Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Minutes Meeting (01/12/11)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
Januar 12, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Presiding Officer, Sandwich Delivery)
VP of Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Master Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Table Topics, Vote Counter)
Sgt of Arms - Flor Lepervanche, CC (Invocator)
Treasurer – Catalina Augustin (Timekeeper)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Table Topics)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Speaker)
Brian Berry, CC, CL (Evaluator)
Beth Pavlicberry, CC (Grammarian, Um Ah)
Helen Ashmead (Vote Counter)


Speeches
Warren Hinrichs delivered an excellent and informative speech titled “How to Protect Your Fixed Income Mutual Funds From Rising Rates”. This is Project #5 from the Speaking to Inform Manual, Advance Communication Series. Projected time was 6-8 min. Actual time was 7:03 min.

Table Topics
Table Topics session conducted by Lorraine Haataia. Theme was money.

Helen spoke about lessons learned concerning money. Time was 1:44.
Brian spoke about what he has to do to make money. Time was 1:52.
Catalina spoke about making money doing what she is passionate about. Time was 1:08

Evaluations
Sue Stack conducted the evaluation session. Sue introduced evaluator Brian Berry. Brian Berry gave an excellent evaluation of Warren’s speech. His time was 2:50 min. Sue provided a great general evaluation of the meeting.

Club Business
Officer Training scheduled Saturday January 22 at UF Shands. Officers let Catalina know if you plan to attend. Registration fee is covered by Club.

Word of the day: Query – To question.

Best Table Topics – Brian

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Minutes (01/05/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
Januar 5, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Toastmaster)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Table Topics, Vote Counter)
Sgt of Arms - Flor Lepervanche, CC (Table Topics, Vote Counter)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Master Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Grammarian, Um Ah)
Helen Ashmead (Timekeeper)


We had extended table topic sessions led by Flor and Steve

1st Round
Lorraine spoke her goals for this year. Time was 1:44.
Steve spoke about resolution concerning time. Time was 0:30.
Warren spoke about new year resolution regarding finance. Time was 1:25
Helen spoke about new year resolution regarding health. Time was 1:30
Jose spoke about his new year resolutions. Time was 1:44.

2nd Round
Warren talked about how he met last years resolution. Time was 2:01
Helen talked about how she spent her holidays. Time was 1:59
Lorraine spoke about her most memorable holidays from the past. Time was 2:16
Flor spoke about what she would do with Lottery winnings. Time was 1:56
Jose spoke about his training for the Gate River Run. Time was 2:25


Word of the day – Extol – To praise highly.

Best Table Topics (for both sessions) – Jose

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Minute (12/08/10)

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

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Toastmaster)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Speaker)
Helen Ashmead (Grammarian)
Flor Lepervanche - (Time Keeper, Master Evaluator)
Charles Gaston (Guest) - Umm Ahh Counter
Jacqueline Kern (Guest) (SWAT) - (Table Topics)

Guests:
Charles Gaston
Jacqueline Kern (SWAT)

Speakers:
Sue Stack gave an beautiful speech titled - "I can sing" - Speech # 4 - Manual Storytelling).Time: 8' 30"


Evaluations:
Jose Lepervanche evaluated Sue's speech. Time: 2' 50"

Table Topics – Jacqueline Kern conducted the table topics session.

Word of the day –Ableism –

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Minute (11/17/10)

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

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Evalutor Beth & Brian's speech)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Table Topics and Evaluator Helen's Speech)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Master Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, AC-S (Invocator, Grammarian, Time Keeper)
Catalina Agustin (Toastmaster)
Helen Ashmead (Speaker)
Beth Pavlicberry & Brian Berry - (Speakers)
Flor Lepervanche - (Umm Ahh coounter, Vote Counter)


Guests:
None

Speakers:
Helen gave an interesting speech titled - "Angles Among Us" - Speech # 2 - Manual CC) from the Basic Communication Manual.

Beth Pavlicberry & Brian Berry - (Speakers - Dreamforce TV)


Evaluations:
Sue Stack evaluated Helen’s speech.
Jose Lepervanche evaluated Beth and Brian's speech.

Table Topics – Sue Stack conducted the table topics session.

Word of the day – Sovereign –

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Minute (11/10/10)

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

Present:
President - Jose Lepervanche - (Grammarian)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster)
Helen Ashmead (Invocator)
Flor Lepervanche - (Speaker)
Lorraine Hattaia - Umm Ahh Counter
Brian Berry - (Master Evaluator)
Beth Pavlicberry - (Time Keeper)


Guests:
None

Speakers:
Flor Lepervanche gave an interesting speech titled - "Go Cruising" - Speech # 9 - Manual CC).


Evaluations:
Warren Henrichs evaluated Flor's speech.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Minute (10/13/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 13, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Present:
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Toastmaster, Grammarian, Table Topics)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Master Evaluator)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Speaker)
Warren Hinrichs, AC-S (Evaluator, Vote Counter)
Helen Ashmead (Um Ah)

Guests:
None

Speakers:
Lorraine gave an entertaining speech titled “Sleeping Naked” from the Basic Communication Manual. Projected time was 5 – 7 minutes. Actual time was 6:47.

Evaluations:
Warren Hinrichs evaluated Lorraine’s speech. His time was 2:54.

Table Topics – Sue Stack conducted the table topics session. The theme was lethological moments.

Helen spoke about her lethological moment. Time was 2:10.
Steve spoke about his troubles remembering names. Time was 1:16.

Word of the day – Lethologica – Temporary inability to remember word or name or intended action.

Best Table Topics – Helen

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Minute (10/06/10)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
October 6, 2010
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Speaker)
VP Education – Sue Stack, ACB, CL (Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Table Topics)
Lorraine Haataia, ACG, ALG (Master Evaluator)
Brian Berry, CC, CL (Toastmaster)
Beth Pavlicberry (Timekeeper, Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Vote Counter)
Wanda Brown, DTM (Invocator, Grammarian, Um Ah)
Helen Ashmead (Vote Counter)


Speakers:
Warren gave a humorous speech titled “Free Range Puppy Training”. Project from Speaking to Inform Advance Communicator Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 5:08.

Jose gave an entertaining speech titled “I Believe”. Project No. 8 Using Visuals from Basic Communication Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual time was 6:42.

Evaluators:
Sue evaluated Warren’s speech. Her time was 3:04.

Beth evaluated Jose’s speech. Here time was 2:39.

Table Topics – Steve conducted the table topics session. Quotes from famous people was the theme.

Wanda spoke about the importance of humor. Time was 1:44.
Lorraine spoke about how to get along with people. Time was 1:47.
Helen spoke about the purpose of life. Time was 1:41.
Brian spoke about the importance of dreams. Time was 1:25.

Word of the day – Yearn – To be filled with longing or desire.

Best Table Topics – Helen
Best Speaker – Warren
Best Evaluator – Beth