Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Minute October 3, 2012



Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 2, 2012
Location:  Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Topics Master)
Treasurer – Flor Lepervanche, CC (Toastmaster)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Evaluator)
Sgt. Of Arms – Printella Bankhead (Speaker)
V.P. Membership – Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Evaluator)
Diana Galavis (Speaker)
Kevin Kochensparger (Timekeeper)

Guests:
Debbie Scoggins (Um Ah, Vote Counter)
Carlos Galavis

Speakers:
Printella completed project No. 3 from the basic communication manual.  Her speech was titled “Items Used by Security Officers”.   Printella gave us a brief and interesting overview of all the tools of her trade.  Expected time was 5 – 7 min.  Actual time was 8:55.

Diana gave her first speech the icebreaker.  Diana delivered a great speech and we all got to know her a little better.  Projected time was 4 – 6 min.  Actual time was 3:53.


Table Topics:
Table topics led by Jose.
Kevin talked about his public speaking experience.  Time was 1:15.
Debbie was asked to give a 2 minute icebreaker.  Time was 1:45.
Carlos talked about his public speaking experience.  Time was 1:17.
Flor was asked why did it take her so long to join Toastmasters.  Time was 1:31.


Evaluation:
Printella’s speech was evaluated by Steve.  Evaluation time was 1:38.
Diana’s speech was evaluated by Warren.  Evaluation time was 2:26.
Warren gave an evaluation of the meeting.

Word of the day – Obsolete – Adj.  Old and no longer in use.

Best table topics speaker was Carlos.  Best evaluator was Warren.  Best speaker was Diana.

Club Business:
Our club will be doing a demonstration meeting at the Kent Campus on November 6.  Jose, Warren and Steve have volunteered to do speeches.