Minute (12/08/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker)
Helen Ashmead (Grammarian)
Flor Lepervanche - (Time Keeper, Master Evaluator)
Charles Gaston (Guest) - Umm Ahh Counter
Jacqueline Kern (Guest) (SWAT) - (Table Topics)

Guests:
Charles Gaston
Jacqueline Kern (SWAT)

Speakers:
Sue Stack gave an beautiful speech titled - "I can sing" - Speech # 4 - Manual Storytelling).Time: 8' 30"


Evaluations:
Jose Lepervanche evaluated Sue's speech. Time: 2' 50"

Table Topics – Jacqueline Kern conducted the table topics session.

Word of the day –Ableism –

Minute (11/17/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Evalutor Beth & Brian's speech)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Table Topics and Evaluator Helen's Speech)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Master Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, AC-S (Invocator, Grammarian, Time Keeper)
Catalina Agustin (Toastmaster)
Helen Ashmead (Speaker)
Beth Pavlicberry & Brian Berry - (Speakers)
Flor Lepervanche - (Umm Ahh coounter, Vote Counter)


Guests:
None

Speakers:
Helen gave an interesting speech titled - "Angles Among Us" - Speech # 2 - Manual CC) from the Basic Communication Manual.

Beth Pavlicberry & Brian Berry - (Speakers - Dreamforce TV)


Evaluations:
Sue Stack evaluated Helen’s speech.
Jose Lepervanche evaluated Beth and Brian's speech.

Table Topics – Sue Stack conducted the table topics session.

Word of the day – Sovereign –

Minute (11/10/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Grammarian)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster)
Helen Ashmead (Invocator)
Flor Lepervanche - (Speaker)
Lorraine Hattaia - Umm Ahh Counter
Brian Berry - (Master Evaluator)
Beth Pavlicberry - (Time Keeper)


Guests:
None

Speakers:
Flor Lepervanche gave an interesting speech titled - "Go Cruising" - Speech # 9 - Manual CC).


Evaluations:
Warren Henrichs evaluated Flor's speech.

Minute (10/13/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 13, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster, Grammarian, Table Topics)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Master Evaluator)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Speaker)
Warren Hinrichs, AC-S (Evaluator, Vote Counter)
Helen Ashmead (Um Ah)

Guests:
None

Speakers:
Lorraine gave an entertaining speech titled “Sleeping Naked” from the Basic Communication Manual. Projected time was 5 – 7 minutes. Actual time was 6:47.

Evaluations:
Warren Hinrichs evaluated Lorraine’s speech. His time was 2:54.

Table Topics – Sue Stack conducted the table topics session. The theme was lethological moments.

Helen spoke about her lethological moment. Time was 2:10.
Steve spoke about his troubles remembering names. Time was 1:16.

Word of the day – Lethologica – Temporary inability to remember word or name or intended action.

Best Table Topics – Helen

Minute (10/06/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 6, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Speaker)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Table Topics)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Master Evaluator)
Brian Berry, CC, CL (Toastmaster)
Beth Pavlicberry (Timekeeper, Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Vote Counter)
Wanda Brown, DTM (Invocator, Grammarian, Um Ah)
Helen Ashmead (Vote Counter)


Speakers:
Warren gave a humorous speech titled “Free Range Puppy Training”. Project from Speaking to Inform Advance Communicator Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 5:08.

Jose gave an entertaining speech titled “I Believe”. Project No. 8 Using Visuals from Basic Communication Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 6:42.

Evaluators:
Sue evaluated Warren’s speech. Her time was 3:04.

Beth evaluated Jose’s speech. Here time was 2:39.

Table Topics – Steve conducted the table topics session. Quotes from famous people was the theme.

Wanda spoke about the importance of humor. Time was 1:44.
Lorraine spoke about how to get along with people. Time was 1:47.
Helen spoke about the purpose of life. Time was 1:41.
Brian spoke about the importance of dreams. Time was 1:25.

Word of the day – Yearn – To be filled with longing or desire.

Best Table Topics – Helen
Best Speaker – Warren
Best Evaluator – Beth

Minute (09/29/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
September 29, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Speaker)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Invocator, Evaluator)
Brian Berry, CC, CL (Grammarian, Timekeeper)
Beth Pavlicberry (Table Topics)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Vote Counter)

Guests:
Helen Ashmead (Guest of Brian and Beth, Um Ah Counter)

Speakers:
Sue Stack gave a humorous speech titled “Slow Down”. Project No. 3 from the Advance Communicator Series. Projected time was 4-6 min. Actual time was 4:01.

