Wednesday, October 5, 2016

October 3rd Meeting

Eagles,

October 3rd was a lightly attended meeting with a heavy mix of our more seasoned Eagles, and two of our newer members. Our meeting showcased the strength of our club….We started the evening with two planned speakers (Tony and Chris) and ended up with four as Amy and Deb pulled speeches out of their hip pockets!

-          Chris gave a poignant speech about “The Most Important Person You’ll Never See”……he gave us a very unique perspective on 911 operators.
-          Deb gave a speech about how one can earn a college degree without the big expense.
-          Amy taught us about how to write a stellar resume.
-          Yours truly took another run at “The Book”

Ute led Table Topics about Fall/Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday). Paula served as our Grammarian and Ah Counter…..As usual, she was on her game and kept us on our toes. Ian served as General Evaluator, and evaluated Chris’s speech. Sandy, Amy, and I all served as evaluators. Deb provided our humor and Sandy our quote of the day.

A special shout out to the Newbies….Maryanne and Joe. Ian conducted a round robin evaluation of my speech, which gave them an opportunity to critique my speech. They provided the kind of fresh perspective rarely offered by our seasoned members.  

Please know that every Eagle is qualified to sign up as an evaluator. In many ways it’s easier than signing up for a speech…..you simply give a mini speech based on the evaluation criteria that you complete during the break. Please think about this as you sign up for the next meeting!

A couple of programming notes…..

The Area B 24 Contest will take place on Thursday October 11th at the Lucy Robbins Library in Newington at 6:00 PM. Amy will be competing in the Evaluator Competition, and I will compete in the Humorous Speech Competition. Please consider attending and supporting our club. Contests are a lot of fun to watch!

Our next Eagle Meeting is on 10/17 at 7:15….Virtually every role is available, including Toastmaster. Please considering signing up for something!

Tony

Eagle Secretary

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