Century Toastmasters News

Meeting Agenda July 2, 2008

2008-06-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Independence
WOW: Sovereign (s v r n), adjective: 1) Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state. 2) Having supreme rank or power: a sovereign prince.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Jose de la Torre
12:08 Toastmaster leads the meeting Hannah Zhao
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:20 Speaker #1 Marvin Zavala-Iraheta
12:28 Speaker #2 Jessie Wang
12:35 Speaker #3 PJ
12:42 Table Topics Byron Shovlain
12:48 General Evaluator Open
Evaluator #1 Angelita Ford
Evaluator #2 Open
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Will Thomas
Timer’s Report Open
12:55 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda June 25, 2008

2008-06-23T16:43:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Graduation
WOW: Palindrome (p l n-dr m), noun: A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: kayak.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:08 Toastmaster leads the meeting Brenda Gettig
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:13 Educational Moment Don Wiggins
12:15 Induction of New Officers Rhonda Walthall
12:15 Speaker #1 Jennifer Ebner CC-10
12:22 Speaker #2 Open
12:37 Table Topics Jose de la Torre
12:45 General Evaluator Riza Velasco
Evaluator #1 Angelita Ford
Evaluator #2 Hannah Zhao
Grammarian/Ah Counter Marvin Zavala-Iraheta
Timer’s Report Byron Shovlain
12:55 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda June 18, 2008

2008-06-17T10:03:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Graduation
WOW: Abyss ( -b s ) noun: An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:08 Toastmaster leads the meeting Rhonda Walthall
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:13 Educational Moment Open
12:15 Speaker #1 Jill McGhee CC-1
12:22 Speaker #2 Hannah Zhao
12:30 Speaker #3 Jennifer Ebner CC-9
12:37 Table Topics Angelita Ford
12:45 General Evaluator Open
Evaluator #1 Byron Shovlain
Evaluator #2 Open
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Riza Velasco
12:55 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda June 4, 2008

2008-06-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Free Spirit
WOW: Iridescent ( r -d s nt) adjective: 1) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage; 2) Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:08 Toastmaster leads the meeting Ferdonya Henderson
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Speaker #1 Riza Velasco CC-1
12:22 Speaker #2 Byron Shovlain
12:30 Speaker #3 Itzel Castro CC-1
12:37 Table Topics Brad Weinstein
12:45 General Evaluator Rhonda Walthall
Evaluator #1 Jackie Lyons
Evaluator #2 Jill McGhee
Evaluator #3 Will Thomas
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angelita Ford
Timer’s Report Darcy Konold
12:55 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda May 28, 2008

2008-05-27T09:59:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Memorial Day
WOW: Monument (ˈmän-yə-mənt), noun: 1) a structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial, 2) An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone, 3) Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Stephen
12:12 Speaker #1 Marvin Zavala CC-1
12:20 Speaker #2 Alexis Munoz CC-1
12:28 Officer Elections for Coming Six-Month Term Rhonda Walthall
12:48 General Evaluator Tina Nagel
Evaluator #1 Jill McGhee
Evaluator #2 Hannah Zhao
Grammarian/Ah Counter Ferdonya Henderson
Timer’s Report Open
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting agenda May 21, 2008

2008-05-20T09:36:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Mysteries of the Mind
WOW: Intrigue ( n tr g or n-tr g ), 1) A secret or underhand scheme; a plot or the practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2) A clandestine love affair.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Brenda Gettig
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment (Topic: Club President position) Matt Greenbergs
12:18 Officer Nominations for Coming Six-Month Term Rhonda Walthall
12:25 Speaker #1 Angelita Ford CC-2
12:28 Speaker #2 Jackie Lyons CC-5
12:40 Table Topics Alexis Munoz
12:50 General Evaluator Rob Cross
Evaluator #1 Darcy Konold
Evaluator #2 Ferdonya Henderson
Grammarian/Ah Counter PJ
Timer’s Report Fidel Castro
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda May 14, 2008

2008-05-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Good Will
WOW: Woebegone (WOE-bee-gon), adjective: 1) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. 2) Being in a sorry condition; dismal-looking; dilapidated; run-down.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Byron Shovlain
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Brenda Gettig
12:18 Speaker #1 Darcy Konold
12:28 Speaker #2 Open
12:40 Table Topics Jose de la Torre
12:50 General Evaluator Ferdonya Henderson
Evaluator #1 Hannah Zhao
Evaluator #2 Angelita Ford
Grammarian/Ah Counter Marvin Zavola-Iraheta
Timer’s Report Riza Velasco
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 04/30/08

2008-04-28T18:00:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Lucky Charms
WOW: Assuage (uh-SWAYJ), verb 1). To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve; 2) To appease; to satisfy; 3) To soothe or calm; to pacify.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Jose de la Torre
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Jennifer Ebner
12:18 Speaker #1 Will T. (CC-1)
12:28 Speaker #2 Darcy Konold
12:40 Table Topics Jim Tucker
12:50 General Evaluator Bruno Velosa
Evaluator #1 Angelita Ford
Evaluator #2 Jill McGhee
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Riza Velasco
Timer’s Report Tina Nagel
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 04/23/08

2008-04-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Out with the Old, in with the New
WOW: diffident (DIF-uh-dent), adjective: 1) Lacking self-confidence; distrustful of one's own powers; timid; bashful. 2) Characterized by modest reserve; unassertive.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Doug Goodman
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Byron Shovlain
12:18 Speaker #1 Jackie Lyons
12:28 Speaker #2 Bruno Velosa CC-1
12:40 Speaker #3 Jim Tucker
12:50 General Evaluator Rhonda Walthall
Evaluator #1 PJ
Evaluator #2 Darcy
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angelita Ford
Timer’s Report Jill McGhee
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 04-16-08

2008-04-16T09:01:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Out of the Box
WOW: frangible (FRAN-juh-buhl), adjective: Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Jim Tucker
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Jose de la Torre
12:18 Speaker #1 Jennifer Ebner CC-7
12:28 Speaker #2 Tina Nagel CC-1
12:40 Speaker #3 Darcy Konold
12:50 General Evaluator Doug Goodman
Evaluator #1 Molly Frisbie
Evaluator #2 Open
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Angelita Ford
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 04-09-08

2008-04-07T12:49:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Leaps & Bounds
WOW: kismet (KIZ-met or –mit), noun: Destiny; fate.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Byron Shovlain
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Rhonda Walthall
12:18 Speaker #1 Darcy Konold
12:28 Speaker #2 Will CC-1
12:40 Speaker #3 Open
12:50 General Evaluator Muneer Shetab
Evaluator #1 Hannah Zhao
Evaluator #2 Matt Greenbergs
Evaluator #3 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angelita Ford
Timer’s Report Bruno Velosa
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda March 19, 2008

2008-03-18T17:28:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Bird Songs
WOW: Cacophony (kuh-KAH-fuh-nee) noun, harsh or discordant sound; dissonance.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs (absent)
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Rhonda Walthall
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Jim Tucker
12:18 Speaker #1 Jose de la Torre
12:27 Speaker #2 Stephanie Love-Payne
12:40 Table Topics Doug Goodman
12:48 General Evaluator Brenda Gettig
Evaluator #1 Hannah Zhao
Evaluator #2 Jennifer Ebner
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angelita Ford
Timer’s Report Jill McGhee
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda for March 12, 2008

2008-03-11T16:28:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Ides of March
WOW: draconian (druh-KOHN-ee-uhn), adjective, excessively harsh or severe. This word pertains to Draco, a lawgiver of Athens, 621 B.C.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Molly Frisbie
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Ferdonya Henderson
12:18 Speaker #1 Angelita Ford CC-1
12:27 Speaker #2 Open
12:40 Table Topics Rhonda Walthall
12:48 General Evaluator Doug Goodman
Evaluator #1 Byron Shovlain
Evaluator #2 Brenda Gettig
Grammarian/Ah Counter Stephanie Love-Payne
Timer’s Report Angela Bonner
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda for 03/05/08

2008-03-04T16:14:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Spring Forward
WOW: surly (SUR-lee), adjective; 1) Ill-humored; churlish in manner or mood; sullen and gruff. 2) Menacing or threatening in appearance, as of weather conditions; ominous.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Doug Goodman
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Jose de la Torre
12:18 Speaker #1 Stephanie Love-Payne
12:27 Speaker #2 Hannah Zhao
12:40 Table Topics Byron Shovlain
12:48 General Evaluator Jennifer Ebner
Evaluator #1 Open
Evaluator #2 Darcy Konold
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Ferdonya Henderson
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda Feb 27, 2008

2008-02-25T14:01:00.001-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, February 27, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Leap Year
WOW: Deracinate: (dee-RAS-uh-nayt) transitive verb, to pluck up by the roots; to uproot, to displace from one's native or accustomed environment.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Darcy Konold
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Stephanie Love-Payne
12:18 Speaker #1 Angela Bonner
12:27 Speaker #2 Don Wiggins
12:40 Table Topics Jose de la Torre
12:48 General Evaluator Byron Shovlain
Evaluator #1 Open
Evaluator #2 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Open
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda Feb 20, 2008

2008-02-19T11:26:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, February 20, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Animal Antics
WOW: tarradiddle: (tair-uh-DID-uhl), noun; A petty falsehood; a fib.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Open
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Hannah Zhao
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Open
12:18 Speech Contest
Chief Judge Darcy Konold
Contestant Byron Shovlain
12:40 Table Topics Open
12:48 General Evaluator Jose de la Torre
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Jim Tucker
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 02/06/08

2008-02-05T14:55:00.001-08:00

CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, February 6, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Chinese New Year
WOW: vicissitude: vih-SIS-ih-tood, noun. A change in condition or fortune; an instance of mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another).
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Rhonda Walthall
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Darcy Konold
12:18 Evaluation Contest
Speaker Angela Bonner
Evaluator contestant Molly Frisbie
Evaluator contestant Jennifer Ebner
Evaluator contestant Ferdonya Henderson
Evaluator contestant Stephanie Love-Payne
12:40 Table Topics Open
12:48 General Evaluator Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Frida Vissuet
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 01/30/08

2008-01-29T12:07:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, January 30, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Snowflakes
WOW: circadian (sər-ˈkā-dē-ən); adjective; biology relating to or exhibiting approximately 24-hour periodicity.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Ferdonya Henderson
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Oliver
12:18 Speaker #1 Oliver
12:27 Speaker #2 Stephanie Love-Payne
12:40 Table Topics Open
12:48 General Evaluator Darcy
Evaluator #1 Rhonda
Evaluator #2 Frida
Grammarian/Ah Counter Open
Timer’s Report Angela Bonner
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda Feb 23, 2008

2008-01-23T10:23:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, January 23, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Fun and Games
WOW: respite (RES-pit) noun: 1) A delay or postponement; 2) a temporary suspension of punishment; reprieve; 3) an interval of rest or relief.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Open
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 Educational Moment Ferdonya Henderson
12:18 Speaker #1 Rob Cross CC-10
12:27 Speaker #2 Open
12:40 Table Topics Rhonda Walthall
12:48 General Evaluator Open
Evaluator #1 Oliver
Evaluator #2 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angela Bonner
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

Meeting Minutes - January 16, 2008

2008-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:07PM by Sergeant At Arms Bryon Shovlain. The Pledge of Allegiance and introduction of our Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson followed.

Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson performed a dual role as Acting President and Toastmaster.

For the benefit of our guest Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson explained the theme and word of the week.

Theme: “Winter Dream”
WOW: Cajole (kuh-JOHL) - To persuade with flattery, repeated appeals, or soothing words.

Self introductions followed. What is your Winter Dream?

The Look Ahead was passed around for Members to sign up to fill a function for upcoming meetings.

The Educational Moment was given by Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson. Topic: When Things Go Wrong.
· Don’t Blow Your Cool
· Do Maintain your dignity
· Don’t Surrender to the situation
· Do Your Best under any circumstances
· Don’t Continually refer to the problem
· Do Keep your sense of humor
This information is available on Toastmasters International Website.

There were two speakers for this meeting Oliver Rhodes and Rhonda Walthall.

Speaker #1 Oliver Rhodes gave an Inspirational Speech titled “The Ultimate Expression of Human Performance”. Time requested was 6 – 8 Minutes. The just of this story was about a lady in passing on the street asked him for money. Oliver Rhodes after some conversation gave the Lady $2.00 however asked that something positive come out of it. Some time later while shopping at a store there was a Lady that asked if he remembered her and Oliver said no. The Lady went on to tell him that she was the Lady on the street that he gave the $2.00 to. She stated she went to a shelter and turned her life around. She told Oliver that she passed the $2.00 on.

Speaker #2 Rhonda Walthall is working towards her Advance Leadership Bronze. The presentation was her second program titled “Building A Team” and she requested 10 minutes.
Rhonda had hand-outs which included Toastmasters International Inverted Pyramid and information on what a team is. Rhonda in her speech stated that a team is a group of people who work together to accomplish specific, common goals. Members should share responsibility for tasks and depend upon one another to achieve them. Rhonda also spoke on organizing a team by member selections, reviewing goals, establishing parameters, developing a plan, assigning roles and responsibilities, establishing control and building trust. Lastly Rhonda spoke on providing training which included communication, conflict resolution, problem solving, effective meetings, organization and project management.

After the speeches Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson turned control over to the General Evaluator Bryon Shovlain. His team of functionaries was introduced and each was asked to fulfill their function.

Evaluator #1: Molly Frisbie
Evaluator #2: Jennifer Ebner
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Angela Bonner
Timer: Stephanie Love-Payne
General Evaluator Bryon Shovlain gave an overview of the meeting.

All present were asked to vote for Best Speaker and Evaluator.

Best Speaker: Oliver Rhodes
Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie

Control was returned to Toastmaster Ferdonya Henderson.

Our guest Kris Nash was given the opportunity to comment on the meeting and she was invited back.

Rhonda Walthall reminded the officers there is an officers training on January 26 and there are contest coming up if anyone is interested in being a contestant.

Announcements:
Member Frida Vissuet handed out a flyer announcing an office warming party for her husbands law firm celebrating its 17 anniversary on January 26, 2008 at 6:00PM 4128 Carroll Canyon Rd Bonita, California 91902 RSVP 619 231-0460. Services – Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Asset Protection.

Members Present:
Angelia Bonner
Jennifer Ebner
Molly Frisbie
Ferdonya Henderson
Stephanie Love-Payne
Oliver Rhodes
Bryon Shovlain
Jim Tucker
Frida Vissuet
Rhonda Walthall

Next week Theme is: “Fun & Games
WOW: respite – a delay or postponement, a temporary suspension of punishment; reprieve.

