Meeting Agenda 10/31/07
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 31, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Halloween Party (wear a hat or come in costume!) WOW: fungible \FUHN-juh-buhl\, adjective: 1) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation; 2) Interchangeable. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President......... Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster......... Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting......................................................... Doug Goodman 12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All 12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Open 12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Rhonda Walthall ACB-1 12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Open 12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Darcy Konold 12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Open Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Brenda Gettig Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Jose de la Torre Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Ferdonya Henderson Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Jackie Lyons 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday November 7, 2007 Theme: Dreams WOW: yen: noun: a strong desire or inclination; a longing. Toastmaster: Rhonda Walthall General Evaluator: Open Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Brenda Gettig Speaker #1: Don Wiggins Evaluator #2: Jose de la Torre Speaker #2: Jackie Lyons CC-1 Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Jackie Lyons Table Topics: Doug Goodman Grammarian: Ferdonya Henderson
Meeting Agenda 10-24-07
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 24, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Scary Movies WOW: vet, transitive verb: to examine carefully; to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President......... Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster......... Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting......................................................... Matt Greenbergs 12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All 12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Darcy Konold 12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Barbara Nedd CC-4 12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Open 12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Elizabeth Lee 12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Don Wiggins Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Ferdonya Henderson Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Byron Shovlain Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Jackie Lyons Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Rhonda Walthall 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday October 31, 2007 Theme: Halloween Party WOW: fungible \FUHN-juh-buhl\, adjective: 1) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation; 2) Interchangeable. Toastmaster: Doug Goodman General Evaluator: Open Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Brenda Gettig Speaker #1: Rhonda ACB-1 Evaluator #2: Jose de la Torre Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Jackie Lyons Table Topics: Darcy Konold Grammarian: Ferdonya Henderson
Meeting Agenda 10-17-07
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 17, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Living on the Edge WOW: gauche \GOHSH\, adjective: Lacking social polish; tactless; awkward; clumsy. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President......... Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster......... Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting......................................................... Don Wiggins 12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All 12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Brenda Gettig 12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Jim Tucker 12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Open 12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Rhonda Walthall 12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Ferdonya Henderson Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Open Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Open Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Karen Shephard Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Stephanie Love-Payne 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday October 24, 2007 Theme: Scary Movies WOW: vet, transitive verb: to examine carefully; to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate. Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs General Evaluator: Don Wiggins Ed. Moment: Darcy Konold Evaluator #1: Ferdonya Henderson Speaker #1: Open Evaluator #2: Open Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Rhonda Walthall Table Topics: Doug Goodman Grammarian: Jackie Lyons
Meeting Minutes - October 10, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:10pm and was attended by 12 members: Matt Greenbergs, Molly Frisbie, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Karen Shephard, Darcy Konold, Jim Tucker, Don Wiggins, Byron Shovlain, and Jackie Lyons. • 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 Ferdonya Henderson as Toastmaster. • Ferdonya welcomed members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme and asked everyone to introduce themselves using the theme or W.O.W. O Theme: From the Heart O W.O.W.: flibbertigibbet, noun: a silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities. • Ferdonya welcomed Secretary Jennifer Ebner for an educational moment titled "Keeping Your Evaluation on Target." Jennifer explained the 3 main points of an evaluation: analysis, recommendation, and encouragement. She also mentioned the three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it necessary? and Is it kind? • Ferdonya started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker: O Speaker #1, Area Governor Darcy Konold gave her ATM-4 speech from the Speaking to Inform manual. She spoke about her family background which is Hawaiian and Korean and told the history of the hula and the transition from the ancient hula (Kahiko hula) to the modern hula (‘Auana Hula). Darcy held a Q&A session about her topic answering questions about why the hula was banned and when it is performed. Darcy is a hula teacher (Kumu Hula) and did a beautiful performance of the hula. • Table Topics were skipped due to time constraints. • VP of Education, Brenda Gettig was introduced as the General Evaluator. Brenda introduced her team of evaluators: O Byron Shovlain evaluated Darcy’s speech. O Jackie Lyons provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report for the first time. O Elizabeth Lee provided the Timer’s report for the first time. O Brenda provided an overview of the meeting. • The "Best of" awards were presented by Brenda: O Best Speaker: Darcy Konold O Best Evaluator: Byron Shovlain • Announcements: O October 13th, Central Division Tall Tales and Table Topics Contest at Cymer Inc. O October 31st, Halloween Theme at Century Toastmaster’s meeting. Matt is looking for someone to lead the organization. • 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.
Agenda - October 10, 2007
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, October 10, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: From the Heart WOW: flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\, noun: A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President: Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting: Ferdonya Henderson 12:11 Self-introductions: All 12:14 Educational Moment: Jennifer Ebner 12:16 Speaker #1: Don Wiggins 12:24 Speaker #2: Darcy Konold 12:40 Table Topics: Jim Tucker 12:48 General Evaluator: Brenda Gettig Evaluator #1: Open Evaluator #2: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Jackie Lyons Timer’s Report: Lee Moran 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday October 17, 2007 Theme: Living on the Edge WOW: gauche \GOHSH\, adjective: Lacking social polish; tactless; awkward; clumsy. Toastmaster: Molly Frisbie General Evaluator: Open Ed. Moment: Brenda Gettig Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #1: Jim Tucker Evaluator #2: Open Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Stephanie Love-Payne Table Topics: Rhonda Walthall Grammarian: Karen Shephard Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/for more information.
