Meeting 10/25/2007

Hello Fellow Toastmasters, it was another great meeting this past Thursday!

Club Attendance:

Name, Meeting Roles, Comments
1) Tom Alvord: Evaluator # 3, Ah Counter
2) Eliot Lofman
3) Cheryl Mason: Speaker # 1
4) Kim Price: Speaker # 3, Evaluator # 1
5) Rose Rita Riccitelli: Speaker # 2, Word of the Day
6) Rob Schaff: Toastmaster, Invocation
7) Arun Sodani: Evaluator # 2, Sergeant at Arms, General Evaluator
8) Fred Swiderski: Humorist, Table Topics Master
9) Srinivas Voleti

Guests:

Name, Meeting Roles, Comments
10) Erica Mason: Timer
11) Ramesh Pravala
12) Jeff Lagasse
13) Mike Wagner: Speaker # 4, Practicing for District Humorous Speech
14) Lorraine

We were delighted to have a number of guests with us for the evening!

Rob was our (very well prepared) Toastmaster for the evening.

Tom showed off our President’s Distinguished Award ribbon and Rob helped describe the achievements of our club in order to earn this coveted award! Congratulations to everyone in the club, this is something to be very proud of!

Rob gave an invocation with an Autumn theme.

Rose Rita provided our word of the day: EPITOME
Epitome is a noun, a brief presentation, or a typical, ideal example of something.

Fred provided our humor for the evening and had us all laughing about sharks and alligators!

Table Topics: Fred led the Table Topics for the evening, with a Fall theme. This was a lot of fun!

We learned about Tom’s favorite Fall ritual at the beach, Jeff’s favorite Halloween costume, Erica’s most liked jack-o-lantern, Arun’s favorite Halloween treats to hand out, Eliot’s special hiding place for candy (as well as his howling skills!), Rob’s favorite fall color (hint has to do with the Steelers!), what Lorraine is serving for Halloween, Ramesh’s favorite fall memory, and Sreeni’s Halloween decorating strategies.

Speeches

Cheryl completed her 5th speech from the CC manual, Your Body Speaks. The topic of this speech was Dancemasters, a dance themed program like Toastmasters!

Rose Rita completed her 2nd speech from the CC manual, Organize Your Speech. This was a chance for Rose Rita to practice a speech she will be giving to employees at Yale University. The message was about OPPORTUNITY and we learned a lot about Rose Rita’s experiences at Yale!

Kim completed an advanced speech from the Speaking to Inform Manual, “Why Don’t Chipmunks Make Good Pets.” Kim’s speech provided us with some inspiring thoughts about embracing change, changing the way you think, all while he told an engaging story!

Mike Wagner is competing at the district conference and visited our club in order to practice his speech. This was a real treat for us to hear! Great job, Mike! Really enjoyed his theme “Notes to You” as well as the stories he weaved throughout the speech.

General Evaluator – Arun Sodani

Speech Evaluations

Evaluator # 1 – Kim Price
Evaluator # 2 – Arun Sodani
Evaluator # 3 – Tom Alvord
Evaluator # 4 – Open forum, provided feedback to Mike on his speech

Reports

Ah Counter – Tom
Timer – Erica
Word Master – Rose Rita

Closing - Meeting was adjourned by Tom at approx. 8:50 p.m.

See you next time!

-Cheryl