Tuesday, May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009

Greetings. Josie here filling in for Connie.

A small but mighty group gathered after a long Memorial Day weekend. To reenter the EarlyRisers routine with ease, we had doughnuts and coffee. Multitasking was the order of the day! Most people performed several roles for this meeting. What a challenge in concentration and attention! Thank you all for your team spirit.


Attending: Mark, Theo, Kelly, Daohua, Giselle, Lisa, Laura, and Josie

Theme for this meeting: Memories and Remembrance


Roles for this Meeting:
Toastmaster – Laura
Inspiration – Josie
Wordmaster – Daohua, word: Reminisce
Timer - Josie
Grammarian - Kelly
Ah Counter - Lisa
Jokemaster – Theo
General Evaluator - Josie

Prepared Speeches at this meeting
Speaker 1 – Mark, "Gone Fishin'," Project: Speech #5 in Competent Communicator manual, time: 5-7 minutes

Speaker 2 – Theo, "The Hood of My Car," Project: Speech #4 in Competent Communicator manual, time: 5-7 minutes


Timer's Report of prepared speech times: Josie was timer, and set the Timer incorrectly! Both speeches were little over 5 minutes, because the red light was on sooner than expected! The speakers handled the situation with aplomb.

Table Topics Master – Kelly

Timer's Report on impromptu speeches: All speeches were within time. 

Evaluation Speeches at this meeting

Evaluator 1 – Lisa

Evaluator 2 – Giselle

Evaluations were timed by Daohua. 

Awards 

Best Speaker: Mark
Best Table Topics: Giselle
Best Evaluator: Giselle

Club Business – New Schedule for June and July is out. If you need to adjust and make corrections to the schedule, contact Josie with your input. See the Googlegroups page for an online copy at http://groups.google.com/group/EarlyRisers/

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