Meeting Minutes - September 12, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by ten members: Ferdonya Henderson, Matt Greenbergs, Stephanie Love-Payne, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Jim Tucker, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Brenda Gettig, and Jose de la Torre. One guest attended: Karen Shephard.
· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and turned the meeting back to Ferdonya as Toastmaster.
· Ferdonya welcomed members and guests. She asked everyone to introduce themselves and speak about how Toastmasters had helped them experience “Victory over Circumstances” (the theme for the week). She also introduced the word of the week, trenchant.
· Don Wiggins presented an educational moment.
· There was one speaker for this week’s meeting, Jim Tucker. Jim’s motivational speech included three elements for better speaking: perception, perspective and performance.
· Doug Goodman acted as Table Topics Master. Jose de lat Torre, Matt Greenbergs and Jim Tucker were asked to speak during Table Topics.
· Ferdonya introduced Matt Greenbergs as the General Evaluator. Matt’s team of evaluators included the following:
o Darcy Konold presented an evaluation of Jim’s speech,
o Stephanie Love-Payne presented the Grammarian / Ah Counter report,
o Barbara Nedd presented the Timer’s report, and
o Brenda Gettig completed a leadership evaluation for Darcy.
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Ferdonya to the following members:
o Best Speaker: Jim Tucker
o Best Table Topics: Matt Greenbergs
o Best Evaluator: Darcy Konold
· Ferdonya asked Karen to comment on the meeting as this was her second visit. Karen explained she was very happy with the club and intended to become a member.
· Ferdonya turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the meeting around 1:00 pm.
Submitted by Brenda Gettig, Century Toastmasters #9273
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· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and turned the meeting back to Ferdonya as Toastmaster.
· Ferdonya welcomed members and guests. She asked everyone to introduce themselves and speak about how Toastmasters had helped them experience “Victory over Circumstances” (the theme for the week). She also introduced the word of the week, trenchant.
· Don Wiggins presented an educational moment.
· There was one speaker for this week’s meeting, Jim Tucker. Jim’s motivational speech included three elements for better speaking: perception, perspective and performance.
· Doug Goodman acted as Table Topics Master. Jose de lat Torre, Matt Greenbergs and Jim Tucker were asked to speak during Table Topics.
· Ferdonya introduced Matt Greenbergs as the General Evaluator. Matt’s team of evaluators included the following:
o Darcy Konold presented an evaluation of Jim’s speech,
o Stephanie Love-Payne presented the Grammarian / Ah Counter report,
o Barbara Nedd presented the Timer’s report, and
o Brenda Gettig completed a leadership evaluation for Darcy.
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Ferdonya to the following members:
o Best Speaker: Jim Tucker
o Best Table Topics: Matt Greenbergs
o Best Evaluator: Darcy Konold
· Ferdonya asked Karen to comment on the meeting as this was her second visit. Karen explained she was very happy with the club and intended to become a member.
· Ferdonya turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the meeting around 1:00 pm.
Submitted by Brenda Gettig, Century Toastmasters #9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/for more information.
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