10 February 2009 Meeting

The theme was RAIN. And Stephanie (Toastmaster for the day), led us in a spirited rain dance to get things started. Today, Laura had a triple role of GE, evaluator, and leadership evaluator. Phew!

Meeting brought to order at 6:30 AM  by Bud.

Attending: Stephanie, Bud, Tryphine, Theo, Tony, Laura, Kelly, Neil, and Josie.

Toastmaster of the Day: Stephanie

Theme for the day: RAIN

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Neil, "A Brief History of Colt's Model of 1911", Competent Communicator manual, project #3, time 5-7 minutes. Actual delivery time: 00:10:29. Evaluated by Kelly (evaluation time: 00:03:11).

2) Josie, "Balance: It's all in your head", Competent Communicator manual, project #8, time 5-7 minutes. Actual delivery time: 00:07:28. Evaluated by Laura (evaluation time: 00:02:38).

3)Tony, "The Jungle Effect", Speaking to Inform manual, project #1, time 5-7 minutes. Actual delivery time: 00:07:14. Evaluated by Theo (evaluation time: 00:03:10).

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Bud, "How lovely to think that we can start right now to start changing the world..." (Anne Frank)
WordMaster: Stephanie
Timer: Bud
Ah Counter: Theo
Grammarian: Theo
Table Topics Master: Tryphine (rain and related ideas); all TT speeches were in time

General Evaluator: Laura 
Joke of the Day: Bud

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Laura
Best Evaluation: Kelly
Best Speech: Josie



Meeting adjourned at: 8:00 AM