Meeting Minutes May 30, 2007
May 30, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:08 p.m. and was attended by 9 members and 3 guests: Hannah Zhao, Natalie Williams, Ferdonya Henderson, Jose de la Torre, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Ferdonya Henderson, Fabio Bottalico, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Joel, Armando, and Cynthia (?).
· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda called the meeting to order and welcomed the three guests. She then introduced the meeting’s Toastmaster, Jim Tucker.
· Jim called for a round of introductions and asked everyone to either use the Word of the Week or to talk about their thoughts on honesty.
o Theme: Honest Abe
o Word of the Week: Concatenation
· Jim introduced Rhonda Walthall who presented an Educational Moment on the functions of the President.
· Jim introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Doug Goodman. The goal of Doug’s speech was “organization” and the title of his speech was “A Tale of Two Utilities”. Doug explained to audience why CA residents pay more for their electricity than their Midwestern counterparts, even though CA residents consume far less electricity.
o Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre presented speech CC #10. The goal of his speech was “to inspire” and the title of his speech was “After Two Years”. Jose spoke about his first two years in Toastmasters. He spoke about how he was inspired by Jim Tucker and Lance Miller. Congratulations to Jose for completing his Competent Communicator Award!
• Jim introduced Table Topics Master Hannah Zhao, who is working towards her CL Award. Hannah quoted an article from the Wall Street Journal and asked for a volunteer to respond. Doug Goodman volunteered. Due to time limitations, no other topics were raised.
• Jim introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya introduced the team of evaluators:
o Natalie Williams evaluated Speaker #1, Doug Goodman.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the timer’s report.
o For leadership evaluations, Rhonda evaluated Hannah.
• Jim announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jose de la Torre.
o Best Evaluator: Natalie Williams.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Jim presented a First Timer ribbon to guest Joel.
• Jim introduced Rhonda who had the following club announcements:
o TI Region II Conference is June 1-2nd in San Diego. Jim Tucker will carrying the club proxy to the conference.
o Officer Nominations will be June 6.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
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 12:08 p.m. and was attended by 9 members and 3 guests: Hannah Zhao, Natalie Williams, Ferdonya Henderson, Jose de la Torre, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Ferdonya Henderson, Fabio Bottalico, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Joel, Armando, and Cynthia (?).
· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda called the meeting to order and welcomed the three guests. She then introduced the meeting’s Toastmaster, Jim Tucker.
· Jim called for a round of introductions and asked everyone to either use the Word of the Week or to talk about their thoughts on honesty.
o Theme: Honest Abe
o Word of the Week: Concatenation
· Jim introduced Rhonda Walthall who presented an Educational Moment on the functions of the President.
· Jim introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Doug Goodman. The goal of Doug’s speech was “organization” and the title of his speech was “A Tale of Two Utilities”. Doug explained to audience why CA residents pay more for their electricity than their Midwestern counterparts, even though CA residents consume far less electricity.
o Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre presented speech CC #10. The goal of his speech was “to inspire” and the title of his speech was “After Two Years”. Jose spoke about his first two years in Toastmasters. He spoke about how he was inspired by Jim Tucker and Lance Miller. Congratulations to Jose for completing his Competent Communicator Award!
• Jim introduced Table Topics Master Hannah Zhao, who is working towards her CL Award. Hannah quoted an article from the Wall Street Journal and asked for a volunteer to respond. Doug Goodman volunteered. Due to time limitations, no other topics were raised.
• Jim introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya introduced the team of evaluators:
o Natalie Williams evaluated Speaker #1, Doug Goodman.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the timer’s report.
o For leadership evaluations, Rhonda evaluated Hannah.
• Jim announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jose de la Torre.
o Best Evaluator: Natalie Williams.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Jim presented a First Timer ribbon to guest Joel.
• Jim introduced Rhonda who had the following club announcements:
o TI Region II Conference is June 1-2nd in San Diego. Jim Tucker will carrying the club proxy to the conference.
o Officer Nominations will be June 6.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
Submitted by Club President, Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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