Minute (October 19, 2011)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 19, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President - Sue Stack, AC-S, CL (Speaker)
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin, CC (Master Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Topics Master, Grammarian, Um Ah)
Sgt of Arms – Jimmy Gardner (Evaluator, Timekeeper)
Carmen Polanco (Toastmaster, Invocator)
James Beal (Vote Counter)

Speeches:
Sue completed Project No. 1 from the Interpretive Reading Advanced Communication Manual. She used great vocal variety while presenting a selection from “Anne of Green Gables”. Projected time was 8-10 min. Actual time was 8:45 min.

Table Topics:
Table Topics was conducted by Steve who asked our participants to comment on random quotes from different people in history.

James spoke about how life can be seen as a series of experiments. Time was 0:45 min.
Catalina spoke about why we should always do our best and plant the seeds for a better future. Time was 1:45 min.
Carmen spoke about how to face our fear and conquer it. Time was 1:40 min.
James spoke about how we define ourselves through our actions. Time was 1:30 min.
Jimmy spoke about the circle of life. Time was 2:13 min.
Sue spoke about how to face the challenges of daily living. Time was 1:15 min.

Evaluations:
Master Evaluator Catalina introduced first time evaluator Jimmy who evaluated Sue’s speech. Evaluation time was 2:45 min. Catalina gave a general evaluation of the meeting.

Word of the day – Adroit – adj. Skillful, clever, dexterous.

Best Table Topic Speaker - Carmen

Club Business
James Beal voted in as a member of Top O the Rock Toastmasters Club.