Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (8.19.09)
Crowne Plaza Hotel

Meeting Call to Order: 12:01PM

Attendance: Marc Hirst, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.

Guest(s): Alison Last

MEETING:

Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was meritorious (mĕr'ĭ-tôr'ē-əs, -tōr'-). The word means “deserving reward or praise; having merit” Example sentence: The volunteer received an award for a lifetime of meritorious service.

Speakers:

Andrea Siracusa spoke from project 3 of the Public Relations Manual from the Advanced Communicator Series. Her speech was titled “The Bright Light Above.”

Jose Lepervanche is currently working again from the Competent Communicator manual after recently receiving his DTM. Working on Project 2, he provided the speech titled “Summer 2009 Tweets and Thoughts.”

Congratulations to Andrea who was voted as the Best Speaker.

Evaluations:

Master Evaluator was Tom Snead.

Evaluators: Sue Stack, who evaluated Andrea’s speech; and Tom Snead, who evaluated Jose’s speech.

Congratulation to Tom for being voted Best Evaluator.

Table Topics:

Marc Hirst who provided the table topics for the meeting. The topics ranged from a variety of issues – from predicting the future to talking about dreams. Members and guests had the opportunity to participate. Speakers were Sue Stack, Tom Snead, Alison Last, Steve Nguyen and Flor Lepervanche.

Congratulations to Alison who was voted as the Best Table Topics Speaker.

Roles
Toastmaster: Steve Nguyen

Um and Ah Counter: Alison Last
Vote Counter: Alison Last
Timekeeper: Flor Lepervanche
Invocation: Flor Lepervanche

LOCATION REMINDER Please remember we will be meeting at PRUDENTIAL, off San Marco, next week. We will be having our joint Humorous Speech Contest with Castle.com. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY SO WE CAN START THE CONTEST ON TIME. Remember we all have to sign in with security so that does take extra time.

NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m
Prudential Building

701 San Marco Blvd.

CLUB BUSINESS
REMEMBER IT IS TIME FOR CLUB DUES – ALL MEMBERS PLEASE GET YOUR SEMI-ANNUAL CLUB DUES INTO CATALINA NOW! We look forward to everyone staying part of Top O’ The Rock, as we have some great opportunities ahead for our Club and all members. Please contact Catalina with any questions.

CONTEST MASTER next week will be Jemerson Diaz. If you would like to help please contact Jemerson. We do need assistance with food for the contest.

8.12.09 Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (8.12.09)
Crowne Plaza Hotel

Meeting Call to Order: 12:03PM

Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, Warren Hinrichs, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.

Guest(s): Daniel Lepervanche and Eduardo Santamaria.

MEETING:

Grammarian (Steve Nguyen): Word of the day was yowl (youl). The word means “to utter a long, loud cry; wail ” Example sentence: He yowled when he heard that he was going to have to re-do the entire report, which took him 2 days to complete.

Speakers:
Jemerson Diaz spoke from his last project in the Competent Communicator Manual. His speech was titled “Making Your Dreams a Reality.”

CONGRATULATION TO JEMERSON for becoming a Competent Communicator.

Keep up the GREAT WORK!

Evaluations:
Master Evaluator was Steven Nguyen.
Evaluator: Jose Lepervanche

Table Topics:
Tom Snead provided the table topics for the meeting. The topic was based on “Dreams.” Members and guests had the opportunity to talk about their dreams. Speakers were Andrea Siracusa, Warren Hinrichs, Daniel Lepervanche and Flor Lepervanche.

Congratulations to Daniel Lepervanche who was voted as the Best Table Topics Speaker.

Roles
Toastmaster: Sue Stack
Um and Ah Counter: Flor Lepervanche
Vote Counter: Andrea Siracusa
Timekeeper: Warren Hinrichs
Invocation: Tom Snead

LOCATION REMINDER Please remember we will be meeting at the Crown Plaza next week. We are set to meet in the Sawgrass Room located on the First Floor of the hotel.

NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m
Crowne Plaza Hotel (Riverside Blvd)

Sawgrass Room

CLUB BUSINESS
- It was voted on by the members in attendance that Tom Snead will be the member from our Club to represent us in the upcoming Area 12 Evaluation Contest. The vote took place, due to Tom being the only one who was interested in competing.

We will have our Humorous Speech Contest on August 26^th at Prudential. Tom and Sue are the two contestants. Please make sure to join us for our competition so we can support our contestants.

- A vote took place in regards to a permanent location for our meetings at the Midtown Business Centre Community Room. The vote was taken with the caveat that we take the next four months as a trial period to see how the new room works for the members and Club. By late October/early November we would revisit the matter and decide if we choose to move forward with the room in 2010.

REMINDER IT IS TIME FOR CLUB DUES – ALL MEMBERS PLEASE GET YOUR SEMI-ANNUAL CLUB DUES INTO CATALINA NOW! We look forward to everyone staying part of Top O’ The Rock, as we have some great opportunities ahead for our Club and all members. Please contact Catalina with any questions.

TOASTMASTER next week will be Steve Nguyen. If you would like to fill a role please contact Steve. If you are scheduled to speak please be sure to provide Steve with your speech information as soon as possible. All members check our online roster at www.toporock.com to see what roles are open and need to be filled.

8.5.09 Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (8.5.09)
Crowne Plaza Hotel

Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM

Attendance: Jemerson Diaz, Warren Hinrichs, Marc Hirst, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.
Guest: Alison Last

MEETING:

Grammarian (Flor Lepervanche): Word of the day was prodigious (pruh-dij-uh s). The word means “extraordinary in size and amount; wonderful/marvelous.” Example sentence: Even though I heard about the monument, my mind went blank when I saw the prodigious sight of the monument.

Speakers:
Marc Hirst provided a speech from the Competent Communicator manual, titled “Massacre Inland.” While Warren Hinrichs provided a speech from an Advanced Communicator manual, titled “Focus on the Positive.”

Marc was awarded the Best Speaker ribbon.

Evaluations:
Master Evaluator was Jemerson Diaz.
Evaluators were: Sue Stack and Steve Nguyen

Steve Nguyen was voted as Best Evaluator

Table Topics:
Due to the length of our speeches and Clubs Business we were unable to have Table Topics

Roles
Toastmaster: Tom Snead
Um and Ah Counter: Alison Last
Vote Counter: Jose Lepervanche
Timekeeper: Andrea Siracusa
Invocation: Jemerson Diaz

LOCATION REMINDER Please remember we will be meeting at the Crown Plaza next week. An email will be sent early next week to alert members of what room we will be used.

NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m
Crowne Plaza Hotel (Riverside Blvd)

CLUB BUSINESS
- President award given to Immediate Past President Jose Lerpervanche.
- Discussion of Evaluation Contest and Humorous Contest. If we have only one evaluation contestant then the Club will vote on sending Tom as our representative for the Evaluation Contest. Members have until 5PM on Friday, August 7th to alert Jemerson Diaz of their intent to participate in the evaluation contest.
- Discussion took place about the permanent location of our Club to the Midtown Business Center Park. An email will be sent to members this week about the location; asking for members’ opinions on the location. A vote will take place at next meeting.

TOASTMASTER will be Sue Stack. If you would like to fill a role please contact John at ( (sue.stack@jax.ufl.edu); our speakers will be: Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz and Andrea Siracusa. Speakers please be sure to provide Sue with your speech information. All members check our online roster to see what roles are open and need to be filled.