The meeting adjourned at 1:05PM.

Minutes submitted by Secretary Ferdonya Henderson

Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.

Meeting Minutes - January 9, 2008

2008-01-18T15:22:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:07 PM by Sergeant at Arms Bryon Shovlain. Pledge of Allegiance and the introduction of our President Matt Greenbergs followed.

President Matt Greenbergs had a dual role as President and Toastmaster.

For the benefit of our guest President/Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs explained our Theme and Word of the Week

Theme: “Yes I Will!”
WOW: Antiquarian = One who collects or studies.

Self introductions followed.
Question = “What has been the most memorial moment so for this year?”

Vice President of Public Relations Rhonda Walthall was given time to speak on the Speech Contest.

President Matt Greenbergs stated we have meet 3 of our Goals and are doing well in accomplishing the remainder.

The Look-A-Head was passed around and our President requested that Members sign up to fill and function.

Toastmaster Greenbergs requested that our General Evaluator Ferdonya Henderson give a brief explanation of her role.

Evaluator: Brian Shovlain
Ah/Grammarian: Darcy Konold
Timer: Barbara Nedd
Table Topic Master: Rob Cross

Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs introduced our speaker for the meeting Angie Bonner. Angie was giving her Ice Breaker. She was welcomed Toastmaster style. Title of her speech was “Living My Life To The Fullest!”

Toastmaster Bonner spoke on Church, who has inspired her in her life, two sisters, 7 year sister, lots of parties, camping, school and going to Europe, coming from New Mexico and from a close kit family. Her hobbies, never say no to anything, try something once, sky diving, bungee jumping, biggest fear–wishing she could have done. Live Life To The Fullest-Don’t Leave For Tomorrow What You Can Do For Today.

Control was returned to our President Matt Greenbergs. President Greenbergs congratulated Angie and he asked Members and Guest to write comments for Angie. President Greenbergs suggested that Angie give her next speech within a month. He also gave words of encouragement to all to speak and volunteer for a function.

Table Topics Master Rob Cross was introduced. Four Questions were asked

Darcy ~ Tell us about a good holiday experience you have had over the holiday. WOW was used. Darcy spoke on Christmas Hawaiian Dished her Mother/Grandmother fixed
Barbara ~ What is the most exciting food you have had in your life. Barbara switched and spoke on politics.
Ferdonya ~ What are some of my goals. Focus on Toastmasters more in 2008.
Oliver ~ How to have more fun. Be active, Get in the Grove, Move, Do things just for the fun of it. “Movement Is Improvement & Stillness is Illness!”

Control was returned to the Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs who introduced our General Evaluator who introduces the Functionaries who spoke on their functions. Control was returned to the Toastmasters and Awards were presented.

Best Speaker ~ Angie Bonner
Best Evaluator ~ Bryon Shovlain
1st Time Guest ~ Marty Pradere, Steven Plell, Oliver Rhodes
Best Table Topic ~ Oliver Rhodes

Members Present:
Matt Greenbergs
Rhonda Walthall
Darcy Konold
Frieda Vissuet
Bryon Shovlain
Angie Bonner
Barbara Nedd
Ferdonya Henderson

Returning Guest; Oliver Rhodes

1st Time Guest: Marty Pradere, Steven Plell

Toastmaster switched from this role to the role of President. President Greenbergs gave the Guest the opportunity to comment on the meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 1:00PM.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Ferdonya Henderson, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Minutes - December 20, 2007

2008-01-18T15:09:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:10pm and was attended by 13 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Doug Goodman, Jackie Lyons, Rhonda Walthall, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Byron Shovlain, Frida Vissuet, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jose de la Torre, Angela Bonner and 3 guests: Chris, Whitney, and Oliver.

• President Matt Greenbergs filled in as Sergeant-at-Arms and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

• Matt welcomed everyone, led a quick round of introductions, and invited everyone to enjoy the potluck.

• Matt introduced Jackie Lyons as the party master for the meeting. Jackie explained the rules of the white elephant gift exchange and had Matt select the first name. The members and guests had a rather tame game with people coming away with a wide range of items from candy to a signed book from Oliver, wine, a blanket, bartending tools, box cutter, dolphin bottle opener, Starbucks salt and pepper shaker, massage gift certificate, candle, and necklace.

• Announcements:
No meeting on December 26th , next meeting will be held on January 9th, 2008.

Happy Holidays!

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Agenda 01-16-08

2008-01-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, January 16, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Winter Dreams
WOW: cajole (kuh-JOHL): To persuade with flattery, repeated appeals, or soothing words; to coax.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Byron Shovlain
12:07 President calls mtg. to order and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Ferdonya Henderson
12:10 Self-introductions All
12:15 New Officer Inductions new officers
12:20 Educational Moment Stephanie Love-Payne
12:23 Speaker #1 Oliver Rhodes
12:30 Speaker #2 Rhonda Walthall ALB2
12:40 Table Topics Open
12:48 General Evaluator Byron Shovlain
Evaluator #1 Open
Evaluator #2 Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter Angela Bonner
Timer’s Report Open
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Meeting Agenda 01/09/08

2008-01-07T10:24:00.001-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, January 9, 2008 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120F

Theme: Yes I Will!
WOW: antiquarian: an-tuh-KWAIR-ee-uhn, noun. One who collects, studies, or deals in objects or relics from the past.
12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President: Byron Shovlain
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: Don Wiggins
12:16 Speaker #1: Doug Goodman
12:24 Speaker #2: Angela Bonner CC-1
12:40 Table Topics: Rob Cross
12:48 General Evaluator: Open
Evaluator #1: Rhonda Walthall
Evaluator #2: Byron Shovlain
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open
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

Meeting Minutes - December 12, 2007

2007-12-16T17:43:00.000-08:00

December 12, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 12:12pm and was attended by 8 members and 2 guests: Matt Greenbergs, Rhonda Walthall, Hannah Zhao, Don Wiggins, Jackie Lyons, Rob Cross, Lee Moran, Darcy Konold, and guests Oliver and Whitney.

· The Toastmaster Hannah Zhao led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and welcomed the guests and invited everyone to enjoy the lasagna, salad, cookies, brownies, and soda provided by Jackie Lyons. The food was wonderful!
· Matt introduced the Toastmaster, Hannah, cautioning everyone that she spoke with a “Boston accent.” Hannah introduced the WOW “ Mistletoe” and the theme “Parasite”. A round of introductions followed in which everyone used the WOW or the theme.
· Hannah introduced the Immediate Past President, Rhonda Walthall, who led the Officer Elections for the term of January 1 – June 30, 2008. The election results were as follows:
o Sergeant-at-Arms: Byron Shovlain
o Treasurer: Jose de la Torre
o Secretary: Ferdonya Henderson
o VP Public Relations: Rhonda Walthall
o VP Membership: Jennifer Ebner
o VP Education: Brenda Gettig
o President: Matt Greenbergs
· Hannah introduced the scheduled speaker, Jackie.
o The title of Jackie’s speech was “Food for Thought” and it was her CC-2 speech. Jackie spoke of her Italian grandmother who taught her how to cook lasagna in the basement of her New Jersey home. Jackie gave us some tips on making lasagna. First, use only Ronzoni pasta. Second, boil the pasta noodles until it is al dente or pliable and rinse in cold water. Third, use one pound of Ricotta cheese, one handful of fresh grated parmesan cheese, and two handfuls of fresh grated mozzarella cheese. Fourth, cut the tomatoes in half, squeeze the seeds out, turn upside down and cover with a pinch of olive oil, salt, pepper, and basil. Broil the tomatoes to blacken the skin. Remove the skin and retrieve the pulp and juice for the sauce. If fresh tomatoes are not available, Prego has Jackie’s seal of approval. Fifth, layer the lasagna noodles, sauce, and cheese, and bake. Jackie’s tradition is to serve lasagna to guests who are first time visitors to her home. She concluded by raising a toast to all the members and guests who were enjoying her wonderful, generous meal. Jackie spoke for 5:36 minutes.
· Hannah introduced the Table Topics Master, Rob Cross. Rob led a great round of Table Topics. The Table Topics Speakers were:
o Rhonda – Tell a story about strange things that happened to you or you have heard about. Rhonda spoke about cows and people and blue ice falling from aircraft. Rhonda spoke for 1:31 minutes.
o Darcy – What would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery? Darcy said that she would renovate her house, pay bills, and save the rest. Darcy spoke for 1:05 minutes.
o Lee – Tell a story about strange things that happened while you worked on a cruise ship. Lee spoke about how acrobats are heroes. He was onboard when one of the acrobats hired to entertain the guests saved a guest who had decided to throw herself overboard. Lee spoke for 1:11 minutes.
o Oliver – How should we have more fun? Oliver responded by saying that we are overworked and under played and that we should make more time to play. Oliver spoke for 1:00 minutes.
o Whitney – Where would you like to visit? Whitney said she would like to visit Argentina because she heard from friends that the food was great there. Whitney spoke for 1:07 minutes.
· Matt introduced Rhonda as the General Evaluator. Rhonda led her team of evaluators:
o Don Wiggins evaluated Jackie’s speech. Don spoke for 1:46 minutes.
o Oliver provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report. Oliver spoke for 2:31 minutes.
o Lee provided the Timer’s report.
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Matt:
o Best Speaker: Jackie Lyons
o Best Table Topics: Oliver
o Best Evaluator: Don Wiggins

· Announcements:
o January is the best time to give a speech so sign up!
o The Club Holiday party will be December 19th. There will be a Potluck and White Elephant gift exchange. Please bring a wrapped gift worth less than $10. Please bring a food item to share in the Potluck.
o Early bird Officer training on December 6th and 15th and regular training starting January 26th.
o Rhonda Walthall is leading demo meeting on January 22nd and asked for a volunteer speaker. She is seeking someone who will give their Icebreaker speech or who is fairly new to Toastmasters.
o Area 5 Speech Contest on March 1st, 2008.
· Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:00pm.Submitted by Club VP of Public Relations, Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Minutes - December 5, 2007

2007-12-11T09:09:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 9 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Hannah Zhao, Brenda Gettig, Byron Shovlain, Jackie Lyons, Jose de la Torre, Don Wiggins.

• VP of Education Brenda Gettig led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.

• Matt called the meeting to order and started the officer nominations for the January-June 2008 term. The nominations are as follows:
Sergeant-at-Arms: Rhonda Walthall; Byron Shovlain
Treasurer: Jose de la Torre
Secretary: Ferdonya Henderson
VP Public Relations: Rhonda Walthall
VP Membership: Jennifer Ebner
VP Education: Brenda Gettig
President: Matt Greenbergs

• Matt started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
O Speaker #1, Area 5 Governor, Rhonda Walthall presented her ALB-1 from the Leadership Excellence Series. Matt gave her introduction on leadership talking about how effective leaders: 1) give clear directions through mission, values, and plans; 2) collaborate through teambuilding; and 3) motivate achievement. Rhonda gave her prepared PowerPoint presentation using the March of the Penguins as a theme and speaking about how visions generate purpose and meaning. Organizations need both a Vision and Mission statement. Visions are clear, challenging, people-orientated, and inspiring.
O Speaker #2, Jennifer Ebner gave her CC-6 speech with the purpose of vocal variety titled "I Have a Vision." She brought in her vision board which incorporates surrounding yourself with images and words of what you desire and envision for the future. She spoke about her visions involving love, health, financial well-being, travel, and entertainment.

• Don Wiggins led Table Topics. Don asked participants to play the role of a movie critic and give a review on a movie. Jose de la Torre was asked to speak on "No Country for Old Men" and spoke on the movie "Grumpy Old Men." Jackie Lyons was asked to review "Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead" and chose to speak on "The Devil Wears Prada" instead.

• Matt introduced Jose de la Torre as the General Evaluator. Jose led his team of evaluators:
O Byron Shovlain evaluated Rhonda’s speech
O Brenda Gettig evaluated Jennifer’s speech
O Jackie Lyons provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report
O Byron Shovlain provided the Timer’s report

• The "Best of" awards were presented by Matt:
O Best Speaker: Jennifer Ebner
O Best Table Topics: Jose de la Torre
O Best Evaluator: Brenda Gettig

• Announcements:
O Club Holiday party on December 19th. Potluck and White Elephant gift exchange.
O Early bird Officer training on December 6th and 15th and regular training starting January 26th.
O Rhonda Walthall is leading demo meeting on January 22nd and asked for volunteers to attend. Don Wiggins volunteered himself and Jim Tucker to attend. Jennifer Ebner volunteered also.
O Area 5 Speech Contest on March 1st, 2008.

• Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:03pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Meeting Minutes - November 28, 2007

2007-12-11T09:06:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:07pm and was attended by 8 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Jackie Lyons, Rob Cross, Don Wiggins, Rhonda Walthall, Barbara Nedd, and 1 guest: David

• Secretary Jennifer Ebner filled in as Sergeant-at-Arms and led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.

• Matt called the meeting to order, welcomed everyone, and introduced VP of Education Brenda Gettig as Toastmaster.

• Brenda welcomed members and guest and ensured all the meeting roles were filled. She led introductions by using the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme talking about the copse at Torrey Pines. Everyone spoke about what drives them.
O Theme: It’s a Wonderful Life
O W.O.W.: Extant, adj: still existing; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.

• VP of Membership Barbara Nedd led new member inductions. The existing members motioned to induct the new members into club. Jackie Lyons and Rob Cross recited the new member pledge and were given Toastmaster pins.

• The Educational Moment was on the club officer roles for the upcoming nominations and elections.
O Matt Greenbergs spoke about the President’s role in ensuring the meetings start and end on time, creating agenda for officer meetings, and ensuring officers complete goals.
O Brenda Gettig spoke on the VP of Education role in planning the meeting themes, word of the week, and creating the weekly agendas. The VP of Education also schedules special events and tracks progress of the member’s speeches.
O Barbara Nedd talked about the VP of Membership and completing new member applications and renewals and encouraging new members to attend and experienced members to become mentors.
O Rhonda Walthall spoke about the VP of Public Relations who represents the club externally, manages the website and notifies members of special events.
O Jennifer Ebner spoke about the Secretary role in taking minutes and distributing weekly and posting on the website. Also taking minutes for the monthly officer meetings.
O Jose de la Torre spoke about the Treasurer’s role in completing reimbursements, managing the dues, the club account, and tracking ledger balances.
O Jennifer Ebner spoke about the Sergeant-at-Arms for Ferdonya Henderson. This position entails setting up the meeting room, ordering supplies, starting the meeting, and greeting members and guests.

