Members in Attendance: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Frank Connelly, Allen Foretich, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Sabrina Joy-Hogg, Nita Langford, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Jean Smith, Tim Tonkovic, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood
Guests: Jackie, Timothy, Kathryn, Joy
Toastmaster of the Evening, Curtis Lassiter, had the distinction of emceeing the meeting and introducing the two speakers for the night. Victor Lopez and Allen Foretich. Both speakers delivered speeches from the Competent Communicator maual as they work their way through the 10 required speeches. Victor's speech title "Negate the State" spoke about holiday shopping and taxes; while Allen spoke about learning by doing and avoiding political conversations in his speech titled "Get to the Point".
Distinquished Toastmaster Wade Miner held the role of Table Topics Master where he challenged unsuspecting people to "speak off the cuff" for 1 to 2 minutes about various topics. The nine participants and their topics were:
Magda Brugos – Black Friday, Lester Yearwood – Thanksgiving, Phil Sweat – Christmas Gift, Sabrina Joy-Hogg – New Year’s Resolution, Frank Connelly – End of the World, John Harman – Joy of Raking Leaves, Tim Tonkovic – 2012 Accomplishments, Nita Langford – Best Gift You Have Given
General Evaluator Jean Smith lead the evaluation team in the second half of the meeting where growth and improvement are the focus. Speech evaluators, Christy Gardner and Rick Boyer, shared the strengths of each speech as well as offered comments on how to enhance the deliver so that the audience is more engaged and the message clearly understood.
The meeting was wrapped up at 8:25 by President Christy Gardner. She announced that at the next meeting we would have a White Elephant gift exchange and the last one of the calendar year. Officer training is scheduled for Jan 14 or Feb 4. After announcement awards were given:
Ribbon Winner
Best Table Topics--Tim Tonkovic
Best Evaluator--Rick Boyer
Best Speaker--Victor Lopez
Respectively submitted
Danita Fox, club secretary
