Meeting Notes - February 21st.

Nathan Wilkes, jumped out of a plane.  He did so on purpose.  He landed safely, which I am sure, was a great relief to him, and it made for a great speech.

 

We like dedication in Toastmasters.  The clubs purpose is to help improve communication and leadership skills.  We do this through the practice of setting goals, acting upon those goals, working hard to write, prepare, and deliver speeches, and helping each other by providing feedback.   Sometimes it is difficult to think of something to write.  I discourage others from performing dangerous acts in order to obtain material.  Jumping out of planes is taking the dedication too far.  It did make for an excellent speech, though.

 

Mike Angel followed Nate's jumping story with a humorous missive on the true value of money.  Mike's speech was from the "Humorously Speaking" manual, and his goal was to open the speech with a humorous story, and end the speech with a humorous story, both stories were to support a theme.  His stories did, and a good laugh was had at the expense of Lucky Jack his protagonist.

 

Eric Peterson challenged us all with Table Topics that were very entertaining.  Nick, it turns out, is, or was, every bit the dare devil as Nate is. 

 

Next week...

 

Toastmaster: Nathan Wilkes

General Evaluator: Eric Peterson

 

Speakers:

Deron White

Dan Pratt

Evaluators:

John Wierzba

We need a second evaluator.

Table Topics: Eric Wales

 

We also need:

Timer, Ah-Counter, Grammarian, and a Word du Jour.

 

E-mail myself, and Nate with changes, conflicts, worries, funny stories, and roles you would like to fill.