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