March 1, 2012 Contest Night!

Members present: Magda Brugos, Frank Connelly, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Lanette Kelly, Nita Langford, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawley, Tim Herrity

Guests: Sylvia Matford, Stephanie Teasdale, Avery Byers, Charisse Carter, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco, Gina Wilson

International Speech and Table Topics Contest night!

Tonight's meeting was full with contestants speaking against each other in this annual Toastmasters International spring contest.  Club members participated in one or both Table Topics or International Speech contest where judges using prepared evaluation forms rated contestants on voice projection, organization, and use of speaking area.
Contestants in Table Topics were given the same topic and 1-2 minutes to on that subject. 
Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic's topic--time travel, was an interesting and challenging one for the contestants: Frank Connelly, Magda Brugos, Wade Miner, and Tim Herrity.
Contest Chair and International Speech Contest Master John Harman introduced the competitors for the 5-7 minute speech contest; Wade Miner and Frank Connelly. 
Wade inspired the audience to try new activities and shared how to accomplish them.
Frank delivered an humorous speech that included personal stories and a question to the audience; "what are you...a cod fish or cat fish?" 
The contest continues up through the levels of Toastmasters. The winner from our club contest will move on to the next level, Area 43 contest, and if they win at that level they can continue to compete at the Division D level.

President Christy Gardner had the honor of announcing the winners:

Table Topics:  Frank Connelly

International Speech:  Frank Connelly

February 16, 2012

Members present: Magda Brugos, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis Lassiter, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Zach Fauver, Tim Herrity, Katherine Crawley, Cristina Stoia

Guests: Ian Shippen, Charlene Gilbert, Kelly Gibb, Marjorie Heiges, Steve Heiges, Charisse Carter, Deanna Underdo, Gina Wilson

Sargent-At-Arms John Harman opened the meeting at 6:45pm with pledge and then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox. After welcoming the many guests, General Evaluator Katherine Crawley introduced evaluation team when all roles were explained so guests would understand what was happening throughout the meeting.
Nancy Hogg, Vice President of Education, delivered her tenth and final speech completing the requirement for Competent Communicator.  (congratulations!)  A timely speech for all the guests, she spoke about the organization of Toastmasters, its benefits and the steps towards improvement.
The second and last speaker of the evening was Allen Foretich.  Allen spoke about great men of the past, in particular presidents.  The speech was Allen's forth toward the ten required for Competent Communicator.
Table Topics Master, Janet Krenn, stirred the meeting up a bit with her unique, fun, and challenging topics that eight people rallied and spoke one-two minutes about.
Katherine Crawley and the evaluation team completed the meeting with providing the feedback for growth and improvement both as speakers as well as leaders.
President Christy Gardner was absent so Vice President of Education Nancy Hogg closed out the meeting with announcements, a second welcome to guests, and recognition of awards.

Ribbon Winners

Best Table Topics:  Lauren White

Best Evaluator: Lauren White

Best Speaker:  Allen Foretich

Respectfully submitted, Danita Fox

Club Secretary