Meeting, Thursday, August 13, 2009 - Village at South FarmsMiddletown, ConnecticutMinutes of the Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340


Highlights the Middlesex club meeting Thursday, 8/13

Attendees: Tom A., Cheryl M., Emily O., Michael O., Craig F., Jennifer C., Ramesh P., Charnaie G., John K., Kay J.

Our toastmaster for the evening was John Keppler, who lead us through a great meeting.

Humorist: Emily O'Brien
Word Master: Jennifer Cimiluca, "kudos"
Ah Counter: Ramesh Padavala
Grammarian: Craig Fresher
Timer: Charnaie Gordon
General Evaluator: John Keppler

We had four prepared speakers:

Kay - Inspire Your Audience Speech #10: The Choice is Yours
Inspirational speech with references from the book, "The Power of Attitude" by Mac Anderson
Tom -- Thou Shalt Not Steal
Thought provoking speech, taking a pen might clearly be considered stealing, but other scenarios might not be so clear!
Michael - Ice Breaker Speech # 1: The Extra Mile
Speech describing Michael's walking sanctuary and where we might see him on a clear summer night
Cheryl - How to Say It Speech # 4: A New Experience
Speech describing Cheryl's recent volunteer experiences at the TI conference

Table Topics were given by Tom, with a fun summer theme

Speech evaluations were given by Craig, Jennifer, Cheryl & Tom

Business news:
* Cheryl brought two slides shown by Dave Wheeler, LGET, at the District officers meeting on 8/9 -- both are exciting for Middlesex.
First: Middlesex Club is #1 in DCP standings across the entire district!
Second: Middlesex Club has earned a banner ribbon for having 7 officers trained during the summer training sessions
* Charnaie brought the signup sheet for Sept. 10th club contest -- and is recruiting volunteers to help with contest role(s)!
* Tom discussed the Fall Variety Show on Oct. 15 that is planned for the Village at South Farms -- please let Tom know if you can help with anything such as coordinating light refreshments, reading a short poem, providing some other entertainment. Looking for volunteers to help!