Minutes of June 17, 2013

Minutes of June 17,  2013

President’s Remarks: 

Today’s Toastmaster:  Robin

Humorist:  Kevin

Word of the Day:  Eva—Carpool—Ride sharing with 2 or more people

Quote of the Day:   Kate--“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”  Booker T. Washington

Table Topics Master:  Tom C gave vacation scenarios including vacationing with 10 children, a driving vacation with teenagers, a sporting event, a museum, a camping trip, an eating vacation.

Speaker 1:  Rachel, Area 34 Governor gave a speech from the Successful Club Series, “Evaluations are the Heart of the Matter”.  Rachel gave 16 important points in taking on the role of Speech Evaluator.

Speaker 2:  Kate—AC Storytelling; Bringing History to Life; 7-9 minutes; “The Grandslam”.  Kate spoke about Bobby Jones, Harvard Grad, Lawyer, and also the only golfer to win 4 Major Championships in one year (1930).  He went on to build the Marion Golf Course in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, home of the US Open.  Kate finally accomplished her ACB which allows Eagles to become President’s Distinguished.  Uta and Chandra can finally sleep at night.

Speaker 3:  Uta—AC Speaking for Information, Project 3, 5-7 minutes; Speech to Inform, “Sleep”. Uta woke us all up with her audience participation as she brought out facts on sleep

 
General Evaluator:  Ian
 
Evaluator #1:  Ian for Rachel--Rachel gave us ways to improve our evaluations, in her expert presentation style.
Evaluator  #2:  Tom P.--Kate added drama to the year by waiting for the last minute to give the speech the Club needs to reach our goal of President's Distinguished.  The Club had a body guard
Evaluator  #3:  Elaine
 
Ah Counter:  Robin
Timer:  Richard F.
Grammarian:  Tom P.

President’s Remarks: 

·        We are now President’s Distinguished for the 12^th Year in a row.
·        Officer Slate:

•  Sargent-At-Arms::  Rich F
•  President:  Sonia
• VP Membership:  Ian
• VP ED:  Rachel
• Secretary:  Uta

13 were present with 1 guest.

 

Minutes of June 3, 2013

Minutes of June 3,  2013

President’s Remarks:  Kate has accepted the position of Interim President until July 1 when Sonia will take over the position.  We are waiting for Kate’s tenth speech so we can be recognized as President’s Distinguished.  Let’s not let Chandra hold his breath any longer; he did so much to encourage all to do their part to achieve the distinction.

Today’s Toastmaster:  Kate Kelly

Humorist:  Kevin Manner

Word of the Day:  Rich F—Photobomb-To drop in a photo unexpectedly.  To hop in a picture before it is taken.  An otherwise normal photo that has been ruined or spoiled by someone who should not be in the photo..

Quote of the Day:   Tom C.--“Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week watching television…which means in a typical life span, we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets!  …Cutting down just an hour a day would provide extra years of life—for music and family, exercise and reading, and conversation.” Michael Medved, Radio talk-show host--------"and Toastmasters" Tom C.

Table Topics Master:  Robin gave us all un-birthday gifts, photos from the paper that we thanked her for and spoke about. Robin always has a clever bag of tricks so we can visualize speech information.

Speaker 1:  New Member Eva, CC  #3, Get to the Point; “”Gender vs Technology”—Eva gave her first speech by speaking on a Math Class  presentation that she would actually be giving in a couple of weeks.  She informed us about the widespread use of technology with men preferring video games while women preferred texting.  She set out to prove this theory by gathering data and presenting the results of the survey in graphs. 

Speaker 2:  Rachel presented a speech on mentoring, with the goal of the mentor being to learn to be a leader while the goal of the mentee being to learn faster.  She gave us a challenge—each of us should be a mentor. 

General Evaluator:  Kate

Evaluator #1:  Elaine for Eva—Elaine solicited feedback from all members, as requested by Eva.  Eva is on the fast track to improving her “English as a Second Language” presentation skills as she prepares for the college experience.

Evaluator  #2:  Tom for Rachel—Rachel made a dry subject personal by inserting personal stories to her very polished speech style. 

Ah Counter:  Susanne

Timer:  Richard F.
Grammarian:  Robin

President’s Remarks: 

·        An Officer Training session has been added for July 13 at Hamden Hall Country Day School..

·        August 10 is the Division C Officer’s Training at Manchester; Officer Slate needs to be confirmed by next meeting

·        Our deadline to finalize the Officer Slate is June 17.  All Potential Officers should attend so we can finalize.

o               Sargent-At-Arms

o               President is

o               VP Membership

o               VP ED

o               Secretary

o               Treasurer

o               VP Marketing (Public Relations)

 21 were present including 3 guests and 2 new members.

Minutes of May 20, 2013

Minutes of May 20, 2013

President’s Remarks:  Kate has accepted the position of Interim President until July 1 when Sonia will take over .

Today’s Toastmaster:  Robin-Congratulations to Kate who came in 2^nd at the District Level contest.

Humorist:  Tom C.

Word of the Day:  New member Kevin Manner presented the word Success—to strive to achieve.  Enjoying success is what Toastmasters is all about.

Quote of the Day:   Rich--“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” Mother Teresa

Table Topics Master:  Elaine threw out question about Memorial Day and the accompanying celebrations, engaging each member present.

Speaker 1:  Uta, Speaking to Inform #3, The Demonstration Talk; “”How to Build a Violin”—Uta decided to take action after hearing that the craft of violin making was dying out as Germany is not producing apprenticeships.  She showed us all how to make a violin, actually demonstrating the steps.  Now that all present can instruct, violin-making will not be a dying art.

 
Speaker 2:  Sarah, CC#2, “I Can Still Rock as an Introvert”; Sarah’s personal weakness, being an introvert, can result in lost opportunities as an introvert may not always have the courage to speak up.  Sarah found that she could express herself when dealing with an important issue like her advocation for her daughter’s education.
 
General Evaluator:  Kate

Evaluator #1:  Kate for Uta—Kate cited Uta’s humor at in the speech’s opening and closing.  Uta’s passion for the violin clearly comes through to us.  The price range of these instruments--$30 to $14 million—was quite amazing to us all.

Evaluator  #2:  Suzanne for Sarah---Sarah’s strength is the ability to speak without notes.  Notes can be an important tool for organizing a speech to increase clarity:  Opening; 3 related major point; closing to summarize.

Ah Counter:  Robin—Our meeting was loaded with um’s, ah’s, you know’s; so, like

Timer:  Richard F.
Grammarian:  Tom stressed that we need to pay close attention to run on sentences and unnecessary fillers.  He reminded us that we have a lecturn (on a table) as opposed to a podium.

President’s Remarks: 

·        Kate is one speech away from allowing Eagles to achieve President’s Distinguished for the 13^th straight year.
·        August 10 is the Division C Officer’s Training at Manchester; slate needs to be confirmed by next meeting
               We have an opening for Sargent-At-Arms
President is Sonia

o               VP Membership is Ian

o               VP ED is Rachel

o               Secretary is Elaine

o               Treasurer is open

o               VP Marketing (Public Relations) is op

·        Kate suggests we sign up on “Meetup” as one person didn’t attend thinking there were only 2 present when there were actually 22 present.

·        The New Division C Governor for 2013-14  is Richard Frantz, Jr of Cheshire

·        The new District 53 Governor is Val Albert

11 members were present.