Meeting Minutes - August 8, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 13 members: Jose De La Torre, Ferdonya Henderson, Rhonda Walthall, Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Lee Moran, Rob Cross, Fabio Bottalico, Darcy Konold, Barbara Prevost-Nedd, Jim Tucker, Stephanie Love-Payne, Don Wiggins, and 1 guest: Brian.
· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and announced upcoming Area contests. Matt introduced Jennifer Ebner as Toastmaster.
· Jennifer welcomed guest and members and introduced Rhonda Walthall, VP of Membership and Area 5 Governor for an award presentation.
· Rhonda presented a ribbon to President Matt Greenbergs to recognize Century Toastmasters as a Distinguished President’s Club. Rhonda turned the meeting back over to Jennifer.
· Jennifer 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 describing a time in your life you have persevered.
o Theme: Perseverance
o W.O.W.: resplendent – shining brilliantly: characterized by a glowing splendor
· Darcy Konold presented an educational moment called “Do You Want to be a Millionaire.” Darcy spoke about incorporating the tools used in Toastmasters in one’s professional life in addition to personal life to advance a career and for setting goals and expectations.
· Jennifer introduced the scheduled speakers:
o Speaker #1, Jose De La Torre. Jose redid the CC-1 Icebreaker speech called “The Remake.” Jose shared his personal experiences with public speaking development and his goals for this year to become a CPA, spend more time with his family, and become a part-time employee.
o Speaker #2, Barbara Provost-Nedd gave a speech titled “Three of My Favorite Restaurants.” She revisited a question asked for a table topic’s contest and explained in more detail why Island Spice, Fish Market, and Rubios are her three favorite restaurants.
· Stephanie Love-Payne led the meeting as the Table Topics Master. Stephanie described table topics and called on Fabio Bottolico, Ferdonya Henderson, and Darcy Konold to participate. Each contestant was asked to speak about perseverance in their personal lives or careers which incorporated the theme of the week.
· Jennifer introduced Rhonda Walthall as the General Evaluator. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and explained the purpose and importance of the evaluations:
o Darcy Konold evaluated Jose’s speech
o Jim Tucker evaluated Barbara’s speech.
o Fabio provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report
o Lee Moran provided the timer’s report.
o Rhonda provided a general evaluation of the meeting and was evaluated for the CL track by Rob Cross.
· The “Best of” awards where presented by Jennifer:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Provost-Nedd
o Best Table Topics: Darcy Konold
o Best Evaluator: Jim Tucker
· Jennifer asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
o Ferdonya Henderson will be presenting an advanced speech at next week’s meeting where she will be holding a mock press conference on a controversial issue. The attendees are asked to participate as journalists and ask her questions on the issue.
• The meeting was turned over to President, Matt and was adjourned at 1:03pm.
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 announced upcoming Area contests. Matt introduced Jennifer Ebner as Toastmaster.
· Jennifer welcomed guest and members and introduced Rhonda Walthall, VP of Membership and Area 5 Governor for an award presentation.
· Rhonda presented a ribbon to President Matt Greenbergs to recognize Century Toastmasters as a Distinguished President’s Club. Rhonda turned the meeting back over to Jennifer.
· Jennifer 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 describing a time in your life you have persevered.
o Theme: Perseverance
o W.O.W.: resplendent – shining brilliantly: characterized by a glowing splendor
· Darcy Konold presented an educational moment called “Do You Want to be a Millionaire.” Darcy spoke about incorporating the tools used in Toastmasters in one’s professional life in addition to personal life to advance a career and for setting goals and expectations.
· Jennifer introduced the scheduled speakers:
o Speaker #1, Jose De La Torre. Jose redid the CC-1 Icebreaker speech called “The Remake.” Jose shared his personal experiences with public speaking development and his goals for this year to become a CPA, spend more time with his family, and become a part-time employee.
o Speaker #2, Barbara Provost-Nedd gave a speech titled “Three of My Favorite Restaurants.” She revisited a question asked for a table topic’s contest and explained in more detail why Island Spice, Fish Market, and Rubios are her three favorite restaurants.
· Stephanie Love-Payne led the meeting as the Table Topics Master. Stephanie described table topics and called on Fabio Bottolico, Ferdonya Henderson, and Darcy Konold to participate. Each contestant was asked to speak about perseverance in their personal lives or careers which incorporated the theme of the week.
· Jennifer introduced Rhonda Walthall as the General Evaluator. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and explained the purpose and importance of the evaluations:
o Darcy Konold evaluated Jose’s speech
o Jim Tucker evaluated Barbara’s speech.
o Fabio provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report
o Lee Moran provided the timer’s report.
o Rhonda provided a general evaluation of the meeting and was evaluated for the CL track by Rob Cross.
· The “Best of” awards where presented by Jennifer:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Provost-Nedd
o Best Table Topics: Darcy Konold
o Best Evaluator: Jim Tucker
· Jennifer asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
o Ferdonya Henderson will be presenting an advanced speech at next week’s meeting where she will be holding a mock press conference on a controversial issue. The attendees are asked to participate as journalists and ask her questions on the issue.
• The meeting was turned over to President, Matt and was adjourned at 1:03pm.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
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