Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Minute (Aug 21, 2012)


Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 21, 2012
Location:  Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Topics Master)
Vice President Membership -  Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Invocator, Toastmaster)
Treasurer – Flor Lepervanche, CC (Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Master Evaluator)
Sgt. Of Arms – Printella Bankhead (Speaker)
Sue Stack, ACS, CL (Timekeeper)
Kevin Kochensparger (Grammarian)
Catalina Augustin (Grammarian, Um Ah, Vote Counter)

Guests:
Nora Santamaria (Guest of Flor, Vote Counter)
Diana Galavis
Jerod Powers
Frances Powers, Area 11 Governor

Toastmaster Warren changed up the meeting format by starting with table topics.

Table Topics:
Table topics led by Jose.  Participants were asked about their summer experience.
Steve talked about his Key West Vacation.  Time was 1:16.
Kevin spoke about experiencing Ichetucknee on a not so pleasant day.  Time was 1:09.
Diana spoke about her conference in nations capital.  Time was 2:12.

Speaker:
Printella Bankhead completed her second speech from the Basic Communication Manual.  The title was “Positive Thinking”.  Printella spoke to members and guest about the power of positive thinking and how it helped her persevere through a difficult upbringing and not be a statistic.  Expected time was 5 – 7 min.  Actual time was 7:10.

Evaluation:
Steve Nguyen served as Master Evaluator and introduced first time evaluator Flor Lepervanche.  Flor’s evaluation time was 2:20.  Steve gave a general evaluation of the meeting.

Word of the day – Acuity – n. Emptiness

Best table topics speaker was Steve.

Area Governor Frances Powers gave a brief presentation about upcoming Toastmaster events and incentive programs.

Toastmaster for next meeting September 4 is Steve.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Minute (Agust 7, 2012)



Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
August 7, 2012
Location:  Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster)
Treasurer – Flor Lepervanche, CC (Grammarian, Um Ah)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Timekeeper)
Sgt. Of Arms – Printella Bankhead (Table Topics)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (ME, Evaluator, Invocator)
Kevin Kochensparger (Speaker)

Guests:
Nora Santamaria (Guest of Flor, Vote Counter)
Diana Galavis

Speaker:
Kevin Kochensparger completed his speech no. 2 (Organize your Speech) from the Basic Communication Manual.  The title was “The Appraisal Process”.  Kevin’s speech focused on several methods for appraising commercial property values.  Expected time was 5 – 7 min.  Actual time was 7:23.

Table Topics:
Table topics led by Printella.  Topics were chosen from the table topics cards.
Flor spoke about how she would change the immigration law.  Time was 1:21.
Nora spoke about her best birthday celebration.  Time was 1:43.
Warren spoke about his idea for a business.  Time was 1:16.
Diana spoke about her most bizarre pet.  Time was 0:55.
Jose spoke about who should be added to Mt. Rushmore.  Time was 1:39.
Steve spoke about his most unusual credit card purchase.  Time was 1:05.

Evaluation:
Warren Hinrichs served as Master Evaluator and Evaluator for Kevin’s speech.  Warren’s evaluation time was 2:56.  Warren gave a general evaluation of the meeting.

 
Word of the day – Extol – V. To praise highly, glorify

Best table topics speaker was Nora.

Club Business:

Warren has volunteered for VP Membership.  Still need VP Education.

Toastmaster for next meeting August 21 is Warren