Officers'-Meeting Minutes 5.7.10

[emailed to group 5.10.2010]

***A question that frequently arises in the officers' meeting is: How do members come across our club? So please send a line or two to me, regarding:

How did you find our club? The web? If so, what site or forum? A friend? Someone at work? A poster? Someone or something else?

Knowing the answer to this question helps the officers direct the clubs' recruitment and p.r. efforts.

So please send me a reply and I'll send it on to the rest of the officers. This set of questions comes up frequently in our meetings, and it'd be great to hear directly from each of you. Thank you.

Meeting minutes

Friday May 7, 2010

Palo Alto Cafe, Middlefield Road across from the CVS, 7am to 750am

Attending; Giselle, Stephanie, Ericka, Kathleen, Eileen, Nik

1) Thanks to the success of our recruitment efforts (spearheaded by Ericka, Giselle, and Stephanie), we need more mentors.

Please do consider becoming a mentor. You don't need much experience in the club, and it's a gratifying way to lend a hand while clarifying for your own self what makes for a good speech, strong presentation, and potently fulfilled role. I've attached the mentor guidelines, prepared by Stephanie, our v.p. of education.

2) Elections are around the corner. Here again, you don't need much experience with the club, not least because Toastmasters organizes training sessions to help orient newly-elected officers in their roles. Being an officer also gives you some extra opportunities for speaking-up at meetings.

3) Welcome to our new members.

Toastmasters minutes: 4.27.10

Early Risers Toastmasters

**April 27, 2010**

Welcome to new member Frank and congratulations to Yanming on her ice-breaker speech!

Meeting brought to order at 630 am by Nik

Attending: Liang, Stephanie, Phillip, Tony, Giselle, Frank, Yanming, Eileen, Steve, Kelly, Nik

Theme: Conversation

Opening: Giselle

Inspiration: Stephanie

Functionaries:

Grammarian: Steve

Ah Counter: Steve

Timer: Tony

Word Master: Kelly with "conducive"

Speaker 1: Yanming, Icebreaker, 4-6 mins.

Speaker 2: Phillip, “City Neighbors”, 5-7 mins. Speech 4 in 'Competent Communicator Manual'

Table Topics: Kelly

Evaluations and Reports

General Eval.: Giselle

Evaluator 1: Stephanie

Evaluator 2: Steve

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Giselle

Best Evaluator: Stephanie

Best Speaker: Yanming

Announcements: Open House this Tuesday, May 4! Let your friends and colleagues know!

Minutes 2/9/10 Toastmasters

Meeting brought to order at 631 am

Attending: Joe, Steve, Stephanie, Theo, Nik, Tony, Phillip, Laura, Ericka, Mark, Kelly, Eileen, Laura

Toastmaster (Master Control): Mark

Theme for the day: Our Robot Overlords

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting (Output):
1) Kelly, Next installment of long-running project.

2) Eileen, "My Privacy.web", Competent Communicator, project #3, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Stephanie

3) Joe, Advanced Communication Series: Public Relations, project #5, time 4-6 minutes, talk; 3-5 minutes for q. & a. Evaluated by Nik

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration (Initialization): Phillip
WordMaster: Theo with 'autonomous'
Timer (Atomic): Laura
Ah Counter (Protocol Droid): Steve
Grammarian (Protocol Droid): Steve
Table Topics Master: Phillip

General Evaluator (feedback): Kelly
Joke of the Day (Terminator): Ericka

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Mark
Best Evaluation: Stephanie
Best Speech: Joe

Minutes Officers' Meeting 2/5/10 Toastmasters

Friday 2/5/2010 7am, Palo Alto, Middlefield Road

Attending: Stephanie, Mark, Theo, Giselle

Main points covered:

*We are well on our way to Distinguished Club sandwich.

* How best to keep membership numbers afloat? Ideas proposed:

Open-house event (probably in early April);

facebook publicity;

updating meet-up.com.

* Rent: we've paid through March

* Mentoring: an ongoing discussion. Stay tuned: a two-sided hand-out encapsulating what mentoring is all about may be in the works.

Minutes February 2, 2010 Toastmasters

Meeting brought to order at 631 a.m.

Attending: Giselle, Kelly, Laura, Jane, Steve, Eileen, Tony, Stephanie, Nik, Phillip, Mark, Joe

Toastmaster of the Day: Giselle

Theme for the day: Fear

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Steve Koehler, Speech 2, Competent Communicator, (project #2), time 5-7 minutes.

