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

lhethington@jaa.aero

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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