Steve gave a speech titled “Housetraining Dogs”. Project No. 2 from Advanced Communicator Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 5:13.

Evaluators:
Lorraine evaluated Sue’s speech. Her time was 3:26.

Beth evaluated Steve’s speech. Here time was 2:20

Table Topics – Beth conducted the table topics session. Dancing with the Stars was the theme.

Warren spoke about how he became famous. Time was 1:15.
Jose spoke about his favorite dancing memory. Time was 1:58.
Helen spoke about her favorite style of dancing. Time was 1:04.
Brian spoke about his opportunity to achieve his lifelong dream. Time was 1:23.

Word of the day – Emulate – To equal or excel.

Best Table Topics - Warren

Minute (09/08/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
September 8, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Master Evaluator)
Sgt. Arms - Flor Lepervanche (Grammarian)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Table Topics Master)
Brian Berry (Timekeeper)
Beth PavlicBerry (Invocator, Um Ah)

Guests:
Helen Ashmead (Guest of Brian and Beth)
Nicole Kent (Guest of Andrea Siracusa)


Table Topics – Lorraine Haataia conducted the table topics session. Balls were the theme for Table Topics.

Helen spoke about her favorite ball. Time was 1:24.
Flor spoke about her favorite ball memory. Time was 1:08.
Beth shared her favorite ball story. Time was 1:33.
Steve spoke about the different balls in his life. Time was 1:00.
Brian spoke about a world without balls. Time was 1:20.
Sue spoke about the colors of balls. Time was 1:48.
Catalina spoke about her volleyball experience. Time was 1:30.
Nicole spoke about the best things about balls. Time was 0:33.
Lorraine spoke about her earliest memories of balls. Time was 1:52.

Word of the day – Crux – Essential point.

Best Table Topics – Brian

Club business. Phil, Brian and Beth voted in as members.

Humorous speech contest September 30.

Minute (09/01/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
September 1, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Invocator, Master Evaluator, Vote Counter)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Toastmaster)
Sgt. Arms - Flor Lepervanche (Speaker)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Grammarian, Um Ah)
Brian Berry (Evaluator, Timekeeper)
Beth Pavlic Berry (Topics Master)

Guests:
Helen Ashmead (Guest of Brian and Beth)
Nicole Kent (Guest of Andrea Siracusa)

Speaker – Flor Lepervanche – “The Girl Scout Movement” – Flor completed speech No. 7 from the Communication and Leadership Manual (Research Your Topic). Three more to go Flor! Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 7:00.

Table Topics – Beth Pavlic Berry conducted the table topics session. The theme was experiences in dining.

Steve spoke about a bad beverage experience he had in Vietnam. Time was 1:21.
Jose spoke about his love of sardines. Time was 1:12.
Brian spoke about one of his favorite spices, Japanese Curry. Time was 1:32.
Helen spoke about her disdain for liver. Time was 0:40.

Evaluation – ME Jose introduced Brian Berry who evaluated Flor’s speech. Brian’s evaluation time approx. 2:30.

Word of the day – Kinetic – Relating to motion. Word used by Jose.

Best Table Topics – Jose

Minute (08/25/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 25, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster)
VP Public Relations – Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Table Topics Master)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Evaluator, Grammarian)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Timekeeper)
Sgt. Arms - Flor Lepervanche (Master Evaluator)
Brian Berry (Invocator, Speaker, Vote Counter)
Beth Pavlic Berry (Um/Ah)

Guest: Beth Pavlic Berry

Speaker – Brian Berry – “Swinging from a Vine” – Brian’s project was from the Advance Story Telling Manual. Brian made excellent use of body language and vocal variety. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 5:35.

Table Topics – Andrea Siracusa was the Topics Master and the theme was going back to….

Flor spoke about her favorite school memory. Time was 1:27.
Beth spoke about going back to the future. Time was 1:12.
Steve spoke about his son’s rough start to school year. Time was 1:01.
Jose spoke about our reliance on electronic gadgets. Time was 1:21.
Brian told us why he is a nature lover. Time was 1:11.
Sue spoke about her favorite vacation spot. Time was 1:17.

