Friday, June 25, 2004
Here are the highlights of the meeting of 6-23-04....
The small CONFERENCE ROOM was filled with about 18 members and Repeat Guest: Cher Vargas.
You are always welcome to our weekly meeting. Thanks for making time for our meeting. We hope you benefit from the experience.
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Our President, Alan Colton, opened the meeting on time. He invited all members and guests to introduce themselves with a bit of Hollywood flair and a Telegenic attitude. There are several Telegenic members and a few hams.
Our First Time Toastmaster, Donna Johnson was introduced.
The theme was Lights, Camera, Action and the Word of the Week (WOW): Telegenic - Having an appearance and manner that are markedly attractive to television viewers. She did a fine job and is a natural in front of crowds, especially recounting her time in showbiz.
Kudos to Amir Sherif on earning his CTM and to Matt Greenbergs on the birth of his daughter.
Prepared Speakers:
1st Speaker: Julio Sanchez did his 5th speech on "What You Do". He related the story of who you are and what you do are not necessarily what appears on the outside. Julio has shown to be a natural storyteller with a philosophical bent. It is a good lesson in life. Julio earned his 1/2 CTM ribbon.
Table Topics filled up time remaining with Dick (Yes, I can!) Larkin serving as Table topics master as well as evaluating Julio's speech. The topic was reaching far back into the memory banks to recount the 1st favorite television show. You can tell a lot about a person by their preference.....
General Evaluator was Joe Stewart and last minute volunteer evaluator was Dick (Yes, I can!) Larkin.
Last minute volunteer for timer was Byron Shovlain and another last minute volunteer, Ah Counter/Grammarian was Stephen Jaworski.
The ballots were counted.
Best Speaker: Julio Sanchez,
Best Table Topic: Gabriel and
Best Evaluator: Dick (Yes, I can!) Larkin
Outgoing President, Alan Colton, was outgoing early before the end of the meeting so incoming President, Dick (Yes, I can!) Larkin thanked Alan and the other last term officers. We look forward to more from our new President. The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 pm.
Next week’s meeting is scheduled for 6/30/04, hope to see you there.
THEME: Who are the Leaders
WOW: Presidents: One chosen to preside.
Alan Colton is the Toastmaster
Speakers are Tony Gutierrez and Byron Shovlain
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Meeting Notes and Photos from Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The large CONFERENCE ROOM was filled with 17 members including newest member Donna Johnson, Stephen Jaworski as well as Repeat Guests: Christy Vikander, Claire Ramos-Saldivar and Cher Vargas.
You are always welcome to our weekly meeting. Thanks for making time for our meeting. We hope you benefit from the experience.
See our website for more information about our Fantastic Club www.centurytoastmasters.com
Our President, Alan Colton, opened the meeting on time and announced that Jim Tucker once again WON the Region Speech Contest last weekend. He is schedule for the International Speech Contest on August 21st, in Reno, NV. Who wants to go enjoy Reno and support him, Doug Goodman is driving...
Our Toastmaster, Matt Greenbergs was introduced. The Theme was Learning to Drive for the meeting and the Word of the Week (WOW): Acceleration
Michelle Hoyt received her 1/2 CTM ribbon for completing 5 CTM speeches. Then she voted in and inducted our new members Donna Johnson and Stephen Jaworski to our club. She also voted in Kristine Hendricks and Jude Awiylika, they will be inducted to the club when they attend a meeting.
Self introduction gave everyone an opportunity to speak for a moment. We all introduced ourselves and said one thing we Learned about Driving.
Prepared Speakers:
1st Speaker: Donna Johnson did her 1st CTM speech, the IceBreaker. She has had a wonderful life and learned most of her Life Lessons from her favorite movie "The Music Man" Yes, she can Tap Dance and make wonderful quilts.
2nd Speaker: Michelle Hoyt presented her 6th CTM speech titled "Life on the Eel River" she talked about the wonderful trip she had with her husband and in-laws kayaking and the LIFE lessons learned on the trip.
Table Topics were done by Julio Sanchez, he asked for volunteers and Stephen Jaworski, Maury Tasem and Tony Gutierrez volunteered.
Byron Shovlain was the General Evaluator, his team: Joe Stewart was Evaluator #1, Amir Sherif was Evaluator #2, Frida Vissuet was Grammarian/ AH counter, and Seg Assefa was the Timer.
The ballots were counted. Best Speaker: Donna Johnson, Best Table Topic: Stephen Jaworski, and Best Evaluator: Joe Stewart
The meeting was adjourned at 1:0 pm. Next week's meeting is scheduled for 6/23/04, hope to see you there.
THEME: Lights, Camera, Action WOW: Telegenic: having an appearance and manner that are markedly attractive to television viewers.
Donna Johnson is the Toastmaster
Speakers are Stephen Jaworski - 6 CTM, Byron Shovlain - 3 CTM, and Julio Sanchez - 5 CTM.
Alan Colton, Club President
Donna Johnson doing her first speech
Michelle Hoyt, Club VP Membership
Stephen Jaworski, incoming VP Education
Maury Tasem, incoming Area Governor
Tony Gutierrez, incoming VP Public Relations
Byron Shovlain, incoming club Secretary
Joe Stewart
Amir Sherif
Frida Vissuet
Seg Assefa
Donna Johnson with her trophy for "Best Speaker"
Stephen Jaworski, incoming VP Education
Julio Sanchez
Cher Vargas
Frida
Dee Williams
Maury Tasem
Joe Stewart
Donna Johnson
Jim Tucker. By the way, Jim has advanced to the world championships of public speaking for his third straight year! The International Speech Competition is open to nearly 200,000 Toastmaster club members who compete in a series of contests until the Top 9 speakers in the world compete on the big stage. We're very fortunate to have such talent in our club, and his success reflects well on us all.
Tony
Amir
Seg
Amir
Cristy Vikander
Seg
Steven and Donna inducted as new members. By the way, our club had 25 new members join last year!
Donna Johnson
Michelle Hoyt receiving her 1/2 CTM ribbon for finishing 5 speeches
Matt Greenbergs as Toastmaster
Donna Johnson
Joe Stewart
Cher Vargas attending as a guest
Julio Sanchez
Stephen Jaworski
Alan Colton
Julio Sanchez, Sargeant at Arms leading the Pledge
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