Meeting Notes for November 29th.

Shopping

Word of the Day:  materialism

Black Friday Flight of the bumble bee

Shopping, Hopping, Swapping, Mopping
Popping, slopping, dropping , cropping
flopping, chopping, topping, propping
flopping?  sopping?  whopping?  stopping?


:)


Roles for next week
TM:  Janet
Speaker:  Deron
Speaker:  Janet - Awards ceremony
Evaluator: Gary
Table Topics:  Cary
Word of the Day:  Aaron
Evaluator General:  Eric
Guests:  Stephanie, Keith, Don and returning member Jeff Johns!


Meeting Summary
Airin' Aaron Sapp took the meeting to new heights with a positive attitude.  Gary Grandslam Fuller wowed us with a fireside chat about family values.  Eric the Red yucked it up with holiday cheer and jeer. 

Evaluators Janet and Connie, both were quite balmy.  Applauds rained down like a wild tsunami.  Next Karen Lang, Carin' so much, lead table topics, impromptu and such.  That crazy guy Nick, summed it all up, with his dazzle and shtick.  Did he do good?  yup. 

That all from me.  I gotta go.  See you next week.  At least I hope so.

Mike

Meeting Notes - November 15

We had a fun meeting today. We were a little short on audience, but long on participation.

John Wierzba, lead the meeting as Toastmaster with the theme of cards. Playing cards precisely. John provided us with some history about cards. How did the deck get to 52? Why does the Ace of Spades bear the makers information? Can you make a bomb out of the hearts and diamonds? These questions, all but the last one (look it up), filled the dead air and kept the meeting moving.

Aaron Sapp entertained us with his ice-breaker today. Aaron's a natural speaker who introduced us to him, his family, and his interests via a Powerpoint presentation, providing graphs to highlight information about his life. One of his daughters is has above normal sass, as measured against an average.

I provided his final speech from the Interpretive Reading manual. I'll be happy to say good-bye to that manual. It turns out, I'm more comfortable with my own words. It's been a learning experience in any case.

Dave Trzupek hectored us with Table Topics around a space theme. Do astronauts wear diapers? Funny thing is, as many a parent can confirm, diapers are a convenience that many kids aren't all that happy to give up. My question is, once the astronauts wear the diapers have any of them decided it's not such a bad way to go?

We were pleased to see Connie Pshigoda come back. Not the least, because she filled in as timer, ah-counter, and grammarian.

There's no meeting next week as we should all be fattening up for the winter. Following that the next meeting looks like....

Toastmaster: Aaron Sapp
Speakers: Gary Fuller and Eric Peterson
Evaluators: Connie Pshigoda and Janet Reese
Table Topics: Karen Lang

D.

Meeting Notes - November 8th

"When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy
my father homeward came one night, he gave to me a toy
a wonder to behold it was, with many colors bright
the first time I layed eyes on it, it became my hearts delight

It went zip when it moved, and pop when it stopped
and whirred when it stood still
I never knew just what it was, and I guess I never will."

-Peter, Paul, and Mary

Gadgets, was the theme for today's meeting. Dave Trzupek is a gadget junkie, and he shared this interest with us. Explaining what a gadget is, and giving several examples.


The word of the day was....


Novelty - 1: something new or unusual 2: the quality or state of being novel 3: a small manufactured article intended mainly for personal or household adornment - usually used in the plural 4: something that provides often fleeting amusement and is often based on a theme - often used attributively.



.... which fit right in with the theme.



We enjoyed two speeches on this day. One by Karen Lang and the other by Eric Peterson. Karen "got to the point," in her manual speech providing us with some interesting information about our natural preferences for Expressiveness. I'm on the left side of the second-third, for those who haven't guessed.



Eric worked upon the theme of "The Emperor's New Clothes," entertaining us with his good humor about having to pretend he knows less than he does, though he knows more, in order to maintain the illusion that he isn't capable of doing what he can do, though he clearly can, and will do what he can when he is deemed ripe for it; all in an effort to, not rock the boat and upset the emperor.



During table topics we all shared something novel about ourselves, which was an enjoyable way to learn a bit about each speaker. We were treated to an excellent table topic presented by our guest Pat O'Brien.



Next week we look forward to hearing an Ice-Breaker from Aaron Sapp. John Wierzba will be our Toastmaster. I shall give a speech from the story-telling manual.



-D.

Evaluation articles / awards presentation

Articles: Have you read the articles on the craft of evaluating speeches in the Nov. 2007 issue of Toastmaster magazine? They are a few of the best articles I've seen on on how to give evaluations properly.

Giving constructive feedback to speakers is important, yet one of the most difficult things to do well. I liked the articles because they give some good tips on what to do and what not to do when you are the evaluator. What do you think?

Awards: Have you earned a TM designation during the past year? Please plan on attending our special Dec. 6 awards meeting. We will recognize and present you with your designation, whether it's the competent leader, competent communicator or an advanced award such as advanced communicator bronze. Bring your certificate. We want to congratulate you for your accomplishments in TM!

Nov 1st - Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes
Roles
11-1-07

Toastmaster:  "Daring" Deron White

Speaker 1:  John "medicine man" Wierzba
Speaker 2:  Dave "Pride of Krakow" Trzupek
General Evaluator:  Gary "Grand Slam" Fuller
Evaluator 1:  Nick "The Hammer" Samoylov
Evaluator 2:  Mike "What day is this?" Angell

New member! Aaron Sapp
Please welcome Aaron.  Aaron also lead table topics today.

Awards:
Best Speaker:  John "faith healer" Wierzba
Best Evaluator:  Mike "Seriously, what day is it?" Angell 
Best Table Topics:  Janet "poised and ready" Reese

Summary:
John wowed us with essential oils.  A former skeptic, John was won over by his physical therapist when he suffered a serious back injury. 

Dave shared a tale of exquisite adventure as he recounted a visit to his ancestral home, Poland. 

Aaron sharpened his interview skills with some impromptu table topics.  He did such a good job we "hired" him.