• Rob Cross led Table Topics. Jackie Lyons spoke about traveling to Tuscany taking cooking classes. David spoke about playing football with friends and that LT is his favorite player.

• Brenda introduced Don Wiggins as the General Evaluator. Don led his team of evaluators:
O Rhonda Walthall provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s and Timer’s report
O Don provided an overview of the meeting and recommended that the officers encourage activism and engagement.

• The "Best of" awards were presented by Brenda:
O Best Table Topics: David
O Best Evaluator: Don Wiggins

• Brenda asked David his feedback on the meeting and said he enjoyed attending.

• Announcements:
O Club Holiday party on December 19th.
O Area 5 Speech Contest will be held on Saturday, March 1st, 2008. Club contests will need to be held early next year.

• Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Agenda 11/28/07

2007-11-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, November 28, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: What Drives Me
WOW: copse (KOPS), noun; A thicket or grove of small trees.
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......................................................... Brenda Gettig
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:17 New Member Induction...................................................................... Barbara Nedd
12:25 Educational Moment: Club Officer Roles...................................... Club Officers
12:35 Table Topics........................................................................................ Byron Shovlain
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Open
Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Open
12:55 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

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NEXT MEETING – Wednesday December 5, 2007
Nominations for Club Officers
Theme: It’s a Wonderful Life
WOW: Extant (ek-STANT), adjective: Still existing; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.

Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Jennifer Ebner Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Rhonda Walthall ALB-1 Timer: Lee Moran
Table Topics: Open Grammarian: Open

Meeting Minutes - November 14, 2007

2007-11-21T16:17:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 8 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Byron Shovlain, Jackie Lyons, Elizabeth Lee, Rob Cross, Jose de la Torre and 1 guest: Tony Sabgga.

• VP of Education Brenda Gettig 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 and ensured all the meeting roles were filled. He led introduction by using the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme. Everyone gave different money saving tips ranging from investing in a 401K or IRA to paying down mortgages, avoiding credit cards, marrying rich, and raising kids to support them.
O Theme: My Best Money Tip
O W.O.W.: lucrative, adj: producing wealth; profitable

• Jose welcomed Jackie Lyons for an educational moment on being a GPS Financial Navigator. She spoke about the ten commandments for living well, some of which can be applied to Toastmasters. Some examples include creating a written plan, having an emergency cash fund, saving for big ticket items and education evaluate insurance coverage, plan for retirement, and ask yourself the right questions.

• Jose started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker:
O Speaker #1, Byron Shovlain gave his first speech for the ATM –Bronze track titled "The Effective Salesperson." The purpose was persuasive speaking. Byron spoke about focusing on the buyer, creating value, listening to the customer, and obtaining a commitment to purchase. Byron clearly demonstrated these skills with an impromptu interaction with Liz. He set up a scenario where he was the salesperson at Nordstrom and Elizabeth was the customer. He then asked for feedback from the audience.

• VP of Education Brenda Gettig led a unique and fun round of Table Topics with a color theme. She had each person choose a piece of paper from a bag. The paper had a name of a color written on it. She asked that the color be incorporated into the response.
O Rob Cross: Imagine that your house is painted this color, what would your neighbors think? Hot Magenta
O Jackie Lyons: Your entire wardrobe is in this color, what does that say about you? Electric Lime
O Jennifer Ebner: Your cubicle is covered in this color, how does it affect your co-workers? Neon Carrot
O Matt Greenbergs: You have a product line that is all in this color, what product would it be? Shocking Pink
O Tony Sabgga: Why would someone want to buy a car in this color? Wild Watermelon
O Jose de la Torre: You invite people over for Thanksgiving dinner and ask them to bring food in this color, what would they bring? Atomic Tangerine

• Jose introduced Matt Greenbergs as the General Evaluator. Matt led his team of evaluators:
O Rob Cross evaluated Byron’s speech
O Jennifer Ebner provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report
O Elizabeth Lee provided the Timer’s report

• The "Best of" awards were presented by Rhonda:
O Best Speaker: Byron Shovlain
O Best Table Topics: Jackie Lyons
O Best Evaluator: Rob Cross
O 1st Time Guest Ribbon: Tony Sabgga

• Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2007

2007-11-21T16:15:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 10 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Byron Shovlain, Jackie Lyons, Doug Goodman, Rhonda Walthall, Lee Moran, Barbara Nedd, and 3 guests: Jeff, Kelsey, and Julie.

• VP of Education Brenda Gettig led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.

• Matt called the meeting to order, read the mission and vision statement, and introduced VP of Public Relations Rhonda Walthall as Toastmaster.

• Rhonda welcomed members and guests and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W) and theme by asking the audience to identify where the quotes about dreams originated from. Everyone was asked to introduce themselves and use the theme or W.O.W.
O Theme: Dreams
O W.O.W.: yen, noun: a strong desire or inclination; a longing

• Rhonda welcomed VP of Membership Barbara Nedd for an educational moment on the use of podiums/lecterns. Barbara provided a very well prepared and humorous speech on how she has a love/hate relationship with the lectern. It gives a sense of importance, but also restricts movement. She showed ways to work around the lectern or to eliminate it all together.

• Rhonda started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speaker:
O Speaker #1, Jackie Lyons gave her CC-1 Icebreaker speech appropriately titled "Just Jackie." Jackie bravely gave her speech without the use of notes or the lectern. In no particular order, the top three things Jackie is passionate about are food, family, and career. She explained her love of cooking, the importance of family, and her new career as a financial advisor.

• Doug Goodman led a full round of Table Topics and gave a great introduction on ways to respond to table topics.
O Lee Moran spoke about what he would compete in as a world champion
O Brenda Gettig spoke about what famous person she would spend a day with
O Barbara Nedd talked about where she would dream about going on an exotic trip
O Jeff told us what role he would star in for a movie remake
O Byron Shovlain talked about striving for his personal best at surfing
O Rhonda Walthall told us about dreaming to be a world champion dog handler
O Matt Greenbergs spoke about spending a day with Ronald Reagan

• Secretary Jennifer Ebner was introduced as the General Evaluator. Jennifer introduced her team of evaluators:
O Byron Shovlain evaluated Jackie’s speech
O Brenda Gettig provided the Grammarian/Ah counter’s report
O Jim Tucker provided the Timer’s report
O Jennifer provided an overview of the meeting

• The "Best of" awards were presented by Rhonda:
O Best Speaker: Jackie Lyons
O Best Table Topics: Barbara Nedd
O Best Evaluator: Byron Shovlain
O 1st Time Guest Ribbons: Jeff, Julie, Kelsey

• Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Minutes - October 31, 2007

2007-11-21T16:12:00.000-08:00

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

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Meeting Minutes - October 17, 2007

2007-11-21T16:11:00.000-08:00

Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson opened up the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and then introduced President Matt Greenbergs who brought his children on break from school. Next Brenda Gettig did a good job as last minute Toastmaster fill in. Brenda introduced the Theme of Living on the Edge and the WOW of Gauche. Always good to learn about members and how they live on the edge. Brenda also gave the educational moment about being nervous is not such a bad thing, just be in the moment.

World famous speaker Jim Tucker gave all of us relevant speech topics in his speech about topics that will "blow your audience’s mind". Good sources of speech starters are such things as wrist bands with words or symbolism that you can pontificate upon. Another great source is carrying a note pad for writing down the occurrences of everyday life. For example, Jim saw a young girl who reminded her dad that he couldn’t buy clothes without mommy. Writing down such occurrences doesn’t let you forget. Jim then broke out his high school yearbook and re-visited memories and read from Longfellow a quote that was his school motto. He finally showed a photo from a scrapbook memory of an astronaut he shared the stage with.

Today was Rhonda Walthall’s birthday and as Table Topics Master she used her bag of goodies to ask participants to use the object to start a speech. Ferdonya had the luck of picking an indecipherable object that she made into an all purpose remote control. Doug Goodman pulled out a propeller/letter opener and pitched like a snake oil salesman. Stephanie Love-Payne did an excellent demonstration of a back massager on yours truly. Rob Cross pulled a book about painted cats and segued into Andrew Carnegie’s relaxation techniques. Young Jonathan Greenbergs grabbed a jar opener and proceeded to spin a winner of a tale.

Ferdonya further took on the job of General Evaluator. Doug did an excellent job of evaluating Jim’s speech using the COD (content, organization, and delivery) method. Doug hit on elements such as getting audience response, affirmation, rhetorical questions, stories, quotes, and examples. Rob Cross was Ah counter, and Barbara Nedd was timer. Doug won best evaluator and Jim best speaker. Elizabeth Lee, Byron Shovlain (Meeting minutes), and Angela Bonner were also in attendance.

Submitted by Byron Shovlain, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Agenda 11/14/07

2007-11-13T15:38:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, November 14, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: My Best Money Tip
WOW: lucrative: l kr -t v, adj: Producing wealth; profitable: a lucrative income; a lucrative marketing strategy.
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......................................................... Jose de la Torre
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Jackie Lyons
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Byron Shovlain
12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Open
12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Jim Tucker
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Open
Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Darcy Konold
Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Jackie Lyons
Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Elizabeth Lee
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

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No Meeting Next Week (Nov. 21) Due to Thanksgiving HolidayNEXT MEETING – Wednesday November 28, 2007
Theme: What Drives Me
WOW: copse (KOPS), noun; A thicket or grove of small trees.
Toastmaster: Brenda Gettig General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Barbara Nedd (New Member Induction) Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Open Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Open Timer: Ferdonya Henderson
Table Topics: Byron Shovlain Grammarian: Open

Meeting Agenda 11/07/07

2007-11-05T11:50:00.000-08:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, November 7, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Dreams
WOW: yen: noun: a strong desire or inclination; a longing.

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......................................................... Rhonda Walthall
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Barbara Nedd
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Don Wiggins
12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Jackie Lyons CC1
12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Doug Goodman
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Darcy Konold
Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Byron Shovlain
Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Jennifer Ebner
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Brenda Gettig
Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Ferdonya Henderson
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting
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NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday November 14, 2007
Theme: My Best Money Tip
WOW: lucrative: l kr -t v, adj: Producing wealth; profitable: a lucrative income; a lucrative marketing strategy.
Toastmaster: Jose de la Torre General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Ferdonya Henderson Evaluator #1: Rhonda Walthall
Speaker #1: Byron Shovlain Evaluator #2: Darcy Konold
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Elizabeth Lee
Table Topics: Open Grammarian: Jackie Lyons

Meeting Agenda 10/31/07

2007-10-30T14:50:00.000-07:00

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
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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

2007-10-19T15:46:00.001-07:00

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
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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

2007-10-17T10:54:00.001-07:00

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
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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

2007-10-15T19:05:00.000-07:00

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

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Agenda - October 10, 2007

2007-10-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

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

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Meeting Minutes - October 3, 2007

2007-10-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

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

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Meeting Agenda for 10/03/07

2007-10-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

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
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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

2007-10-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

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

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Agenda - September 26, 2007

2007-10-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

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
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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

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Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2007

2007-10-01T14:10:00.000-07:00

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

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Meeting Minutes - September 12, 2007

2007-09-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by ten members: Ferdonya Henderson, Matt Greenbergs, Stephanie Love-Payne, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Jim Tucker, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Brenda Gettig, and Jose de la Torre. One guest attended: Karen Shephard.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and turned the meeting back to Ferdonya as Toastmaster.
· Ferdonya welcomed members and guests. She asked everyone to introduce themselves and speak about how Toastmasters had helped them experience “Victory over Circumstances” (the theme for the week). She also introduced the word of the week, trenchant.
· Don Wiggins presented an educational moment.
· There was one speaker for this week’s meeting, Jim Tucker. Jim’s motivational speech included three elements for better speaking: perception, perspective and performance.
· Doug Goodman acted as Table Topics Master. Jose de lat Torre, Matt Greenbergs and Jim Tucker were asked to speak during Table Topics.
· Ferdonya introduced Matt Greenbergs as the General Evaluator. Matt’s team of evaluators included the following:
o Darcy Konold presented an evaluation of Jim’s speech,
o Stephanie Love-Payne presented the Grammarian / Ah Counter report,
o Barbara Nedd presented the Timer’s report, and
o Brenda Gettig completed a leadership evaluation for Darcy.
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Ferdonya to the following members:
o Best Speaker: Jim Tucker
o Best Table Topics: Matt Greenbergs
o Best Evaluator: Darcy Konold
· Ferdonya asked Karen to comment on the meeting as this was her second visit. Karen explained she was very happy with the club and intended to become a member.
· Ferdonya turned the meeting back over to Matt who adjourned the meeting around 1:00 pm.

Submitted by Brenda Gettig, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Agenda - September 19, 2007

2007-09-18T10:57:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/
WEDNESDAY, September 19, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Diversity
WOW: reciprocate: r -s p r -k t ; 1/ To give or take mutually; interchange. 2. To show, feel, or give in response or return.

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......................................................... Brenda Gettig
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Stephanie Love-Payne
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Doug Goodman
12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Jennifer Ebner CC-5
12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Open
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Ferdonya Henderson
Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Open
Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Don Wiggins
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Karen Shephard
Timer’s Report.................................................................................... Jose de la Torre
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 September 26, 2007
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.

