Meeting Minutes - October 3, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:06pm and was attended by 14 members: Matt Greenbergs, Doug Goodman, Stephanie Love-Payne, Molly Frisbie, Lee Moran, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Karen Shephard, Rob Cross, Darcy Konold, Jimmie Webb, Jose de la Torre and 1 guest: Angela Bonner.
• Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced VP of Education and acting President Brenda Gettig.
• Brenda called the meeting to order and introduced Secretary Jennifer Ebner as Toastmaster.
• Jennifer welcomed members and guest and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme and asked everyone to introduce themselves using the theme by talking about a time in their life when there was an opportunity for a new beginning.
O Theme: New Beginnings
O W.O.W.: bellicose; inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
• Jennifer welcomed Ferdonya Henderson for an educational moment on Introductions. Ferdonya explained the T – I – S method for introductions. T – Topic, I – Importance, S – Speaker. Utilizing these three areas will make for a good introduction.
• Jennifer started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, Elizabeth Lee gave her CC-1 Icebreaker speech titled "Experience is a Teacher." Elizabeth shared her life experiences about marriage, children, education, career and overcoming difficulties along the way.
O Speaker #2, Brenda Gettig gave her CC-8 researched information speech titled "Social Security for You." She spoke about retirement income and the current state of Social Security benefits and how to obtain additional information on benefits online. She detailed the various retirement ages and how your benefits are affected by the age you retire at.
• Jennifer introduced Treasurer Jose de la Torre as Table Topics Master. Jose called on the following individuals to speak:
O Rob Cross: did the movie Fahrenheit 911 help Bush win the last election?
O Karen Shepard: was the movie Passion of the Christ in your opinion based on reality?
O Lee Moran: were Enron executives at fault for the energy crisis as portrayed in The Smartest Guys in the Room?
• Jennifer introduced Doug Goodman as the General Evaluator. Doug introduced his team of evaluators:
O Stephanie Love-Payne evaluated Elizabeth’s speech noting confidence, good presence, and good organization
O Molly Frisbie evaluated Brenda’s speech noting great choice of topic and information which was concise and to the point
O Darcy Konold provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report
O Lee Moran provided a detailed Timer’s report
O Doug provided a detailed overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Jennifer:
O Best Speaker: Elizabeth Lee
O Best Table Topics: Karen Shephard
O Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
• Announcements by Darcy Konold:
O October 6th is Tales of Pacific and Eastern Division Contest, "Dream, Believe, and Achieve"
O October 13th, Central Division Tall Tales and Table Topics Contest at Cymer Inc, 9:30am.
• Jennifer turned the meeting over to Matt who adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.
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 VP of Education and acting President Brenda Gettig.
• Brenda called the meeting to order and introduced Secretary Jennifer Ebner as Toastmaster.
• Jennifer welcomed members and guest and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme and asked everyone to introduce themselves using the theme by talking about a time in their life when there was an opportunity for a new beginning.
O Theme: New Beginnings
O W.O.W.: bellicose; inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
• Jennifer welcomed Ferdonya Henderson for an educational moment on Introductions. Ferdonya explained the T – I – S method for introductions. T – Topic, I – Importance, S – Speaker. Utilizing these three areas will make for a good introduction.
• Jennifer started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, Elizabeth Lee gave her CC-1 Icebreaker speech titled "Experience is a Teacher." Elizabeth shared her life experiences about marriage, children, education, career and overcoming difficulties along the way.
O Speaker #2, Brenda Gettig gave her CC-8 researched information speech titled "Social Security for You." She spoke about retirement income and the current state of Social Security benefits and how to obtain additional information on benefits online. She detailed the various retirement ages and how your benefits are affected by the age you retire at.
• Jennifer introduced Treasurer Jose de la Torre as Table Topics Master. Jose called on the following individuals to speak:
O Rob Cross: did the movie Fahrenheit 911 help Bush win the last election?
O Karen Shepard: was the movie Passion of the Christ in your opinion based on reality?
O Lee Moran: were Enron executives at fault for the energy crisis as portrayed in The Smartest Guys in the Room?
• Jennifer introduced Doug Goodman as the General Evaluator. Doug introduced his team of evaluators:
O Stephanie Love-Payne evaluated Elizabeth’s speech noting confidence, good presence, and good organization
O Molly Frisbie evaluated Brenda’s speech noting great choice of topic and information which was concise and to the point
O Darcy Konold provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report
O Lee Moran provided a detailed Timer’s report
O Doug provided a detailed overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Jennifer:
O Best Speaker: Elizabeth Lee
O Best Table Topics: Karen Shephard
O Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
• Announcements by Darcy Konold:
O October 6th is Tales of Pacific and Eastern Division Contest, "Dream, Believe, and Achieve"
O October 13th, Central Division Tall Tales and Table Topics Contest at Cymer Inc, 9:30am.
• Jennifer turned the meeting over to Matt who adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
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