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