Evaluation – ME Jose introduced Sue Stack who evaluated Brian’s speech. Sue’s evaluation time was 1:46.

Word of the day – Vociferous – Loud, noisy. Word used by Steve, Jose, Flor and Andrea.

Best Table Topics – Beth

Minute (08/18/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 18, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALB (Toastmaster)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Topics Master)
President - Jose Lepervanche, DTM
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Master Evaluator)
Sgt. Arms - Flor Lepervanche (Vote Counter)
Mahesh Shetty (Grammarian)
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin (Um/Ah)
Brian Berry (Table Topics)
Josh Nathanson
Phil Livingston (Timekeeper)

Guests: Phil Livingston

Club Business – Mahesh Shetty inducted as member of Top O The Rock.

No speakers for today’s meeting

Table Topics – Participants were asked to present a short commercial based on items provided by Topics Master Sue Stack.

Josh – Josh’s commercial was for a tape measure. Time was 1:15.
Jose – Jose’s commercial was for the Andy Griffith Show DVD. Time was 1:32.
Brian – Brian’s commercial was for an “Easy Button” - Time was 1:34.
Flor – Flor’s commercial was for a box of colored markers. Time was 1:25.
Phil – Phil’s commercial was for a shoe organizer. Time was 1:27.
Catalina – Catalina’s commercial was for a can of Penn Racket Balls. Time was 1:33.
Mahesh – Mahesh’s commercial was for Sue’s watch. Time was 1:16.
Lorraine – Lorraine’s commercial was for a packet of breath mints. Time was 1:27.

Table Topics session was extended to allow members/guests to evaluate table topic speakers.

Word of the day – Finical – Very fussy.


Best Table Topics – Jose Lepervanche

Minute (08/11/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 11, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
VP of Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster)
President - Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Speaker)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Invocator, Timekeeper)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALB (Evaluator, Vote Counter)
LaJeanne Mizell (Grammarian)
Brian Berry (Table Topics)
Shawn Liu (Master Evaluator)
Jan Miller (Um Ah)

Guests: Lajeanne Mizell, Shawn Liu, Brian Berry, Jan Miller

Club Business – Mahesh Shetty inducted as member of Top O The Rock.

Speaker – Jose Lepervanche – “Lead Yourself” – Jose gave a passionate and entertaining speech based on Project no. 9 (Persuade with Power) from the Communication and Leadership Manual. Jose spoke about his recent experience in D.C. with the Scouts. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 6:04.

Evaluator – Lorraine Haataia evaluated Jose’s speech. Time was 3:20.

Table Topics – Our guest Brian led a lively table topics session.

Lorraine – Spoke about effective use of silence when speaking. Time was 1:53.
Sue – Spoke about the importance of group activities. Time was 2:24.
Shawn (Guest) – Spoke about an acquaintance who was able to turn his life around. Time was 2:10.
Jan (Guest) – Spoke about what inspires her in life. Time were 2:02.
Steve – Spoke about what he likes to do for entertainment. Time 1:00.

Word of the day – Perspicuity – Clearness and lucidity.
Word used by: Sue, Brian

Best Table Topics – Lorraine Haataia
Best Evaluator – Lorraine Haataia
Best Speaker – Jose Lepervanche

Minute (08/04/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 4, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:

VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster)
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin (Vote Counter)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Speaker, Invocator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Master Evaluator, Vote Counter)
Lorraine Haataia, ACB, ALB (Table Topics Master, Grammarian)
Mahesh Shetty (Um Ah Counter)

Guests: Mahesh Shetty

Speaker – Andrea Siracusa – “Press Conference” – Andrea’s speech was from the Advanced Communication Series Public Relations Manual. Andrea gave a press conference following a fatal accident at a construction site. Following the press conference Andrea answered questions from members of the press. Projected time was 4 - 6 min. for speech and 3:00 – 5:00 min for Q and A.

Evaluator – Sue Stack evaluated Andrea’s speech – Time was 3:08.

Table Topics – Hats were the theme of the table topic session conducted by Lorraine.

Steve – Spoke about his favorite hat. Time was 0:55.
Catalina – Spoke about a hat that she used to wear. Time was 1:15.
Mahesh (Guest) – Spoke about the hats that he owns. Time was 1:09.
Andrea – Spoke about her husband’s favorite hat and how he almost lost it. Time was 2:06.

