Friday, May 11, 2012

Meeting Minutes April 16, 2012

Meeting of April 16, 2012

Today’s Toastmaster:  Rachel Mele
Humorist:   Tom Corrigan
Quote:  Jessica
“Watch your thoughts for they become words
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
Watch your character for it becomes your destiny.”
           
Word of the Day:  Robin
Harbinger:  One that pioneers in initiating major change; an omen that foreshaows a future event. 
            The robin is a harbinger of spring. 
“Harbinger” was used 9 times during the meeting.

Table Topics:  Robin
Ah-Counter:  Tami
Timer:  Elaine
Speaker 1, Uta, Interpretive Reading #5 “The Wedding Story”; 8-10 minutes
Speaker 2, Sonia Dean; CC #1 Icebreaker; “Creating Me”; 4-6 minutes
Speaker 3, Lucy D”Angelo, CC #1 Icebreaker, 4-6 Minutes
General Evaluator:  Tom Corrigan
Evaluator 1:  Richard for Uta—Uta made the story come alive through the vocal variety of the characters.
Evaluator 2:  Uta for Sonia—Sonia’s poise revealed that Sonia has stood in front of people before.  She didn’t use much in notes and had courageous body movements.
Evaluator 3:  Elaine for Lucy—Lucy is an experienced speaker whose personality and eye contact allows her to have a marked presence in front of an audience.  She was entertaining as well, with her allusion to her early days as a Perry Mason fan.  Ironically, though not a lawyer, her responsibilities include making sure others abide by the law. 
Grammarian:  Tom P’s suggestion is for us to use “I hope” as opposed to “hopefully” in order to overcome this grammar flaw.  We also should eliminate the words “a lot” and “kids” to increase our message’s effectiveness.
Kate:  Open House is May 7, Monday; Tom Piekarski is Chairperson, asking all to fill roles and bring in refreshments.

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