Meeting Agenda for April 25, 2007
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8:08 AM
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Meeting Minutes - April 18, 2007
April 18, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 7 members and 2 guests: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Natalie Williams, Hannah Zhao, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Stephen Jaworski and Mike Hutchinson.
· President Rhonda Walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order. Rhonda welcomed the members and guests. Since none of the scheduled functionaries were present, the first order of business was to fill each role.
o Stephen Jaworksi volunteered to be both the Toastmaster and Evaluator #1.
o Hannah Zhao volunteered to be the General Evaluator.
o Rhonda Walthall volunteered to be Evaluator #2 and to take the minutes
o Natalie Williams volunteered to be Evaluator #3.
o Barbara Nedd volunteered to be the Timer.
o Mike Hutchinson volunteered to the Grammarian / Ah Counter.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Stephan Jaworski.
· Stephen introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: First Solos
WOW: indefatigable – incapable of being fatigues; not readily exhausted; untiring; not yielding to fatigue.
· Stephen for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use the WOW and to describe a first solo in their life.
· Stephen introduced the first speaker, Jose de la Torre. Jose gave his CC-8 Speech titled “The Best Decisions Made by the Beatles”. Jose spoke for 9:50 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the second speaker, Darcy Konold. Darcy gave her High Performance Leader (HPL-1) Speech pertaining to the April 27 Social Gathering prior to the Evaluation Contest. Darcy spoke for 6:33 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the third speaker, Doug Goodman. Doug spoke about his first instrument-rated solo flight. Doug spoke for 5:18 minutes.
• Stephen introduced the General Evaluator, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on her team of evaluators.
o Stephen evaluated Jose.
o Rhonda evaluated Darcy.
o Natalie evaluated Doug.
• Stephen best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Best Evaluator: Stephen Jaworski
• Stephen called on Rhonda and Darcy for announcements.
• The meeting was adjourned at 1:03pm.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
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The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 7 members and 2 guests: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Natalie Williams, Hannah Zhao, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Stephen Jaworski and Mike Hutchinson.
· President Rhonda Walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order. Rhonda welcomed the members and guests. Since none of the scheduled functionaries were present, the first order of business was to fill each role.
o Stephen Jaworksi volunteered to be both the Toastmaster and Evaluator #1.
o Hannah Zhao volunteered to be the General Evaluator.
o Rhonda Walthall volunteered to be Evaluator #2 and to take the minutes
o Natalie Williams volunteered to be Evaluator #3.
o Barbara Nedd volunteered to be the Timer.
o Mike Hutchinson volunteered to the Grammarian / Ah Counter.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Stephan Jaworski.
· Stephen introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: First Solos
WOW: indefatigable – incapable of being fatigues; not readily exhausted; untiring; not yielding to fatigue.
· Stephen for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use the WOW and to describe a first solo in their life.
· Stephen introduced the first speaker, Jose de la Torre. Jose gave his CC-8 Speech titled “The Best Decisions Made by the Beatles”. Jose spoke for 9:50 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the second speaker, Darcy Konold. Darcy gave her High Performance Leader (HPL-1) Speech pertaining to the April 27 Social Gathering prior to the Evaluation Contest. Darcy spoke for 6:33 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the third speaker, Doug Goodman. Doug spoke about his first instrument-rated solo flight. Doug spoke for 5:18 minutes.
• Stephen introduced the General Evaluator, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on her team of evaluators.
o Stephen evaluated Jose.
o Rhonda evaluated Darcy.
o Natalie evaluated Doug.
• Stephen best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Best Evaluator: Stephen Jaworski
• Stephen called on Rhonda and Darcy for announcements.
• The meeting was adjourned at 1:03pm.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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4:00 PM
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Meeting Minutes - April 11, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 11 members: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Matt Greenbergs, Rob Cross, Darcy Konold and Juan Estrada.
· Vice President of Education Darcy Konold served as Toastmaster. She led the Pledge of Allegiance, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone.
· The day’s theme was “To the moon or bust” and the word of the week was “collegial.”
· Toastmaster asked for self-introductions, encouraging the use of the meeting’s theme or WOW.
· Club Treasurer Jose de la Torre presented the educational moment. He spoke about the duties of the club treasurer, noting that all club members are entitled to ask about the club’s finances.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Barbara Nedd, presented her first speech, the ice breaker.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins, presented an impromptu speech about a recent event covered in the media.
