8.5.09 Meeting Minutes

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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.