Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 37
July 28, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL
Present:
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin (Toastmaster, Um/Ah)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Grammarian, Timekeeper)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Table Topics Master, Vote Counter)
Lorraine Haataia, ACB, ALB (General Evaluator)
Jemerson Diaz, CC (Evaluator)
Guests: Mahesh Shetty, Marie Brocato
Speaker – Sue Stack – “ABCs of Toastmasters” – Sue gave an excellent canned speech from the Successful Club Series. Sue presented about The Toastmaster Communication and Leadership tracks – Projected time was 10-15 min. Actual time was 11 minutes 28 seconds.
Evaluator – Jemerson Diaz evaluated Sue’s speech – Time was 3 minutes.
Table Topics – Heat was the theme of the table topic session.
Andrea – Spoke about how she stays cool in the heat. Time was 1:17.
Lorraine – Told us how she could survive without air conditioning . Time was 2:10.
Catalina – Spoke about how a person could go crazy from the heat. Time was 1:36.
Mahesh (Guest) – Told us about his favorite summertime food and beverages. Time was 0:59.
Andrea – Spoke about her first car and life experience. Times were 2:12 and 2:16.
Word of the day – Bemoan – To express grief over; lament; express disapproval of or regret; deplore
Word used by: Jemerson, Sue. Sorry if I left out anyone else that used the word.
Best Table Topics – Lorraine
Best Evaluator – Jemerson
Best Speaker – Sue
Club Business – Andrea Siracusa inducted VP of Membership role. Lorraine Haataia inducted as member of Top O The Rock.
Today was Jemerson Diaz’s last day at Top O The Rock. He will be leaving Jacksonville and heading to Las Vegas this Sunday. Jemerson, we wish you the best of luck with your endeavors and your new life in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Minute (07/21/2010)
Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 37
July 21, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL
Present:
Jemerson Diaz, CC (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Table Topics Master, 3rd Evaluator)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Grammarian)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, (Table Topics Master)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Timekeeper)
Lorraine Haataia (Vote Counter)
Guests: Phil Singleton, Daniel Delpino, Leanje (???)
No prepared speeches today but there was plenty of opportunities to work on our impromptu speaking during table topic session led by Sue Stack.
Table Topics
Lorraine – Spoke about her moving experiences and first car. Times were 2:03 and 2:05.
Jemerson – Spoke about his college experience and goals in life. Times were 2:12 and 1:49.
Phil (Guest) – Spoke about his apartment experience. Time 2:03.
Andrea – Spoke about her first car and life experience. Times were 2:12 and 2:16.
Steve – Spoke about his first job. Time 0:56.
Daniel (Guest) – Spoke about a moving experience. Time 2:27.
Word of the day – Acumen – Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
Word used by: Jemerson
Best Table Topics – Daniel Delpino
Best Evaluator – NA
Best Speaker – NA
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 37
July 21, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL
Present:
Jemerson Diaz, CC (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Table Topics Master, 3rd Evaluator)
VP PR - Andrea Siracusa, CC, ALB (Grammarian)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, (Table Topics Master)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CTM (Timekeeper)
Lorraine Haataia (Vote Counter)
Guests: Phil Singleton, Daniel Delpino, Leanje (???)
No prepared speeches today but there was plenty of opportunities to work on our impromptu speaking during table topic session led by Sue Stack.
Table Topics
Lorraine – Spoke about her moving experiences and first car. Times were 2:03 and 2:05.
Jemerson – Spoke about his college experience and goals in life. Times were 2:12 and 1:49.
Phil (Guest) – Spoke about his apartment experience. Time 2:03.
Andrea – Spoke about her first car and life experience. Times were 2:12 and 2:16.
Steve – Spoke about his first job. Time 0:56.
Daniel (Guest) – Spoke about a moving experience. Time 2:27.
Word of the day – Acumen – Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
Word used by: Jemerson
Best Table Topics – Daniel Delpino
Best Evaluator – NA
Best Speaker – NA
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Minute (07-07-10)


Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,
We had a great meeting last week (July 7) –
Lorraine Haataia, Area 10 Governor visited our Club to induct our new Officers using our new Dedicated Leaders Award Gavel.
The new Officers are:
President....Jose Lepervanche
VP of Education......Sue Stack
VP of Public Relations.....Andrea Siracusa
Treasurer.....Catalina Agustin
Secretary.....Steve Nguyen
Sgt. At Arms....Flor Lepervanche
Sue Stack was our Toastmaster and she gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator doing a wonderful job.
Jose Lepervanche spoke about “Who is in control” Project # 7 - Competent Communication. Jemerson Diaz evaluated Jose's speech.
Andrea Siracusa provided our Word of the Day (Caterwave) and she served as Table Topic Master and Umm n' Ahh Counter too.
Flor Lepervanche was our Timekeeper too and she was our Vote Counter too.
Lorraine Haataia served as Master Evaluator.
Sue Stack was the winner as the best table topic.
Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Andrea Siracusa and Lorraine Haataia.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Minute (06/23/10)
Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,
We had a great meeting last week (June 23) – Steve Nguyen was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job.
Sue Stack spoke about “Tell me about a second chance” from Storytelling Manual. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Sue’s speech. Sue served too as our Vote Counter.
Flor Lepervanche provided our Word of the Day (Insipid) and she served as Umm n' Ahh Counter
Catalina Agustin gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator and she was our Timekeeper too.
Jemerson Diaz was the Table Topics Master. Steve Nguyen served as Master Evaluator.
Catalina was the winner as the best table topic.
We did an Officer's election for 2010 - 2011.
The new Officers are:
President....Jose Lepervanche
VP of Education......Sue Stack
VP of Public Relations.....Andrea Siracusa
VP of Membership...
