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Friday, March 27, 2009
Division A Spring Contests
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (3.25.09)
San Marco Library
Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM
Attendance: Jemerson Diaz, JoAnne Heinrich, Warren Hinrichs, Steve Nguyen, Jacqueline Rudloff, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead
Guests: Valerie Actkins and Murika Davis. Valerie is a former Toastmasters member from another local chapter and came to our meeting today to see how were conduct our meeting. She plans to join Top O’ The Rock as our newest member. Murika is a member of Castle.com and she attended our meeting for the opportunity to see how we conduct our meetings and what might be something they can incorporate at Castle.com. Thank you to our guests for joining us.
Invocation provided by Jemerson Diaz
Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was trepidation. The word means to have a trembling or quivering movement; fear, alarm, or agitation. Example sentence: She had no signs of trepidation when she was giving her speech in front of the large crowd.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Jacqueline Rudloff – Jacqueline is working on her CC, and gave a speech from the CC manual; titled Illegal Contracting, she talked to us about the effects felt in the community from illegal contractors.
Speaker #2: Jemerson Diaz – Jemerson is working on his CC, and gave a speech from the CC manual; titled Money Tips, he talked about ways we can save money during these tough times.
Congratulation to Jemerson for being voted best speaker.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Tom Snead.
Evaluator: JoAnne Heinrich was the evaluator for Jacqueline’s speech and Andrea Siracusa was the evaluator for Jemerson’s speech.
Congratulation to Andrea for being voted best evaluator.
Table Topics
Warren Hinrichs provided the table topics for our meeting. The table topic session included each speaker finishing a part of the story created by Warren. The story started as “one day I was sitting under a tree, the sky so blue and the sun shining. I was watching my twenty sheep when I realized that there was only 19, one was missing…..” Each speaker (Steve, Murika, Tom and JoAnne) had the opportunity to add to the story.
Congratulations to Murika who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Murika Davis
Vote Counter: Valeria Actkins
Timekeeper: Steve Nguyen
LOCATION NOTICE:
We will be meeting a Prudential next week (April 1st). Please arrive early, as we need to sign in before going to our meeting location. Directions and additional information will be sent by Secretary, Andrea Siracusa this week and next.
REMEMBER:
It is that time again – Dues. All members need to pay their dues to treasurer Catalina Agustin by March 31, 2009. The dues fee is $45.00. The money goes to support our Club and Toastmasters International – so please get your due money in so you do not miss a beat in completing your speaking and leadership goals. Individual emails will be sent to all members reminding them of their dues.
NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: Andrea Siracusa.
If you are interested in signing up for any role please contact Andrea Siracusa (ajsiracusa@yahoo.com) or Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com).
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
Meeting Minutes (3.25.09)
San Marco Library
Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM
Attendance: Jemerson Diaz, JoAnne Heinrich, Warren Hinrichs, Steve Nguyen, Jacqueline Rudloff, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead
Guests: Valerie Actkins and Murika Davis. Valerie is a former Toastmasters member from another local chapter and came to our meeting today to see how were conduct our meeting. She plans to join Top O’ The Rock as our newest member. Murika is a member of Castle.com and she attended our meeting for the opportunity to see how we conduct our meetings and what might be something they can incorporate at Castle.com. Thank you to our guests for joining us.
Invocation provided by Jemerson Diaz
Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was trepidation. The word means to have a trembling or quivering movement; fear, alarm, or agitation. Example sentence: She had no signs of trepidation when she was giving her speech in front of the large crowd.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Jacqueline Rudloff – Jacqueline is working on her CC, and gave a speech from the CC manual; titled Illegal Contracting, she talked to us about the effects felt in the community from illegal contractors.
Speaker #2: Jemerson Diaz – Jemerson is working on his CC, and gave a speech from the CC manual; titled Money Tips, he talked about ways we can save money during these tough times.
Congratulation to Jemerson for being voted best speaker.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Tom Snead.
Evaluator: JoAnne Heinrich was the evaluator for Jacqueline’s speech and Andrea Siracusa was the evaluator for Jemerson’s speech.
Congratulation to Andrea for being voted best evaluator.
Table Topics
Warren Hinrichs provided the table topics for our meeting. The table topic session included each speaker finishing a part of the story created by Warren. The story started as “one day I was sitting under a tree, the sky so blue and the sun shining. I was watching my twenty sheep when I realized that there was only 19, one was missing…..” Each speaker (Steve, Murika, Tom and JoAnne) had the opportunity to add to the story.
