Hello Toastmasters Family,
The last club meeting for 2009. A good time was had by all! We started early to accommodate a holiday party after the official meeting.
Our friend Dave Pollard took a few minutes to address the club as this was his last opportunity to attend an OPS Club meeting. Dave's job is transferring him to Georgia. He hopes to find a Toastmasters club as vibrant as ours. What a nice complement to our club!
Four speakers. Joanne Fletcher as Speaker #1 informed and entertained while discussing 'what you wear determines attitude and how people treat you'. Stacey Wallace talked about useful guidelines to stick to the upcoming new year's resolutions. Stay committed, set achievable goals, and visualize your end result. Speaker #3, Juan Martinez Alvez, discussed things he does to have fun and learn while doing. Even with a Masters Degree, learning for him is to see other aspects of life. Stan Dalziel gave his speech #10 the final speech to complete the Competent Communicator Manual. Speech #10 is the inspirational one. Stan certainly inspired everyone to continue with Toastmasters. Toastmasters provides variety. It helps change up routine. Stan says "enjoy the life you have" and "it is all about the choices you make". Congratulations, Stan, on finishing the CC Manual. Additionally, Stan inspired most of us to vote for him to receive Best Speaker ribbon.
Rick Boyer provided holiday themed subjects as the Table Topics Master. Sandy Peterson talked about her favorite Christmas Carol. Jessica Ledbetter gave her favorite Christmas memory. Mike Yaskowski shared his favorite winter activity. Dave Pollard shared his best Christmas gift. Adam Queen talked about the best gift he has given. Tim Williams told us if he could spend Christmas anywhere in the world it would be skiing in Switzerland. Jessica received the ribbon for Best Table Topics.
John Harman served as General Evaluator. Evaluators were Nancy Hogg (speaker #1), Scarlett Minto (speaker #2), Frank Connelly (speaker #3) and Lois Boyle (speaker #4). Frank Connelly received the ribbon for Best Evaluator.
There were 28 in total attendance. The two guests were Sumit Arora and Shane Peng.
Our holiday 'Chinese Gift Exchange' was a ton of fun!! Alcohol seems to be a popular choice to keep you in the exchange fun. Lots of laughter and general good cheer kept the party going. There was a very nice "treats" table as well.
Next meeting: Thursday January 7, 2010. (Can you believe it ??? 2010 ??)
January 16, 2010 Winter Leadership Training - Richmond, 9 am. www.district66.org
Sign up for future club roles:
http://ops.freetoasthost.info/members/roster.cgi
Happy Holidays!
Happy New Year!
Nancy Hogg
Club Secretary
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