Evaluated by Jane

2) Mark, "Toaster Oven Project Kickoff Meeting," Technical Presentations, project #1 , time 8-10 minutes. Evaluated by Eileen

3) Laura, "The Coach," Interpersonal Communication Manual, project #4, time 10-14 minutes (total of multiple sections). Evaluated by Tony

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Phillip
WordMaster: Joe with "formidable"
Timer: Stephanie
Ah Counter: Laura
Grammarian: Laura
Table Topics Master: Kelly
General Evaluator: Nik
Joke Master: Phillip

Minutes: 1/26/2010 Toastmasters

Meeting brought to order at 6:30am

Attending: Josie, Stephanie, Connie, Phillip, Steve, Nik, Theo, Tony, Giselle, Laura, Ericka, Kelly, Mark, Eileen, Mick

Toastmaster of the Day: Josie

Theme for the day: Fun

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Theo, "The Video Evaluation", Competent Communicator, project #10, time 8-10 minutes. Evaluated by Giselle

2) Connie, "Haircuts", Entertaining Speaker, project 3, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Tony

3) Kelly, "From Speaker to Trainer [part II]", ATM/Gold project, time 10-12 minutes.

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Ericka
WordMaster: Steve with "engender"
Timer: Eileen
Ah Counter: Ericka
Grammarian: Stephanie
Table Topics Master: Laura
General Evaluator: Mark
Joke of the Day: Phillip

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Stephanie
Best Evaluation: ______
Best Speech: Connie


Club Business: Remember the contest on 2/16: inspiring speech; and table topics!

Minutes 1/19/2010 Toastmasters

Meeting brought to order by Stephanie.

Attending: Phillip, Stephanie, Nik, Mark, Kathleen, Tony, Theo, Kelly, Steve, Laura, Jane, and three visitors Doug, Nesrin, and Ann.

Toastmaster of the Day: Jane

Theme for the day: Charitable Giving

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Phillip, "The Other Side of Doomsday", Competent Communicator Manual, project # 2, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Steve

2) Stephanie (in conversation with Kelly), "What's All This About HPL's?", time 10 minutes. Evaluated by Tony

3)Laura (with Ann), "Diffusing Verbal Criticism", time: 4-5 minute presentation; 3-5 minute role playing; 2-3 minutes informal discussion. Evaluated by Joe

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Nik
WordMaster: Kelly with "pernicious"
Timer:Kathleen
Ah Counter: Nik
Grammarian:Nik
Table Topics Master: Theo
General Evaluator: Tony
Jokemaster: Tony

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Nik
Best Evaluation: Mark
Best Speech: Laura


Club Business: On February 16, we will have our first-round of the Spring Contest. You'll have an opportunity to give an inspirational speech (5-7 minutes); and participate in the Table Topics competition. Let Stephanie know if you're interested.

Minutes 1.12.2010 Toastmasters

Meeting brought to order at 631 a.m.

Attending: Robert, Stephanie, Steve, Phillip, Nik, Laura, Giselle, Eileen, Kelly, Connie, Ericka, Joe, Yi-Wu Area Governor.

Toastmaster of the Day: Laura

Theme for the day: A Fresh Start

Inauguration of officers with Yi-Wu leading the oaths

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Ericka, "Journal", Competent Communicator Manual, project #2, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Kelly

2) Nik, "What's Behind All Those Rules?" Competent Communicator Manual, project #7, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Stephanie

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Steve, with words from T.S. Eliot and more
WordMaster: Eileen and "Trenchant"
Timer: Phillip
Ah Counter: Connie
Grammarian: Connie
Table Topics Master: Joe
General Evaluator: Giselle
Joke of the Day: Joe with "Termite walks into a bar and asks... 'Where's the bar tender'?"

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Steve
Best Evaluation: Stephanie
Best Speech: Nik

Officer's training coming-up!

Meeting adjourned at: 7:56 a.m.

January 5, 2010 Meeting Minutes

Meeting brought to order at 630 a.m.

Attending: Ericka, Kelly, Mark, Nik, Kathy, Steven, Phillip, Eileen, Giselle, Stephanie, Laura, Theo, Connie, Kathleen, Roger (guest)

Toastmaster of the Day: Kelly

Theme for the day: Creativity

The Prepared Speeches at this meeting:
1) Steven, "I Am Steven", Competent Communicator, project #1, time 4-6 minutes. Evaluated by Laura

2) Phillip, "I Am Phillip", Competent Communicator, project #1, time 4-6 minutes. Evaluated by Theo

3) Eileen, "The Seven Levels of Bicycle Addiction", Competent Communicator, project #2, time 5-7 minutes. Evaluated by Connie

Other Roles at this meeting:

Inspiration: Ericka, "You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star."-- Nietzsche
WordMaster: Mark with "Fruition"
Timer: Kathleen
Ah Counter: Nik
Grammarian: Nik
Table Topics Master: Giselle
General Evaluator: Stephanie
Joke of the Day: Kathleen "Why did the bartender refuse a drink to a snake?" "That snake can't hold his liquor!"

Awards at this meeting:
Best Table Topics: Nik
Best Evaluation: Laura
Best Speech: Eileen