April 21, 2009 EarlyRisers Meeting Minutes

Hi all! Josie here filling in for Connie as writer of meeting minutes. Here are the meeting minutes for yesterday's EarlyRisers' Toastmasters meeting. 

At this meeting:

Newest member, Joe, gave a moving Ice Breaker speech! Congratulations, Joe, on getting the BEST SPEECH award today!

Attending: Daohua, Kathy, Stephanie, Kelly, Joe, Theo, Mark, Bud, Lisa and Josie.

Bud opened the meeting promptly at 6:30 AM.

Toastmaster of the day: Stephanie

The theme: Going green

Inspiration: Josie --who drew a blank! Lesson: Be prepared for your role! But, this could happen in real life, after all. Stephanie, our quick-thinking Toastmaster of the day kept things moving and asked  Joe to read the inspirational thought off his Starbucks cup. There wasn't an inspiration on it today; they must have stopped doing that program. Oops. So, Joe read what was on the cup anyway: "Buy our coffee and all is good." Inspiration is where you find it.

In her role as Club President, Stephanie went over the binder that contains advanced manuals. Check it out when you get the chance.

Prepared speeches at this meeting:

1. Joe, Ice Breaker, "The Doctor's Doctor," speech #1 in the Competent Communicator manual. 4-6 minutes. Actual delivery time: 00:05:14. Evaluated by Josie (whose evaluation went over time! 00:04:00).

2. Mark, "Observations Regarding Normality," speech #4 in the Competent Communicator manual. Actual delivery time: 00:07:15. Evaluated by Theo (in 00:03:07).

3. Daohua, "High Mountain, Flowing Water," speech #1 in the Storytelling manual. 7-9 minutes. Actual delivery time: 00:08:28. Evaluated by Stephanie (in 00:03:37).

Other roles at this meeting:
Timer: Lisa
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Kathy (first time in the double role; good going!)
Wordmaster: Stephanie (the word: myriad; there was a myriad of uses of this word)
Table Topics Master: Kelly (highlights: going green is making good use of what you have, learning how to identify plants when they just sprout is tricky business, recycling bird nests is cool, growing vegetables is hard work, the planet could be anemic some day)
General Evaluator: Bud

Awards:
Best Table Topics: Bud
Best Evaluator: Theo
Best Speech: Joe (Big Congratulations!)

Announcements: Club open house next week! Bring a guest, bring an appetite for breakfast treats, and bring your mug for the coffee and tea we'll be serving.

Meeting adjourned at: 8:00 AM