Meeting Minutes (1.14.09)

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Meeting Minutes (1.14.09)

• Meeting Call to Order: 12:02PM

Invocation provided by JoAnne Heinrich

Guests: Bill Kastelz was welcomed as a guest for the meeting. Bill is a financial representative and is interested in Toastmasters as an avenue in combating his fear of public speaking. We were happy to have him in attendance with us.

Club Business (Andrea Siracusa): A “Membership and Participation Drive” was brought before the Club. This drive will extend from January 21^st-March 29^th, allowing members to gain points through their participation in roles and increasing new membership. A few changes were made to the point system (such as the removal of the 8 points for non-manual speeches and the reduction of the substitute speech from 10 points to 8). Tom made a motion to accept the changes and drive, Jose second the motion and the changes and drive was moved by the members.

Grammarian (Andrea Siracusa): Word of the day was caterwaul. The verb means to make a harsh cry; protest or complain nosily.

• Speakers

Speaker #1: Jemerson Diaz – “Frisco.” Jermson worked on his fourth speech that was based on the effectiveness of using words. Jemerson provided us with a vivid description of San Francisco. His speech was evaluated by Andrea Siracusa.

Speaker #2: Wanda Brown – “The Best Things In Life Are Free.” Wanda talked about the things in are daily routines that are skills which in return can help us in being successful. Her speech was evaluated by Tom Snead.

Both speakers were either under or over their allotted time, so there was no vote for Best Speaker.

• Evaluators

Jose Lepervanche served as the Master Evaluator. Andrea Siracusa was voted as the Best Evaluator.

• Table Topics

Wanda Brown provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with some of the things we find as necessities and important in our lives. Topics include the discussion of water, patients, love and nurturing. John Lee, Steve Nguyen, Bill (our guest) and Flor Lepervanche all had a chance to participate in the Table Topic discussion.

Congratulations to Flor Lepervanche who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.

NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: Tom Snead

If you have not yet signed up for a role next week please contact the Toastmaster (tom.snead@prudential.com )