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