Here are the highlights for the 3/24/04 meeting....
The LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM was filled with 16 members and
1 New Guest -- Arlene Simmons. You are always welcome to our weekly meeting. Thanks for making time for our meeting. We hope you benefit from the experience. See the website www.centurytoastmasters.com
Alan Colton, our club President, started the meeting on time and introduced
Evonne Spineto as the Toastmaster.
Educational Moment was done by Doug Goodman.
Prepared Speakers:
1st Speaker: Michelle Hoyt did her 5th speech now Half way to her CTM. Memories of her First Car.
2nd Speaker: Alan Colton did his 8th speech towards his ATM.
3rd Speaker: Robert Wade did his 1st speech and is on his way toward his ATM
Julie Norris -- Table Topics and asked for volunteers to pick words from a basket: Alan Colton, Byron Shovlain,
George Bonner, Don Suskind and
Ferdonya Henderson responded.
Matt Greenbergs was the General Evaluator, his team:
Byron Shovlain was Evaluator #1,
Maury Tasem was Evaluator #2,
Dick Larkin was Evaluator #3,
Don Suskind was Grammarian/ AH counter and
Joe Stewart was Timer.
All did a great job of Evaluating us. The ballots were counted and the awards were all close calls:
Best Speaker: Alan Colton
Best Evaluator and Best Table Topics : Byron Shovlain
Congratulations keep up the Great work.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:03 pm
Adam slept through most of the meeting.
Good boy, Adam!
Next week's meeting is scheduled for 3/31/04, hope to see you there.
THEME: Life of the Party
WOW: Conversation: an informal talking together
Michelle Hoyt is the Toastmaster, Speakers are Dee Williams, Robert Wade and Ferdonya Henderson.
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The small CONFERENCE ROOM was filled with 16 members and
1 Honored Guest --Ken Fonda, Area 5 Governor You are always welcome to our weekly meeting. Thanks for making time for our meeting. We hope you benefit from the experience. Alan Colton, our club President started the meeting on time and introduced
Michelle Hoyt, VP Membership to Vote-in and Induct our newest members:
Dee Williams, Jenni Holloway, Don Suskind and Byron Shovlain. They were all accepted and now on their way as Toastmasters.
Maury Tasem was the Toastmaster.
Educational Moment was done by Dick Larkin on Tips for all speakers. First, write your own self introduction (it should be exciting and set the stage for your speech) and make sure the Toastmaster has it before your speech. Second, begin your speech by acknowledging the Toastmaster and fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests.
Prepared Speakers:
1st Speaker:
Allison Converse did her 3rd speech towards her CTM. She spoke on the importance of the Walk on the Wildside at the Wild Animal Park.
2nd Speaker:
Byron Shovlain did his 1st speech and is on his way toward his CTM, after 13 years of really starting with Toastmasters. He did his Ice Breaker.
Don Suskind -- Table Topics and asked for volunteers : Allison Converse,
Joe Stewart,
Matt Greenbergs and
Ferdonya Henderson responded to what TABLE do they like.
Doug Goodman was the General Evaluator, his team:
Jenni Holloway was Evaluator #1,
Michelle Hoyt was Evaluator #2,
Joe Stewart was Grammarian/ AH counter and
Julie Norris was Timer. All did a great job of Evaluating us.
The ballots were counted and the awards were all close calls:
Best Speaker: Byron Shovlain
Best Evaluator: Michelle Hoyt
Best Table Topics: Matt Greenbergs
Congratulations keep up the Great work.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:02 pm
Next week's meeting is scheduled for 3/24/04, hope to see you there.
THEME: IN THE NICK OF TIME WOW: DEADLINES: a date or time before something must be done
Ferdonya Henderson is the Toastmaster, Speakers are Alan Colton and Michelle Hoyt.
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The LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM was filled with 20 members and 1 NEW Guest -- Abigail Pauline.
You are always welcome to our weekly meeting. Thanks for making time for our meeting. We hope you benefit from the experience.
Please welcome our new Century Toastmasters member: Gabriel Chong , he signed up after the meeting.
Alan Colton, our club President, started the meeting on time and introduced Evonne Spineto as the Toastmaster.
Prepared Speakers:
1st Speaker: Jenni Holloway did her 2nd speech towards her CTM. She spoke on how to be LIVING IN THE PRESENT.
2nd Speaker: Don Suskind did his 1st speech and is on his way toward his CTM. He did his Ice Breaker.
3rd Speaker: Ferdonya Henderson did her ATM speech on the TOASTMASTER HINTS for a great speech.
Dick Larkin did Table Topics and asked for volunteers : Dee Williams, Erica Johnson, Julie Morris, and George Bonner responded to their dream vacation.
Educational Moment : Maury Tasem, talked about the proper use of Props and visual aids.
Michelle Hoyt was the General Evaluator, his team: Joe Stewart was Evaluator #1,
Matt Greenbergs was Evaluator #2, Erica Johnson was Evaluator #3, Allison Converse -- Grammarian/ AH counter and Teresa Pascoe was Timer.
All did a great job of Evaluating us.
The ballots were counted and the awards were all close calls:
Best Speaker: Jenni Holloway
Best Evaluator: Joe Stewart
Best Table Topics: Dee Williams
Congratulations keep up the Great work.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:05 pm
Next week's meeting on 3/17/04, St. Patrick's Day wear GREEN:
THEME: POT OF GOLD WOW: LUCRATIVE: producing wealth, profitable
Maury Tasem is the Toastmaster, Speakers are Allison Converse and Byron Shovlain.
Matt Greenbergs
Century Toastmasters, Secretary
Visit our website at
http://www.centurytoastmasters.com
for more information.
Friday night, March 5, 2004, Toastmasters Area 5 held the annual Evaluation and Speech Contest. Century Toastmasters was represented by Martin Olmeda in the Evaluation Contest, and Jim Tucker in the Speech Contest.
Both of our representatives were successful in winning their competitions.
Congratulations Martin and Jim!!
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for more information.
Next Meeting
When: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Pacific Time
Where: CP4120F
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"THEME: Gift of Gab
WOW : Loquacious: given to excessive talking
TOASTMASTER: Ferdonya Henderson
EDUCATIONAL MOMENT: Jim Tucker
SPEAKER 1: Michelle Hoyt - 4 CTM
SPEAKER 2: Evonne Spineto - 10 CTM
SPEAKER 3: Maury Tasem - CL
TABLE TOPICS: Gail Da Silva
GENERAL EVALUATOR: Joe Stewart
EVALUATOR 1: Julio Sanchez
EVALUATOR 2: Cathy Alfaro
EVALUATOR 3: Erica Johnson
GRAMMARIAN/AH COUNTER: Byron Shovlain
TIMER: "
