Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Minute (June 29, 2011)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
June 29, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster, Master Evaluator, Evaluator)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker, Invocator, Vote Counter)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Grammarian, Table Topics)
William Clifford (Table Topics, Timekeeper)

Speakers:
Sue Stack – Sue’s speech titled “What Did You Say?” was a project from the Advanced Communication Project no. 4 from the Humorous Speaking Manual. Expected time was 5 – 7 min. Actual time was 8:02 min.


Table Topics:
Table topics led by Steve. Theme was vacations.
William spoke about his best vacation experience. Time was 0:48 min.
Sue told us when it is time for a vacation. Time was 1:12 min.
Jose spoke about whether he prefers vacations during the winter or summer. Time was 1:45 min.
Steve spoke about his last vacation. Time was 1:24 min.
Will spoke about his worst vacation experience. Time was 1:50 min.
Sue spoke about her favorite vacation memory. Time was 1:21 min.
Jose spoke about his dream vacation. Time was 2:04 min.


Evaluations:
Jose led the Evaluations session and introduced himself:
Sue’s speech was evaluated by Jose. Evaluation time was 4:13 min.


Word of the day – Exultant – Adj. Marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant.

Club Business:

District 84 Officer Training in Winter Park July 16. July 30 in Jacksonville.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Minute (June 15, 2011)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
June 15, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster, Invocator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Master Evaluator, Grammarian)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Table Topics, Timekeeper)

Guest:
Tranetta Williams

Table Topics:
No speakers today so we had extended table topics led by Warren Hinrichs.
Tranetta spoke about a superhuman power she wishes she had. Time was 1:04 min.
Steve spoke about one of the worlds natural wonders his grandmother. Time was 0:56 min.
Jose spoke about what can be accomplished in 10 seconds. Time was 1:05 min.
Tranetta spoke about her favorite color. Time was 0:48 min.
Warren spoke about the craziest thing he bought with a credit card…a new truck. Time was 1:27 min.
Steve gave advice for newlyweds. His time was 1:06 min.
Jose spoke about his near death experience. Time was 1:45 min.
Warren spoke about his favorite place not to think. Time was 2:06 min.
Tranetta spoke about how she stays cool during these times. Time was 1:06 min.
Steve spoke about what he would tell Rip Van Winkle. Time was 1:07 min.
Jose spoke about the many domain names he owns. Time was 1:430 min.
Tranetta told us about her hobbies. Time was 1:00 min.
Warren spoke about interviewing Jesus, Hitler and Jim Morrison on his own talk show. Time was 1:37 min.


Word of the day – Exultant – Adj. Marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Minute (June 8, 2011)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
June 8, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Timekeeper, Master Evaluator)
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin, CC (Table Topics, Um Ah)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Toastmaster)

Table Topics:
No speakers today so we had extended table topics led by Catalina with her bag of new quarters.
Warren selected Kentucky coin and spoke about the Kentucky Derby. Her time was 1:41 min.
Sue selected the Wyoming coin. Her time was 2:03 min.
Jose selected the New Mexico coin and shared some historic information about NW. His time 2:12 min.
Steve selected the Arkansas coin and spoke about his stay at the refugee camp in Ft. Chafee. Time was 1:06 min.
Sue selected the Hawaii coin and spoke about the exotic allure of the state. Her time was 1:06 min.
Steve selected the North Dakota coin and spoke more about Hawaii. His time was 1:15 min.
Warren selected the centennial coin and spoke about his recent trip to St. Augustine. Time was 1:47 min.
Jose selected Indiana and spoke about the Indy 500 and local car races. Time was 1:54 min.

Word of the day – Fallible – Adj. – Liable to be mistaken.

Best Table Topics – Warren

Club Business:

Officer Nominees:
President – Sue Stack
VP Education – Nicole Kent
VP Public Relation – William Clifford
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin
Secretary – Steve Nguyen