We had a fun-tastic Contest Meeting last night with 18 members and 2 guests. Thanks to Cheryl Mason for an outstanding job and all the prep work she did ahead of time. Our guests included Victoria Schaff and first time visitor, Craig Fisher.
Kim Price was the Contest Master and he did an excellent job keeping the meeting in order and flowing. Jeff Lagasse was Sargeant at Arms. He was in and out of the room as he kept participants occupied during speeches. As Chief Judge, Tom Alvord did a terrific job keeping track of the judges, timers, and ballot counters.
Now for the exciting part of the evening – our 2 contests! Anne-Marie Cannata had an awesome evening, taking home first place for both the Table Topics and International Speeches! Double congratulations to Anne-Marie! Other winners for the Table Topics Contest went to Arun Sodani for second place and Rob Schaff, third place. Rob Schaff also took home second place for the International Contest! The speeches were all entertaining and very much enjoyed by the audience!
A huge thank you to everyone for making the Contest Meeting successful and fun!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Meeting, February 12
We had an unusual night with almost as many guests as we had members: 11 members and 8 guests! Our guests were: Jennifer Cimillca, Michael O’Brien, Emily O’Brien, Leslie Strovas, Victoria Schaff, Pamela Mulready, Minyan Zhu, and Terese Rogers.
Pamela and Leslie came as guests but signed up to become new members! Welcome Pamela and Leslie!
Our President, Rob Schaff, motivated the club as he announced we now have 8 Club Points toward Distinguished Club. Other members chimed in that we are ahead of schedule to date!
Erik Jarboe was very comfortable in his role of Toastmaster for the second time. He thanked Tom Alvord and John Kepler for taking on roles that needed to be filled at the last minute, like true Toastmasters!
Rob was our Table Topics Master using an interesting spin on the movie, “Rocky.” Several of the guests eagerly participated.
Our four speakers were: John Kepler, Peter Plotica, Erik Jarboe, and Ann Marie Cannata. This was Ann Marie’s 10th and final speech in the CC Manual. Congratulations Ann Marie!
Cheryl Mason was our General Evaluator. It had been mentioned at the last meeting that the club, as a whole, needed to work on giving evaluations. Erik gave a timely speech on evaluations from information he had received at the training last month in Manchester. John also commented that all of the evaluations had been under time, less than 2 to 3 minutes.
Pamela and Leslie came as guests but signed up to become new members! Welcome Pamela and Leslie!
Our President, Rob Schaff, motivated the club as he announced we now have 8 Club Points toward Distinguished Club. Other members chimed in that we are ahead of schedule to date!
Erik Jarboe was very comfortable in his role of Toastmaster for the second time. He thanked Tom Alvord and John Kepler for taking on roles that needed to be filled at the last minute, like true Toastmasters!
Rob was our Table Topics Master using an interesting spin on the movie, “Rocky.” Several of the guests eagerly participated.
Our four speakers were: John Kepler, Peter Plotica, Erik Jarboe, and Ann Marie Cannata. This was Ann Marie’s 10th and final speech in the CC Manual. Congratulations Ann Marie!
Cheryl Mason was our General Evaluator. It had been mentioned at the last meeting that the club, as a whole, needed to work on giving evaluations. Erik gave a timely speech on evaluations from information he had received at the training last month in Manchester. John also commented that all of the evaluations had been under time, less than 2 to 3 minutes.
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