Word of the day – Zenith – Point directly overhead. The highest point.
Word used by: Sorry I forgot to note who used the word of the day.

Best Table Topics – Andrea
Best Evaluator – Sue
Best Speaker – Andrea

Minute (07/28/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 37
July 28, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL


Present:

Treasurer – Catalina Augustin (Toastmaster, Um/Ah)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Grammarian, Timekeeper)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Table Topics Master, Vote Counter)
Lorraine Haataia, ACB, ALB (General Evaluator)
Jemerson Diaz, CC (Evaluator)

Guests: Mahesh Shetty, Marie Brocato


Speaker – Sue Stack – “ABCs of Toastmasters” – Sue gave an excellent canned speech from the Successful Club Series. Sue presented about The Toastmaster Communication and Leadership tracks – Projected time was 10-15 min. Actual time was 11 minutes 28 seconds.

Evaluator – Jemerson Diaz evaluated Sue’s speech – Time was 3 minutes.

Table Topics – Heat was the theme of the table topic session.

Andrea – Spoke about how she stays cool in the heat. Time was 1:17.
Lorraine – Told us how she could survive without air conditioning . Time was 2:10.
Catalina – Spoke about how a person could go crazy from the heat. Time was 1:36.
Mahesh (Guest) – Told us about his favorite summertime food and beverages. Time was 0:59.
Andrea – Spoke about her first car and life experience. Times were 2:12 and 2:16.


Word of the day – Bemoan – To express grief over; lament; express disapproval of or regret; deplore
Word used by: Jemerson, Sue. Sorry if I left out anyone else that used the word.

Best Table Topics – Lorraine
Best Evaluator – Jemerson
Best Speaker – Sue

Club Business – Andrea Siracusa inducted VP of Membership role. Lorraine Haataia inducted as member of Top O The Rock.

Today was Jemerson Diaz’s last day at Top O The Rock. He will be leaving Jacksonville and heading to Las Vegas this Sunday. Jemerson, we wish you the best of luck with your endeavors and your new life in Las Vegas.

Minute (07/21/2010)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 37
July 21, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL


Present:
Jemerson Diaz, CC (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Table Topics Master, 3rd Evaluator)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Grammarian)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, (Table Topics Master)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Timekeeper)
Lorraine Haataia (Vote Counter)

Guests: Phil Singleton, Daniel Delpino, Leanje (???)

No prepared speeches today but there was plenty of opportunities to work on our impromptu speaking during table topic session led by Sue Stack.


Table Topics
Lorraine – Spoke about her moving experiences and first car. Times were 2:03 and 2:05.
Jemerson – Spoke about his college experience and goals in life. Times were 2:12 and 1:49.
Phil (Guest) – Spoke about his apartment experience. Time 2:03.
Andrea – Spoke about her first car and life experience. Times were 2:12 and 2:16.
Steve – Spoke about his first job. Time 0:56.
Daniel (Guest) – Spoke about a moving experience. Time 2:27.


Word of the day – Acumen – Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
Word used by: Jemerson

Best Table Topics – Daniel Delpino
Best Evaluator – NA
Best Speaker – NA

Minute (07-07-10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,


We had a great meeting last week (July 7) –

Lorraine Haataia, Area 10 Governor visited our Club to induct our new Officers using our new Dedicated Leaders Award Gavel.

The new Officers are:

President....Jose Lepervanche
VP of Education......Sue Stack
VP of Public Relations.....Andrea Siracusa
Treasurer.....Catalina Agustin
Secretary.....Steve Nguyen
Sgt. At Arms....Flor Lepervanche


Sue Stack was our Toastmaster and she gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator doing a wonderful job.

Jose Lepervanche spoke about “Who is in control” Project # 7 - Competent Communication. Jemerson Diaz evaluated Jose's speech.

Andrea Siracusa provided our Word of the Day (Caterwave) and she served as Table Topic Master and Umm n' Ahh Counter too.

Flor Lepervanche was our Timekeeper too and she was our Vote Counter too.

Lorraine Haataia served as Master Evaluator.

Sue Stack was the winner as the best table topic.


Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Andrea Siracusa and Lorraine Haataia.

See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)

Minute (06/23/10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,


We had a great meeting last week (June 23) – Steve Nguyen was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job.

Sue Stack spoke about “Tell me about a second chance” from Storytelling Manual. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Sue’s speech. Sue served too as our Vote Counter.