Treasurer.....Catalina Agustin
Secretary.....Steve Nguyen
Sgt. At Arms....Flor Lepervanche
Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Catalina Agustin and the guest Blair Stevenson.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
We had a great meeting last week (June 23) – Steve Nguyen was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job.
Sue Stack spoke about “Tell me about a second chance” from Storytelling Manual. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Sue’s speech. Sue served too as our Vote Counter.
Flor Lepervanche provided our Word of the Day (Insipid) and she served as Umm n' Ahh Counter
Catalina Agustin gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator and she was our Timekeeper too.
Jemerson Diaz was the Table Topics Master. Steve Nguyen served as Master Evaluator.
Catalina was the winner as the best table topic.
We did an Officer's election for 2010 - 2011.
The new Officers are:
President....Jose Lepervanche
VP of Education......Sue Stack
VP of Public Relations.....Andrea Siracusa
VP of Membership...
Treasurer.....Catalina Agustin
Secretary.....Steve Nguyen
Sgt. At Arms....Flor Lepervanche
Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Catalina Agustin and the guest Blair Stevenson.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
Minute (05/19/2010)
Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,
We had a great meeting last week (May 19) – Jemerson Diaz was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job. Yeidy Feliciano provided our Word of the Day (Finical) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.
Andrea Siracusa was the Table Topics Master. Jose Lepervanche served as Master Evaluator. Sue Stack served as Um and Ah Counter and Flor Lepervanche as Vote Counter. Steve Nguyen was our Timekeeper.
Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the guest Nora Santamaria.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
We had a great meeting last week (May 19) – Jemerson Diaz was our Toastmaster and he did a wonderful job. Yeidy Feliciano provided our Word of the Day (Finical) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.
Andrea Siracusa was the Table Topics Master. Jose Lepervanche served as Master Evaluator. Sue Stack served as Um and Ah Counter and Flor Lepervanche as Vote Counter. Steve Nguyen was our Timekeeper.
Attendance: Sue Stack, Jemerson Diaz, Flor Lepervanche, Jose Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the guest Nora Santamaria.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Minutes (05/12/2010)

Good morning Top O' The Rock Toastmasters,
We had a great meeting last week (May 12) – Sue Stack was our Toastmaster and she did a wonderful job. Andrea Siracusa provided our Word of the Day (Malapert) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator.
Yeidy Feliciano spoke about “The Five Essential Goal Management Principles” an interesting subject like Project # 6 from Competent Comunicator Manual. Jose Lepervanche evaluated Yeidy’s speech.
Flor Lepervanche spoke about “How to do a Plan to travel to Italy” as Project # 5 from Competent Comunicator Manual. Jemerson Diaz evaluated Flor’s speech. Flor Lepervanche got the "Half Way Award" for completing five speeches in the Competent Communicator Manual.
Steve Nguyen was the Table Topics Master and the topic was abouot Movies. Jemerson Diaz served as Master Evaluator too. Catalina Agustin served as Um and Ah Counter and Vote Counter. Sue Stack was our Timekeeper too.
Winners: Flor Lepervanche as Best Speaker. Catalina Agustin as Best Table Topicsand
Jose Lepervanche Best Evaluator.
We have a great location that is bringing in new members, and we want to continue to grow. If you have missed some meetings please try to come.
See you on Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Minutes recorded by:
Flor Lepervanche, Secretary
Top O’ the Rock Toastmasters Club # 2155
Midtown Business Centre
4040 Woodcock Dr., Bldg. 2200, Rm #151
(Community Room)
Meeting: Wednesday, 12:00 pm
www.toporock.com/directions.html
Jemerson Diaz (904-210-1406)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Minutes (05/05/10)
We had a great meeting today!
Sue Stack gave her speech "Little Brier-Rose" Project 1 "The Folk Tale" from the Storytelling Advanced manual and Jemerson Diaz gave the speech "The Fight that would have changed history", about real facts in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Their evaluators were Steve Nguyen and Andrea Siracusa.
Jose Lepervanche served as Toastmaster and Invocator too. Andrea Siracusa was Table Topic Master. Flor Lepervanche was the Master Evaluator. Yeidy Feliciano served as Umm-Ah Counter and Gramarian with the word "Zeal". Catalina Agustin was the Timekeeper and Vote Counter too.
Winners: Sue Stack as Best Speaker; Andrea Siracusa as Best Evaluator and Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topic.
See you next Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the visitor Mrs. Dottie K.H. Alt from Toastmaster's Club in Nevada.
Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary
Sue Stack gave her speech "Little Brier-Rose" Project 1 "The Folk Tale" from the Storytelling Advanced manual and Jemerson Diaz gave the speech "The Fight that would have changed history", about real facts in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Their evaluators were Steve Nguyen and Andrea Siracusa.
Jose Lepervanche served as Toastmaster and Invocator too. Andrea Siracusa was Table Topic Master. Flor Lepervanche was the Master Evaluator. Yeidy Feliciano served as Umm-Ah Counter and Gramarian with the word "Zeal". Catalina Agustin was the Timekeeper and Vote Counter too.
Winners: Sue Stack as Best Speaker; Andrea Siracusa as Best Evaluator and Flor Lepervanche as Best Table Topic.
See you next Wednesday!
The minutes from the meeting are available on the blog at www.toporock.org, please be sure to check out what took place.
Attendance: Andrea Siracusa, Sue Stack, Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, Jose Lepervanche, Flor Lepervanche, Steve Nguyen, Yeidy Feliciano and the visitor Mrs. Dottie K.H. Alt from Toastmaster's Club in Nevada.
Minutes recorded by
Flor Lepervanche
Secretary
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