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.
Meeting Agenda for 10/03/07
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, October 3, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: New Beginnings WOW: bellicose: [bel-i-kohs] –adjective; inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President......... Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster......... Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting......................................................... Jennifer Ebner 12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All 12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Ferdonya Henderson 12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Elizabeth Lee CC-1 12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Brenda Gettig 12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Jose de la Torre 12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Doug Goodman Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Stephanie Love-Payne Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Molly Frisbie Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Open Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Lee Moran 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday October 10, 2007 Theme: From the Heart WOW: flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\, noun: A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities. Toastmaster: Open General Evaluator: Brenda Gettig Ed. Moment: Jennifer Ebner Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #1: Don Wiggins Evaluator #2: Open Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open Table Topics: Jim Tucker Grammarian: Jackie Lyons
Meeting Minutes - September 26, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:06pm and was attended by 13 members: Matt Greenbergs, Doug Goodman, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jim Tucker, Molly Frisbie, Lee Moran, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig and Karen Shephard, and Maury Tasem. • Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs. • Matt called the meeting to order, reminded everyone this is the last meeting of the current membership term, and introduced Doug Goodman as Toastmaster. • Doug welcomed members and asked everyone to introduce themselves using the theme or word of the week (W.O.W.), explaining he has never bought a lottery ticket. O Theme: If I Won the Lottery O W.O.W.: levity 1) lightness of manner or speech; frivolity 2) lack of steadiness or constancy; changeableness. • Doug welcomed Molly Frisbie for an educational moment on "The Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes." Molly researched a top ten list: 10) Starting a speak with a whimper 9) Imitating others 8) Failure to work the room 7) Failure to use relaxation techniques 6) Reading speeches word for word 5) Using someone else’s story 4) Speaking without passion 3) Ending a speech with question and answers 2) Failing to prepare 1) Failing to realize speaking is an acquired skill. • Doug started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker: O Speaker #1, Lee Moran gave his CC-1 Icebreaker speech. Lee shared his past, present, and future goals. He explained his interests in sports, education, music, and travel. He also shared his family background and tales of working on a cruise ship. • Doug introduced VP of Education, Brenda Gettig as Table Topics Master. Brenda called on the following individuals to speak and incorporated the theme in some of the topics: O Elizabeth Lee: what would you do with $10M? O Karen Shepard: what does only your best friend know about you? O Maury Tasem: talk about waking up one day to find yourself in a different body. O Rhonda Walthall: if you had a super power for 24 hours, what would it be? O Ferdonya Henderson: imagine you won $10M, how would life have changed one year later? • Doug introduced VP of Public Relations, Rhonda Walthall as the General Evaluator. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators: O Stephanie Love-Payne evaluated Lee’s speech O Ferdonya Henderson provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report O Jennifer Ebner provided the Timer’s report O Rhonda provided a detailed overview of the meeting • The "Best of" awards were presented by Doug: O Best Speaker: Lee Moran O Best Table Topics: Elizabeth Lee O Best Evaluator: Stephanie Love-Payne • Doug asked for announcements. O Rhonda spoke about the flyer for the Central Division Spooktacular Tall Tales and Table Topics contest on October 13th at 9:30am. O The club is still accepting membership renewals for October 1st to March 31st and continually accepting new member applications. Get your renewal dues to Jose de la Torre to remain an active member and realize the full benefits of Toastmasters. Contact Barbara Nedd for new membership applications. • Doug turned the meeting over to Brenda who adjourned the meeting at 1:00pm. Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273 Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/for more information.
Agenda - September 26, 2007
CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“ Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/WEDNESDAY, September 26, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: If I Won the Lottery… WOW: levity: LEV-uh-tee, noun, 1) Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate or excessive; frivolity; 2) Lack of steadiness or constancy; changeableness. 12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President: Ferdonya Henderson 12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs 12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting.: Jennifer Ebner 12:11 Self-introductions: All 12:14 Educational Moment: Molly Frisbie 12:16 Speaker #1: Lee Moran CC-1 12:24 Speaker #2: Open 12:40 Table Topics: Brenda Gettig 12:48 General Evaluator: Byron Shovlain Evaluator #1: Stephanie Love-Payne Evaluator #2: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Ferdonya Henderson Timer’s Report: Jennifer Ebner 12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President 1:00 President adjourns the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday October 3, 2007 Theme: New Beginnings WOW: bellicose: [bel-i-kohs] –adjective; inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. Toastmaster: Doug Goodman General Evaluator: Open Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Open Speaker #1: Elizabeth Lee CC-1 Evaluator #2: Open Speaker #2: Brenda Gettig Evaluator #3: Open Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open Table Topics: Jose de la Torre Grammarian: Open Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/for more information.
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.
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