Friday, April 20, 2012

April 19, 2012

Meeting Minutes:

Members present: Barbara Basabilbaso, Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Tim Herrity, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawely, Charlene Gilbert

Guests: Samuel Gilbert, Regina Gilliam

Promptly starting the meeting  at 6:45pm, SAA John Harman introduced Club President Christy Gardner to welcome members and guests, then she introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox.  Danita guided members and guests through the agenda, making changes and updates as well as explaining to guests what some of the TM jargon meant.  General Evaluator Rick Boyer continued with explanations with the introduction of the Evaluation Team; grammarian, Ah counter, speech evaluators, listen-up master and timer.

Four club members delivered speeches: Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver and Magda Brugos.  Lauren's speech titled "Customer Service for Toastmasters" was number 6 towards the ten required for Competent Communicator.  Second was new member Charisse giving her ice breaker speech titled; "Faith Family and Friends". Following Charisse, club member Zach Fauver took advantage of the forum to deliver a speech presentation that he'll be giving professionally on Monday. His speech was titled; "Virtual Simulation Technology".  Last but not least, Magda delivered a persuasive speech from an advance manual and she challenge the members to be officers.

Following the speeches Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic, challenged everyone with topics to speak "off the cuff" for 1-2 minutes.  Participants were: Katherine Crawley, Curtis Lassiter, Christy Gardner, and Phillip Sweat.

General Evaluator Rick Boyer lead the next part of the meeting, feedback for growth and improvement.  Speech evaluators offered constructive comments to enhance speakers methods and style when delivering speeches and the ah counter and grammarian gave comments about use of fillers and grammar.  Evaluators: Victor Lopez, John Harman, Christy Gardner and Katherine Crawley.
Rick summarized the meeting with comments of actions that were good and ones that need to continue to be developed.

President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon awards.  Announcements included the status of club towards President's Distinguished and needing two CC's and 2 AC's. 

Ribbon Winners
Best Table TopicsKatherine Crawley
Best EvaluatorChristy Gardner
Best SpeakerLauren White

Respectively submitted,
Danita Fox, Club Secretary


Friday, April 13, 2012

5 April 2012

Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Lester Yearwood, Tim Herrity, Zach Fauver, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco

Guests: Corey Carter, Wayne Bailey

Club Sargent-at-Arms John Harman emceed the meeting as Toastmaster.  Introducing three members delivering speeches, as well as General Evaluator and Table Topics Master, John kept the meeting on pace.  Speakers Christy Gardner, Wade Miner and Lester Yearwood, shared various stories and information, that enlightened and inspired the audience.  Christy's speech, from advanced manual, taught us how to deliver bad news. Wade challenged us to develop goals and then to accomplish them. Lester spoke about himself in his "ice breaker" speech.

Janet Krenn, Table Topics Master, invoking audience participation and elicting some laughter, challenge six people to speak 1-2 minutes "off the cuff"; Magda Brugos, Danita Fox, Stan Dalziel, Barbara Basabilbasco, Zach Fauver and Tim Herrity.  Topics ranged from; "underwear shortage in 2013" to "Sparky the dog ate too much homework", to "news flash...junk food actually healthy!".

General Evaluator Lauren White, lead the evaluation team, providing feedback for growth and improvement.  Speech evaluators: Nancy Hogg, Stan Dalziel and Magda Brugos, did share points that speakers did well as well as offer suggestions that would improve delivery of speeches.  Other members of the evaluation team, shared feedback of time and grammar, and Lauren completed the assessment by reviewing the entire meeting.

President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and reminders and ribbon winners.  Reminder: District Conference April 20-21st, can register online. 

Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Stan Dalziel
Best EvaluatorMagda Brugos
Best SpeakerLester Yearwood

Submitted, Danita Fox
Club Secretary

March 29, 2012 Open House

Special Meeting, 5th Thursday!    Open House

Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Jean Smith, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawley, Tim Herrity, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco

Guests: Glenn Strum, Shera White, Debra & Clint Townsend, Linda England

Introducing the three speakers for the evening, Toastmaster of the Day, Stan Dalziel, also kept the meeting flowing and on track.  First speaker President Christy Gardner delivered a speech from an advance manual, 10-14 minutes on how to make "Win-Win Negotiations" during conflict.  Following Christy was second speaker Magda Brugos who also spoke from an advance manual.  Magda's speech was unique because she role played as a radio talk show and she spoke about Toastmasters.  Jean Smith was the third and final speaker for the evening, delivering a speech from the Competent Communicator manual, with a speech 5-7 minutes about "Poems of Hope".

Table Topics Master, Nancy Hogg, took the opportunity to call upon veteran members to share about Toastmasters experiences.  Participants: Danita Fox, Wade Miner, Lauren White and Rick Boyer.

Janet Krenn, General Evaluator, lead the final portion of the meeting.  She introduced speech evaluators; Rick Boyer, Wade Miner, and Curtis Lassiter.  She also offered comments for improvement and encouragements towards growth.

Club President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon winners.

Ribbon Winners:
Best Table TopicsLauren White
Best EvaluatorRick Boyer
Best SpeakerJean Smith

Respectfully submitted
Danita Fox, club secretary

March 15, 2012

Members present: Magda Brugos, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Nita Langford, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Zach Fauver, Phillip Sweat, Charisse Carter

Guests: Jenna Wilson, Paul & Mikki McClean, Martha Brown

Toastmaster of the day, Tim Tonkovic had the pleasure of emceeing the meeting.  He introduced speakers, evaluators, and kept the meeting flowing.  Magda Brugos, first speaker, delivered a speech titled "The Good Will Speech"; and Tim Herrity delivered his first speech since becoming a member, titled "Stagefright". Zach Fauver and Curtis Lassiter evaluated the speeches offering encouragement and points for improvments.

Wade Miner, Table Topics Master, challenged participants to "speak off the cuff" during the portion of meeting dedicated to audience involvement.  Victor Lopez, Nita Langford, Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Jenna Wilson and Area Governor Diane Norbitus were the participants.

In the absence of Club President Christy Gardner, VP of Education Nancy Hogg, closed out the meeting with announcements and awarding ribbons.  Announcements: reminder of upcoming contests, and sign up for roles for next meeting.

Ribbon Winners:
Best EvaluatorCurtis Lassiter
Best Speaker Magda Brugos

Meeting notes taken by Lauren White