April 7 meeting

At 1:03 p.m., Vice President Membership Becki Moody opened the meeting, acting as Presiding Officer in President Eva Stimson’s absence. Becki invited Joelle Anderson to give the invocation; Joelle shared an Easter prayer with the club.

Becki led the Pledge of Allegiance and opened the business portion of the meeting. Kay Chambers made a motion to approve the prior meeting’s minutes as written; Perry Chang seconded the motion--the minutes were approved as written. Becki informed everyone that club officer elections are approaching. If anyone is interested in serving as an officer, or would like to nominate someone for a position, speak with Eva or others on the nominating committee. Treasurer Ada Middleton announced that 90% of the club dues had been mailed to Toastmasters Headquarters, and thanked everyone for their cooperation.

Ada Middleton assumed her role as Toastmaster and invited members of the Evaluation Team to explain their responsibilities: Speech Evaluator #1—Faith Aeilts; Speech Evaluator #2—Kim Kaberle; Timer—Eric Darnell; Table Topics—Debbie Belt; Ah Counter/Grammarian—Linda Patton; Vote Counter—Perry Chang.

Linda Patton chose invigorate as the word of the day:
Invigorate (transitive verb)
To give life and energy to; animate.
The awesome beauty of the blooming daffodils invigorated her spirit.

Ada introduced Valerie Mansfield, who gave her Competent Communication Project #2 speech titled “Energy Companies and Our Future.” Valerie discussed the possible changes in Louisville’s energy provision, and what she learned in her research into energy provision.

Ada then introduced Kay Chambers, who gave her Competent Communication Project #2 speech titled “Fuel for My Mind.” Kay discussed her love for quotes about “love,” and shared her most quotable sources of “love” quotes.

Debbie Belt led Table Topics, with all of the questions playing off the words “spring” and “break.”

Ada called for reports from the evaluation team.

Faith Aeilts noted that Valerie Mansfield chose to speak on a “very interesting” and “hefty” topic with implications for us all. She enjoyed the “natural” way that Valerie spoke, and found her to be well-prepared.

Kim Kaberle called Kay Chambers’ speech “interesting, inspiring, and encouraging.” She enjoyed Kay’s “engaging” voice, and praised her for using good sources.

Timer Eric Darnell reported the following times:

Valerie Mansfield’s speech 8:02
Kay Chambers’ speech 5:52
Faith Aeilts’ speech evaluation 3:15
Kim Kaberle’s speech evaluation 1:21

Table Topics:
- Vince Patton 1:34
- Joelle Anderson 1:35
- Linda Patton 1:55
- Mark McCabe 2:59
- Kay Chambers 1:40

Ah Counter/Grammarian Linda Patton counted between 41 and 42 space fillers and 5 sentence shifts. The word of the day was used at least 6 times by the end of the meeting.

Vote Counter Perry Chang pronounced Joelle Anderson the Table Topics winner.

Ada Middleton concluded her time as Toastmaster, and Presiding Officer Becki Moody ended the meeting at 1:59 p.m.

-- Joelle Anderson