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