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.