Early Riser's 31Mar 09

Coffee, tea and Krispy Kreme donuts. What a way to start the day

Toastmaster of the Day: Laura

Theme for the day: April: Be a Fool (and take a risk) or Be Fooled

Attending: Bud, Laura, Kelly, Jane, Theo, Connie, Tony, Daohua, Kathy, Claire, Josie, Stephanie, Tryphine and welcome guest and Area Governor Peter Karp

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Daohua, "Challenge Yourself", CC #10 Evaluated by Theo

2) Josie "The Scoop on the Group", CC #9 Evaluated by Connie

3)Claire, "Carpe Diem", CC #10 Evaluated by Tony

Table Topics:
April Fool's Day enactments: "Smell-a-vision", "The left-handed Whopper", "Whistling carrots"

word of the day: cozen ( to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery)

Awards at this meeting, for completing Competent Communicator manual: Daohua, Claire

Early Riser's TM meeting 24Mar09

Welcome Spring! Welcome Club contest!

Attending: Bud, Lisa, Kathy, Jane, Claire, Tony, Theo, Kelly, Connie, Daohus, Laura, Stephanie, Tryphine, Josie

Toastmaster of the Day: Josie

Theme for the day: Spring Equinox

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Claire, "Namaste -- the light within me honors the light within you", CC #9, 5-7 minues

2) Bud, "Some of the History of Modern Israel", CC #7


Table Topics Contest:
....and the winner is Jane
Paraphrase of Kelly's TT question: If you were President today, in these difficult times, what would you say to the American people?

17mar09 Early Riser's meeting

First meeting I've attended in a while. Thanks for Josie for doing the minutes.
Unstructured-structured meeting.

Attending: Bud, Josie, Kelly, Connie, Tony, Kathy, Daohua, Theo, Stephanie, Lisa

Toastmaster of the Day: Connie

Theme for the day: Grab-bag, or, "Surprise! You have the role of XXX this morning"

Impromptu speeches
1) Daohua, "Songs of China" Evaluated by Tony

2) Kelly, "The Increasing Demand for Energy". Evaluated by Bud

3)Theo, "Noise Canceling Head Phones", Evaluated by Josie

Word of the day: miscreant

10 March 2009 Meeting Minutes

Claire was Toastmaster for the meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Lisa was inducted as a new member. Welcome, Lisa! As for the schedule, there were some quick changes to be made; because, for the first in eight years, there were two cancelled speeches! With noting to fear, the Toastmasters swiftly moved into action. Stephanie signed up to do an impromptu 7-minute speech to great effect. Way to go, Stephanie!

Attending: Claire, Stephanie, Daohua, Lisa, Kathy, Josie, Kelly, Theo, Tony, and guests, Rebecca (who found us on MeetUp) and Janine from Ohio (just passing through!).

Theme - How do you stay in touch with your friends and family
members? Recently there's been a lot of buzz around various
technologies that allows us to stay in touch with our loved ones - how
do you communicate and stay in touch with your loved ones? Do you
still write letters, phone, emails, or new social media tools such as
facebook, skype, twitter...etc???

Toastmaster: Claire Chang
Table Topics: Theo Lin
General Evaluator: Josie Weaver
S1: Neil Gavande (Cancelled!)
S2: Laura Caplan  (Cancelled!)

Prepared Speeches at this meeting

S1: Stephanie, "Just Show Up!" project #1 in Specialty Speeches manual, 5-7 minutes. Actual speech delivery time: 00:06:50. Evaluated by Daohua.

S2: Tony,  "Part Two of The Art of Effective Evaluation" as part of the High Performance Leadership project, 12-14 minutes. Actual speech delivery time: 00:14:35. Evaluated by Kelly.

Note: All evaluations were delivered within time limits.

Grammarian: Josie
Ah Counter: Kathy
Ti/WM: Bud (word: flaunt)
Joke Master: Theo 
Leadership Evaluator: Kelly
Inspiration: Stephanie Charles who read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If" 

Awards at this meeting:

Best Table Topics speech: Kelly

Best Evaluation: Kelly

Best Speech: Stephanie

Announcements: Member dues! Remember to bring your check for $69 in ASAP. Thank you to those of you who left your checks with Bud, who will give these to Tryphine. For NEXT WEEK's MEETING: It's a "grab bag" meeting-- roles will be assigned as you come in. Be ready! Come early! Guests and new members will have a chance to do a 5-minute speech only if you want to. As a new member, you are not beholden for this grab bag meeting!  The club contest (Table Topics Contest on March 24) and Area contests (on March 27th) are coming. Bud and others are signed up for the Table Topics contest. 

Meeting adjourned at 7:56 AM. Have a great day!

March 3, 2009 Meeting Minutes

Daohua made her debut as Toastmaster. What a great meeting. Everything flowed smoothly. And the meeting was very well attended. Kathy was inducted as a new member. Welcome, Kathy!

Attending: Daohua, Stephanie, Kathy, Theo, Tryphine, Jane, Kelly, Claire, Laura, Neil, Bud, and three guests: Lisa, Pavel, and BJay

Theme: Books Tell us about the kinds of books you prefer and why. For example, do you like hardcover books because they are so elegant, or paperbacks because they are less expensive and lighter to hold, or you are in the new age world and like e-books or downloadable books.

Inspiration:  Josie read a short poem by Sufi Poet Hafiz about what it means to be a leader.

Toastmaster: Daohua
Table Topics Master: Tony
General Evaluator: Theo

Prepared Speeches at this meeting:

S1: Kathy, "Intrepid Spirit," Ice Breaker speech, project #1 in the Competent Communication manual, 4-6 minutes. Claire was the evaluator. 

S2: Kelly, "[the Chinese character for 'character']"; project #3 in the Speaking to Inform manual, 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Bud.

S3: Jane, "Cost Cutting for North Union Sports"; project #4 in the Public Relations manual, 3-5 minutes for the presentation and 2-3 minutes for Q&A. Stephanie evaluating.

Note: All speeches and evaluations delivered within the specified time limits.

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Laura
Timer: Tryphine
WordMaster/Leadership Evaluator/Inspiration: Josie Weaver

Awards at this meeting:

Best Table Topics: Josie

Best Evaluation: Stephanie

Best Speaker: Jane

Announcements: Stephanie distributed the Distinguished Club Program game plan. We are oh-so-close! Club contests coming up! Are you thinking about dues?

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 AM