23 September 2008 Meeting

Greetings! It has been  a little while. I fell behind on bringing the up-to-the-minute posts here. I have been traveling in September (for work!) and will be traveling again in October. Here are the meeting minutes for this meeting.

Bud Opened the meeting at 6:30 AM

Attending: Theo (Toastmaster for the day), Bud, Donna, Jane, Daohua, Lee D., Ann, Laura, Kelly, Stephanie, and Josie. We had two guests: experienced Toastmaster, Emmanual, and Mark.

The theme today: Lucky Tokens

The word for the day: Superstition

Awards at this Meeting:

Best Evaluation: Kelly

Best Table Topics: Stephanie

Best Speaker: Daohua

Speeches at this Meeting:

1. Lee D. -- "Elitist Allegiance"; speech #2 of the Competent Communicator manual; 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Josie (for Arash). Actual speech time: 0:07:25

2.Daohua -- "Behind the Wheel"; rehearsing her competition speech for Friday; time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Jane with comments from the whole group. Actual speech time: 0:06:44

3. Laura -- "The Effective Sales Person"; speech#2 from the Persuasive Speaking manual; 10-12 minutes. Evaluated by Kelly. Actual speech time: 0:10:15

Other Roles at this Meeting:

Table Topics Master: Donna who asked questions around the themes of astrology, lucky numbers, superstitions in other countries

General Evaluator: Bud

Grammarian-Ah Counter: Ann

Meeting Adjourned: 8:00 AM