President Eva Stimson began the meeting at 1:02 p.m. Eva asked Patricia Longfellow to lead the invocation; Patricia shared a new outlook on work using words from the Desert Fathers. Eva acknowledged visitors/guests, and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
During the business portion of the meeting, the minutes from the January 20, 2010 meeting were approved as written. Eva announced that another club goal had been met, with all club officers attending the most recent Toastmasters training sessions. At this point three out of ten club goals have been achieved.
After the business meeting, Eva introduced Becki Moody as Toastmaster. Becki called for explanations of responsibilities from members of the evaluation team: Speech Evaluator—Perry Chang; Table Topics Master—Eric Darnell; Timer—Linda Patton; Ah Counter/Grammarian—Faith Aeilts; Vote Counter—Kim Kaberle.
Faith Aeilts chose plethora as the word of the day:
Plethora: pleth∙o∙ra, [ple’thәrә]
Large or excessive amount or number. A very large amount of something or number of things, especially an excessive amount.
Example: A plethora of new scholarly articles on the subject.
Becki introduced Ada Middleton, who gave her Competent Communication Project #4 speech titled “Memory the Wellspring of Life.” In her speech, Ada described in vivid details the Caribbean cruise she took with her husband in 2004.
Becki then invited Area 66 Governor Amy Poole to give her report to the club. Amy reminded the club that it needs to achieve two more goals to become a Distinguished Club. She also offered updates on the other downtown clubs.
Eric Darnell led Table Topics, with memory-themed prompts.
Becki then called for reports from the evaluation team.
Perry Chang gave his speech evaluation, and he noted that Ada Middleton used good word descriptions in her speech.
Timer Linda Patton reported the following times:
Ada Middleton’s speech 7:01
Perry Chang’s speech evaluation 2:59
Table Topics:
Amy Poole 2:03
Kim Kaberle 1:13
Joelle Anderson 1:24
Eva Stimson 1:42
Faith Aeilts 1:29
Ah Counter/Grammarian Faith Aeilts reported 30 space fillers/ahs/ums, and 3 uses of the word of the day (the total came to 4 uses after Eva used the word of the day in her closing).
Vote Counter Kim Kaberle announced that Faith Aeilts won Table Topics.
Becki Moody made her final remarks as Toastmaster, and Eva Stimson closed the meeting.
-- Joelle Anderson
After the business meeting, Eva introduced Becki Moody as Toastmaster. Becki called for explanations of responsibilities from members of the evaluation team: Speech Evaluator—Perry Chang; Table Topics Master—Eric Darnell; Timer—Linda Patton; Ah Counter/Grammarian—Faith Aeilts; Vote Counter—Kim Kaberle.
Faith Aeilts chose plethora as the word of the day:
Plethora: pleth∙o∙ra, [ple’thәrә]
Large or excessive amount or number. A very large amount of something or number of things, especially an excessive amount.
Example: A plethora of new scholarly articles on the subject.
Becki introduced Ada Middleton, who gave her Competent Communication Project #4 speech titled “Memory the Wellspring of Life.” In her speech, Ada described in vivid details the Caribbean cruise she took with her husband in 2004.
Becki then invited Area 66 Governor Amy Poole to give her report to the club. Amy reminded the club that it needs to achieve two more goals to become a Distinguished Club. She also offered updates on the other downtown clubs.
Eric Darnell led Table Topics, with memory-themed prompts.
Becki then called for reports from the evaluation team.
Perry Chang gave his speech evaluation, and he noted that Ada Middleton used good word descriptions in her speech.
Timer Linda Patton reported the following times:
Ada Middleton’s speech 7:01
Perry Chang’s speech evaluation 2:59
Table Topics:
Amy Poole 2:03
Kim Kaberle 1:13
Joelle Anderson 1:24
Eva Stimson 1:42
Faith Aeilts 1:29
Ah Counter/Grammarian Faith Aeilts reported 30 space fillers/ahs/ums, and 3 uses of the word of the day (the total came to 4 uses after Eva used the word of the day in her closing).
Vote Counter Kim Kaberle announced that Faith Aeilts won Table Topics.
Becki Moody made her final remarks as Toastmaster, and Eva Stimson closed the meeting.
-- Joelle Anderson
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