Flor Lepervanche provided our Word of the Day (Insipid) and she served as Umm n' Ahh Counter

Catalina Agustin gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator and she was our Timekeeper too.

Jemerson Diaz was the Table Topics Master. Steve Nguyen served as Master Evaluator.

Catalina was the winner as the best table topic.

We did an Officer's election for 2010 - 2011.

The new Officers are:

President....Jose Lepervanche
VP of Education......Sue Stack
VP of Public Relations.....Andrea Siracusa
VP of Membership...
Treasurer.....Catalina Agustin
Secretary.....Steve Nguyen
Sgt. At Arms....Flor Lepervanche


Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Catalina Agustin and the guest Blair Stevenson.

See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.

Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary

Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)

Minute (05/19/2010)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,


We had a great meeting last week (May 19) – Jemerson Diaz was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job. Yeidy Feliciano provided our Word of the Day (Finical) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.

Andrea Siracusa was the Table Topics Master. Jose Lepervanche served as Master Evaluator. Sue Stack served as Um and Ah Counter and Flor Lepervanche as Vote Counter. Steve Nguyen was our Timekeeper.

Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the guest Nora Santamaria.

See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.

Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary

Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)

Minutes (05/12/2010)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,


We had a great meeting last week (May 12) – Sue Stack was our Toastmaster and she did a wonderful job. Andrea Siracusa provided our Word of the Day (Malapert) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.

Yeidy Feliciano spoke about “The Five Essential Goal Management Principles” an interesting subject like Project # 6 from Competent Comunicator Manual. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Yeidy’s speech.

Flor Lepervanche spoke about “How to do a Plan to travel to Italy” as Project # 5 from Competent Comunicator Manual. Jemerson Diaz evaluated Flor’s speech. Flor Lepervanche got the "Half Way Award" for completing five speeches in the Competent Communicator Manual.

Steve Nguyen was the Table Topics Master and the topic was abouot Movies. Jemerson Diaz served as Master Evaluator too. Catalina Agustin served as Um and Ah Counter and Vote Counter. Sue Stack was our Timekeeper too.

Winners: Flor Lepervanche as Best Speaker. Catalina Agustin as Best Table Topicsand
Jose Lepervanche Best Evaluator.

We have a great location that is bringing in new members, and we want to continue to grow. If you have missed some meetings please try to come.

See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.

Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary

Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)

Minutes (05/05/10)

We had a great meeting today!

Sue Stack gave her speech "Little Brier-Rose" Project 1 "The Folk Tale" from the Storytelling Advanced manual and Jemerson Diaz gave the speech "The Fight that would have changed history", about real facts in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Their evaluators were Steve Nguyen and Andrea Siracusa.

Jose Lepervanche served as Toastmaster and Invocator too. Andrea Siracusa was Table Topic Master. Flor Lepervanche was the Master Evaluator. Yeidy Feliciano served as Umm-Ah Counter and Gramarian with the word "Zeal". Catalina Agustin was the Timekeeper and Vote Counter too.

Winners: Sue Stack as Best Speaker; Andrea Siracusa as Best Evaluator and Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topic.

See you next Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the visitor Mrs. Dottie K.H. Alt from Toastmaster's Club in Nevada.


Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minutes (04/28/10)

We had a great meeting today!

Yeidy Feliciano gave her speech # 5 and she got the "Half Way Award" for completing five speeches in the Competent Communicator Manual. Catalina Agustin was her evaluator.



Jemerson Diaz served as Toastmaster. Catalina Agustin was the Master Evaluator too. Sue Stack was Table Topic Master. Flor Lepervanche was the Invocator and the Timekeeper too.

Winners: Yeidy Feliciano as Best Speaker and Best Table Topic; Catalina Agustin as Best Evaluator.

See you next Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, and Yeidy Feliciano.

Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Meeting Minutes (04.14.10)

We had a great meeting today!

Flor Lepervanche gave her speech "The Five Love Languages". Jemerson Diaz gave the formal evaluation emphasizing the importance of filling the "Love Tank".

Sue Stack served as Toastmaster and Vote Counter too. Yeidy Feliciano was Table Topic Master. Steve Nguyen was the Master Evaluator and Timekeeper too. Catalina Agustin served as Umm-Ah Counter and Gramarian with the word "Bloviate". Catalina Agustin was the Invocator too.

