Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010




Hello Toastmasters Family,


Officer Elections and Induction came between the scheduled speeches and table topics.  Officers for the upcoming year, July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, are:

President:                     Stan Dalziel
VP Education:              Stacey Wallace
VP Membership:          Christy Gardner
VP Public Relations:     Nancy Hogg
Secretary:                    Magda Brugos
Treasurer:                    Janet Krenn
Sargent At Arms:         Matt Phillips

Congratulations everyone!!  We will have a great year.

Attendance was 24.  Sierra Hargraves, Brittany Pokorny and Greg (from Russia) were our guests.  Linda Williams served as Toastmaster of the Evening.  Table Topics Master was Nancy Hogg.  General Evaluator was John Harman.

Christy Gardner, Speaker #1, talked about the USA as a Nation of Debtors.  $772 Billion in credit is owed to credit card companies.  Stop being part of that figure by not buying things you don't need and can't pay cash for right then.    Matt Phillips told us how to 'Beat the Heat of Summer'.  Schedule outdoor activities carefully.  Pace yourself and stay hydrated.  Speaker #3, Stacey Wallace, told us the secret to getting what you want out of life is a positive focus.  Control your thoughts and feelings.  The Law of Attraction works whether it is negative or positive.  Stay positive!  Stacey Wallace's positive speech won her the Best Speaker ribbon.

Table Topics Master, Nancy Hogg, asked District and Club level officers leadership role questions in this table topics version.  Danita Fox summarized her year as outgoing club president.  Lois Boyle explained what a 'Past President' does.  John Harman talked about his job, the District 66 Governor.  Rick Boyer compared and contrasted officer positions on the district and club level.  Danita Fox received the Best Table Topics ribbon.

Janet Krenn was evaluator for Speaker #1.  Tim Tonkovic evaluated Speaker #2.  Jessica Ledbetter evaluated Speaker #3.  Jessica Ledbetter received the Best Evaluator ribbon.

New Club President, Stan Dalziel, was not present at this meeting.  Stan will be inducted at the July 1, 2010 meeting.

June 26  Summer Leadership Institute  9am to 12 pm.
          http://district66.org/

July 1  New Toastmaster Year begins

Sign up for roles in upcoming meetings:
      http://ops.freetoasthost.info/members/roster.cgi

Final newsletter as club secretary for this run.

Nancy Hogg
Club Secretary
Oyster Point Speakers

Thursday, June 3, 2010




Hello Toastmasters Family,

Twenty in attendance at this meeting. Christine Stoia and June Montgomery are now new members.  Three guests:  Michelle Righenzi, Naomi Lewis and returning guest Edward Florey.  Toastmaster of the Evening was Tim Tonkovic.  Table Topics Master was Stacey Wallace.  General Evaluator was Christy Gardner.

Three speakers on the program.  Speaker #1, Nancy Hogg, talked about reasons to keep a food diary.  Track food and calories in weight loss efforts, track dietary requirements for performance training and track food consumed to correlate for health related problems/issues are three good reasons to keep a food diary.  Magda Brugos, Speaker #2, discussed the role of phytonutrients of fruits and vegetables in the diet.  Speaker #3, Jessica Ledbetter, gave a module on meeting roles and responsibilities of a Toastmasters Club.  Learn by doing.  Magda Brugos won the Best Speaker ribbon.

Table Topics speakers were Rick Boyer, Grayson Williams, John Harman and Matt Phillips.  Matt Phillips won the Best Table Topics ribbon.

Evaluators were Linda Williams for Speaker #1, Lois Boyle for Speaker #2, and Lavorise Love for Speaker #3.  Lois Boyle won the Best Evaluator ribbon.

June 17  Officer Election & Induction
June 26  Summer Leadership Institute  in Glen Allen, VA.
July 1     New Toastmaster year begins

Nancy Hogg
Club Secretary
Oyster Point Speakers




Thursday, May 20, 2010



Hello Toastmasters Family,

Jessica Ledbetter, VP Education, provided the following notes in my absence.  Thanks, Jessica.

Stan filled in as Sergeant at Arms and opened the meeting. Danita then began with new member inductions. We were able to induct one, Janet Krenn, of four new members. We had four guests: Dr. June Montgomery, Jean Smith returned for a second time, Edward Florey returned for a second time, and Christina Stoia.

Toastmaster of the Evening, Tim Tonkovic, introduced the people filling the various roles for the evening. Philip Pedersen started us off with a funny anecdote about his mother-in-law. Stacey Wallace gave us the word of the day: "Plucky" which means having courage or bravery. James Tatum filled in for Listen Up! Master.  Rick Boyer was our timer and photographer. Lois Boyle kept track of the votes. 

There were two speakers for the evening. Lamar Thomas gave his second speech an absorbing subject: Lady Anion panty liners which are for a multitude of uses. He described the product well and kept his composure. The next speaker filled in since we had some cancellations. Wade Miner presented the Service and Leadership module which is part of the Leadership Excellence Series. We were reminded that none of us is as strong as all of us, many hands make light work, and sticks in a bundle cannot be broken.

Table Topics Master Sandy Peterson presented various questions of our guest June, Stan, guest Jean, and Jessica. 

General Evaluator Philip Pedersen lead the evaluation team. Janet Krenn evaluated Lamar's speech and Magda Brugos evaluated Wade's speech.

Best Table Topics speaker was June. Best evaluator was Janet. Best speaker was Lamar.

We adjourned at 8:14 p.m.

Reminder:
June 17 is the officer election/induction.

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Nancy Hogg
Club Secretary
Oyster Point Speakers



Thursday, May 6, 2010




Hello Toastmasters Family.

This meeting, there were 20 in attendance.  That count included 5 guests:  Michael Colson, Jean and Jazmin Smith, Justin Hitt and Ed Florey.  Toastmaster of the Evening was John Harman.  Table Topics master was Danita Fox.  General Evaluator was Nancy Hogg.

Four speakers rounded out the program.  Speaker #1, Christy Gardner, talked about "water, water everywhere"  and only 1% is available as drinking water.  Water treatment plants and nature's water cycle are how used/waste water gets back into the 'available as drinking' water status.  Christy also discussed contaminants in drinking water and the role of the EPA in this subject.  Speaker #2, Sandy Peterson, presented as her third manual speech the topic what happened to the dogs at the center of the Michael Vick dog fighting scandal.  Janet Krenn, Speaker #3, talked about talking.  Specifically, she said to prepare for a talk/speech you must organize, lead with (an) important detail and have an actionable opening to generate interest in/from your audience.  Finally, Speaker #4, Wade Miner, discussed how to get past the "security guard" to make big changes.  Make small changes over time to tackle the big effort/habit/problem, like a bricklayer lays single bricks to make a large brick wall.  Janet Krenn got the Best Speaker ribbon.

Table Topics participants were:  Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Justin Hitt, and Linda Williams.  Linda Williams won the Best Table Topics ribbon.

Evaluators:  Tim Tonkovic for Speaker #1, Lavorise Love for Speaker #2, Lamar Thomas for Speaker #3, and Victor Lopez for Speaker #4.  Tim Tonkovic won the Best Evaluator ribbon.

Nancy Hogg
Club Secretary
Oyster Point Speakers