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Jim Tucker. Jim called upon Tania Fragomeno, Rob Cross, and Brenda Gettig.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Doug Goodman. Doug introduced his team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Doug provided an evaluation for Barbara’s first speech.
o Jose evaluated Don’s impromptu speech.
o Matt was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Brenda was Timer.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Nedd.
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Brenda Gettig
• Toastmaster announced upcoming District 5 events.
o Chili cook-off and pie baking contest on April 27 at Hubbs Sea World Research Facility.
o International speech and evaluation contests on April 14 at United Church of Christ in La Mesa.
• Toastmaster adjourned the meeting.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
· Vice President of Education Darcy Konold served as Toastmaster. She led the Pledge of Allegiance, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone.
· The day’s theme was “To the moon or bust” and the word of the week was “collegial.”
· Toastmaster asked for self-introductions, encouraging the use of the meeting’s theme or WOW.
· Club Treasurer Jose de la Torre presented the educational moment. He spoke about the duties of the club treasurer, noting that all club members are entitled to ask about the club’s finances.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Barbara Nedd, presented her first speech, the ice breaker.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins, presented an impromptu speech about a recent event covered in the media.
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Jim Tucker. Jim called upon Tania Fragomeno, Rob Cross, and Brenda Gettig.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Doug Goodman. Doug introduced his team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Doug provided an evaluation for Barbara’s first speech.
o Jose evaluated Don’s impromptu speech.
o Matt was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Brenda was Timer.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Nedd.
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Brenda Gettig
• Toastmaster announced upcoming District 5 events.
o Chili cook-off and pie baking contest on April 27 at Hubbs Sea World Research Facility.
o International speech and evaluation contests on April 14 at United Church of Christ in La Mesa.
• Toastmaster adjourned the meeting.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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8:15 PM
Friday, April 06, 2007
Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2007
April 4, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 8 members and 1 guest: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guest Will Bowen.
· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Matt introduced President Rhonda Walthall, who welcomed the members and guests.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: All About Table Topics
WOW: Missive
Matt asked for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use a three word missive, such as “I am here”. Matt described the role of the Toastmaster.
· Jim Tucker presented an Educational Moment. Jim’s topic was PREP – Point, Reason, Example, Point. Jim described how we could use PREP to respond to a Table Topics question.
· Matt encouraged everyone to clap until the speaker sits down. Next, Matt introduced Darcy, who lead the Table Topics session.
· Darcy spoke of the “tricks of the trade” on how to survive Table Topics. Some of the tricks included 1) greeting the Table Topics Master and members, 2) thanking the Table Topics Master for such a thought provoking question, and 3) asking to have the question repeated.
· Darcy also spoke about how to prepare in advance for Table Topics by being knowledgeable about current events.
· Darcy then gave 11 strategies for answering a Table Topics question (taken from “Lie, Cheat, and Steal” by Sheila Spencer, Toastmasters International, July 2003):
1. Share your views, knowledge, or first thoughts
2. Entertain rather than inform
3. Organize your response – Opening, Body, Closing
4. Lie – use your imagination
5. Back into the question – provide reasons not to do the opposite until you get around to answering the question
6. Cheat – side slip the question or answer someone else’s question
7. Explore rather than answer the question
8. Pretend you misunderstood the question
9. Indulge your imagination – pose a question
10. Steal – use the ideas of others, quote
11. Commit to a single response – don’t change your answer midway through your response
· Darcy lead a round of Table Topics questions:
1. “What are your views regarding the Sunroad Building near Montgomery Field?” – Jennifer Ebner
2. “The city is looking to ban driving of large trucks near residential areas and schools. Do you agree with this ban?” – Doug Goodman
3. “Should cell phone use be banned on all flights?” – Jose de la Torre
4. “Tell us about your favorite childhood memory.” – Will Bowen
• General Evaluator Jose de la Torre gave an evaluation of the meeting and called on Rhonda Walthall to give the Timers report.
• Toastmaster Matt announced best of awards:
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Will Bowen
• Matt called Rhonda back to the lectern.
• Rhonda asked guest Will to give his thoughts about the meeting.
• The meeting was adjourned at 12:56pm.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 8 members and 1 guest: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guest Will Bowen.
· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Matt introduced President Rhonda Walthall, who welcomed the members and guests.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: All About Table Topics
WOW: Missive
Matt asked for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use a three word missive, such as “I am here”. Matt described the role of the Toastmaster.
· Jim Tucker presented an Educational Moment. Jim’s topic was PREP – Point, Reason, Example, Point. Jim described how we could use PREP to respond to a Table Topics question.
· Matt encouraged everyone to clap until the speaker sits down. Next, Matt introduced Darcy, who lead the Table Topics session.
