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