Meeting 7/29/2009

We had a great meeting this week – I must say that it was auspicious! Jemerson Diaz was our Toastmaster and did a wonderful job. Marc Hirst provided our Word of the Day (auspicious) and gave us inspirational thoughts as our Invocator too. Both of the speeches were from advanced manuals (Humorously Speaking and Entertaining Speaker), so hopefully everyone was entertained. Steve Nguyen, CC, CL spoke about “Turning Failure Into Success” and I spoke about how to help your spouse by doing “Other Duties As Assigned.” Jose Lepervanche, AC-G, AL-S, evaluated Steve’s speech while Warren Hinrichs, AC-S evaluated mine.

Jose also was the Table Topics Master and asked various questions relating to getting along without cell phones and other technology. Warren also did double-duty and served as Master Evaluator. Jemerson was also a busy man – he served as Um and Ah Counter and Toastmaster. Catalina Agustin was our Timekeeper and Alison Last as our vote counter.

Winners: Steve Nguyen as Best Speaker; Jose Lepervanche as Best Evaluator; Catalina Agustin as Best Table Topics Speaker

Announcements: The Humorous Speech Contest will be on August 26 with the castle.com (Army Corps of Engineers) club. Date for the Evaluation Contest will be announced later. Contact Jemerson Diaz, Contestmaster if you want to participate in the contests.

Toastmaster Training is Saturday, August 8 from 8:30 to 12:30 at the Shands Towers on 8^th Street.

Next Week: Tom Snead will be the Toastmaster and Catalina Agustin, Marc Hirst, and Warren Hinrichs will be speaking.

See you next week!

Sue Stack, AC-B, CL

Vice President, Education/Secretary

Top O' The Rock Toastmasters

Club # 2155, Area 12, Divison A

District 84

sue.stack@jax.ufl.edu

(904) 244-2168

7.15.09 Meeting

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (7.15.09)
Landon Prep School

Meeting Call to Order: 12:01PM

Attendance: Francisco Adrian, Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, JoAnne Heinrich, Warren Hinrichs, Marc Hirst, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.

Announcements:

· Francisco Adrian was inducted as a member of Top O’ The Rock. Congratulations again Francisco! We are happy to have you as part of our Club.

· Next week’s meeting will be at Landon Prep School again – but starting July 29^th – August 26^th we will be meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

· Our Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will take place on August 26^th. So far we have two contestants for the Humorous Speech and one for the evaluation contest. If you are interested in participating as a contestant, OR for any role –judge, timer, vote counter, etc.- please alert the Contest Master Jemerson Diaz (jemersondiaz@yahoo.com) as soon as possible.

· We are looking for an active member who would like assume the role of Secretary. If you are interested in retaining the role of Secretary please let me know and I will be happy to go over it with you.

MEETING:

Grammarian (Francisco Adrian): Word of the day was synergy (sĭn'ər-jē). The word means “interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.” Example sentence: There synergy of the members, proved that great results would be coming.

Speakers:

Mar Hirst – Marc presented his second speech of the Competent Communicators manual. Titled “ Pyramid of Egypt,” Marc spoke about the design and structure of the Egyptian pyramids.

Tom Snead- Tom presented and impromptu speech about “Healthcare Reform.” Tom provided great facts and insight into what healthcare reform will do, and is it the choice we seek.

Congratulations to Marc for being voted “Best Speaker.”

Evaluations:
Master Evaluator was Warren Hinirchs.
Evaluator for Marc’s Speech was JoAnne Heinrich
Evaluator for Tom’s Speech was Steve Nguyen

Congratulations to JoAnne for being voted “Best Evaluator.”

Table Topics:
Andrea Siracusa provided the table topic session which revolved around “choices.” Topics included: habits, to write a book or movie, choices of where to live, choice of a career. Jemerson, Warren, Sue and Francisco had the chance to participate.

Congratulations to Warren for being voted “Best Table Topic Speaker.”

Roles
Toastmaster: Catalina Agustin
Um and Ah Counter: Jemerson Diaz
Vote Counter: JoAnne Heinrich
Timekeeper: Sue Stack
Invocation: Jemerson Diaz

LOCATION CHANGE Please remember that due to it being summer, and the library being unavailable for use, for our next meeting (7/22/09) we will be meeting at Landon Prep School (1819 Thacker Avenue) – just blocks from the library.

NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m Landon Prep School (1819 Thacker Avenue)

If you would like to fill a role please contact our VP of Education, Sue Stack (sue.stack@jax.ufl.edu).

7.8.09 Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (7.8.09)
Landon Prep School

Meeting Call to Order: 12:05PM

Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Jemerson Diaz, JoAnne Heinrich, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.

MEETING:

Grammarian (Catalina Agustin): Word of the day was daedal (deed-l). The word means “skillful; ingenious; complex.” Example sentence: There meeting yesterday was so daedal, it was hard to follow what was going on.

Speaker: Andrea Siracusa – Andrea presented her second project from the Public Relations manual. The project involved the speaker pretending to be on a talk show in which she was talking about an organization she was involved in. Sue Stack served as the radio show host.

Evaluations:
Master Evaluator was Andrea Siracusa.
Evaluator was Tom Snead.

Table Topics:
Jemerson Diaz provided the table topic session which revolved around celebrities and goals that some people where hoping to be able to achieve. Everyone had a chance to participate in the table topic session; and congratulations to Tom Snead who was voted as the best table topic speaker.

Roles
Toastmaster: Sue Stack
Um and Ah Counter: JoAnne Heinrich
Vote Counter: Sue Stack
Timekeeper: JoAnne Heinrich
Invocation: Andrea Siracusa

LOCATION CHANGE Please remember that due to it being summer, and the library being unavailable for use, for our next meeting, and up through July 22nd, we will be meeting at Landon Prep School (1819 Thacker Avenue) – just blocks from the library.

NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m Landon Prep School (1819 Thacker Avenue)

TOASTMASTER will be John Lee. If you would like to fill a role please contact John at (john_lee2@doh.state.fl.us); if you are planning to speak please be sure to provide him with your speech information.

Minutes recorded by: Secretary
Top O’ The Rock

2009-10 Club Officers

July 1st, 2009. Induction of the 2009-2010 President Andrea Siracusa by 2008-2009 President Jose G. Lepervanche. Congratulations Andrea.

2009-2010 Club Officers:

President: Andre Siracusa

VP - Education: Sue Stack

VP - Membership: Jemerson Diaz

VP - Public Relations: Jose G. Lepervanche

Treasurer: Catalina Agustin

Sergeant-At-Arms: Tom Snead

Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (6.17.09)
Crowne Plaza Hotel

Thank you to Ms. Christine Payne for allowing us to use a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this week, and next week, for our meetings. We truly appreciate your support in making our meetings a success.

Meeting Call to Order: 12:08PM

Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Hung-Hen Chen, Jemerson Diaz, Marc Hirst, Jose Lepervanche, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead and Sue Stack.

Guest: In attendance was Francisco Adrian. This was Francisco’s second visit to our Club, and today he was voted in as a new member. Welcome Francisco, we know you will find Toastmasters very beneficial.

Also in attendance was Alison Last. Alison has lived in Jacksonville for about two years, and participated in Toastmasters in Michigan. She was looking to restart her involvement and sought out our Club via the internet. We are glad she could join us and hopefully she will able to attend future meetings.

MEETING:

Grammarian (Jemerson Diaz): Word of the day was genial (jēn-‘yәl). The word means “to have a friendly or pleasant disposition or manner.” Example sentence: She seemed very genial, even though she was going through some rough time.

Speakers
Speaker: Jose Lepervanche – Jose presented an impromptu speech titled “Household Finances During Stormy Times.” In his speech, Jose provided us with tips on how to handle our finances – from making sure not to spend to impress, to remembering that saving money is key.

Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Sue Stack.
Evaluator was Andrea Siracusa.

Table Topics:
Marc Hirst provided the table topic session which revolved around some of the well known table topic cards and some of his own table topic questions. The session involved topics such as: new career; job you would not want; first job; happiest moment; donating money; and a favorite sitcom.

Everyone in attendance, including our guests, had a chance to participate; congratulations to Tom Snead who was voted as the best table topic speaker.