Toastmaster: Jennifer General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Lee Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Table Topics: Brenda Grammarian: Open

Meeting Minutes - September 5, 2007

2007-09-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

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

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Meeting Minutes - August 29, 2007

2007-09-07T15:08:00.001-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:04pm and was attended by 12 members: Rhonda Walthall, Jennifer Ebner, Stephanie Love-Payne, Molly Frisbie, Doug Goodman, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Jose de la Torre, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Byron Shovlain, and Elizabeth Lee.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced acting and immediate past President Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda called the meeting to order and introduced Molly Frisbie as Toastmaster.
· Molly welcomed members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme. She explained how the ocean tides are affected by the moon and how full moons are often associated with strange occurrences some of which are based on folklore, misperceptions, and bias. Molly asked for self introductions by stating your name and describing what is askew in your life when there is a full moon.
o Theme: Full Moon
o W.O.W.: askew – adjective, out of line: awry.
· Molly welcomed Sergeant-at-Arms, Ferdonya Henderson, for an educational moment. Ferdonya spoke about all the resources that are available within Toastmasters. There are manuals, handouts, and guidelines for practically any position/role that you can think of. Whether it is for an officer position or a meeting role (Evaluator, Toastmaster, etc…). She encouraged more volunteering for positions because you can always find information to help you along.
· Molly started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
o Speaker #1, Rhonda Walthall completed her CL-8 project on the “Importance of Membership the Club.” Rhonda kicked off the membership campaign and explained the importance of retaining 20 or more members within the Toastmaster’s club along with bringing in new members for new perspectives and ideas. She explained the goals for the Distinguished Club Program and detailed the organizational structure of Toastmasters with the member being the focus of it all.
o Speaker #2, Darcy Konold gave her CC-5 “The Scoop, the Whole Scoop, and Nothing but the Scoop.” She explained what a High Performance Leadership Project entails and how to effectively complete it: recruit a guidance committee; study the learning materials; select a project; work with team to accomplish the goal; and give a presentation to your club. She encouraged studying the manual and workbooks obtained through Toastmasters prior to starting the project.
· Molly introduced Byron Shovlain as the Table Topics Master. Byron incorporated the theme of the week into table topics. He called on Jennifer Ebner to speak on full moon celebrations. Doug Goodman was asked to speak on the Harvest Moon. Stephanie Love-Payne was asked to speak on what is askew during a full moon for her. Elizabeth Lee was asked to speak on the moon cakes.
· Molly introduced Doug Goodman as the General Evaluator. Doug introduced her team of evaluators:
o No evaluation for Rhonda’s leadership project
o Jose de la Torre evaluated Darcy’s speech
o Jennifer Ebner provided the Grammarian/ah counter’s report
o Brenda Gettig provided the Timer’s report
o Doug provided an overview of the meeting
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Molly:
o Best Speaker: Rhonda Walthall
o Best Table Topics: Doug Goodman
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman
· Molly asked Rhonda for an overview of the Area 5 Contest that was held the previous weekend. Congratulations to Ferdonya and Matt!
o Ferdonya Henderson placed 2nd in the Tall Tales
o Matt Greenbergs placed 2nd in Table Topics.
· Rhonda notified everyone that Judge training is held Sept. 5th, 6:30pm at the Bonita Library
• Meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Meeting Minutes - August 22, 2007

2007-09-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:07pm and was attended by 12 members: Rhonda Walthall, Lee Moran, Jennifer Ebner, Matt Greenbergs, Stephanie Love-Payne, Molly Frisbie, Doug Goodman, Rob Cross, Cece Rowe, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Jose de la Torre and 1 guest: Eric Johnson

· Secretary Jennifer Ebner led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Doug Goodman as Toastmaster.
· Doug welcomed guest and members and gave a brief history of Century Toastmasters club 9273. “92” represents the year the club was started. Doug helped get the club started when he was an SDG&E employee. Doug introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name and using the W.O.W.
o Theme: Dancing with Life
o W.O.W.: estival – adjective, of or relating to summer.
· Doug welcomed VP of Public Relations, Rhonda Walthall, for an educational moment called “Jungle Fever.” Rhonda reminded everyone about the upcoming Area contest on August 25th. She also explained the organizational structure of Toastmasters: Member, Club, Area, Division, District, Region, International.
· Doug started the speaker portion of the meeting and introduced the scheduled speakers:
o Speaker #1, Hannah Zhao gave an ATM speech, project #3 Moral of the Story from the Storytelling manual called “The Cracked Pot.” The moral of the story was that what can be seen as a flaw can actually be a positive trait and to look for good within ourselves. She taught us this through the story of a Chinese woman that had carried water in 2 pots, one was cracked and one was whole. Unknowingly, the cracked (flawed) pot had watered her neighbor’s flowers, which brought happiness to her neighbor’s life.
o Speaker #2, Stephanie Love-Payne gave her CC-2 Organize Your Speech on centenarians. Centenarians are people who have attained the age of 100 years or older. Stephanie shared many facts and figures on the growing population of centenarians and shared stories of the oldest living person to date, Jeanne Louise Calment.
· Doug introduced Darcy Konold as the Table Topics Master. Darcy incorporated the theme of the week into table topics. She called on Matt to speak on what dance best describes his life. Lee Moran spoke about a song that describes his life. Rhonda Walthall spoke about a song that describes the pace of life. Hannah Zhao spoke about a costume that best represents her life.
· Rhonda introduced Molly Frisbie as the General Evaluator. Molly introduced her team of evaluators:
o Jennifer Ebner evaluated Hannah’s speech
o Cece Rowe’s evaluation of Stephanie’s speech was skipped
o Darcy Konold provided the Grammarian/ah counter’s report
o Rob Cross provided the Timer’s report
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Doug:
o Best Table Topics: Lee Moran
o Best Evaluator: Jennifer Ebner
o Best Speaker: Hannah Zhao
· Doug asked for announcements and filled in the remaining positions for next week’s meeting.
• Doug turned the meeting back over to President, Matt, who adjourned the meeting at 1:01pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Agenda - September 5, 2007

2007-09-05T10:40:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/
WEDNESDAY, September 5, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Family Matters
WOW: shoestring; SHOO-string; noun: 1) shoelace, 2) a small sum of money / capital inadequate or barely adequate to the needs of a transaction

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......................................................... Jose de la Torre
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Rob Cross
12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Open
12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Jennifer Ebner
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Byron
Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Molly Frisbie
Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Open
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 September 12, 2007
Theme: Victory Over Circumstances
WOW: trenchant: adjective: 1) Characterized by or full of force and vigor; as, "a trenchant analysis;" 2) Caustic; biting; severe; as, "trenchant criticism;" 3) Distinct; clear-cut; clearly or sharply defined.

Toastmaster: Open General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Don Wiggins Evaluator #1: Cece
Speaker #1: Open Evaluator #2: Darcy
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: OpenTable Topics: Doug Grammarian: Open

Agenda - August 29, 2007

2007-08-28T16:31:00.001-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/
WEDNESDAY, August 29, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Full Moon
WOW: askew: \uh-SKYOO\ adjective: out of line : awry Example Sentence: Jeff didn't realize that the bookshelf he had hung on the wall was slightly askew until he placed a pen on it and it rolled off the edge.

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......................................................... Molly Frisbie
12:11 Self-introductions................................................................................ All
12:14 Educational Moment............................................................................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................................... Rhonda Walthall ACB-1
12:24 Speaker #2.......................................................................................... Darcy Konold
12:40 Table Topics........................................................................................ Rhonda Walthall
12:48 General Evaluator............................................................................... Doug Goodman
Evaluator #1........................................................................................ Open
Evaluator #2....................................................................................... Jose de la Torre
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................... Jennifer Ebner
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 September 5, 2007
Theme: Family Matters
WOW: shoestring; SHOO-string; noun: 1) shoelace, 2) a small sum of money / capital inadequate or barely adequate to the needs of a transaction

Toastmaster: Jose de la Torre General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Rob C. Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Table Topics: Jennifer Ebner Grammarian: Open

Agenda - August 22, 2007

2007-08-21T15:53:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, August 22, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Dancing with Life
WOW: estival: \ESS-tuh-vul\, adjective, of or relating to the summer. Example Sentence: On summer evenings, Carl would sit for hours on the porch enjoying the warmth of the estival breezes.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:07 President calls meeting to order and introduces Toastmaster.......... Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting........................................Doug Goodman
12:11 Self-introductions............................................................................. All
12:14 Educational Moment..................................................Rhonda Walthall
12:16 Speaker #1........................................................................Hannah Zhao
12:24 Speaker #2........................................................Stephanie Love-Payne
12:40 Table Topics...................................................................Darcy Konold
12:48 General Evaluator..........................................................Molly Frisbie
Evaluator #1......................................................................Jennifer Ebner
Evaluator #2................................................................................... Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter................................................................ Open
Timer’s Report.................................................................Byron Shovlain
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 August 29th
Theme: Full Moon
WOW: askew: \uh-SKYOO\ adjective: out of line : awry Example Sentence: Jeff didn't realize that the bookshelf he had hung on the wall was slightly askew until he placed a pen on it and it rolled off the edge.

Toastmaster: Darcy Konold General Evaluator: Doug Goodman
Ed. Moment: Ferdonya Henderson Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Open Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Table Topics: Rhonda Walthall Grammarian: Open

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Meeting Minutes - August 15, 2007

2007-08-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 8 members: Rhonda Walthall, Don Wiggins, Lee Moran, Jennifer Ebner, Elizabeth Lee, Ferdonya Henderson, Matt Greenbergs, Stephanie Love-Payne, 2 previous members: Molly Frisbie and Byron Shovlain, and 1 guest: Debbie.

· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and introduced Rhonda Walthall as Toastmaster.
· Rhonda welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name, using the W.O.W. or talking about your best friend, and stating any role you are holding in the meeting.
o Theme: My Best Friend
o W.O.W.: confabulation – noun 1. familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. 2. a plausible but imagined memory that fills in the gaps in what is remembered.
· Rhonda welcomed Matt for an educational moment about evaluations. Matt spoke about the important of evaluations which is based on content, organization (introduction, body, and conclusion), and delivery. Evaluations are a great way to help us improve our speeches.
· Rhonda started the scheduled speaker portion of the meeting and reminded everyone about completing the Competent Leadership (CL) track along with any other speaking manual.
o Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson gave an ATM speech on a controversial issue titled “Chocolate and Antioxidants.” Ferdonya told us about the pros and cons of consuming chocolate and how to maximize the benefits from chocolate, particularly by consuming dark chocolate that is organic and has 70% or higher cocoa. She opened up the floor for a question and answer session with several questions from the audience.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins gave a speech to sell a product titled “30 Seconds Difference Maker.” Don started off with a demonstration of incandescent versus compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs and how much less energy the CFL bulbs consume. Don covered the many benefits of using CFL bulbs and how energy consumption can be reduced. He passed around examples of the different size bulbs.
· Table Topics were skipped due to time constraints.
· Rhonda introduced Jennifer Ebner as the General Evaluator. Jennifer introduced her team of evaluators:
o Molly Frisbie evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Matt Greenbergs evaluated Don’s speech
o Grammarian/ah counter’s report was skipped due to time constraint
o Doug Goodman provided the timer’s report
· The “Best of” awards were presented by Rhonda:
o Best Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Best Evaluator: Molly Frisbie
· Rhonda asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Century Toastmasters Officers Meeting will be held Thursday, August 23rd at Century Park Cafeteria from 11:30-1pm.
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines on August 25th from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
• Meeting was adjourned at 1:02pm.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters #9273

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Agenda - August 15, 2007

2007-08-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

Meeting Minutes - August 8, 2007

2007-08-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm and was attended by 13 members: Jose De La Torre, Ferdonya Henderson, Rhonda Walthall, Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Lee Moran, Rob Cross, Fabio Bottalico, Darcy Konold, Barbara Prevost-Nedd, Jim Tucker, Stephanie Love-Payne, Don Wiggins, and 1 guest: Brian.

· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and announced upcoming Area contests. Matt introduced Jennifer Ebner as Toastmaster.
· Jennifer welcomed guest and members and introduced Rhonda Walthall, VP of Membership and Area 5 Governor for an award presentation.
· Rhonda presented a ribbon to President Matt Greenbergs to recognize Century Toastmasters as a Distinguished President’s Club. Rhonda turned the meeting back over to Jennifer.
· Jennifer introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name, using the W.O.W. or describing a time in your life you have persevered.
o Theme: Perseverance
o W.O.W.: resplendent – shining brilliantly: characterized by a glowing splendor
· Darcy Konold presented an educational moment called “Do You Want to be a Millionaire.” Darcy spoke about incorporating the tools used in Toastmasters in one’s professional life in addition to personal life to advance a career and for setting goals and expectations.
· Jennifer introduced the scheduled speakers:
o Speaker #1, Jose De La Torre. Jose redid the CC-1 Icebreaker speech called “The Remake.” Jose shared his personal experiences with public speaking development and his goals for this year to become a CPA, spend more time with his family, and become a part-time employee.
o Speaker #2, Barbara Provost-Nedd gave a speech titled “Three of My Favorite Restaurants.” She revisited a question asked for a table topic’s contest and explained in more detail why Island Spice, Fish Market, and Rubios are her three favorite restaurants.
· Stephanie Love-Payne led the meeting as the Table Topics Master. Stephanie described table topics and called on Fabio Bottolico, Ferdonya Henderson, and Darcy Konold to participate. Each contestant was asked to speak about perseverance in their personal lives or careers which incorporated the theme of the week.
· Jennifer introduced Rhonda Walthall as the General Evaluator. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and explained the purpose and importance of the evaluations:
o Darcy Konold evaluated Jose’s speech
o Jim Tucker evaluated Barbara’s speech.
o Fabio provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report
o Lee Moran provided the timer’s report.
o Rhonda provided a general evaluation of the meeting and was evaluated for the CL track by Rob Cross.
· The “Best of” awards where presented by Jennifer:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Provost-Nedd
o Best Table Topics: Darcy Konold
o Best Evaluator: Jim Tucker
· Jennifer asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Area 5, 26, and 27 Tall Tales and Table Topics Contests will be held at Solar Turbines from 2-6pm. Ferdonya Henderson will be representing Century Toastmasters in one or both contests.
o Ferdonya Henderson will be presenting an advanced speech at next week’s meeting where she will be holding a mock press conference on a controversial issue. The attendees are asked to participate as journalists and ask her questions on the issue.
• The meeting was turned over to President, Matt and was adjourned at 1:03pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - August 1, 2007

2007-08-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:07pm and was attended by 12 members: Matt Greenbergs, Barbara Prevost-Nedd, Jessie Wang, Elizabeth Lee, Hannah Zhao, Rhonda Walthall, Jose De La Torre, Jennifer Ebner, Ferdonya Henderson, Don Wiggins, Lee Moran, Stephanie Love-Payne, and 2 guests: Sundar and Brian.

· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and introduced himself as Toastmaster.
· Matt welcomed guest and members and introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.), theme, and asked for self introductions by stating your name and what fear you have overcome.
o Theme: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
o W.O.W.: mettle – Courage and fortitude; spirit
· Matt led new member inductions in place of Barbara Nedd, VP of Membership. Ferdonya escorted new members: Lee Moran, Elizabeth Lee, and Barbara Nedd from the room for existing members to accept new members into the club. Existing members agreed on accepting new members. New members read the Toastmaster’s new member pledge to existing members. Existing members recited pledge to new members.
· Matt asked Jessie Wang, General Evaluator, to review the evaluator roles for the meeting.
· Matt introduced Speaker #1, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya gave her ATM-B speech #5 from the Speaking to Inform advanced manual, titled “Coco Bean, Dark Chocolate, and Medicine.” The purpose of the speech was to present an abstract concept. Ferdonya explained the properties of dark chocolate and why is should be reclassified from candy to medicine.
· Matt introduced Table Topics Master, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, and Lee Moran to participate in table topics. Rhonda spoke about the animal cruelty that Michael Vick is accused of. Stephanie was asked to speak on if a woman should be president. Lee was asked to speak on if he would encourage people to buy a SUV.
· Matt introduced Jessie Wang as the General Evaluator. Jessie introduced her team of evaluators:
o Jose De La Torre evaluated Ferdonya’s speech
o Rhonda provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report and was evaluated for CL project by Don Wiggins.
o Jennifer Ebner provided the timer’s report.
o Jessie provided a general evaluation of the meeting.
· Matt asked for guest comments and passed out 1st timer ribbons to Sundar and Brian and then presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best Speaker: Ferdonya Henderson
o Best Table Topics: Lee Moran
o Best Evaluator: skipped due to time constraints
• Matt adjourned meeting at 1:04pm

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Agenda - August 8, 2007

2007-08-07T11:15:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: http://www.centurytoastmasters.com/
WEDNESDAY, August 8, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Perseverance
WOW: resplendent • \rih-SPLEN-dunt\ • adjective : shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:07 President calls meeting to order and introduces Toastmaster.......... Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting................................................................ Open
12:11 Self-introductions....................................................................................... All
12:14 Educational Moment................................................................................... Darcy Konold
12:16 Speaker #1.................................................................................................. Jose de la Torre
12:24 Speaker #2................................................................................................. Don Wiggins
12:32 Speaker #3................................................................................................. Barbara Nedd
12:40 Table Topics............................................................................................... Stephanie Love
12:48 General Evaluator...................................................................................... Rhonda Walthall
Evaluator #1............................................................................................... Hannah Zhao
Evaluator #2.............................................................................................. Open
Grammarian/Ah Counter........................................................................... Open
Timer’s Report............................................................................................ Open
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting
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NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday August 15th
Theme: My Best Friend
WOW: confabulation \kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn\, noun: 1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. 2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Toastmaster: Rhonda Walthall General Evaluator: Open
Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Jose de la Torre
Speaker #1: Ferdonya Henderson Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Stephanie Love Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Table Topics: Open Grammarian: Open

Agenda - August 1, 2007

2007-07-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, August 1, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
WOW: mettle (m t l; Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat. )

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:07 President calls meeting to order and introduces Toastmaster.......... Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting................................................................ Matt Greenbergs
12:12 Self-introductions...................................................................................... All
12:15 New Member Inductions
12:20 Speaker #1.................................................................................................. Darcy Konold
12:28 Speaker #2................................................................................................. Ferdonya Henderson
12:36 Table Topics............................................................................................... Hannah Zhao
12:48 General Evaluator...................................................................................... Jessie Wang
Evaluator #1............................................................................................... Jose de la Torre
Evaluator #2.............................................................................................. Darcy Konold
Grammarian/Ah Counter........................................................................... Rhonda Walthall
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

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NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday August 8th
Theme: Perseverance
WOW: resplendent ( \rih-SPLEN-dunt\ ; adjective: shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor. )

Toastmaster: Brenda Gettig General Evaluator: Rhonda Walthall
Ed. Moment: Darcy Konold Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #1: Jose de la Torre Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Don Wiggins Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Table Topics: Open Grammarian: Open

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Meeting Minutes - July 25, 2007

2007-07-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:08pm and was attended by 10 members: Matt Greenbergs, Cece Rowe, Brenda Gettig, Ferdonya Henderson, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Jessie Wang, Darcy Konold, Elizabeth Lee, Rhonda Walthall and 1 guest: Deepika Sagi.

· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club President Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt presented Rhonda Walthall with her CC badge and immediate past President pin. Matt read the club mission statement and welcomed Toastmaster Hannah Zhao.
· Hannah welcomed guest and explained the meeting’s Tall Tales contest. She introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme and asked for self introductions.
o Theme: Tall Tales
o W.O.W.: Prevaricate – to stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.
· There was no educational moment due to contest. Hannah introduced Contest Chair, Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda introduced the contest and had the contestants randomly pick the speaking order. Each contestant has 3-5 minutes to speak. Minimum 2 min. 30 sec. and maximum 5 min. 30 sec. to deliver speech to not be disqualified. Rhonda introduced Chief Judge, Darcy Konold.
· Darcy explained the judging criteria and ballots for the contest. There will be 1 minute between contestants for judging. Darcy turned the meeting back over to Hannah.
· Hannah started the contest and welcomed contestants to the lectern:
o Contestant #1, Ferdonya Henderson, “What Happened to the Pumpkin? You Decide.”
o Contestant #2, Matt Greenbergs, “Cheaper by the Dozen”
o Contestant #3, Brenda Gettig, “A Special Spider”
• Contest ended, judges scored contestants and ranked the first, second, and third place contestants. Ballots submitted to Chief Judge, Darcy and ballot counter, Cece Rowe.
• Hannah interviewed contestants on speeches and turned meeting over to Chief Judge, Darcy.
• Darcy announced Tall Tales contest winners. Winner to attend the Area Tall Tales contest on August 25th, 2007:
o Runner-up: Ferdonya Henderson
o Winner: Brenda Gettig
• Closing statements by Hannah and asked for guest input. Hannah turned meeting over to President, Matt.
• Matt announced new member inductions scheduled for next meeting, August 1st and adjourned meeting at 1:02pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - Jul 25, 2007

2007-07-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, I WILL“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, July 25, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Theme: Tall Tales
WOW: Prevaricate (pr -v r -k t ; verb: To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.)

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President................ Ferdonya Henderson
12:07 President calls meeting to order and introduces Toastmaster.......... Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting................................................................ Hannah Zhao
12:12 Self-introductions...................................................................................... All
12:15 Tall Tales Contest
Contest Chair.............................................................................................. Rhonda Walthall
Chief Judge................................................................................................. Darcy Konold
Contestant #1............................................................................................. Matt Greenbergs
Contestant #2............................................................................................ Barbara Nedd
Contestant #3............................................................................................ Open
Contestant #4............................................................................................ Open
Timer #1...................................................................................................... Jennifer Ebner
Timer #2..................................................................................................... Cece Rowe
Ballot Counter #1...................................................................................... Open
Ballot Counter #2...................................................................................... Open
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

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NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday August 1st
Theme: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
WOW: mettle (m t l; Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat. )
Toastmaster: Matt Greenbergs General Evaluator: Jessie Wang
Ed. Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Darcy Konold
Speaker #1: Cece Rowe Evaluator #2: Jose de la Torre
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Jennifer Ebner
Table Topics: Open Grammarian: Rhonda Walthall

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Meeting Minutes - July 18, 2007

2007-07-23T11:52:00.000-07:00

July 18, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by 8 members and five guests: Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Rhonda Walthall, Jessie Wang, Brenda Gettig, Matt Greenbergs, Darcy Konold, and Barbara Nedd; new member Cece´ Rowe; first time guests Miyuki, Chris, and Josh, and previous guest Edwin.

· Jessie Wang led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Matt Greenberg.
· Matt Greenberg opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. He introduced Toastmaster Jessie Wang.
· Jessie introduced the theme, Real Magic. The attendees participated in a round of introductions describing a magical thing they have experienced and or a correct usage of the word of the week, “legerdemain.”
· Jessie Wang introduced Barbara Nedd for the Educational Moment. Barbara spoke about how to utilizing quotations to make your speeches more distinguished.
· Toastmaster Jessie introduced the first scheduled speaker, Hannah Zhao. Hannah presented her ACS-3 speech, entitled “Let’s get personal – my 4 year old daughter”. Hannah discussed 3 personal stories regarding her 4 year old daughter (Helen), and the joys of being a parent to Helen.
· Jessie also introduced the second scheduled Darcy Konold. Darcy presented her ACG-6 speecn, entitled “Toastmaster Tips.” Darcy discussed the difference between a podium, and a lectern and the correct way to have speakers approach and exit the lectern or podium.
· Due to time constraints table topics was deleted from the meeting.
• Jessie Wang introduced the General Evaluator, Doug Goodman. Doug introduced his team of evaluators:
o Rhonda evaluated Hannah.
o Matt evaluated Darcy.
o Cece´ provided her first grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Brenda provided the timer’s report.
o Doug Goodman then provided a general evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster Jessie presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best speaker went to Darcy
o There was a tie between Doug and Rhonda for Best evaluator, Rhonda took the ribbon, and Doug the trophy.
o First-timer ribbons were presented to Edwin, Miyuki, Chris, and Josh.
• Toastmaster Jessie asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o Rhonda announced the Tall Tales Contest to be held on 7/25/07, and requested additional participants for this contest.
o The Area Contest will be held on August 25.
o The remaining new officer training dates are: July 28, Miramar College and August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org

· Toastmaster Jessie returned the meeting to club president Matt. Matt reminded everyone about the new vision statement of Century Toastmaster, which is “Yes, I will.” Matt adjourned the meeting at 1:10 p.m.

Submitted by Vice President of Membership Barbara Nedd,
Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - July 11 2007

2007-07-16T15:53:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called to order at 12:10pm and was attended by 13 members: Matt Greenbergs, Jose De la Torre, Darcy Konold, Elizabeth Lee, Jennifer Ebner, Don Wiggins, Rob Cross, Jessie Wang, Hannah Zhao, Fabio Bottalico, Lee Moran, Barbara Prevost-Nedd and Doug Goodman and two guests: David and Robin Hood.
· 12:10pm, President Matt Greenbergs led the Pledge of Allegiance, issued officer pins to VP of Membership Barbara Prevost-Nedd and Secretary Jennifer Ebner, issued CTM badge to Jose De la Torre, and introduced Toastmaster/Treasurer Jose De la Torre.
· 12:13pm, Jose welcomed guests and encouraged participation in the table topics contest and filled the open meeting roles. He introduced the word of the week (W.O.W.) and theme and asked for self introductions.

o Theme: Spontaneous Combustion
o W.O.W.: Catalyst – a person or thing acting as the stimulus in bringing about or hastening a result.

· There was no educational moment due to contest. Jose introduced contest Chief Judge, Darcy Konold.

· 12:25pm, Darcy explained the rules and judging of the contest. The contestant speaking order and table topic question were determined. Each contestant has 2 minutes to speak. Minimum 45 seconds and maximum 2 min. 15 sec. to respond to question to not be disqualified. 1 min. between contestants for judging. Doug Goodman served at contest Sergeant-at-arms. Darcy turned the meeting back over to Jose.

·12:32pm, Jose started the contest. Table topics question: “Name three of your favorite restaurants in San Diego and tell us why they are you favorite.”
o Contestant #1, Fabio Bottalico: La China (5910 Santo Road, Tierrasanta), Mexican restaurant, Bronx Pizza (111 Washington St, Hillcrest)
o Contestant #2, Jennifer Ebner: Ruth Chris Steakhouse, Bucca di Beppo, Thai restaurant
o Contestant #3, Barbara Prevost-Nedd: Island Spice Jamaican restaurant (2820 Market St, San Diego), Fish Market, Rubios
o Contestant #4, Lee Moran: La Salsa, Old Town Mexican Café, and Ostera (904 5th Ave, Gaslamp)
o Contestant #5, Matt Greenbergs: Taco Bell, Buca di Beppo, Ichiban sushi

• 12:50pm, contest ended, judges scored contests based on speech development, effectiveness, physical, voice, and language, and then ranked the first, second, and third place contestants. Ballot submitted to Chief Judge, Darcy.

•12:55pm, Jesse Wang provided the timer’s report.

•12:59pm, Table Topics Contest winners announced. Winner to attend the area table topics contest on August 25th, 2007:
o Runner-up: Matt Greenbergs
o Winner: Jennifer Ebner

• Guests were asked to provide feedback on the meeting. Robin Hood commented that it was a good experience and is looking forward to learning more about Toastmasters. David seconded Bronx Pizza as being one of his favorite San Diego restaurants.

• 1:03pm, Matt read club mission statement and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary, Jennifer Ebner, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - July 11 2007

2007-07-12T16:30:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS
CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com
WEDNESDAY, July 11, 2007 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

Theme: Spontaneous Combustion
WOW: Catalyst – a person or thing acting as the stimulus in bringing about or hastening a result.

12:05 Sergeant-at-Arms leads pledge and introduces President Ferdonya Henderson
12:07 President calls meeting to order, welcomes everyone, and introduces Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs
12:09 Toastmaster leads the meeting Jose de la Torre
12:11 SELF-INTRODUCTIONS All
12:17 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT (2 minutes) Jim Tucker
12:20 Contest
Chief Judge TBD
Contestants: Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner,
________________________, _____________________
12:48 Contest Evaluation and Results
BALLOT COUNTER TBD
TIMER TBD
12:58 Toastmaster presents awards, asks for guests’ comments, makes announcements and welcomes back the President
1:00 President adjourns the meeting

Note: There will be one minute of silence between each speaker for the judges to mark their ballots.
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NEXT WEEK’s MEETING – Wednesday July 18th
Toastmaster: Open General Evaluator: Doug
Educational Moment: Open Evaluator #1: Rhonda
Speaker #1: Hannah Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Speaker #3: Open Timer: Open
Grammarian: Open

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Meeting Minutes - June 27, 2007

2007-06-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

June 27, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by 11 members and one guests: Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Jessie Wang, Brenda Gettig, Matt Greenbergs, Darcy Konold, Fabio Bottalico, Jose de la Torre, new member Elizabeth Lee, and guest Lee Moran.

