Meeting Minutes - June 20, 2007
June 20, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m. and was attended by 10 members and two guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jessie Wang, Rob Cross, and Matt Greenbergs.
· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Doug Goodman.
· Toastmaster gave an overview of Toastmasters International and how Century Toastmasters club meetings function. He introduced the theme, Play Ball; and the WOW, gewgaw. The attendees participated in a round of introductions describing their plans for Sunday.
· Toastmaster introduced Ferdonya for the Educational Moment. Ferdonya spoke about the importance of being a club officer and the position of sergeant-at-arms.
· Toastmaster introduced club president Rhonda for the installation of new officers. Rhonda introduced club secretary Tania Fragomeno who led the new officer’s pledge. The officers present that took the pledge were:
· Matt Greenbergs, president
· Rhonda Walthall, VP of public relations
· Jennifer Ebner, secretary
· Ferdonya Henderson, sergeant-at-arms
· Tania introduced Matt Greenbergs, current VP of membership who led the induction of new member Stephanie Love-Payne. Club members then recited their pledge to Stephanie.
· Matt concluded the induction and began table topics. He called upon Hannah Zhao, Jessie Wang and Rob Cross. Matt asked questions relating to the meeting’s theme, Play Ball.
• Matt turned the meeting to the Toastmaster. Toastmaster introduced the general evaluator, Hannah. Hannah introduced her team of evaluators:
o Tania provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jennifer provided the timer’s report.
o Hannah then provided an evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best table topics: Rob
o Best evaluator: Hannah
o First-timer ribbons were also presented to one guest.
• Toastmaster asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o The Champion’s Edge Coaching seminar will be on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m. at the Metropolitan Wastewater District Auditorium.
o In July, the club will have a tall tales and table topics contests in preparation for the district contest held in August. Volunteers are needed for the district contest. For more information contact Rhonda.
o The upcoming new officer training dates are: July 12, El Cajon; July 28, Miramar College; August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to club president Rhonda.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1 p.m.
Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m. and was attended by 10 members and two guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jessie Wang, Rob Cross, and Matt Greenbergs.
· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Doug Goodman.
· Toastmaster gave an overview of Toastmasters International and how Century Toastmasters club meetings function. He introduced the theme, Play Ball; and the WOW, gewgaw. The attendees participated in a round of introductions describing their plans for Sunday.
· Toastmaster introduced Ferdonya for the Educational Moment. Ferdonya spoke about the importance of being a club officer and the position of sergeant-at-arms.
· Toastmaster introduced club president Rhonda for the installation of new officers. Rhonda introduced club secretary Tania Fragomeno who led the new officer’s pledge. The officers present that took the pledge were:
· Matt Greenbergs, president
· Rhonda Walthall, VP of public relations
· Jennifer Ebner, secretary
· Ferdonya Henderson, sergeant-at-arms
· Tania introduced Matt Greenbergs, current VP of membership who led the induction of new member Stephanie Love-Payne. Club members then recited their pledge to Stephanie.
· Matt concluded the induction and began table topics. He called upon Hannah Zhao, Jessie Wang and Rob Cross. Matt asked questions relating to the meeting’s theme, Play Ball.
• Matt turned the meeting to the Toastmaster. Toastmaster introduced the general evaluator, Hannah. Hannah introduced her team of evaluators:
o Tania provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jennifer provided the timer’s report.
o Hannah then provided an evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best table topics: Rob
o Best evaluator: Hannah
o First-timer ribbons were also presented to one guest.
• Toastmaster asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o The Champion’s Edge Coaching seminar will be on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m. at the Metropolitan Wastewater District Auditorium.
o In July, the club will have a tall tales and table topics contests in preparation for the district contest held in August. Volunteers are needed for the district contest. For more information contact Rhonda.
o The upcoming new officer training dates are: July 12, El Cajon; July 28, Miramar College; August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to club president Rhonda.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1 p.m.
Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
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