Congratulations to Murika who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Murika Davis
Vote Counter: Valeria Actkins
Timekeeper: Steve Nguyen
LOCATION NOTICE:
We will be meeting a Prudential next week (April 1st). Please arrive early, as we need to sign in before going to our meeting location. Directions and additional information will be sent by Secretary, Andrea Siracusa this week and next.
REMEMBER:
It is that time again – Dues. All members need to pay their dues to treasurer Catalina Agustin by March 31, 2009. The dues fee is $45.00. The money goes to support our Club and Toastmasters International – so please get your due money in so you do not miss a beat in completing your speaking and leadership goals. Individual emails will be sent to all members reminding them of their dues.
NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: Andrea Siracusa.
If you are interested in signing up for any role please contact Andrea Siracusa (ajsiracusa@yahoo.com) or Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com).
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (3.18.09)
Meeting Call to Order: 12:00PM
Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Wanda Brown, Jemerson Diaz, Robert Garrett, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead
Invocation provided by Andrea Siracusa
Club Business: We inducted our newest member – Robert Garrett. Welcome again Robert to Top O’ The Rock - we are excited to have you as part of our Club.
Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was discombobulate. The word means to throw in a state of confusion. Example sentence: He was discombobulated because of the change in the schedule.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Robert Garrett (Ice Breaker Speech) – Robert gave his first speech, the ice breaker. His speech was titled “When Two World Collides.” He gave us great insight into his life and experiences.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Jemerson Diaz.
Evaluator: Tom Snead was the evaluator for Robert’s speech.
Table Topics
Wanda Brown provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with an array of topics: my advice is…, in my opinion…, I need your help…., don’t be selfish…., put a lid on it…., just do it. Everyone had a chance to participate.
Congratulations to Andrea Siracusa who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Catalina Agustin
Vote Counter: Catalina Agustin
Timekeeper: Jemerson Diaz
Additional Discussion:
Jose Lepervanche, Wanda Brown and Tom Snead provided insight on some evaluation techniques, that included:
* When Evaluating:
- Organize your evaluation into a speech. Do no restate the evaluation questions from the manual. Incorporate your answer and the question into a speech.
- Restate what is being looked for in the speech, what are the goals of the speaker.
- Evaluate the speech, not the speaker’s opinion
- It is best not to evaluate an advanced speech if you have not completed one yourself. You should really only evaluate speeches that you have completed yourself.
- Go to other clubs, or at our club, listen to expert evaluators.
- Always look at physical attributes – i.e. eyes contact, hand gestures, movements around the designated space.
REMEMBER:
It is that time again – Dues. All members need to pay their dues to treasurer Catalina Agustin by March 31, 2009. The dues fee is $45.00. The money goes to support our Club and Toastmasters International – so please get your due money in so you do not miss a beat in completing your speaking and leadership goals. Individual emails will be sent to all members reminding them of their dues.
NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: VACANT
If you are interested in signing up for any role please contact Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com).
NEXT WEEK’S LOCATION:
We will be back at the San Marco Library!!!
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
Meeting Minutes (3.18.09)
Meeting Call to Order: 12:00PM
Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Wanda Brown, Jemerson Diaz, Robert Garrett, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead
Invocation provided by Andrea Siracusa
Club Business: We inducted our newest member – Robert Garrett. Welcome again Robert to Top O’ The Rock - we are excited to have you as part of our Club.
Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was discombobulate. The word means to throw in a state of confusion. Example sentence: He was discombobulated because of the change in the schedule.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Robert Garrett (Ice Breaker Speech) – Robert gave his first speech, the ice breaker. His speech was titled “When Two World Collides.” He gave us great insight into his life and experiences.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Jemerson Diaz.
Evaluator: Tom Snead was the evaluator for Robert’s speech.
Table Topics
Wanda Brown provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with an array of topics: my advice is…, in my opinion…, I need your help…., don’t be selfish…., put a lid on it…., just do it. Everyone had a chance to participate.
Congratulations to Andrea Siracusa who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Catalina Agustin
Vote Counter: Catalina Agustin
Timekeeper: Jemerson Diaz
Additional Discussion:
Jose Lepervanche, Wanda Brown and Tom Snead provided insight on some evaluation techniques, that included:
* When Evaluating:
- Organize your evaluation into a speech. Do no restate the evaluation questions from the manual. Incorporate your answer and the question into a speech.
- Restate what is being looked for in the speech, what are the goals of the speaker.
- Evaluate the speech, not the speaker’s opinion
- It is best not to evaluate an advanced speech if you have not completed one yourself. You should really only evaluate speeches that you have completed yourself.
- Go to other clubs, or at our club, listen to expert evaluators.
- Always look at physical attributes – i.e. eyes contact, hand gestures, movements around the designated space.