· Incoming Secretary Jennifer Ebner led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Darcy Konold.
· Darcy introduced the theme, Independence; and the WOW, doughty. The attendees participated in a round of introductions describing what Independence meant to them.
· Toastmaster Darcy introduced Doug Goodman for the Educational Moment. Doug spoke about the importance of a well-written, prepared introduction.
· Toastmaster Darcy introduced the scheduled speaker, Hannah Zhao. Hannah presented her ASC-2 speech, titled “Interpersonal Communication”. Jennifer Ebner assisted Hannah in this speech. Hannah first introduced the four levels of interpersonal communication: 1) small talk, 2) facts disclosure, 3) viewpoints and opinions, and 4) personal feelings. Next, Hannah and Jennifer participated in an personal communication role play, pretending to be two people who meet at a wedding reception. The speech concluded with an open discussion with the audience pertaining to their observations of the interpersonal communication during the role play.
• Toastmaster Darcy also fulfilled the role as Table Topics Master. Darcy called on five attendees to participate:
o Fabio Bottalico – “If you had been present as a Founding Father of our country, would you have signed the Declaration of Independence?”
o Matt Greenbergs – “If a bird in a cage has all of its needs met, does a caged bird have more freedom that a bird in the wild?”
o Doug Goodman – “How do you celebrate the 4th of July?”
o Elizabeth Lee – “As a teenager, how did you claim your independence?”
o Lee Moran – “How did you handle your driving freedom?”
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced the General Evaluator, Jessie Wang. Jessie introduced her team of evaluators:
o Brenda evaluated speaker Hannah.
o Jennifer provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Rhonda provided the timer’s report.
o Jessie then provided an evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster Darcy presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best speaker: Hannah
o Best table topics: Elizabeth
o Best evaluator: Brenda
o First-timer ribbon was presented to Lee.
• Toastmaster Darcy asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o The Champion’s Edge Coaching seminar will be on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m. at the Metropolitan Wastewater District Auditorium.
o In July, the club will have a Table Topics Contest on July 11 and a Tall Tales Contest on July 25. The Area Contest will be held on August 25.
o The upcoming new officer training dates are: July 12, El Cajon; July 28, Miramar College; August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to club president Rhonda.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1 p.m.

Submitted by Club Immediate Past President and VPPR,
Rhonda Walthall, CC, Century Toastmasters 9273
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Meeting Minutes - June 20, 2007

2007-06-25T10:43:00.001-07:00

June 20, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m. and was attended by 10 members and two guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jessie Wang, Rob Cross, and Matt Greenbergs.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Doug Goodman.
· Toastmaster gave an overview of Toastmasters International and how Century Toastmasters club meetings function. He introduced the theme, Play Ball; and the WOW, gewgaw. The attendees participated in a round of introductions describing their plans for Sunday.
· Toastmaster introduced Ferdonya for the Educational Moment. Ferdonya spoke about the importance of being a club officer and the position of sergeant-at-arms.
· Toastmaster introduced club president Rhonda for the installation of new officers. Rhonda introduced club secretary Tania Fragomeno who led the new officer’s pledge. The officers present that took the pledge were:
· Matt Greenbergs, president
· Rhonda Walthall, VP of public relations
· Jennifer Ebner, secretary
· Ferdonya Henderson, sergeant-at-arms
· Tania introduced Matt Greenbergs, current VP of membership who led the induction of new member Stephanie Love-Payne. Club members then recited their pledge to Stephanie.
· Matt concluded the induction and began table topics. He called upon Hannah Zhao, Jessie Wang and Rob Cross. Matt asked questions relating to the meeting’s theme, Play Ball.
• Matt turned the meeting to the Toastmaster. Toastmaster introduced the general evaluator, Hannah. Hannah introduced her team of evaluators:
o Tania provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jennifer provided the timer’s report.
o Hannah then provided an evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster presented the “Best of” awards.
o Best table topics: Rob
o Best evaluator: Hannah
o First-timer ribbons were also presented to one guest.
• Toastmaster asked for announcements. The following announcements were made:
o The Champion’s Edge Coaching seminar will be on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m. at the Metropolitan Wastewater District Auditorium.
o In July, the club will have a tall tales and table topics contests in preparation for the district contest held in August. Volunteers are needed for the district contest. For more information contact Rhonda.
o The upcoming new officer training dates are: July 12, El Cajon; July 28, Miramar College; August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to club president Rhonda.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1 p.m.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - June 13, 2007

2007-06-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

June 13, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:08 p.m. and was attended by 14 members and four guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Barbara Nedd, Hannah Zhao, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Rhonda Walthall, Stephanie Love-Payne, Jose de la Torre, Jessie Wang, Marvin Zavala, and Fabio Bottalico.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Hannah Zhao.
· Toastmaster introduced the theme, Elephants vs. Donkeys; and the WOW, prepotency. The attendees participated in a round of introductions using the week’s theme and WOW.
· Toastmaster introduced club vice president of education, Darcy Konold, for the Educational Moment. Darcy spoke about the importance of being a club officer and glossed over some of the responsibilities.
· Toastmaster introduced speaker #1, Stephanie Love-Payne who gave her CC#1 speech- the icebreaker. Stephanie gave an overview of her childhood and career path.
· Toastmaster welcomed back president Rhonda. Rhonda led the club in officer elections for the July to December 2007 term. Each of the attending candidates said a few words about why they would like the position. Ballots were collected during the meeting and were also submitted via email. The election results are as follows:
Sergeant-at-Arms: Ferdonya Henderson
Secretary: Jennifer Ebner
Treasurer: Jose de la Torre
VP of Public Relations: Rhonda Walthall
VP of Membership: Barbara Nedd
VP of Education: Brenda Gettig
President: Matt Greenbergs.
• Rhonda turned the meeting back to Toastmaster Hannah. Toastmaster introduced the general evaluator, Tania Fragomeno. Tania introduced her team of evaluators:
o Don Wiggins evaluated speaker #1, Stephanie.
o Ferdonya Henderson provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jim Tucker provided the timer’s report.
• Toastmaster presented the Best Of awards.
o Best speaker: Stephanie
o Best evaluator: Jim
o First-timer ribbons were also presented to two guests.
• Toastmaster asked for announcements. Darcy announced upcoming new officer training dates: July 12, El Cajon; July 28, Miramar College; August 25, Oceanside. More information can be found on the district’s website: d5toastmasters.org.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to club president Rhonda.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1 p.m.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - June 6, 2007

2007-06-11T09:34:00.000-07:00

June 6, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by 13 members and three guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Rob Cross, Barbara Nedd, Hannah Zhao, Matt Greenbergs, Doug Goodman, Jennifer Ebner, Brenda Gettig, Rhonda Walthall, and Stephanie Love-Payne.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Brenda Gettig.
· Toastmaster introduced the theme, National Family Day; and the WOW, cavort. The attendees participated in a round of introductions, using the week’s theme and WOW.
· Toastmaster introduced club vice president of education, Darcy Konold, for the Educational Moment. In the past few Educational Moments, club officers have spoken about their role to inform club members in preparation for officer nominations and elections. Darcy spoke about the role of the vice president of education.
· Toastmaster introduced the first speaker, Jennifer Ebner. Jennifer presented her CC #4 speech, “Party Planner Extraordinaire,” and spoke about how to be a great party planner, drawing on her many experiences in this role.
· Toastmaster introduced the second speaker, Tania Fragomeno. Tania also presented her CC#4 speech titled “Play Tourist.”
· Toastmaster welcomed back president Rhonda. Rhonda led the club officer nominations portion of the meeting. The nominations are for the July to December 2007 term. The nominations were as follows:
Sergeant-at-Arms: Ferdonya Henderson, Stephanie Love-Payne, Darcy Konold.
Secretary: Brenda Gettig, Jennifer Ebner.
Treasurer: Jose de la Torre, Jennifer Ebner.
VP of Public Relations: Brenda Gettig, Rhonda Walthall.
VP of Membership: Barbara Nedd.
VP of Education: Natalie Williams, Brenda Gettig.
President: Matt Greenbergs.
Club officer elections will take place on June 13. Voting may also be done via email; Rhonda will send a ballot. Pizza will be served at the June 13 meeting.
• Rhonda turned the meeting back to Toastmaster Brenda. Brenda introduced the General Evaluator, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya introduced her team of evaluators:
o Doug Goodman evaluated speaker #1, Jennifer.
o Hannah Zhao evaluated speaker #2, Tania.
o Darcy Konold provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jim Tucker provided the timer’s report.
• Toastmaster presented the Best Of awards.
o Best speaker: Tania
o Best evaluator: Doug
• Toastmaster asked the guests if they would like to comment on the meeting. A guest said the meeting was timely and that it was nice that everyone helped. She said she felt “at home.” Another guest commented she enjoys Toastmasters and is looking forward to more visits.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to president Rhonda. Rhonda announced the Regional II Conference was held on June 1 and 2. Jim Tucker represented the club. Jim provided an update on the conference. Jim said the conference had educational sessions as well as general Toastmasters business. Norman Nemura from our district won third place in the speech contest. He will go on to represent the district in the regional contest.
• Rhonda filled functionaries for the June 13 meeting and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes May 30, 2007

2007-06-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

May 30, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:08 p.m. and was attended by 9 members and 3 guests: Hannah Zhao, Natalie Williams, Ferdonya Henderson, Jose de la Torre, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Ferdonya Henderson, Fabio Bottalico, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Joel, Armando, and Cynthia (?).

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda called the meeting to order and welcomed the three guests. She then introduced the meeting’s Toastmaster, Jim Tucker.
· Jim called for a round of introductions and asked everyone to either use the Word of the Week or to talk about their thoughts on honesty.
o Theme: Honest Abe
o Word of the Week: Concatenation
· Jim introduced Rhonda Walthall who presented an Educational Moment on the functions of the President.
· Jim introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Doug Goodman. The goal of Doug’s speech was “organization” and the title of his speech was “A Tale of Two Utilities”. Doug explained to audience why CA residents pay more for their electricity than their Midwestern counterparts, even though CA residents consume far less electricity.
o Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre presented speech CC #10. The goal of his speech was “to inspire” and the title of his speech was “After Two Years”. Jose spoke about his first two years in Toastmasters. He spoke about how he was inspired by Jim Tucker and Lance Miller. Congratulations to Jose for completing his Competent Communicator Award!
• Jim introduced Table Topics Master Hannah Zhao, who is working towards her CL Award. Hannah quoted an article from the Wall Street Journal and asked for a volunteer to respond. Doug Goodman volunteered. Due to time limitations, no other topics were raised.
• Jim introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya introduced the team of evaluators:
o Natalie Williams evaluated Speaker #1, Doug Goodman.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated Speaker #2, Jose de la Torre.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Fabio Bottalico provided the timer’s report.
o For leadership evaluations, Rhonda evaluated Hannah.
• Jim announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jose de la Torre.
o Best Evaluator: Natalie Williams.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Jim presented a First Timer ribbon to guest Joel.
• Jim introduced Rhonda who had the following club announcements:
o TI Region II Conference is June 1-2nd in San Diego. Jim Tucker will carrying the club proxy to the conference.
o Officer Nominations will be June 6.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
Submitted by Club President, Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - May 30, 2007

2007-05-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - May 23, 2007

2007-05-29T08:29:00.000-07:00

May 23, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:11 p.m. and was attended by 11 members and one guest: Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Darcy Konold, Hannah Zhao, Natalie Williams, Ferdonya Henderson, Jessie Wang, Jose de la Torre, Rob Cross, Doug Goodman, and Don Wiggins.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced Vice President of Education Darcy Konold.
· Darcy called the meeting to order and went over the day’s agenda to fill functionaries. She welcomed everyone in attendance and introduced the word of the week and theme. She asked for self introductions of those present. Darcy introduced the meeting’s Toastmaster, Hannah Zhao.
o Theme: They Say It’s Your Birthday
o Word of the Week: Presentiment
· Hannah introduced Vice President of Public Relations Brenda Gettig. Brenda presented an Educational Moment on the functions of the public relations position.
· Hannah introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Darcy Konold, presented an advanced speech. Her speech topic was how to achieve a high performance leadership award.
o Speaker #2, Natalie Williams, presented speech CC #3. Her speech topic was about organic food and what people should take into consideration when purchasing this type of product.
• Hannah introduced Table Topics Master Tania Fragomeno. Tania asked questions pertaining to the week’s theme and word of the week. She called upon Rob Cross, guest Armando, Don Wiggins, and Jessie Wang.
• Hannah introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Jose de la Torre. Jose introduced the team of evaluators:
o Brenda Gettig evaluated Speaker #1, Darcy Konold.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated Speaker #2, Natalie Williams.
o Don Wiggins provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jessie Wang provided the timer’s report.
o For leadership evaluations, Doug Goodman evaluated Hannah.
• Hannah announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Natalie Williams.
o Best Evaluator: Brenda Gettig.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Hannah presented a First Timer ribbon to guest Armando.
• Hannah asked for club announcements:
o Darcy announced the regional conference is June 2nd in San Diego. Visit d5toastmasters.org for an application to attend. Brenda also has a schedule of activities. New regional representatives will be elected at the conference.
• Darcy adjourned the meeting at 1:03 p.m.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - May 23, 2007

2007-05-29T08:28:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - May 16, 2007

2007-05-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

May 16, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:11 p.m. and was attended by 12 members and two guests: Barbara Nedd, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Darcy Konold, Jennifer Ebner, Hannah Zhao, Rhonda Walthall, Natalie Williams, Ferdonya Henderson, Elizabeth Locano, Juan Estrada, and Don Wiggins.

· Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced club president Rhonda Walthall.
· Rhonda called the meeting to order, welcomed everyone in attendance and served as the meeting’s Toastmaster.
· Rhonda introduced the day’s theme and word of the week. She asked for self-introductions of those present.
o Theme: Oh, The Places I’ve Been
o Word of the Week: Autochthonous
· Rhonda introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Brenda Gettig, presented speech CC #8, titled “Are You An Innie Or An Outie?”
o Speaker #2, Barbara Nedd, presented speech CC #2, titled “Walking And Exercise.”
• Rhonda introduced Table Topics Master Don Wiggins. Don asked questions pertaining to the week’s theme and called upon Ferdonya Henderson, guest Cynthia, and guest Marvin.
• Rhonda introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Jennifer Ebner. Jennifer introduced the team of evaluators:
o Natalie Williams evaluated Speaker #1, Brenda Gettig.
o Tania Fragomeno evaluated Speaker #2, Barbara Nedd.
o Ferdonya Henderson provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Juan Estrada provided the timer’s report.
o For leadership evaluations, Brenda Gettig evaluated Rhonda and Hannah Zhao evaluated Jennifer.
• Rhonda announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Brenda Gettig.
o Best Evaluator: Natalie Williams.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: guest Marvin.
• Rhonda asked for announcements:
o VP of Education Darcy Konold announced that the district is looking for area governors, division leaders and assistants to those positions.
o Rhonda announced that the club’s officer elections will be held in June. New officers take post July 1.
• Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1:02 p.m.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - May 9, 2007

2007-05-14T11:35:00.000-07:00

May 9, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:09 p.m. and was attended by 12 members and three guests: Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Rob Cross, Don Wiggins, Jose de la Torre, Barbara Nedd, Hannah Zhao, Matt Greenbergs, Natalie Williams, and Stephanie Love-Payne.

· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced acting president, VP of Education Darcy Konold.
· Darcy opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Don Wiggins.
· Toastmaster introduced the theme, Maps to the Future, and the WOW, malapropism. The attendees participated in a round of introductions, using the week’s theme.
· Toastmaster introduced Club Secretary Tania Fragomeno for the Educational Moment. Upcoming meetings will feature Educational Moments by each of the club officers explaining their role. This is being done in preparation for club elections to be held in June. Tania explained the role of club secretary.
· Toastmaster introduced the first speaker, Jose de la Torre. Jose presented his CC #9 and spoke about the use of E-mail as a communication tool.
· Toastmaster introduced the second speaker, Hannah Zhao. Hannah presented a speech from an advanced manual. The purpose of her speech was to tell a story. She told the story behind the Chinese version of Valentine’s Day.
· Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Rob Cross. Rob called upon Natalie Williams and guest Marvin. Natalie received the Table Topics award.
• Toastmaster introduced the General Evaluator, Jim Tucker. Jim introduced his team of evaluators:
o Darcy Konold evaluated speaker #1, Jose.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated speaker #2, Hannah.
o Natalie Williams provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Matt Greenbergs provided the timer’s report.
• There were no awards given for best speaker or best evaluator.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to acting president Darcy Konold. There were no announcements made. Darcy adjourned the meeting.

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Meeting Agenda - May 9, 2007

2007-05-09T07:13:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - May 2, 2007

2007-05-03T13:02:00.000-07:00

CENTURY TOASTMASTERS 9273
Wednesday May 2, 2007
Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order at 12:15PM by Sgt at Arms Ferdonya Henderson. The Pledge of Allegiance followed. Sgt @ Arms Henderson in the absence of our President Rhonda Walthall turned the meeting over to Matt Greenbergs.

Members President:

Ferdonya Henderson
Brenda Gettig
Matt Greenbergs
Jose De La Torre
Jim Tucker
Don Wiggins
Hannah Zhoa

Matt Greenbergs introduced the Toastmaster of the day Jose De La Torre.

Jose De La Torre spoke on the Theme for this meeting: Leonardo da Vinci and the Word of the Week: “Philomath” (Fl luh math) – One who loves learning!
Jose shared that his brother collects da Vinci memorabilia and it was interesting to learn that not only was da Vinci a Painter he was also an Inventor.

Once all Functions on the Agenda were covered Self Introductions followed. Everyone including our two Guest, Virginia (GiGi) Abrogina and Stephanie Love-Payne used the Word of the Week, Philomath.

Our Guest wanted to know about the Evaluation Form in which Jim Tucker, Don Wiggins and Ferdonya Henderson gave an explanation.

The Education Moment given by Ferdonya Henderson was on the using the Lectern or not using the Lectern.

Speaker Jim Tucker spoke on “Trust the Failure”. As usual Job Well Done!

Jose gave an explanation of Table Topics, advised the Guest they could participate and then turned control over to Table Topics Master Matt Greenbergs.

Matt Greenbergs gave additional explanation and called on the following.

Hannah Zhao: Do you have a favorite word? What is your favorite word? Hannah - “Determine”
GiGi: In the Movie the Da Vinci Code, da Vinci had a primary message. What was the Primary Message? Gigi has not seen the da Vinci Code. Matt let her know she could talk on a movie that she has seen. Gigi spoke on “Note Book” A couple with Alzheimer’s and how they were committed to each other.

Stephanie Love-Payne: Based along the idea of Philomath, what is the best lesson you have learned?
Lessons learned are about Love & Patience.
Control was turned over to General Evaluator Don Wiggins.

Hannah Zhao evaluated Jim Tucker – Job Well Done
Matt Greenbergs gave the Grammarian/Ah Counter Report – Fewer Ahs or Filler Words
Brenda Gettig gave the Timers Report

Speaking time:

Educational Moment – Ferdonya Henderson 1 Minute 38 Seconds
Speaker – Jim Tucker 9 Minutes 52 Seconds (Requested time was 8 – 10 minutes)
Evaluator Hannah Zhoa 1 Minute 48 Seconds
Table Topics Master Matt Greenbergs 42 Seconds
Table Topics Hannah Zhoa 1 Minute
Table Topics GiGi Abrogina 1 Minute 20 Seconds
Table Topics Stephanie Love-Payne 2 Minutes 5 Seconds

Don Wiggins overview of the entire meeting; Reminder to start on time. Meeting started at 12:15P. Don recommended starting on time and the open positions can be filled as the meeting is progressing.
Don stated that calling on 1st Time Guest to speak during Table Topics could have made the Guest uncomfortable to speak. Fortunately the two Guest were receptive and did well.

Control was returned to Toastmaster Jose de la Torre.

Ribbons went to

Speaker – Jim Tucker
1st Time Guest - Gigi & Stephanie
Evaluation – Brenda Getting & Don Wiggins (It was a tie)
Table Topics – Stephanie Love-Payne

Control was turned over to Presiding President. Guest were encouraged to come again

The meeting ended on time at 1:00PM

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Ferdonya Henderson

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2007-05-03T12:57:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Agenda for April 25, 2007

2007-04-24T08:08:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - April 18, 2007

2007-04-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

April 18, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 7 members and 2 guests: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Natalie Williams, Hannah Zhao, Barbara Nedd, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guests Stephen Jaworski and Mike Hutchinson.

· President Rhonda Walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order. Rhonda welcomed the members and guests. Since none of the scheduled functionaries were present, the first order of business was to fill each role.
o Stephen Jaworksi volunteered to be both the Toastmaster and Evaluator #1.
o Hannah Zhao volunteered to be the General Evaluator.
o Rhonda Walthall volunteered to be Evaluator #2 and to take the minutes
o Natalie Williams volunteered to be Evaluator #3.
o Barbara Nedd volunteered to be the Timer.
o Mike Hutchinson volunteered to the Grammarian / Ah Counter.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Stephan Jaworski.
· Stephen introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: First Solos
WOW: indefatigable – incapable of being fatigues; not readily exhausted; untiring; not yielding to fatigue.
· Stephen for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use the WOW and to describe a first solo in their life.
· Stephen introduced the first speaker, Jose de la Torre. Jose gave his CC-8 Speech titled “The Best Decisions Made by the Beatles”. Jose spoke for 9:50 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the second speaker, Darcy Konold. Darcy gave her High Performance Leader (HPL-1) Speech pertaining to the April 27 Social Gathering prior to the Evaluation Contest. Darcy spoke for 6:33 minutes.
· Stephen introduced the third speaker, Doug Goodman. Doug spoke about his first instrument-rated solo flight. Doug spoke for 5:18 minutes.
• Stephen introduced the General Evaluator, Hannah Zhao. Hannah called on her team of evaluators.
o Stephen evaluated Jose.
o Rhonda evaluated Darcy.
o Natalie evaluated Doug.
• Stephen best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Doug Goodman
o Best Evaluator: Stephen Jaworski
• Stephen called on Rhonda and Darcy for announcements.
• The meeting was adjourned at 1:03pm.

Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - April 18, 2007

2007-04-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - April 11, 2007

2007-04-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 11 members: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Matt Greenbergs, Rob Cross, Darcy Konold and Juan Estrada.

· Vice President of Education Darcy Konold served as Toastmaster. She led the Pledge of Allegiance, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone.
· The day’s theme was “To the moon or bust” and the word of the week was “collegial.”
· Toastmaster asked for self-introductions, encouraging the use of the meeting’s theme or WOW.
· Club Treasurer Jose de la Torre presented the educational moment. He spoke about the duties of the club treasurer, noting that all club members are entitled to ask about the club’s finances.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Barbara Nedd, presented her first speech, the ice breaker.
o Speaker #2, Don Wiggins, presented an impromptu speech about a recent event covered in the media.
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Jim Tucker. Jim called upon Tania Fragomeno, Rob Cross, and Brenda Gettig.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Doug Goodman. Doug introduced his team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Doug provided an evaluation for Barbara’s first speech.
o Jose evaluated Don’s impromptu speech.
o Matt was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Brenda was Timer.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Barbara Nedd.
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Brenda Gettig
• Toastmaster announced upcoming District 5 events.
o Chili cook-off and pie baking contest on April 27 at Hubbs Sea World Research Facility.
o International speech and evaluation contests on April 14 at United Church of Christ in La Mesa.
• Toastmaster adjourned the meeting.
Submitted by Club Secretary, Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - April 11, 2007

2007-04-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2007

2007-04-06T20:13:00.000-07:00

April 4, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 8 members and 1 guest: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Jennifer Ebner, Darcy Konold, Rhonda Walthall, and guest Will Bowen.

· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Matt introduced President Rhonda Walthall, who welcomed the members and guests.
· Rhonda introduced the Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: All About Table Topics
WOW: Missive
Matt asked for self-introductions of those present, asking us to use a three word missive, such as “I am here”. Matt described the role of the Toastmaster.
· Jim Tucker presented an Educational Moment. Jim’s topic was PREP – Point, Reason, Example, Point. Jim described how we could use PREP to respond to a Table Topics question.
· Matt encouraged everyone to clap until the speaker sits down. Next, Matt introduced Darcy, who lead the Table Topics session.
· Darcy spoke of the “tricks of the trade” on how to survive Table Topics. Some of the tricks included 1) greeting the Table Topics Master and members, 2) thanking the Table Topics Master for such a thought provoking question, and 3) asking to have the question repeated.
· Darcy also spoke about how to prepare in advance for Table Topics by being knowledgeable about current events.
· Darcy then gave 11 strategies for answering a Table Topics question (taken from “Lie, Cheat, and Steal” by Sheila Spencer, Toastmasters International, July 2003):
1. Share your views, knowledge, or first thoughts
2. Entertain rather than inform
3. Organize your response – Opening, Body, Closing
4. Lie – use your imagination
5. Back into the question – provide reasons not to do the opposite until you get around to answering the question
6. Cheat – side slip the question or answer someone else’s question
7. Explore rather than answer the question
8. Pretend you misunderstood the question
9. Indulge your imagination – pose a question
10. Steal – use the ideas of others, quote
11. Commit to a single response – don’t change your answer midway through your response
· Darcy lead a round of Table Topics questions:
1. “What are your views regarding the Sunroad Building near Montgomery Field?” – Jennifer Ebner
2. “The city is looking to ban driving of large trucks near residential areas and schools. Do you agree with this ban?” – Doug Goodman
3. “Should cell phone use be banned on all flights?” – Jose de la Torre
4. “Tell us about your favorite childhood memory.” – Will Bowen

• General Evaluator Jose de la Torre gave an evaluation of the meeting and called on Rhonda Walthall to give the Timers report.
• Toastmaster Matt announced best of awards:
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Will Bowen
• Matt called Rhonda back to the lectern.
• Rhonda asked guest Will to give his thoughts about the meeting.
• The meeting was adjourned at 12:56pm.

Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - Apr 4 2007

2007-04-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - Mar 28, 2007

2007-04-02T12:48:00.000-07:00

March 28, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:12 p.m., and was attended by 11 members: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Rob Cross, Fabio Bottalico, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall.

· President Rhonda walthall led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order.
· Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Darcy Konold.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Sparky, the Firedog, and Other Heroic Pets
WOW: Assiduous
Darcy welcomed the members and asked for self-introductions of those present, encouraging the use of the WOW.
· Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs presented an Educational Moment. Matt’s topic was “membership Renewal”. Matt passed around a list of membership showing who still needed to pay their renewal dues.
· Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Jessie Wang, who gave her CC-4 speech titled “Chinese New Year.”
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced Table Topics Master, Doug Goodman. Doug combined the theme of animals with sports and called upon 5 members:
o “Why do cats have names?” – Fabio Bottalico
o “What does the costume look like for the Sea Slug mascot?” – Don Wiggins
o “Tell us about the Sea Gulls mascot at the hockey game.” – Barbara Nedd
o “Southern Illinois Soluki – what is it?” – Rob Cross
o “Tell us about the Dolphin mascot.” – Jose de la Torre
• Toastmaster Darcy introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Rhonda Walthall. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Rob Cross evaluated speaker Jessie Wang.
o Barbara Nedd was the Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Jim Tucker was the Timer.
• Toastmaster Darcy announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Jessie Wang
o Best Evaluator: Barbara Nedd
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Don Wiggins
o Toastmaster Darcy asked for guest’ comments and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club President
Rhonda Walthall, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Minutes - March 21, 2007

2007-03-23T13:05:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called at 12:08 p.m., and was attended by 12 members and six guests: Jose de la Torre, Doug Goodman, Don Wiggins, Barbara Nedd, Susan Perez, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Jennifer Ebner, and Matt Greenbergs.

· Sergeant at Arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced Vice President of Membership Matt Greenbergs.
· Matt called the meeting to order and welcomed guests. Today’s meeting was a demonstration meeting for guests to encourage membership. Matt introduced Toastmaster Brenda Gettig.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: It’s Magic!
WOW: Inscrutable
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present, encouraging the use of the WOW.
· Ferdonya presented an Educational Moment.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Doug Goodman, presented “A little known fact.”
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Jennifer Ebner. Jennifer called upon Tania Fragomeno, Matt Greenbergs, guest Fardin Sarraf, and Ferdonya Henderson.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Don Wiggins. Don introduced his team of evaluators and gave an evaluation of the meeting:
o Matt Greenbergs evaluated speaker Doug Goodman.
o Jim Tucker was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Barbara Nedd was Timer.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Doug Goodman.
o Best Evaluator: Don Wiggins
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Guest Fardin Sarraf
• Toastmaster asked for guest’ comments and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno

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Meeting Minutes - March 14, 2007

2007-03-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

The meeting was called at 12:07 p.m. and was attended by 13 members and no guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Doug Goodman, Jessie Wang, Matt Greenbergs, Brenda Gettig, Barbara Nedd, Susan Perez, Jose de la Torre, and Hannah Zhao.

