Meeting Minutes - July 25, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:08pm and was attended by 10 members: Matt Greenbergs, Cece Rowe, Brenda Gettig, Ferdonya Henderson, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Jessie Wang, Darcy Konold, Elizabeth Lee, Rhonda Walthall and 1 guest: Deepika Sagi.
· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt presented Rhonda Walthall with her CC badge and immediate past President pin. Matt read the club mission statement and welcomed Toastmaster Hannah Zhao.
· Hannah welcomed guest and explained the meeting’s Tall Tales contest. She introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme and asked for self introductions.
o Theme: Tall Tales
o W.O.W.: Prevaricate – to stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.
· There was no educational moment due to contest. Hannah introduced Contest Chair, Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda introduced the contest and had the contestants randomly pick the speaking order. Each contestant has 3-5 minutes to speak. Minimum 2 min. 30 sec. and maximum 5 min. 30 sec. to deliver speech to not be disqualified. Rhonda introduced Chief Judge, Darcy Konold.
· Darcy explained the judging criteria and ballots for the contest. There will be 1 minute between contestants for judging. Darcy turned the meeting back over to Hannah.
· Hannah started the contest and welcomed contestants to the lectern:
o Contestant #1, Ferdonya Henderson, “What Happened to the Pumpkin? You Decide.”
o Contestant #2, Matt Greenbergs, “Cheaper by the Dozen”
o Contestant #3, Brenda Gettig, “A Special Spider”
• Contest ended, judges scored contestants and ranked the first, second, and third place contestants. Ballots submitted to Chief Judge, Darcy and ballot counter, Cece Rowe.
• Hannah interviewed contestants on speeches and turned meeting over to Chief Judge, Darcy.
• Darcy announced Tall Tales contest winners. Winner to attend the Area Tall Tales contest on August 25th, 2007:
o Runner-up: Ferdonya Henderson
o Winner: Brenda Gettig
• Closing statements by Hannah and asked for guest input. Hannah turned meeting over to President, Matt.
• Matt announced new member inductions scheduled for next meeting, August 1st and adjourned meeting at 1:02pm.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt presented Rhonda Walthall with her CC badge and immediate past President pin. Matt read the club mission statement and welcomed Toastmaster Hannah Zhao.
· Hannah welcomed guest and explained the meeting’s Tall Tales contest. She introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme and asked for self introductions.
o Theme: Tall Tales
o W.O.W.: Prevaricate – to stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.
· There was no educational moment due to contest. Hannah introduced Contest Chair, Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda introduced the contest and had the contestants randomly pick the speaking order. Each contestant has 3-5 minutes to speak. Minimum 2 min. 30 sec. and maximum 5 min. 30 sec. to deliver speech to not be disqualified. Rhonda introduced Chief Judge, Darcy Konold.
· Darcy explained the judging criteria and ballots for the contest. There will be 1 minute between contestants for judging. Darcy turned the meeting back over to Hannah.
· Hannah started the contest and welcomed contestants to the lectern:
o Contestant #1, Ferdonya Henderson, “What Happened to the Pumpkin? You Decide.”
o Contestant #2, Matt Greenbergs, “Cheaper by the Dozen”
o Contestant #3, Brenda Gettig, “A Special Spider”
• Contest ended, judges scored contestants and ranked the first, second, and third place contestants. Ballots submitted to Chief Judge, Darcy and ballot counter, Cece Rowe.
• Hannah interviewed contestants on speeches and turned meeting over to Chief Judge, Darcy.
• Darcy announced Tall Tales contest winners. Winner to attend the Area Tall Tales contest on August 25th, 2007:
o Runner-up: Ferdonya Henderson
o Winner: Brenda Gettig
• Closing statements by Hannah and asked for guest input. Hannah turned meeting over to President, Matt.
• Matt announced new member inductions scheduled for next meeting, August 1st and adjourned meeting at 1:02pm.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
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12:49 PM
