Meeting Minutes (2.18.09)

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (2.18.09)

Meeting Call to Order: 12:00PM

Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, JoAnne Heinrich, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack

Invocation provided by JoAnne Heinrich

Guests: Nekia Holland and Ingrid Rodriguez-Mackey, both are looking to improving their speaking skills in a Toastmasters Club that provides a supportive and growing environment. They were welcomed by all members.

Grammarian (Andrea Siracusa): Word of the day was indolent. The word means to be lazy; slow in growth; slothful. Example sentence: She was too indolent yesterday, she did not do any of the work she was assigned to complete.

Speakers
Speaker #1: Flor Lepervanche (Competent Communication-Project 1) – Flor gave her Ice Breaker Speech titled My Wonderful Life. She gave us a great look into not just herself but also her family.

Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Sue Stack, who provided a great evaluation on how the meeting was handled.

Evaluator: Catalina Agustin was the evaluator for Flor’s speech. Catalina provided a great evaluation of Flor’s speech – providing great insight and constructive criticism.

Table Topics
Jemerson Diaz provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with jobs. Members talked about: jobs they would have wanted to have; if they could do it all over again what would they do; aggravations at the workplace; and what is best about their current job. All members had a chance to participate.

Andrea Siracusa who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.

Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Andrea Siracusa
Vote Counter: Jose Lepervanche
Timekeeper: JoAnne Heinrich

Club Business:
(Andrea Siracusa): Andrea went over the current standings for our Membership and Participation Drive. The top three members in the drive before yesterdays meeting are: Tom Snead, Jacqueline Rudloff and Jose Lepervanche. We are half way through the drive and there is still plenty of time for members to participate – you can get 10 points for just competing in our upcoming contest this Wednesday for our Club level. Andrea informed members to sign up for roles or the contest by contacting Tom Snead the VP of Education. The prizes for the winners of the drive will be (1st place) $25.00 Gift Certificate to Outback Steakhouse; (2nd place) $20.00 Gift Certificate to Panera Bread; (3rd place) $15.00 Gift Certificate to Panera Bread

INTERNATIONAL SPEECH AND TABLE TOPICS CONTEST:
Our International Speech and Table Topics Contest will be held NEXT WEDNESDAY at the Prudential building on Jacksonville’s Southbank (701 San Marco Blvd); parking is available off San Marco Blvd., next to the JTA Skyway and Acosta Bridge overpass. Please try to arrive at Prudential early, due to security check in. We will all meet on the second floor by the security desk. If you are interested in participating in either the speech or table topics contest (or maybe both) please let Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com) our VP of Education know as soon as possible so he can inform the Contest Master Wanda Brown. We are looking for contestants and a Chief Judge so please come forward – it is a great experience and learning tool.

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