Meeting Minutes - October 31, 2007
The ghostly meeting was called to order at 12:10pm and was attended by 12 mad hatters and spooky members: Zorro Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Wicked Witch of the West Darcy Konold, Jim Tucker, Byron Shovlain, Jackie Lyons, Jose de la Torre, Devil Rhonda Walthall, Rastafarian Rob Cross, Doug Goodman, Witch Barbara Nedd, and 1 guest, Geisha Rebecca Dohren.
• Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Zorro Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Doug Goodman as Toastmaster.
• Doug welcomed members and brought extra hats for those without costumes. He introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme and asked everyone to introduce themselves saying what their hat represents.
O Theme: Halloween Party (wear a hat or come in costume)
O W.O.W.: fungible, adjective: 1) freely exchangeable for or replaced by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation; 2) interchangeable.
• Educational Moment was skipped
• Doug started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, VP of Public Relations, Rhonda Walthall gave an advanced manual speech titled "Evading the Witch" with the purpose of sharing a personal story and entertaining the audience. Rhonda and her husband were forced to evacuate from their home due to the recent San Diego Witch fire. They packed up their pets, photographs, and took pictures of their recent home remodel. She even had to wear ski goggles due to the smoke. Fortunately, the fire did not impact their home and they successfully evaded the witch.
O Speaker #2, VP of Membership, Barbara Nedd gave her CC-4 speech titled "In Search of Delectable Treats." She spoke about her pursuit of baking a fabulous apple pie for her son’s school party. Barbara was apprehensive about baking since her strength is in cooking. By modifying the secret ingredient of extra sugar, her apple pie was a hit with the family and the kids at school.
• General Evaluator Byron Shovlain introduced the speech evaluators:
O Evaluator #1, VP of Education Brenda Gettig evaluated Rhonda’s speech. Brenda noted that Rhonda tied the introduction and conclusion together very well and commented that the prop may have limited her gestures.
O Evaluator #2, Treasurer Jose de la Torre evaluated Barbara’s speech. He noted the good word usage throughout the speech and recommended changing the title of the speech to reflect the content.
• Darcy Konold was the Table Topics Master and incorporated the Halloween theme into her questions:
O Ferdonya Henderson was called on who cleverly deferred her question to Jim Tucker about the origin of Halloween.
O Byron Shovlain was called on to speak about his corniest costume
O Jennifer Ebner was asked to talk about who she would be Halloween
O Rob Cross was called on to speak about the superstition of blacks cats. He led everyone on a deep breathing exercise.
O Rebecca Dohren spoke about what she would have her fungible clone do.
O Matt Greenbergs talked about giving tricks or treats
• Remaining evaluations presented:
O Ferdonya provided the Grammarian/Ah counter report and noted good word usage.
O Jackie Lyons provided the Timer’s Report, giving great details for each portion of the meeting.
• Announcements:
O November 2nd and 3rd is District conference. Friday evening Table Topics and Dinner. Sat morning Business meeting, Educational seminars, and Tall Tales.
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Doug:
O Best Speaker: Rhonda Walthall
O Best Table Topics: Rob Cross
O Best Evaluator: Jackie Lyons
• Matt 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 President Zorro Matt Greenbergs.
• Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Doug Goodman as Toastmaster.
• Doug welcomed members and brought extra hats for those without costumes. He introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme and asked everyone to introduce themselves saying what their hat represents.
O Theme: Halloween Party (wear a hat or come in costume)
O W.O.W.: fungible, adjective: 1) freely exchangeable for or replaced by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation; 2) interchangeable.
• Educational Moment was skipped
• Doug started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, VP of Public Relations, Rhonda Walthall gave an advanced manual speech titled "Evading the Witch" with the purpose of sharing a personal story and entertaining the audience. Rhonda and her husband were forced to evacuate from their home due to the recent San Diego Witch fire. They packed up their pets, photographs, and took pictures of their recent home remodel. She even had to wear ski goggles due to the smoke. Fortunately, the fire did not impact their home and they successfully evaded the witch.
O Speaker #2, VP of Membership, Barbara Nedd gave her CC-4 speech titled "In Search of Delectable Treats." She spoke about her pursuit of baking a fabulous apple pie for her son’s school party. Barbara was apprehensive about baking since her strength is in cooking. By modifying the secret ingredient of extra sugar, her apple pie was a hit with the family and the kids at school.
• General Evaluator Byron Shovlain introduced the speech evaluators:
O Evaluator #1, VP of Education Brenda Gettig evaluated Rhonda’s speech. Brenda noted that Rhonda tied the introduction and conclusion together very well and commented that the prop may have limited her gestures.
O Evaluator #2, Treasurer Jose de la Torre evaluated Barbara’s speech. He noted the good word usage throughout the speech and recommended changing the title of the speech to reflect the content.
• Darcy Konold was the Table Topics Master and incorporated the Halloween theme into her questions:
O Ferdonya Henderson was called on who cleverly deferred her question to Jim Tucker about the origin of Halloween.
O Byron Shovlain was called on to speak about his corniest costume
O Jennifer Ebner was asked to talk about who she would be Halloween
O Rob Cross was called on to speak about the superstition of blacks cats. He led everyone on a deep breathing exercise.
O Rebecca Dohren spoke about what she would have her fungible clone do.
O Matt Greenbergs talked about giving tricks or treats
• Remaining evaluations presented:
O Ferdonya provided the Grammarian/Ah counter report and noted good word usage.
O Jackie Lyons provided the Timer’s Report, giving great details for each portion of the meeting.
• Announcements:
O November 2nd and 3rd is District conference. Friday evening Table Topics and Dinner. Sat morning Business meeting, Educational seminars, and Tall Tales.
• The "Best of" awards were presented by Doug:
O Best Speaker: Rhonda Walthall
O Best Table Topics: Rob Cross
O Best Evaluator: Jackie Lyons
• Matt 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.
posted by Jennifer Ebner at
4:12 PM
