Meeting Minutes - August 1, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:07pm and was attended by 12 members: Matt Greenbergs, Barbara Prevost-Nedd, Jessie Wang, Elizabeth Lee, Hannah Zhao, Rhonda Walthall, Jose De La Torre, Jennifer Ebner, Ferdonya Henderson, Don Wiggins, Lee Moran, Stephanie Love-Payne, and 2 guests: Sundar and Brian.
· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and introduced himself as Toastmaster.
· Matt welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name and what fear you have overcome.
o Theme: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
o W.O.W.: mettle – Courage and fortitude; spirit
· Matt led new member inductions in place of Barbara Nedd, VP of Membership. Ferdonya escorted new members: Lee Moran, Elizabeth Lee, and Barbara Nedd from the room for existing members to accept new members into the club. Existing members agreed on accepting new members. New members read the Toastmaster’s new member pledge to existing members. Existing members recited pledge to new members.
· Matt asked Jessie Wang, General Evaluator, to review the evaluator roles for the meeting.
· Matt introduced Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya gave her ATM-B speech #5 from the Speaking to Inform advanced manual, titled “Coco Bean, Dark Chocolate, and Medicine.” The purpose of the speech was to present an abstract concept. Ferdonya explained the properties of dark chocolate and why is should be reclassified from candy to medicine.
· Matt introduced Table Topics Master, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, and Lee Moran to participate in table topics. Rhonda spoke about the animal cruelty that Michael Vick is accused of. Stephanie was asked to speak on if a woman should be president. Lee was asked to speak on if he would encourage people to buy a SUV.
· Matt introduced Jessie Wang as the General Evaluator. Jessie introduced her team of evaluators:
o Jose De La Torre evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Rhonda provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report and was evaluated for CL project by Don Wiggins.
o Jennifer Ebner provided the timer’s report.
o Jessie provided a general evaluation of the meeting.
· Matt asked for guest comments and passed out 1st timer ribbons to Sundar and Brian and then presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best Speaker: Ferdonya Henderson
o Best Table Topics: Lee Moran
o Best Evaluator: skipped due to time constraints
• Matt adjourned meeting at 1:04pm
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 called the meeting to order and introduced himself as Toastmaster.
· Matt welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name and what fear you have overcome.
o Theme: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
o W.O.W.: mettle – Courage and fortitude; spirit
· Matt led new member inductions in place of Barbara Nedd, VP of Membership. Ferdonya escorted new members: Lee Moran, Elizabeth Lee, and Barbara Nedd from the room for existing members to accept new members into the club. Existing members agreed on accepting new members. New members read the Toastmaster’s new member pledge to existing members. Existing members recited pledge to new members.
· Matt asked Jessie Wang, General Evaluator, to review the evaluator roles for the meeting.
· Matt introduced Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya gave her ATM-B speech #5 from the Speaking to Inform advanced manual, titled “Coco Bean, Dark Chocolate, and Medicine.” The purpose of the speech was to present an abstract concept. Ferdonya explained the properties of dark chocolate and why is should be reclassified from candy to medicine.
· Matt introduced Table Topics Master, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, and Lee Moran to participate in table topics. Rhonda spoke about the animal cruelty that Michael Vick is accused of. Stephanie was asked to speak on if a woman should be president. Lee was asked to speak on if he would encourage people to buy a SUV.
· Matt introduced Jessie Wang as the General Evaluator. Jessie introduced her team of evaluators:
o Jose De La Torre evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Rhonda provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report and was evaluated for CL project by Don Wiggins.
o Jennifer Ebner provided the timer’s report.
o Jessie provided a general evaluation of the meeting.
· Matt asked for guest comments and passed out 1st timer ribbons to Sundar and Brian and then presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best Speaker: Ferdonya Henderson
o Best Table Topics: Lee Moran
o Best Evaluator: skipped due to time constraints
• Matt adjourned meeting at 1:04pm
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
posted by Jennifer Ebner at
5:13 PM
