Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 19, 2012

Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Tim Herrity, Zach Fauver, Katherine Crawley

Guests: Micah Downs , Beverly Gray

SAA John Harman opened the meeting with the pledge and then introduced Magda Brugos as TMOD to lectern. As emcee for the meeting, Magda kept the flow of the meeting steadily moving through two speakers, seven Table Topics participants and evaluators. President Christy Gardner delivered an advance communicator speech titled “Walk the Talk” where she encouraged members to be actively involved in the club and personal growth and improvement through speeches and fulfilling meeting roles. Katherine Crawley was the second and last speaker for the evening speaking about herself as she delivered her first speech as a new club member, the Ice Breaker.

New member Zach Fauver was the Table Topics Master and he challenged seven people to think (and speak) quick on their feet about random topics. Topics included: “Wrong Number”, “advantage of being male”, “perspective of youth today” , and “rush hour”.

As General Evaluator, Lauren White and her team offered valuable feedback that fosters the growth and improvement that fundamental for Toastmasters. Speech evaluators, John Harman and Stan Dalziel gave positive and helpful comments to the speakers, and Janet Krenn as grammarian helped everyone to be aware of word usage.

President Christy Gardner wrapped up the meeting with announcements about upcoming events and ribbon winners. Feb 4th is Winter Leadership Institute training, and March 1st is the International Speech/Table Topics club contest.

Ribbon Winners:
Table Topics: Tim Herrity
Best Evaluator: Stan Dalziel
Best Speaker: Katherine Crawley

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