Hello Toastmasters and Guests!
The following update has been provided by our VP Membership, Christy Gardner, who kindly agreed to temporarily take on the duties of Secretary. Thanks, Christy!
"It was a great meeting with about 20 people present, including 3 guests - Rita Essick, Karen Essick, and Angela Fox. Although this was her first time at an Oyster Point Speakers Club Toastmasters meeting, when Toastmaster Adam Gold asked Ms. Rita Essick if she would be so kind as to provide a Word of the Day, she quickly used her Smart phone and came up with "fossick", a verb which means to hunt or seek out. Several speakers used the Word of the Day during the meeting.
We had three wonderful speeches. Victor Lopez gave his Icebreaker speech and we learned many different things about him, such as he has volunteered at a hospital and at a local radio station, he was a cop, he is an optimist, and he is an actor. Cristina Stoia gave her 2nd speech, which started off asking the audience whether they would rather go back in time and feast with the Romans or go into the future where our food might be served up in a pill. She then told us about the customs of Romans when they prepared for and enjoyed a feast. Our 3rd speech came from Mr. John Harman, DTM, who spoke about traveling with Mr. Jerry Keast, our District Governor, to various Toastmasters events. The audience voted John Harman the best speaker of the evening.
Lois Boyle was our Table Topics Master and she asked various questions of the Table Topics participants - Stan Dalziel, Linda Williams, Christy Gardner, and Sandy Peterson. Participants had to talk about topics such as raising money for a nudist colony, saving the woody woodpeckers, why I live in a swamp, and why I live in a treehouse. The audience voted for Linda Williams as the best Table Topics participant.
The three evaluators did a great job providing positive feedback to the speakers. Nancy Hogg evaluated Victor Lopez's speech; Matt Phillips evaluated Christina Stoia's speech, and Rick Boyer evaluated John Harman's speech. The audience voted Rick Boyer as the best evaluator of the evening.
Our Club President, Stan Dalziel, closed out the meeting by giving out the awards, inviting our guests to speak, and informing us of some changes to future meetings. These changes include combining the Grammarian and Ah Counter into one role, discontinuing the role of Humorist, increasing the time allotted for Table Topics, and creating a new role - "Professional Tip of the Day" which will be kicked off by Magda Brugos. "
PHOTOS: http://www.radiantharvest.com/TM/photos/
See you next time!
Magda Brugos
OPS Club Secretary
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