbergs, and Hannah Zhao.

12:05: Sergeant at Arms-Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
12:06: President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and introduced herself as the new club president. She welcomed visitors and read the club’s mission statement. Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Hannah Zhao.
12:08: Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Happy New Year!
WOW: Neologism
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present.
12:20: The Educational Moment was presented by Matt Greenbergs. He discussed becoming a new member.
12:25: Toastmaster introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Rhonda Walthall, presenting CC #8
12:37: Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya called upon Jim Tucker, Brenda Gettig, guest Marty, and Matt Greenbergs.
12:45: Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Darcy Konold. Darcy introduced her team of evaluators:
o Tania Fragomeno evaluated speaker Rhonda Walthall.
o Joe Stewart was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Doug Goodman was Timer.
12:56: Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Rhonda Walthall.
o Best Evaluator: Tania Fragomeno.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: guest Marty
1:00: Madame President adjourned the meeting.

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