Meeting Minutes - August 15, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 8 members: Rhonda Walthall, Don Wiggins, Lee Moran, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Matt Greenbergs, Stephanie Love-Payne, 2 previous members: Molly Frisbie and Byron Shovlain, and 1 guest: Debbie.
· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Rhonda Walthall as Toastmaster.
· Rhonda welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name, using the W.O.W. or talking about your best friend, and stating any role you are holding in the meeting.
o Theme: My Best Friend
o W.O.W.: confabulation – noun 1. familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. 2. a plausible but imagined memory that fills in the gaps in what is remembered.
· Rhonda welcomed Matt for an educational moment about evaluations. Matt spoke about the important of evaluations which is based on content, organization (introduction, body, and conclusion), and delivery. Evaluations are a great way to help us improve our speeches.
· Rhonda started the scheduled speaker portion of the meeting and reminded everyone about completing the Competent Leadership (CL) track along with any other speaking manual.
o Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson gave an ATM speech on a controversial issue titled “Chocolate and Antioxidants.” Ferdonya told us about the pros and cons of consuming chocolate and how to maximize the benefits from chocolate, particularly by consuming dark chocolate that is organic and has 70% or higher cocoa. She opened up the floor for a question and answer session with several questions from the audience.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins gave a speech to sell a product titled “30 Seconds Difference Maker.” Don started off with a demonstration of incandescent versus compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs and how much less energy the CFL bulbs consume. Don covered the many benefits of using CFL bulbs and how energy consumption can be reduced. He passed around examples of the different size bulbs.
· Table Topics were skipped due to time constraints.
· Rhonda introduced Jennifer Ebner as the General Evaluator. Jennifer introduced her team of evaluators:
o Molly Frisbie evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Matt Greenbergs evaluated Don’s speech
o Grammarian/ah counter’s report was skipped due to time constraint
o Doug Goodman provided the timer’s report
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Rhonda:
o Best Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
· Rhonda asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Century Toastmasters Officers Meeting will be held Thursday, August 23rd at Century Park Cafeteria from 11:30-1pm.
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines on August 25th from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
• Meeting was adjourned 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 called the meeting to order and introduced Rhonda Walthall as Toastmaster.
· Rhonda welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name, using the W.O.W. or talking about your best friend, and stating any role you are holding in the meeting.
o Theme: My Best Friend
o W.O.W.: confabulation – noun 1. familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. 2. a plausible but imagined memory that fills in the gaps in what is remembered.
· Rhonda welcomed Matt for an educational moment about evaluations. Matt spoke about the important of evaluations which is based on content, organization (introduction, body, and conclusion), and delivery. Evaluations are a great way to help us improve our speeches.
· Rhonda started the scheduled speaker portion of the meeting and reminded everyone about completing the Competent Leadership (CL) track along with any other speaking manual.
o Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson gave an ATM speech on a controversial issue titled “Chocolate and Antioxidants.” Ferdonya told us about the pros and cons of consuming chocolate and how to maximize the benefits from chocolate, particularly by consuming dark chocolate that is organic and has 70% or higher cocoa. She opened up the floor for a question and answer session with several questions from the audience.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins gave a speech to sell a product titled “30 Seconds Difference Maker.” Don started off with a demonstration of incandescent versus compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs and how much less energy the CFL bulbs consume. Don covered the many benefits of using CFL bulbs and how energy consumption can be reduced. He passed around examples of the different size bulbs.
· Table Topics were skipped due to time constraints.
· Rhonda introduced Jennifer Ebner as the General Evaluator. Jennifer introduced her team of evaluators:
o Molly Frisbie evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Matt Greenbergs evaluated Don’s speech
o Grammarian/ah counter’s report was skipped due to time constraint
o Doug Goodman provided the timer’s report
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Rhonda:
o Best Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
· Rhonda asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Century Toastmasters Officers Meeting will be held Thursday, August 23rd at Century Park Cafeteria from 11:30-1pm.
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines on August 25th from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
• Meeting was adjourned 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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