Winners: Flor Lepervanche as Best Speaker; Jemerson Diaz as Best Evaluator and the guest Robert Feliciano as Best Table Topic.

See you next Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Catalina Agustin, Yeidy Feliciano and the guests Blair Stevenson and Robert Feliciano.


Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Meeting Minutes (03/17/2010)

We had a great meeting last Wednesday!

Jemerson Diaz practiced his speech for the International Contest. At the end of the meeting the attendants gave feedback. Andrea Siracusa gave the formal evaluation. Catalina Agustin served as Master Evaluator.

Jose Lepervanche served as Toastmaster and Table Topic Master too. Sue Stack was the Timekeeper and the Gramarian too with the word "Banal". Yeidy Feliciano was the Um and Ah Counter and Flor Lepervanche was the Invocator and Vote Counter too.

Winners: Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topic; Jemerson Diaz as Best Speaker and Andrea Siracusa as Best Evaluator.

All the attendants approved the motion to deduct $ 6.00 of the membership fee to people to register during the Contest Day (March 20,2010).


See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.



Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Jemerson Diaz, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Yeidy Feliciano.


Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Meeting Minutes (03.10.10)

We had a great meeting last Wednesday! Andrea Siracusa gave her speech "Our Fears, Our Battles, Our Success". Sue Stack gave the formal evaluation emphasizing the importance about conquer the fears.

Steve Nguyen served as Toastmaster. Jemerson Diaz was the Timekeeper. Flor Lepervanche was our Table Topic Master. Catalina Agustin served as Um and Ah Counter and Gramarian with the word "Neophyte". Yeidy Feliciano was the Invocator and Vote Counter too. Sue Stack served as the Master Evaluator.

Winners: Catalina Agustin as Best Table Topic; Andrea Siracusa as Best Speaker and Sue Stack as Best Evaluator.


See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.




Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Jemerson Diaz, Steve Nguyen, Flor Lepervanche, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Yeidy Feliciano and the guests Yvonne Fischer, Cira Monsalve and Martha Clifford.


Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minutes Meeting (03/03/10)

We had a great meeting this afternoon! Jemerson Diaz gave his speech, Lesson from the Soup Kitchen, which was Project # 4, A Touching Story, in the Storytelling Advanced Manual. This speech is also his International Speech Contest speech. After his speech, Jose Lepervanche gave the formal evaluation and some suggestions were made, and compliments were given. Yeidy Feliciano gave her speech # 2 about her teaching passion. Andrea gave the formal evaluation emphasizing the passion that she shows when she talks about her passion for teaching.

Andrea Siracusa served as Toastmaster and Timekeeper too. Flor Lepervanche as Um and Ah Counter and Gramarian and Steve Nguyen as Master Evaluator and Vote Counter. Flor picked “charlatan” as our Word of the Day.

Warren Hinrichs was the Table Topics Master and the invocator too.

Winners: Catalina Agustin as Best Table Topic; Yeidy Feliciano as Best Speaker and Jose Lepervanche as Best Evaluator.


See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


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

Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minute 02/24/10

Good afternoon, Top O’ The Rockers!

We had a great meeting this afternoon! For those who could not come, you missed a great time! Jemerson Diaz gave his speech, Lesson from the Soup Kitchen, which was Project # 4, A Touching Story, in the Storytelling Advanced Manual. This speech is also his International Speech Contest speech. After his speech, Andrea gave the formal evaluation and then we had a roundtable evaluation. Some suggestions were made, and compliments were given. Jemerson will be doing his speech again before the Area Contest on March 20.

Sue Stack served as Toastmaster, William Clifford as Timekeeper, Steve Nguyen as Um and Ah Counter, Yeidy Feliciano as Grammarian, and Andrea Siracusa as Master Evaluator. Yeidy picked “faze” as our Word of the Day. As Toastmasters, we should not let anything faze us since we are training to be versatile on our feet!

You may have noticed “Backwards Day” on March 31. This meeting will be done backwards – in other words, evaluations before speeches. You might be wondering how that would work. Basically, the evaluator can say that the speaker did something in his/her speech such as saying, “La La La,” or moving their arms around, and then the speaker would have to incorporate that into his/her speech. It really keeps you on your toes since you have to remember to do what the evaluator said that you did. Same type of scenario with Um and Ah and Grammarian – whatever they said you did, you have to do. It should be fun and will definitely be different!