REMEMBER:
It is that time again – Dues. All members need to pay their dues to treasurer Catalina Agustin by March 31, 2009. The dues fee is $45.00. The money goes to support our Club and Toastmasters International – so please get your due money in so you do not miss a beat in completing your speaking and leadership goals. Individual emails will be sent to all members reminding them of their dues.
NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: VACANT
If you are interested in signing up for any role please contact Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com).
NEXT WEEK’S LOCATION:
We will be back at the San Marco Library!!!
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (3.11.09)
Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM
Attendance: Jemerson Diaz, Robert Garrett, Andrea Siracusa and Tom Snead
Invocation provided by Jemerson Diaz
Guests: Jacklyn Wynn, Michael Johnson and Nekia Holland
All of our guests were back for a second time. Thank you for coming once again to see what Toastmasters has to offer.
Grammarian (Andrea Siracusa): Word of the day was militate. The word means to have weight or effect; having force or influence. Example sentence: In our current era of politics, many factors militate the decisions being made.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Andrea Siracusa (Impromptu Speech) – Andrea provided an impromptu speech titled “The Greatest Barrier.” Andrea talked about her greatest barrier in life and how she overcame it.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Jemerson Diaz.
Evaluator: Jemerson Diaz was the evaluator for Andrea’s speech.
Table Topics
Tom Snead provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt titles of Beatles’ songs. Everyone had a chance to participate and talked about things such as: all you need is love; 8 days a week; winding road; let it be; fixing a hole, etc.
Congratulations to our guest Neika Hollan who was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Robert Garrett
Vote Counter: Jacklyn Wynn
Timekeeper: Robert Garrett
Club Business:
It is that time again – Dues. All members need to pay their dues to treasurer Catalina Agustin by March 31, 2009. The dues fee is $45.00. The money goes to support our Club and Toastmasters International – so please get your due money in so you do not miss a beat in completing your speaking and leadership goals. Individual emails will be sent to all members reminding them of their dues.
NEXT WEEK’S TOASTMASTER: Jacqueline Rudloff
If you are interested in signing up for any role please contact our Toastmaster for next week Jacqueline Rudloff (jrudloff1@hotmail.com) or Tom Snead (tom.snead@prudential.com).
NEXT WEEK’S LOCATION:
The library will be closed on Wednesday, March 18th. PLEASE NOTE we will be meeting at prudential. An email will be sent by Secretary, Andrea Siracusa, noting the change of location for next week. A reminder will also be sent on Tuesday.
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
Friday, March 6, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (3.4.09)
Meeting Call to Order: 12:03PM
Attendance: Jemerson Diaz, Robert Garrett, Jose Lepervanche, Jacqueline Rudloff, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead
Invocation provided by Andrea Siracusa
Guests: Jacklyn Wynn and Michael, both are looking to improving their speaking skills in a Toastmasters Club that provides a supportive and growing environment. They were guests of Jacqueline Rudloff and students at Florida State College at Jacksonville. They were welcomed by all members.
Club Business: We are proud to announce that we voted in a new member at our meeting. Please be sure to welcome ROBERT GARRETT – our new member to Top O’ The Rock.
Grammarian (Tom Snead): Word of the day was celerity. The word means to be hast; speed. Example sentence: He was celerity in the speech he gave today.
Speakers
Speaker #1: Jemerson Diaz (Competent Communication) – Jemerson gave a speech on his experience at the District 84 road show. It was a great insight for members and guests, in regards to the Distinguished Club program and member involvement.
Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Jacqueline Rudloff, who provided a great evaluation on how the meeting was handled.
Evaluator: Andrea Siracusa was the evaluator for Jemerson’s speech.
Table Topics
Jose Lepervanche provided the Table Topics. The topics dealt with important words/phrases in our lives. Topics included: I am proud of you…; I believe in you…; I love you…; thank you…, YES!; and I need you… All members had a chance to participate and Jemerson Diaz was voted best Table Topic Speaker.
Roles
Um and Ah Counter : Robert Garrett
Vote Counter: Jacklyn Wynn
Timekeeper: Andrea Siracusa
Innvocator: Andrea Siracusa
INTERNATIONAL SPEECH AND TABLE TOPICS CONTEST:
Remember the Area Contest is this Saturday, March 7th at the JIA Administrative Building. Come out and support Tom Snead and Andrea Siracusa who will be competing in the contest. If you are interested in supporting our Area in developing a great contest please contact Lisa Hethington ASAP. All the information is below.
Area 12 International Speech and Table Topics Contest
3.7.09 (10:00AM)
14201 Pecan Park Rd
Jacksonville, FL. 32218
Lisa Hethington
741-3164
*There is a five dollar attendance fee.
Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com
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