Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 16 members: Matt Greenbergs, Doug Goodman, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jim Tucker, Molly Frisbie, Jose de la Torre, Lee Moran, Rob Cross, Byron Shovlain, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Don Wiggins, Jimmie Webb, and 3 guests: Jackie, Sneha, and Karen.
• Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order, read the mission statement, and introduced VP of Education, Brenda Gettig, as Toastmaster.
• Brenda welcomed members and guests. She asked everyone to introduce themselves and use the theme or word of the week (W.O.W.).
O Theme: Diversity
O W.O.W.: reciprocate 1) to give or take mutually; interchange 2) to show, feel, or give in response or return.
• Brenda welcomed Stephanie Love-Payne for an educational moment on "Handling a Hostile Crowd." Stephanie explained hostile crowds as people that act out in disruptive ways, whether they are argumentative, heckling, or talking amongst themselves. She recommended knowing your audience and planning your speech for an ideal time of day
• Brenda started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, Doug Goodman gave a speech on Cedar trees. He gave us some insight into his experience in the tree harvesting business. Speaking about how diversity in the tree world is not always good. Specifically how hard it is to eliminate the cedar trees because they do not decay or rot like other types of trees.
O Speaker #2, Jennifer Ebner gave her CC-5 titled "Car versus Deer" utilizing body language for the purpose of the speech. She told a story of a weekend gone awry and how she was involved in a car accident with a deer and the events that followed.
• Brenda introduced Ferdonya Henderson as the General Evaluator. Ferdonya introduced her team of evaluators:
O Byron Shovlain evaluated Doug’s speech and noted his natural storytelling ability along with good use of gestures and body language O Molly Frisbie evaluated Jennifer’s speech.
O Karen Shepard provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report O Treasurer, Jose de la Torre provided the Timer’s report O Ferdonya provided an overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Brenda:
O Best Speaker: Jennifer Ebner
O Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
• Brenda asked the guests for input on the meeting. Both new guests said they plan on returning.
• Brenda turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the meeting 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 President Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order, read the mission statement, and introduced VP of Education, Brenda Gettig, as Toastmaster.
• Brenda welcomed members and guests. She asked everyone to introduce themselves and use the theme or word of the week (W.O.W.).
O Theme: Diversity
O W.O.W.: reciprocate 1) to give or take mutually; interchange 2) to show, feel, or give in response or return.
• Brenda welcomed Stephanie Love-Payne for an educational moment on "Handling a Hostile Crowd." Stephanie explained hostile crowds as people that act out in disruptive ways, whether they are argumentative, heckling, or talking amongst themselves. She recommended knowing your audience and planning your speech for an ideal time of day
• Brenda started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, Doug Goodman gave a speech on Cedar trees. He gave us some insight into his experience in the tree harvesting business. Speaking about how diversity in the tree world is not always good. Specifically how hard it is to eliminate the cedar trees because they do not decay or rot like other types of trees.
O Speaker #2, Jennifer Ebner gave her CC-5 titled "Car versus Deer" utilizing body language for the purpose of the speech. She told a story of a weekend gone awry and how she was involved in a car accident with a deer and the events that followed.
• Brenda introduced Ferdonya Henderson as the General Evaluator. Ferdonya introduced her team of evaluators:
O Byron Shovlain evaluated Doug’s speech and noted his natural storytelling ability along with good use of gestures and body language O Molly Frisbie evaluated Jennifer’s speech.
O Karen Shepard provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report O Treasurer, Jose de la Torre provided the Timer’s report O Ferdonya provided an overview of the meeting
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Brenda:
O Best Speaker: Jennifer Ebner
O Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
• Brenda asked the guests for input on the meeting. Both new guests said they plan on returning.
• Brenda turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the meeting 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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