4 November 2008

Well, this was an interesting meeting! Lee W. was the Toast Master in charge or running the show. He had been out of town when Stephanie had sent out the new schedule that announces who the next Toast Master is. Ah! True to style, the club made this work beautifully. Lee W. did a lightning fast agenda the night before and got the speeches confirmed minutes before the meeting started. Everyone played their role and made it work. Now, that's a club!

The theme was: "One Nation: Indivisible." 

Inspiration: "A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." (a quote/paraphrase of Goethe)

Word of the day: tout

It was the election day after all. The polls hadn't opened when we started this meeting. Our meeting place at Unity Community Church in Palo Alto, CA, was a polling place, as it has been for many years.

Attending this meeting: Stephanie, Theo, Lee W., Mark, Ann, Kelly, Connie, Tryphine, Sam (visiting from Foster City Toastmasters club), Claire, and Josie.

Awards at this meeting:

Best speech: Mark (his ice breaker!)

Best evaluation: Stephanie

Best Table Topics: Stephanie

Speakers and speeches at this meeting:

1) Mark, "Introducing Mark," 4-6 minutes, Competent Communicator manual, speech #1. Actual delivery time: 00:03:40. Evaluated by Stephanie (evaluation time: 00:03:05).

2) Ann, "Ten Reasons Toastmasters can enhance your life," 5-7 minutes, Public Relations manual, speech #1. Actual delivery time: 00:07:20. Evaluated by Connie (evaluation time: 00:02:48).

Other roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Theo

Ah-Counter and Grammarian: Ann

Timer: Theo

Joke Master and Word Master: Tryphine

Table Topics Master: Josie

General Evaluator: Kelly

Announcements: Roles for next week announced. There was some changing of roles and adjustments that the next Toast Master, Ann, needed to attend to.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 AM.