Everyone please note, as you will see on the attached schedule. The Area 12 contest is on March 20th and our Club meeting location will be hosting it. I hope to see a great turnout in support of our contestants and because the contest is being held at our club meeting location. A flier will be sent out over the weekend/Monday the latest

Thanks,

Sue



Sue Stack, AC-B, CL

Vice President, Education

Top O' The Rock Toastmasters

Club # 2155, Area 12, Divison A

District 84

sue.stack@jax.ufl.edu

(904) 244-2168

Minute (02/17/10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,

We had a great meeting this week – Catalina Agustin was our Toastmaster and she did a wonderful job. Flor Lepervanche provided our Word of the Day (Xenophobia) and Yeidy Feliciano gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator. We had one speaker Yeidy Feliciano with her speech Icebraker. Steve Nguyen evaluated Yeidy’s speech.

Jose Lepervache was the Table Topics Master and he asked various questions about "The Olimpics Games in the life". Andrea Siracusa served as Timekeeper. William Clifford served as Vote Counter and Sue Stack as Ah Counter. Sue Stack was our Master Evaluator too.

Winners: Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topic; Yeidy Feliciano as Best Speaker and Steve Nguyen as Best Evaluator.



See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Jemerson Diaz, Steve Nguyen, William Clifford, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin and Yeidy Feliciano.

Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minutes (02/10/10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,

We had a great meeting this week – Jemerson Diaz was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job. Andrea Siracusa provided our Word of the Day (Ideology) and Jemerson Diaz gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator too. We had two speakers, William Clifford with his "My Life" and Andrea Siracusa CC,CL gave to us an interesting speech about the "Toastmaster Game" with the different functions in a Toastmaster Club. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Andrea’s speech and Jemerson Diaz evaluated William's speech.

Flor Lepervache was the Table Topics Master and she asked various questions about "Sometimes situations in our daily routine". Jose Lepervanche served as Timekeeper. Yeidy Feliciano served as Vote Counter and Flor Lepervanche as Ah Counter. Jose Lepervanche was our Master Evaluator too.

Winners: Jose Lepervanche as Best Table Topic; Andrea Siracusa as Best Speaker and Jemerson Diaz as Best Evaluator.



See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Jemerson Diaz, William Clifford, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche and Yeidy Feliciano.

Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minutes (02/03/10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,

We had a great meeting last week – Sue Stack was our Toastmaster and she did a wonderful job. Steve Nguyen provided our Word of the Day (Vicissitudes) and Flor Lepervanche gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator. Jose Lepervanche, DTM gave to us a impromptu speech of Project # 5 "Your Body Speaks" from the Basic Communication Manual. Andrea Siracusa evaluated Jose’s speech.

Andrea Siracusa was the Table Topics Master and asked various questions relating to survival tools to use in life. Catalina Agustin served as Timekeeper. Jose Lepervanche served as Vote Counter and William Clifford as Ah Counter. Jemerson Diaz was our Master Evaluator.

Winners: Jose Lepervanche as Best Speaker; Andrea Siracusa as Best Evaluator and Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topics Speaker.

Today we voted in a new member - Yeidy Feliciano. Yeidy is now our newest member to the Club. Congratulations!!!!


See you on Wednesday!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.


Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Steve Nguyen, Catalina Agustin, William Clifford, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche and the new member Yeidy Feliciano.

Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary

Minutes Meeting (01/20/10)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,

We had a great meeting last week (Jan 20) – Jose Lepervanche was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job. Flor Lepervanche provided our Word of the Day (Comity) and Jemerson Diaz gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.

Jemerson Diaz spoke about “The Violin’s maker” an interesting story from the Story Telling Advanced Manual. Sue Stack evaluated Jemerson’s speech.

Sue Stack was the Table Topics Master and she served as Master Evaluator too. Flor Lepervanche served as Um and Ah Counter and Vote Counter. Jose Lepervanche was our Timekeeper too.

Winners: Jemerson Diaz as Best Speaker and Best Table Topics.
Sue Stack Best Evaluator.

We are starting the new year with wonderful challenges and the opportunity to have more members.

Thank you to everyone who has been constantly coming to the meetings and helping to make our Club strong. We have a great location that is bringing in new members, and we want to continue to grow. If you have missed some meetings please try to come.

See you tomorrow!

The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.

Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary

Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)