August 16th, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Meeting started at 5:35 p.m. and concluded at 7:00 p.m.

 

Attendees

 

Members:  Tom Alvord, William Sullivan, Crystal Storo, Louis Nizet, Heather Turner, Charnaie Gordon, and Akshay Dhote.

 

Business Meeting

  

Crystal reminded the club of the set date of Tuesday, September 20th for the upcoming Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest. Crystal encouraged members to sign up for a Humorous speech or Table Topics contestant and/or sign up for a role.

 

Contest Roles:

 

Table Topics Contestants (no limit) – 1 signed up so far – speak for 1-2 minutes, after receiving a topic

Humorous Speech Contestants (no limit) – 2 signed up so far – present an original 5-7 minute speech

Contest Chair – Crystal Storo – Organizes the contest, supplies, prepares the agenda, helps fill roles, briefs contestants & SAA on rules

Contest Master – Charnaie Gordon – Toastmaster for the Contest, follows a prepared agenda / script

Chief Judge (1 needed) – Ensures published rules are followed, briefs judges, counters, timers on duties, selects tiebreaking judge

Contest Judges (2-4 more needed) 3 participants signed up so far – Using pre-printed judging ballot, scores and ranks contestants, follows judges code of ethics

Timers – (1 more needed) – Charlie Hubert - Primary timer signals contestants, both timers document speech time using pre-printed time record sheet

Ballot Counters – (3 needed) Collect sealed ballots from each judge, outside of contest room, record speakers points on tally sheets

Sergeant At Arms – Philip Mason - Helps with room setup, calls meeting to order, guides contestants in and out of the room as necessary

Table Topics Master – Heather Turner – Provide the same general topic to each contestant.  Should lead to an opinion or conclusion

 

Louis Nizet reminded members of the upcoming table we have set up for the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce meeting. Louis asked those who signed up to be there early to help with set up.

  

Meeting Roles

 

Toastmaster:                William Sullivan

 

Word Master:                Akshay Dhote

                                    APPOSITE – appropriate and relevant

 

Table Topics Master:   Heather Turner

                                       Participants:  Louis Nizet – Fortune Cookie

                                                         Charnaie Gordon – 1st Job Interview

                                             Akshay Dhote – Penny Year

                                                         Tom Alvord – Why did the Chicken cross the road?

                                                         Crystal Storo – What gets better with age?

 

Speaker 1:                    Heather Turner, Project 1 from the Humorously Speaking Manual
                                      Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Amant, EMU

 

Speaker 2:                    Charnaie Gordon, Project 3 from the Humorously Speaking Manual
                                      A Rite of Passage 

 

Speaker 3:                    Tom Alvord, CC # 2 Organize Your Speech
                                      Wrinkle Free

  

General Evaluator:       William Sullivan

 

Evaluator 1:                  Louis Nizet

Evaluator 2:                  Crystal Storo

Evaluator 3:                  Charnaie Gordon

 

Timer:                           Crystal Storo

Ah Counter:                  Louis Nizet

Grammarian:                Charnaie Gordon

 

Prepared by Crystal Storo, Club Secretary 8/18/2011

 

August 2nd, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Meeting started at 5:30 p.m. and concluded at 7:20 p.m.

 

Attendees

 

Members:  Tom Alvord, Cheryl Mason, William Sullivan, Crystal Storo, Philip Mason, Charlie Hubert, Louis Nizet, Heather Turner, Charnaie Gordon, Mano Rudravajhala, and Akshay Dhote.

 

Guests: Jerry Aiyathuria and Nancy Green

 

Business Meeting

  

Tom Alvord, our club President, introduced our guests and guest speaker of the evening, Jerry Aiyathuria.

 

Cheryl Mason congratulated the club on achieving the President’s Distinguished Club award. She also congratulated and informed the club of Heather Turner for achieving her Competent Communicator award and William Sullivan for achieving his Advanced Bronze Leader award.

 

Crystal reminded the club of the set date of Tuesday, September 20th for the upcoming Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest. Crystal encouraged members to sign up for a Humorous speech or Table Topics contestant and/or sign up for a role. Crystal also informed the club that the following roles are available:

 

Contest Roles:

 

Table Topics Contestants (no limit) – 1 signed up so far – speak for 1-2 minutes, after receiving a topic

Humorous Speech Contestants (no limit) – 1 signed up so far – present an original 5-7 minute speech

Contest Chair – Crystal Storo – Organizes the contest, supplies, prepares the agenda, helps fill roles, briefs contestants & SAA on rules

Contest Master – Charnaie Gordon – Toastmaster for the Contest, follows a prepared agenda / script

Chief Judge (1 needed) – Ensures published rules are followed, briefs judges, counters, timers on duties, selects tiebreaking judge

Contest Judges (2 more needed) 3 participants signed up so far – Using pre-printed judging ballot, scores and ranks contestants, follows judges code of ethics

Timers – (1 more needed) – Charlie Hubert - Primary timer signals contestants, both timers document speech time using pre-printed time record sheet

Ballot Counters – (3 needed) Collect sealed ballots from each judge, outside of contest room, record speakers points on tally sheets

Sergeant At Arms – Philip Mason - Helps with room setup, calls meeting to order, guides contestants in and out of the room as necessary

Table Topics Master – Heather Turner – Provide the same general topic to each contestant.  Should lead to an opinion or conclusion

  

Meeting Roles

 

Toastmaster:                Tom Alvord

 

Word Master:                Nancy Green

PROGRESS – Noun & Verbal – Development/Growth & Forward movement

 

Table Topics Master:   Cheryl Mason

                                       Theme: Pictures to Improve Imagination/Creativity

                                       Participants:  William Sullivan – Picture of Earth from the Moon

                                                            Charlie Hubert – Antique Picture of Family

                                               Akshay Dhote – Picture of the Subway rush hour

                                                      Nancy Green – Picture of the Grand Canyon

                                                            Philip Mason – Picture of a double Rainbow

                                                            Crystal Storo – Picture of an Albino Ladybug

                                                            Louis Nizet – Picture of a Painting

 

Speaker 1:                    Charnaie Gordon, Project 3 from the Humorously Speaking Manual
                                      The Disagreement

 

Speaker 2:                    Mano Rudravajhala, CC Speech # 2 Organize Your Speech

                                      Java

 

Speaker 3 (Guest):      Jerry Aiyathuria, Practicing for International Contest, second speech
                                      The Best Thing that Ever Happened To You

 

Speaker 4 (Guest):      Jerry Aiyathuria, Practicing for World Championship of Public Speaking Contest

                                      Trapped

 

General Evaluator:       William Sullivan

 

Evaluator 1:                  Heather Turner

Evaluator 2:                  Charnaie Gordon

Evaluator 3:                  Round Robin (Everyone)

Evaluator 4:                  Not needed

 

Timer:                           Philip Mason

Ah Counter:                 Mano Rudravajhala

Grammarian:                Louis Nizet

 

Noteworthy

 

·           Cheryl Mason encouraged imagination and creativity growth with a great Table Topics session

 

·           We were also blessed to hear Jerry Aiyathuria perform his prepared speech for the semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking Contest at the 2011 Toastmasters International Contest in Las Vegas on August 18th.  If he wins the semifinals he will go on to the Finals where he will have to deliver a new speech.  That would be "The Best Things That Ever Happened To You" (working title).

 

·           Everyone was in agreement of the impact of new outdoor signs on the street, which were very helpful to the guests who attended our meeting. Heather Turner also made Member name badges and had blanks available for guests.

 

Prepared by Crystal Storo, Club Secretary 8/3/2011