July 15 meeting

Perry Chang, filling in as presiding officer in Eva Stimson’s absence, opened the meeting at 1:00 p.m. Kim Kaberle led the invocation, and all attendees (including visitors Bethany Furkin and Vince Patton) introduced themselves and told of something they will be doing in the next three weeks.

Perry led the Pledge of Allegiance, and then transitioned into the business portion of the meeting. During this time, corrections were suggested for the June 17, 2009 meeting’s minutes.

Becki Moody began her role as Toastmaster by asking members of the Evaluation Team to explain their roles: Speech Evaluator—Perry Chang; Timer/Vote Counter—Deborah Hoff; Table Topics—Valerie Mansfield; Ah Counter/Grammarian—Kim Kaberle.

Kim identified chary as the word of the day.
chary \CHAIR-ee\, adjective:
1. Wary; cautious.
2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing.

Investors should be chary, however, for the returns are far from sizzling.
--“The Stampede Into Variable Annuities”, Fortune, October 13, 1986

Bankers, consulted as to whether or not they believed that the full force of the decline had spent its fury, were chary of predictions.

Becki next called on Eric Darnell to give his speech entitled “Corn, It’s What’s for Dinner” (Competent Communication Program Manual Project 4).

Becki then asked Valerie Mansfield to lead Table Topics. Valerie’s Table Topics theme was “Vacations.”

Following Table Topics, Becki called for reports from the evaluation team.

Timer Deborah Hoff reported the following times:

Eric Darnell’s speech 6:57
Perry Chang’s speech evaluation 2:58
Table Topics:
Betsy Blocker :50
Vince Patton :30
Becki Moody :52
Kim Kaberle :48
Bethany Furkin 1:10
Perry Chang 1:35

Vote Counter Deborah Hoff announced that Bethany Furkin was the Table Topics winner for the meeting.

Becki Moody gave her final remarks as Toastmaster. Perry Chang then closed the meeting.

-- Joelle Anderson