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Monday, June 11, 2007

Meeting Minutes - June 6, 2007

June 6, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by 13 members and three guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Rob Cross, Barbara Nedd, Hannah Zhao, Matt Greenbergs, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Rhonda Walthall, and Stephanie Love-Payne.

· 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 Brenda Gettig.
· Toastmaster introduced the theme, National Family Day; and the WOW, cavort. The attendees participated in a round of introductions, using the week’s theme and WOW.
· Toastmaster introduced club vice president of education, Darcy Konold, for the Educational Moment. In the past few Educational Moments, club officers have spoken about their role to inform club members in preparation for officer nominations and elections. Darcy spoke about the role of the vice president of education.
· Toastmaster introduced the first speaker, Jennifer Ebner. Jennifer presented her CC #4 speech, “Party Planner Extraordinaire,” and spoke about how to be a great party planner, drawing on her many experiences in this role.
· Toastmaster introduced the second speaker, Tania Fragomeno. Tania also presented her CC#4 speech titled “Play Tourist.”
· Toastmaster welcomed back president Rhonda. Rhonda led the club officer nominations portion of the meeting. The nominations are for the July to December 2007 term. The nominations were as follows:
Sergeant-at-Arms: Ferdonya Henderson, Stephanie Love-Payne, Darcy Konold.
Secretary: Brenda Gettig, Jennifer Ebner.
Treasurer: Jose de la Torre, Jennifer Ebner.
VP of Public Relations: Brenda Gettig, Rhonda Walthall.
VP of Membership: Barbara Nedd.
VP of Education: Natalie Williams, Brenda Gettig.
President: Matt Greenbergs.
Club officer elections will take place on June 13. Voting may also be done via email; Rhonda will send a ballot. Pizza will be served at the June 13 meeting.
• Rhonda turned the meeting back to Toastmaster Brenda. Brenda introduced the General Evaluator, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya introduced her team of evaluators:
o Doug Goodman evaluated speaker #1, Jennifer.
o Hannah Zhao evaluated speaker #2, Tania.
o Darcy Konold provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jim Tucker provided the timer’s report.
• Toastmaster presented the Best Of awards.
o Best speaker: Tania
o Best evaluator: Doug
• Toastmaster asked the guests if they would like to comment on the meeting. A guest said the meeting was timely and that it was nice that everyone helped. She said she felt “at home.” Another guest commented she enjoys Toastmasters and is looking forward to more visits.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to president Rhonda. Rhonda announced the Regional II Conference was held on June 1 and 2. Jim Tucker represented the club. Jim provided an update on the conference. Jim said the conference had educational sessions as well as general Toastmasters business. Norman Nemura from our district won third place in the speech contest. He will go on to represent the district in the regional contest.
• Rhonda filled functionaries for the June 13 meeting and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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