· Theme: The Leprechaun vs. O’Malley
· WOW: Pithily
· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· President Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. The meeting was set up as a mock trial. The case story “The Leprechaun vs. O’Malley” was explained. Attendees picked roles out of a grab bag. The roles were as follows:
· Judge: President Walthall
· Bailiff: Matt Greenbergs
· Prosecutor: Jim Tucker
· Plaintiff (Leprechaun): Barbara Nedd
· Prosecution Witness: Susan Perez
· Defense Attorney: Brenda Gettig
· Defendant (Martha O’Malley): Tania Fragomeno
· Defense Witness: Jessie Wang
· Jury Foreman: Doug Goodman
· Jury: Hannah Zhao and Ferdonya Henderson
· Timer: Darcy Konold
· The prosecution and defense had five minutes to prepare their stories. Opening statements were given by the prosecution, Jim Tucker, and the defense, Brenda Gettig. The attorneys each called two witnesses and had the opportunity to cross examine: Barbara Nedd, Susan Perez, Tania Fragomeno, and Jessie Wang. The prosecution and defense gave closing statements. All statements by the role players were given impromptu.
· The jury met to deliberate. They found the defendant not guilty.
• Judge Walthall adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda - March 14, 2007

2007-03-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

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Meeting Minutes - Mar 7, 2007

2007-03-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

March 7, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by nine members and five guests, including two guest speakers: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Darcy Konold, Doug Goodman, Jessie Wang, Rob Cross, and Don Wiggins.

· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· President Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She introduced Toastmaster Don Wiggins.
· Toastmaster introduced the theme, Weather or Not, and the WOW, supine. Self-introductions were skipped to allow sufficient time for speakers.
· The first speech was a guest presentation by Dr. Julia Taylor of Stadium Toastmasters.
· The second speech was a guest presentation by Peter Holmes, representing the central division at an upcoming speech contest. Attendees provided a round robin evaluation of Peter’s speech.
· Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Ferdonya Henderson. Ferdonya called upon Rob Cross, Jim Tucker, guest Tony, and guest Susan. Jim Tucker received the Table Topics award.
• Toastmaster introduced the General Evaluator, Doug Goodman. Doug introduced his team of evaluators and later evaluated the meeting:
o Darcy Konold evaluated Dr. Taylor’s speech.
o Rhonda Walthall provided the grammarian/ah counter’s report.
o Jessie Wang provided the timer’s report.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to President Walthall. President Walthall announced the upcoming central division contest, to be held at Miramar College on March 17, and announced next week’s mock trial meeting. Roles will be assigned using a grab bag. The theme is Leprechaun vs. O’Mally. President Walthall adjourned the meeting.

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Meeting Agenda - March 7, 2007

2007-03-07T18:45:00.000-08:00

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Meeting Minutes - Feb 28, 2007

2007-03-01T07:08:00.001-08:00

Feb. 28, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m. and was attended by nine members and one guest: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Hannah Zhao, Darcy Konold, Matthew Greenbergs, Jose de la Torre, Don Wiggins, and guest Barbara Ned.

· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· President Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. The week’s theme is “Pure Rhetoric.” She introduced Toastmaster Matt Greenbergs.
· Toastmaster introduced the format of today’s meeting. Jim Tucker will be the sole speaker for this meeting - he will be practicing his speech for the International Speech Contest. Attendees will participate in a round robin evaluation of Jim’s speech. Toastmaster led the meeting with self-introductions.
· Jim presented a draft of his contest speech. Attendees evaluated the speech and Jim reviewed the evaluations and discussed how he may incorporate them into the speech.
· Toastmaster conducted Table Topics. He called upon Don Wiggins, Tania Fragomeno, Ferdonya Henderson and guest Barbara. Tania received the Table Topics award.
• Toastmaster returned the meeting to President Walthall.
• President Walthall announced the upcoming international speech and evaluation contests, to be held March 3 and March 17. The club will be donating a gift for the contest raffles. President Walthall adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda for Feb 28, 2007

2007-02-27T16:29:00.000-08:00

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Meeting Minutes - Feb 21 2007

2007-02-21T15:59:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called at 12:08 p.m. and was attended by 11 members and one guest: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Hannah Zhao, Darcy Konold, Elizabeth Locano, Rob Cross, Matthew Greenbergs, Jose de la Torre, and guest Barbara Ned.

· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· President Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Today’s meeting has a full agenda, with three speakers. President introduced Toastmaster Jose de la Torre.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Our First Commander-in-Chief
WOW: Milieu
• Toastmaster led the meeting with self-introductions, where everyone spoke on what is their most memorable “milieu.”
• Tania Fragomeno provided the Educational Moment, sharing a pin the club recently received for having five or more new members in a given period.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Rob Cross, presenting CC #3
o Speaker #2, Ferdonya Henderson, presenting ACB #6
o Speaker #3, Rhonda Walthall, presenting CC #9
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Matt Greenbergs. Matt introduced his team of evaluators:
o Jessie Wang evaluated speaker Rob Cross.
o Darcy Konold evaluated speaker Ferdonya Henderson.
o Hannah Zhao evaluated speaker Rhonda Walthall.
o Jim Tucker was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Elizabeth Locano was Timer.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Tie between Rhonda and Rob.
o Best Evaluator: Jessie.
• Toastmaster asked for guest’ comments and returned the meeting to President Walthall.
• President Walthall announced the upcoming international speech and evaluation contests, to be held March 3 and March 17. She adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda for Feb 21 2007

2007-02-21T07:42:00.000-08:00

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Meeting Minutes for Feb 14, 2007

2007-02-14T19:48:00.000-08:00

Feb. 14, 2007
The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m. and was attended by 8 members and one guest: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wang, Hannah Zhao, and Rashan Braime.
· Sergeant-at-arms Ferdonya Henderson led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced President Rhonda Walthall.
· President Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Today’s meeting is an evaluation contest, where the winning evaluator will go on to compete in the area contest. President introduced Toastmaster and Chief Judge Jim Tucker.
· Chief Judge introduced the week’s theme.
Theme: Valentine Candy
• Chief Judge provided the Judge’s Briefing, explaining the rules of the contest. He introduced the speaker, Brenda Gettig, presenting CC#6.
• The contestants for evaluator were Ferdonya and Rhonda. Rhonda is not competing for the area contest. While the contestants were preparing their evaluations in another room, Chief Judge interviewed the speaker.
• Club participants provided comments to Ferdonya, who will compete in the March 5 area evaluation contest.
• President announced the upcoming evaluator and speech contests. She adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda for Feb 14, 2007

2007-02-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

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Meeting Minutes - Feb 7, 2007

2007-02-07T20:05:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 11 members and three guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wong, Jennifer Ebner, Rob Cross, Darcy Konold, Matt Greenbergs and Frida Vissuet, and guests Rashan, Julia, and Christina.

· Vice President of Education Darcy Konold called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
· President Rhonda Walthall was Toastmaster and opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Julia from Stadium Toastmasters was present and distributed a questionnaire to help her gather information for her guest speech to Century Toastmasters.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Charles Dickens
WOW: Commix
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speakers.
o Speaker #1, Jennifer Ebner, presenting CC #3
o Speaker #2, Darcy Konold, presenting the icebreaker speech again.
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Jim Tucker. Jim called upon Tania Fragomeno, Frida Vissuet, Rob Cross, and Ferdonya Henderson.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Matt Greenbergs. Matt introduced his team of evaluators:
o Brenda Gettig evaluated speaker Jennifer Ebner.
o Rob Cross evaluated speaker Darcy Konold.
o Guest Rashan was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Guest Christina was Timer.
o Jessie Wong evaluated Brenda Gettig for Leadership Evaluation.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Tie between Darcy Konold and Jennifer Ebner.
o Best Evaluator: Brenda Gettig.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Tania Fragomeno
• Toastmaster asked for guest’ comments and adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Club Secretary,
Tania Fragomeno, Century Toastmasters 9273

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Meeting Agenda for Feb 7 2007

2007-02-03T15:16:00.000-08:00

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Meeting Minutes for Jan 31 007

2007-02-03T15:14:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called at 12:10 p.m., and was attended by 10 members and two guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Jessie Wong, Don Wiggins, Darcy Konold, Natalie Williams, and Margaret Reid. Guests included Marty Dare and Maggie Ko.

· Sergeant at Arms-Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
· President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Darcy Konold.
· Darcy introduced the week’s theme and WOW:
Theme: Groundhog Day
WOW: Intuition
· Darcy led the self-introductions in which everyone used the WOW or the theme.
· The Educational Moment was presented by Ferdonya Henderson, Ferdonya spoke about the role of the Sergeant-At-Arms for greeting people before each meeting.
· Darcy introduced the first scheduled speaker, Hannah Zhao. Hannah gave her ACB-10 speech from the Persuasive Speaker manual. The title of Hannah’s speech was “We Have a Mission”. Hannah spoke about her mother’s battle with breast cancer. She cited statistics for the risk for women and men to get breast cancer. She called us to action by telling us four ways we can help bring an end to breast cancer. Congratulations, Hannah, for completing your ACB-10!
· Darcy introduced the second scheduled speaker, Brenda Gettig. Brenda gave her CC-5 speech from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of Brenda’s speech was “What I Learned at Toastmasters Leadership Institute”. Brenda attended officer’s training at TLI on January 27 and she shared her thoughts and impressions of that training with us in her speech. Brenda succeeded in multi-tasking: she completed her officer’s training and she completed her CC-5 speech. Great job, Brenda!
• Darcy introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Jim Tucker. Jim introduced his team of evaluators:
o Don Wiggins evaluated speaker Hannah Zhao.
o Ferdonya Henderson evaluated speaker Brenda Gettig.
o Natalie Williams was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Jessie Wong was Timer.
• Darcy announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Tie – Hannah and Brenda!
o Best Evaluator: Tie – Don and Ferdonya!
• Darcy announced the upcoming club contests.
• Rhonda announced that Norma Toothman’s mother is ill and Norma is requesting our thoughts and prayers. Rhonda also announced that Joe Stewart is on Grand Jury Duty for the next 18 months. Rhonda adjourned the meeting at 1:05pm.

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Meeting Minutes for Jan 24, 2007

2007-01-25T07:30:00.000-08:00

The meeting was called at 12:05 p.m., and was attended by 14 members and two guests: Rhonda Walthall, Ferdonya Henderson, Tania Fragomeno, Brenda Gettig, Jim Tucker, Doug Goodman, Jesse Wong, Jennifer Ebner, Jose de la Torre, Rob Cross, Don Wiggins, Darcy Konold, Natalie Williams, and Fabio Bottalico.

· Sergeant at Arms-Ferdonya Henderson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
· President Rhonda Walthall opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Rhonda introduced Toastmaster Tania Fragomeno.
· Toastmaster introduced the week’s theme and WOW.
Theme: Sno Kidding
WOW: Querulous
Toastmaster welcomed members and guests and asked for self-introductions of those present.
· The Educational Moment was presented by Darcy Konold. She spoke about the Golden Gavel award.
· Toastmaster introduced the day’s speaker.
o Speaker #1, Natalie Williams, presenting CC #2
• Toastmaster introduced Table Topics Master Darcy Konold. Darcy called upon Doug Goodman, Fabio Bottalico, Jose de la Torre, Brenda Gettig, Jesse Wong, Jim Tucker, and Rob Cross.
• Toastmaster introduced the day’s General Evaluator, Rhonda Walthall. Rhonda introduced her team of evaluators:
o Doug Goodman evaluated speaker Natalie Williams.
o Jennifer Ebner was Grammarian/Ah counter.
o Ferdonya Henderson was Timer.
o Brenda Gettig evaluated Rhonda Walthall for Leadership Evaluation.
• Toastmaster announced best of awards:
o Best Speaker: Natalie Williams.
o Best Evaluator: Doug Goodman.
o Best Table Topics Speaker: Brenda Gettig
• Darcy Konold announced the upcoming club contests. A mock trial will be held on March 14.
• Madame president adjourned the meeting.

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Century Toastmasters Agenda for Jan 24, 2007

2007-01-23T14:03:00.000-08:00

Century Toastmasters 9273

Our Club meets every Wednesday, 12:05 - 1:00 pm
San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C

Vision Statement: “YES YOU CAN!”
Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Theme: Sno’ Kidding

Word of the Week: Querulous—/kwer’ u lus/ adj: Full of complaints, complaining.
Ex: Even with all the richness around me, still my querulous nature sometimes shows its
ugly face.

12:05 Sgt-@-Arms ………………………………………………………………………………… Ferdonya Henderson
Leads pledge of allegiance and introduces President
12:07 President …………………………………………………………………………………… Rhonda Walthall
Calls meeting to order, welcomes everyone, and introduces the Toastmaster
12:09 Toastmaster ……………………………………………………………………………….. Tania Fragomeno
Introduces the Theme / Word of the Week and leads the meeting

12:12 Self introductions

12:20 Educational Moment (2 minutes) ……………………………………….……. Darcy Konold
12:22 Speaker #1: ……………………………………………………………………….. Norma Toothman
12:30 Speaker #2: … CC #2 …..…………..………………………………………...... Natalie Williams
12:38 Speaker #3 … CC #2 …………………………………………………………… OPEN

(Optional) Table Topics: lead by ………(participants have 1 min. to respond) …..….….…Darcy Konold

12:45 TM introduces the General Evaluator ………(Evaluators have 2 min.) …..…. Rhonda Walthall CL-2

12:46 Evaluator #1………………………………………………………………. Jose de La Torre

12:48 Evaluator #2 …….…………………………………………….………….. Doug Goodman
12:50 Evaluator #3 ………………………………………………………………. OPEN

12:52 Grammarian/Ah Counter’s report …………………………………... Elizabeth Locano

12: 54 Timer’s Report …………………………………………………………… Ferdonya Henderson

12:56 General Evaluator’s report …………………………………………… Rhonda Walthall

12:58 Toastmaster gives awards, asks for guest/s’ comments, announcements, and welcomes
back the President.

1:00 President adjourns the meeting.

Next week: Jan. 31st Theme: Groundhog Day Word of the Week: Intuition - /in” too ish’ un/ noun

Toastmaster: Darcy Evaluator #1: OPEN

Ed. Moment: Ferdonya Evaluator #2: OPEN

Speaker #1: Hannah Evaluator #3: Optional
Speaker #2: Brenda Leadership Evaluator: OPEN

Speaker #3: Optional Timer: Jesse

Table Topics: Rhonda Walthall - CL-7 Grammarian/Ah Counter: Jose de La Torre

General Evaluator: Jim

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