Roles
Toastmaster: Tom Snead
Um and Ah Counter: Jemerson Diaz

Vote Counter: Francisco Adrian
Timekeeper: Catalina Agustin

Invocation: Jose Lepervanche

LOCATION CHANGE
Please remember that due to it being summer, and the library being unavailable for use, we have to meet in different locations. Below is a reminder of where we will be meeting for the last meeting in June and for all our meetings in July.

June 24^th:

Crowne Plaza Hotel (1201 Riverplace Blvd.) Parking is located under the hotel. Drive up in front of the Crowne Plaza’s front doors and proceed under the hotel into the parking area. The room at this time has not been confirmed, but that information will be sent before the meeting.

June 17th – August 5^th:

Julie Landon Prep School (1819 Thacker Ave.) – located just blocks from the San Marco Library

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday, June 24

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m
Crowne Plaza Hotel (Downtown Jacksonville Southbank)

TOASTMASTER will be Sue Stack. If you would like to fill a role please contact Sue at (sue.stack@jax.ufl.edu); if you are planning to speak please be sure to provide her with your speech information.

Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com

The summer months are here, which means a new location for
the Top O’ The Rock meetings. Due to school being out during
the summer, the San Marco Public Library is unavailable for use,
so we will be meeting at the following establishments on the
following dates from 12:00noon – 1:00pm:

JUNE 17th and 24th
Crowne Plaza Riverfront Jacksonville Hotel
1201 Riverplace Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL. 32207
· June 17th we will meet in the Suwanne Room on the second floor of the hotel.
· June 24th room location TBA.

JULY 1st – 22nd
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
(BLOCKS FORM THE LIBRARY)
1819 Thacker Ave. (Off Atlantic Blvd, near Hendricks Ave.)
* We will meet on the second floor in the Media Center (Library).


* Directions & location reminders will be sent at the beginning of each week.

Meeting Minutes

Top O’ The Rock Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes (5.27.09)
Prudential Building

Meeting Call to Order: 12:15PM

Attendance: Catalina Agustin, Marc Hirst, Steve Nguyen, Andrea Siracusa, Tom Snead, Sue Stack.

Guest: In attendance was Francisco Adrian. Francisco was a guest at this weeks meeting, he is looking to improve his speaking skills and feels that Top O’ The Rock is the place for that. With no hesitation, Francisco turned in his application to be a member – we are excited he has decided to join our organization.

MEETING:

Grammarian (Andrea Siracusa): Word of the day was elicit (i-‘list-әt). The word means “to draw out by discussion.” Example sentence: The doctor was able to elicit the patient’s true feelings.”

Speakers
Speaker: Andrea Siracusa – Andrea presented a speech from the Advanced Communication Manual – Public Relations. She was working on the first project that dealt with the goodwill speech. She talked about Toastmasters and tips on speaking and combating nerves.

Evaluations
Master Evaluator was Catalina Agustin.
Evaluator was Tom Snead.

Table Topics:
Sue Stack provided the table topic session which involved chosen speakers to promote possible vacation spots. Sue provided the speaker with a location and they had to promote the location. Everyone had a chance to speak, and places discussed where: Daytona Beach; Dollywood; Golf Shores, Alabama; Disney World; Kentucky.

Congratulations to Andrea Siracusa who voted as the best table topic speaker.

Roles
Toastmaster: Tom Snead
Um and Ah Counter: Marc Hirst

Vote Counter: Catalina Agustin
Timekeeper: Steve Nguyen

Invocation: Steve Nguyen

LOCATION CHANGE
It is summer, and that means our meetings will be taking place elsewhere than the library for the next 2 months. Below is the future meeting locations for the summer. Reminders will be sent each week, regarding where the meetings will be held. Please be sure if your contact information changes in the next two months to alert the Secretary or President so we can make sure you are on our email reminders of where the meetings will take place.

June 10th (Prudential Building – Southbank of Downtown Jacksonville)

June 17th – August 5th (Julia Landon Prep School – located just blocks from the San Marco Library)

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday, June 10
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m
PRUDENTIAL BUILDING (Downtown Jacksonville Southbank)

Off San Marco Blvd, across from M.O.S.H (Museum of Science and History)

[Directions and additional information will be sent by email to all members]

Minutes recorded by:
Andrea Siracusa
Secretary
Top O' The Rock Toastmasters
ajsiracusa@yahoo.com