· Darcy spoke of the “tricks of the trade” on how to survive Table Topics. Some of the tricks included 1) greeting the Table Topics Master and members, 2) thanking the Table Topics Master for such a thought provoking question, and 3) asking to have the question repeated.
· Darcy also spoke about how to prepare in advance for Table Topics by being knowledgeable about current events.
· Darcy then gave 11 strategies for answering a Table Topics question (taken from “Lie, Cheat, and Steal” by Sheila Spencer, Toastmasters International, July 2003):
1. Share your views, knowledge, or first thoughts
2. Entertain rather than inform
3. Organize your response – Opening, Body, Closing
4. Lie – use your imagination
5. Back into the question – provide reasons not to do the opposite until you get around to answering the question
6. Cheat – side slip the question or answer someone else’s question
7. Explore rather than answer the question
8. Pretend you misunderstood the question
9. Indulge your imagination – pose a question
10. Steal – use the ideas of others, quote
11. Commit to a single response – don’t change your answer midway through your response
· Darcy lead a round of Table Topics questions:
1. “What are your views regarding the Sunroad Building near Montgomery Field?” – Jennifer Ebner
2. “The city is looking to ban driving of large trucks near residential areas and schools. Do you agree with this ban?” – Doug Goodman
3. “Should cell phone use be banned on all flights?” – Jose de la Torre
4. “Tell us about your favorite childhood memory.” – Will Bowen
• General Evaluator Jose de la Torre gave an evaluation of the meeting and called on Rhonda Walthall to give the Timers report.
• Toastmaster Matt announced best of awards:
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Will Bowen
• Matt called Rhonda back to the lectern.
• Rhonda asked guest Will to give his thoughts about the meeting.
• The meeting was adjourned at 12:56pm.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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8:13 PM
Monday, April 02, 2007
Meeting Minutes - Mar 28, 2007
March 28, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 11 members: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Rob Cross, Fabio Bottalico, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall.
· President Rhonda walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Darcy Konold.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Sparky, the Firedog, and Other Heroic Pets
WOW: Assiduous
Darcy welcomed the members and asked for self-introductions of those present, encouraging the use of the WOW.
· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs presented an Educational Moment. Matt’s topic was “membership Renewal”. Matt passed around a list of membership showing who still needed to pay their renewal dues.
· Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Jessie Wang, who gave her CC-4 speech titled “Chinese New Year.”
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced Table Topics Master, Doug Goodman. Doug combined the theme of animals with sports and called upon 5 members:
o “Why do cats have names?” – Fabio Bottalico
o “What does the costume look like for the Sea Slug mascot?” – Don Wiggins
o “Tell us about the Sea Gulls mascot at the hockey game.” – Barbara Nedd
o “Southern Illinois Soluki – what is it?” – Rob Cross
o “Tell us about the Dolphin mascot.” – Jose de la Torre
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Rhonda Walthall. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Rob Cross evaluated speaker Jessie Wang.
o Barbara Nedd was the Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Jim Tucker was the Timer.
• Toastmaster Darcy announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jessie Wang
o Best Evaluator: Barbara Nedd
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Toastmaster Darcy asked for guest’ comments and adjourned the meeting.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 11 members: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Rob Cross, Fabio Bottalico, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall.
· President Rhonda walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Darcy Konold.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Sparky, the Firedog, and Other Heroic Pets
WOW: Assiduous
Darcy welcomed the members and asked for self-introductions of those present, encouraging the use of the WOW.
· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs presented an Educational Moment. Matt’s topic was “membership Renewal”. Matt passed around a list of membership showing who still needed to pay their renewal dues.
· Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Jessie Wang, who gave her CC-4 speech titled “Chinese New Year.”
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced Table Topics Master, Doug Goodman. Doug combined the theme of animals with sports and called upon 5 members:
o “Why do cats have names?” – Fabio Bottalico
o “What does the costume look like for the Sea Slug mascot?” – Don Wiggins
o “Tell us about the Sea Gulls mascot at the hockey game.” – Barbara Nedd
o “Southern Illinois Soluki – what is it?” – Rob Cross
o “Tell us about the Dolphin mascot.” – Jose de la Torre
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Rhonda Walthall. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Rob Cross evaluated speaker Jessie Wang.
o Barbara Nedd was the Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Jim Tucker was the Timer.
• Toastmaster Darcy announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jessie Wang
o Best Evaluator: Barbara Nedd
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Toastmaster Darcy asked for guest’ comments and adjourned the meeting.
Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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