2.11.09 Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (2.11.09)

Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM

Attendance: Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Jacqueline Rudloff, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead

Invocation provided by Jose Lepervanche

Guests: Wayne Smith and Robert Garrett

- Wayne is back for the second time. Thank you for coming out again to visit our Club. We hope that these past two visits have help you in deciding to move forward with Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters.

- This was Robert’s first time as a guest. We were very happy to have you with us today, and we also help that you find Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters a great place for you to learn about public speaking and leadership.

Grammarian (Andrea Siracusa): Word of the day was bootless. The word means useless; unprofitable; without benefit. Example sentence: That was a bootless attempt by the salesperson.

Speakers
Speaker #1: Tom Snead (Impromptu Speech) – Tom provided us with an impromptu speech which was in regards to one of our Table Topics – “If you could bring any famous person back from the dead who would it be.” Tom’s speech talked about the people he would like to talk to and that included famous individuals like George Washington and people very close to his heart like his grandfather.

Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Andrea Siracusa.

Evaluator: Andrea Siracusa was the evaluator for Tom’s speech.

Table Topics
Jose Lepervanche provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with the “Languages of Love.” Everyone, including the guests, had a chance to speak about topics of love.

Congratulations to our guest Wayne Smith who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.

Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Flor Lepervanche

Vote Counter: Wayne Smith

Timekeeper: Flor Lepervanche

Club Business:

- CLUB CONTEST: Our Club Contest for International Speech and Table Topics will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Prudential. Wanda Brown has come forward to be our Contest Master. If you are interested in being a contestant please speak with Wanda Brown (dtmwandab@bellsouth.net) or Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com) who can get you on the right direction.

NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: VOLUNTEER NEEDED

We do not have a Toastmaster for next week. If you are interested in signing up for the Toastmaster role or any role please contact Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com) Remember: we started our membership and participation drive this week, so sign up for roles to get those points. We will announce next week the prizes and standings so far.

Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com