Meeting Minutes - September 5, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 14 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Jim Tucker, Stephanie Love-Payne, Doug Goodman, Barbara Nedd, Rob Cross, Hannah Zhao, Don Wiggins, Jose de la Torre, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Byron Shovlain, Elizabeth Lee and 2 guests: Holly and Karen.
• Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Treasurer, Jose de la Torre as Toastmaster.
• Jose welcomed members and guests. He asked the guests how they heard about the club. Holly found the club through the website and Karen is a guest of Don Wiggins. Jose introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme. He explained the shoestring issues he has in his life and asked everyone to share similar situations in their life.
O Theme: Family Matters
O W.O.W.: shoestring – noun, 1) shoelace, 2) small sum of money / capital inadequate or barely adequate to the needs of a transaction.
• Jose welcomed Sergeant-at-Arms, Ferdonya Henderson, for an educational moment. Ferdonya spoke about editing or rewriting a speech. She suggested looking for unnecessary words and to use an action voice and energy to improve a speech.
• Jose started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker:
O Speaker #1, Rob Cross gave his CC-9 persuasive speech, "Stop Drinking the Poison." He noted that 5 out of 7 people are angry about something in their lives. He explained what bitterness is and why it is bad and went through ways to get rid of it. He gave an example of Sunny Jacobs who was an innocent person that was jailed for 17 years that learned to forgive and move on with her life after prison.
• Jose introduced Secretary, Jennifer Ebner as the Table Topics Master. Jennifer incorporated the theme of the week into table topics and asked the guests if they would like to participate.
O Don Wiggins was asked to speak about his ideal family vacation.
O Karen was asked to tell us a time that things did not go right on a family vacation.
O VP of Membership, Barbara Nedd spoke about the television programs that she enjoys watching with her children.
O Byron Shovlain spoke about the tradition his family has with going on cruises together.
O Jim Tucker spoke about his role and place in his family.
O Holly spoke about how personality traits are somewhat influenced by if you are the oldest, youngest, or only child in your family.
• Jose introduced Jim Tucker as the General Evaluator. Jim introduced his team of evaluators:
O VP of Education, Brenda Gettig evaluated Rob’s speech and noted the good use of examples and props.
O Barbara Nedd provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report O Stephanie Love-Payne provided the Timer’s report O Jim provided an overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Jose:
O Best Speaker: Rob Cross
O Best Table Topics: Don Wiggins
O Best Evaluator: Brenda Gettig
• Jose asked the guests for input on the meeting. A reminder was made about the upcoming membership period that starts on October 1st. Get those dues in early!
• Jose turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the 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 President Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Treasurer, Jose de la Torre as Toastmaster.
• Jose welcomed members and guests. He asked the guests how they heard about the club. Holly found the club through the website and Karen is a guest of Don Wiggins. Jose introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme. He explained the shoestring issues he has in his life and asked everyone to share similar situations in their life.
O Theme: Family Matters
O W.O.W.: shoestring – noun, 1) shoelace, 2) small sum of money / capital inadequate or barely adequate to the needs of a transaction.
• Jose welcomed Sergeant-at-Arms, Ferdonya Henderson, for an educational moment. Ferdonya spoke about editing or rewriting a speech. She suggested looking for unnecessary words and to use an action voice and energy to improve a speech.
• Jose started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker:
O Speaker #1, Rob Cross gave his CC-9 persuasive speech, "Stop Drinking the Poison." He noted that 5 out of 7 people are angry about something in their lives. He explained what bitterness is and why it is bad and went through ways to get rid of it. He gave an example of Sunny Jacobs who was an innocent person that was jailed for 17 years that learned to forgive and move on with her life after prison.
• Jose introduced Secretary, Jennifer Ebner as the Table Topics Master. Jennifer incorporated the theme of the week into table topics and asked the guests if they would like to participate.
O Don Wiggins was asked to speak about his ideal family vacation.
O Karen was asked to tell us a time that things did not go right on a family vacation.
O VP of Membership, Barbara Nedd spoke about the television programs that she enjoys watching with her children.
O Byron Shovlain spoke about the tradition his family has with going on cruises together.
O Jim Tucker spoke about his role and place in his family.
O Holly spoke about how personality traits are somewhat influenced by if you are the oldest, youngest, or only child in your family.
• Jose introduced Jim Tucker as the General Evaluator. Jim introduced his team of evaluators:
O VP of Education, Brenda Gettig evaluated Rob’s speech and noted the good use of examples and props.
O Barbara Nedd provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report O Stephanie Love-Payne provided the Timer’s report O Jim provided an overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Jose:
O Best Speaker: Rob Cross
O Best Table Topics: Don Wiggins
O Best Evaluator: Brenda Gettig
• Jose asked the guests for input on the meeting. A reminder was made about the upcoming membership period that starts on October 1st. Get those dues in early!
• Jose turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the 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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